World's Biggest, Highest Resolution OLED Displays Unveiled

It's been a rough week for the LCOS monitor market. Intel has completely dropped out of LCOS. Meanwhile, Organic LED monitors are breaking records.

Last week LG Philips showed off the prototype of the worlds largest OLED. Or, as Philips described it, a "single plate low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) technology active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display." The thirteen word (and two acronym) qualifier aside, this display is huge by OLED standards, at 20.1 inches diagonally.

LG Philips expects the display will eventually be used for TVs, and claims that the prototype offers superior color saturation. Like all OLED panels, no backlight is required, and that makes for deeper, richer blacks compared to other flat panel technologies. It also means power consumption is lower, not to mention a thinner panel.

On the smaller side, yesterday at the Army USA show, eMagin announced that it had developed the worlds highest resolution OLED monitor, a 1600x2400 pixel panel. Before you start thinking about next generation 3D cards running Doom 3, be aware that this 1600x1200 panel measures 57mm x 38mm. EMagin calls the new High Resolution Tiled OLED Micro (micro is an word choice) display configuration DUXGA for "double-UGXA format."

The monitor is an extension of eMagin's tiling technology. It uses fiber optic tapers to join multiple SVGA panels together into a single screen, and eMagin claims the joint lines between the panels are "typically three pixels or less." The panels will mostly be used for military and commercial simulators, along with "surveillance and targeting imaging applications." eMagin also offers custom panel configurations. More information is available at eMagin's website.

On the not so bleeding edge of OLED, Pioneer says it will produce a 2.4 inch OLED display for cell phones in the first quarter next year. The display will offer a 240x320 resolution, and display 262,000 colors. For more information, check the story at Onlypunjab.com.

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