OLED monitors: introduction and industry news - Page 17

Samsung is showing a couple of new OLED laptop prototypes. The first is a 7" OLED WSVGA (1024x600) with a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio.

Samsung 7-inch OLED laptop prototype

The second prototype is a hybrid laptop-desktop system, with a 14" WXGA (1366x768) OLED. It also features 300cd/m² and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The monitor's width is 2.7 mm.

Samsung 14-inch OLED hybrid prototype

Here's a short video of the 7" laptop:

The Mirror has an interesting story - LG says that they will offer an OLED monitor (probably the 15" panel) that will be used on the go - so you can take it along with you when you go outside, to be used with your laptop (or other devices) as an external display. OLEDs are thin and light - so this might be an interesting...

LG are also said to be internally experimenting with an OLED laptop - which of course will be a very high-end model.

Kyu Uhm, Head of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Samsung's Computing Division, said that the company would look to release an OLED laptop towards the end of 2010 - probably in Q3.

Samsung SDI 12.1 inch laptop prototype

"Samsung is the largest OLED screen manufacturer. And as soon as it's available commercially for laptops we will adopt it" he said.

According to Samsung, Gartner believes that OLED notebook will become the norm over the next 5 years.

Samsung Mobile Displays announced 14.1" and 31" OLED TV panels, using what they call Fine Metal Mask (FMM) technology. Those panels are 'ready for production'.

The 14.1" WXGA is aimed for laptop computers. It's got a 1366x768 resolution, 200cd brightness, color gamut of 107% NTSC and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The whole panel is just 2.7mm thick.

The 31" FHD (1920x1080) TV panel is using LTPS, and also has 200cd brightness,  color gamut of 107% NTSC and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The panel is thicker at 8.9mm.

Samsung 31-inch HDTV

The last display is a 40" FHD OLED TV, with pretty much the same features as the 31" TV. This one is not 'ready for production', yet.

Yesterday we published a story about a video of Samsung's 23" OLED monitor by First Look Review... A recent comment on our post claimed this is a fake (thanks Nuninho1980!)...

And I believe that indeed this is true. This is not an OLED monitor, but a regular one, probably the P2370L. Let me tell you why:

• You can see in the video that the monitor looks like a product ready to ship. It does not look like a prototype ready for 2010 - it even got the energy-star sticker on./li>
• Usually when companies show an OLED prototype, it's a big thing... but here Samsung has a good looking product but with no PR? Just one video by First Look Review? Unlikely...
• I'm not sure they would have let that girl pick up a new OLED prototype that should be out by 2 years... it'll be extremely expensive and probably fragile.
• The video says that the OLED monitor has a contrast of 2,000,000:1 and is 1.6cm thick. Exactly the same as the P2370L!
• In fact 1.6cm is not so exciting for an OLED. The XEL-1 is 3mm thick for example, and Sony's new 21" prototype is 1.4mm thick.
• When viewed from the side, the Samsung monitor doesn't look so good. OLEDs have a much better viewing angle. See the next photos to see how it compares to LG's OLED:
   
  

So I don't know if this is an honest mistake by First Look Reviews (thinking that LED means OLED), or not, but it any case - I'm quite certain that this monitor ain't OLED...

UPDATE: TechRadar reports that they got word from Samsung saying that indeed this is the P2370L, and that the error originated from Samsung's own communication. So this is it... we're still waiting for a large OLED product from Samsung.

UPDATE - I now believe this video is a fake - sort of, it's actually showing a LED monitor and not an OLED one. More info here. The video has been removed since, in any case.

First look reviews has released a short video showing Samsung's new 23" OLED Monitor Prototype. Here's a photo first, and some info:

Samsung 23 inch OLED Monitor

This OLED monitor has got a contrast of 2,000,000:1,
is only 1.6cm thick, and should be out in 2010. It is very light,
should save around 40% of the energy compared to normal LCDs, and has
HDMI and DVI Inputs.