Before reading this article I had never heard of OLED (organic light emitting diodes). These things are so cool. Here's an excerpt from the article on Green Living Ideas:
Screening Your Display Choices: LCD or OLED? Given the long-time, stalwart display technology on laptops, it is beginning to look as though LCDs will soon be relegated to a dusty shelf in history’s tech-efficiency museum, once OLED (organic light emitting diode) technology begins to pickup steam with consumers and manufacturers. OLEDs have the following advantages over legacy LCD technology:
* They draw less power because they don’t lean on a fluorescent backlighting crutch to function, like today’s LCDs.
* They have a huge potential to affect aesthetics because they don't require conventional framing around the screen itself.
* Like many other LED technologies, OLEDs are currently limited in application because organic material doesn’t last as long as the toxin-emitting options on today’s market. But keep a techie eye on the horizon—researchers are working on improved sealants to protect and preserve the organic materials, in addition to slight variations of OLED-tech that will have wider applications.
Sony is already testing this is television applications. According to Wikipedia Sony showcased a new 11-inch television at the CES 2007 demonstrating the practical application of the OLEDs.
I imagine we're not far off from seeing OLEDs more widely used in Laptops and other applications. They just seem to practical not to go after the technology.
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