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Article Source: Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific AmericanFor years manufacturers have tantalized consumers with the promise of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) televisions capable of delivering more brilliant colors (including deeper blacks), and greater levels of contrast and brightness than any other television screen—all with rapid video response rate. OLEDs are already in regular use to provide crystal-clear screens for smart phones, car stereos and digital cameras.
By Larry Greenemeier
In terms of pure entertainment value, a 140-centimeter OLED TV is more than three and a half times the size of any other OLED on the market. (LG sells a 38-centimeter display in Europe and its native South Korea for as much as $2,600.) Sony (pdf) and others are developing OLED TVs, but nothing as big as what LG and Samsung are promising. Both models are expected to be available by mid 2012, in time for the Summer Olympics in London.
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