The battle for high-end, consumer-end displays rages between mini-LED and OLED displays.
This technology producesbrighter, more vivid colorsthan typical OLED.
According to a machine translation of the report, LG has cracked a display with PHOLED.
LG normally displays some concept TVs at CES every year, such as their weird transparent TVs at CES 2024.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo
The company will need to test the manufacturing process and work towards bringing it to market.
Theres reason to believe the TVs are on their way.
To give a very rudimentary rundown of why this is significant, you have to understand how OLED works.
These are organic light-emitting diode displays that can generate their light.
This means they dont require a backlight, like a typical LCD or mini-LED.
Red and green light in OLED use phosphorescent materials, whereas blue is a much less efficient fluorescent.
And that will be a big sticking point with these kinds of displays.
The iPad Pro is a very expensive rig that maxes out at a 13-inch screen.
So, no, you wont be getting PHOLED for cheap any time soon.
If LG releases a PHOLED in 2025, itll be at the tippy top of their lineup.
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