Possible e-book benefits? A ‘true blue’ advance for OLEDs?
"Ttrue blue" OLED materials could lower the costs of OLEDs used in the future in e-books and other applications, thanks to a breakthrough claimed in South Korea. Energy consumption might also decline. From Physorg.com:
OLEDs must be made to mix green, red and blue lights. Scientists have developed efficient green and red OLED materials but they have had problems making a true blue OLED material.
Jin said his discovery would allow the creation of "energy efficient" OLED displays. Compared to LCDs, OLEDs offer a greater field of vision, better colour quality and require less power.
I wonder how OLEDs, in the end, will stack up against E Ink. Even with the tech advances in the former, I suspect E Ink will sip less power. But OLED displays might offer greater color quality and be faster. Your own thoughts, if you’re familiar with this topic?
Related: Earlier TeleBlog mentions of OLEDs. Also see Wikipedia item from which comes the a stock photo of a 1.5 inch OLED screen.
(Thanks to Jon Noring, moderator of the eBook Community List.)
November 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Another reason for color OLED:
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/ebook-devices-color-the-final-frontier/