Screens of the Future
Reported July 2005
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- If you're getting ready to buy a new cell phone, computer monitor or TV, this new technology will change everything.
A new type of screen is hitting the market. It's called OLED, or organic light-emitting diode, and it's a term you're going to see a lot of in the next few years. "It's a much brighter display," explains Steven Van Slyke, Research Fellow of Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y.
OLED is changing the way we see our cell phones, digital cameras, and even small-screen television. But that's just the beginning. He says, "Eventually we'll get larger and larger to portable DVD player displays and then onto laptop displays and then eventually into the computer monitor and TV markets."
What's so special about OLED? Right now, displays on things like your camera or cell phone are LCDs, or liquid crystal displays. But OLEDs are made from plastic. The display is made by spraying layers of OLED droplets similar to the way an ink-jet printer prints.
OLEDs are made from fewer materials so they'll cost less, use less power allowing your laptop battery to last longer, and give off their own light so the picture is brighter and easier to see. It doesn't make any difference what direction you view the screen at. Van Slyke says, "You get the same perceived color."
Cell phones with OLED screens are currently on the market, but big screen TVs won't be available for a few years.
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David Lanzillo
Corporate Media Relations, Eastman-Kodak
(585) 781-5481
david.lanzillo@kodak.com
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