A Bright Future for Flexible OLED Screens
A Bright Future for Flexible OLED Screens
No, it is not LED. It is Flexible OLED or flexible organic light emitting diode, the groundbreaking technology that may replace LCD, plasma and LED TVs few years from now.
What is a Flexible OLED?
Flexible OLED
uses organic carbon-based compounds that emit RGB (red, green, blue) lights when an electric charge is applied. Two or three layers of organic materials make up a super-thin film, usually plastic polyester.
Advantages of OLED
Low power consumption. Do not think of a power consumption comparison between LCD and plasma panels. OLED uses much less power than those two TVs. This is due to the pixels own source of light, no backlighting or additional light source needed. This characteristic or organic LED allows the display to be super-thin in size. Think about millimeter thin.
Color display
OLED TVs exceed prior TV panels with its high contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 compared to the contrast ratio of LCD with 50,000:1. It also creates deeper black levels because like plasma TV, its pixels are lit individually. And since no backlighting is used, limiting the conductivity on individual pixels, deeper blacks and brighter colors are obtained.
Viewing angles
Unlike LCD, which blocks light, flexible OLED creates light. Much like plasma technology, pixels are lit independently which makes viewing angles accurate and still perfect even in 170o.
Motion
OLED utilizes TFT technology that enables fast-moving movies and sports clear and unambiguous. No motion lag or motion blur is expected from a flexible OLED.
Disadvantages of a Flexible Oled
Longevity or life span of a flexible OLED screen is still being improved and perfected. In particular, the blue organic phosphor has a relatively short lifespan of a few thousand hours. Both the red and green lights might not last much longer, too. Although some OLED TVs are produced claiming to have 65,000 hours of service, it is still too early to tell since OLED is still considered as an entry-level television panel.
The cost of production is also a major drawback. Huge production costs mean higher market price for the consumers. Just a little number of high-tier manufacturers is getting their hands on the flexible OLED and bigger productions of OLED-based television may still be far ahead.
Flexible OLED, although still in the process of perfection, promises to show potential results and functionality than LCD and plasma television. Its flexibility and expected role in the electronics industry are expansive and bring excitement to designers, manufacturers, and consumers alike. It’s an incredible technology and everyone is waiting to unfold what lies in the future where Flexible Oled reigns supreme in the electronics industry.
