Samsung Shows Off First Mass-Produced 55 Inch OLEDs

[TheDickWard]

It looks like they're going to run right around $9,000 later this year.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/10/s...d-worlds-fair/

[rm082e]

Good lord that's expensive. Haven't been keeping up with OLED - what's the big draw other than thin profile? Is this going to replace plasma as the king of picture quality some day?

[skycracksopen]

better blacks, better colors, possibility of smaller pixels, etc.

[BreakAtmo]

They simply trump every other display type in terms of picture quality - the contrast ratio, as demonstrated by OLED mobile devices like various phones, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and the PlayStation Vita, is pretty much perfect. Every pixel is individually lit, so whenever black needs to be displayed, the requisite pixels simply turn off. This combined with really good colour reproduction and brightness usually means the actual (not dynamic) constrast ratio is about 100,000:1. The power draw is apparently very good too, as you would expect when pixels are constantly turning themselves off. Some have complained about OLED mobile screens appearing oversaturated next to the supposedly more 'natural-looking' IPS screens like on the iPhone 4S, but that's largely a matter of opinion and something they are working on - I read the other day that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3's screen will have more natural saturation while keeping the astounding contrast.

[MrBig]

I think I just jizzed in my pants!