I see David Pogue is trying to scoop Karl Lang in today's NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/technolo...ch/01pogue.html
Insiders know Lang mentioned Sony's O.L.E.D. at his monitor seminar at PhotoExpo last October. But Lang predicted a 5-10-year wait before Sony could create a size that photographers could embrace and afford. Maybe a new prediction is in order.
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Yes, OLED screens is something I have been waiting for many years. The early ones had problems with the blue component not lasting for very long. However it seems like they are solving that part.
Production should be very cheap, I remember reading one can actually print them out, so size and volume should not be a problem.
What I find strange is that no company has focused on making the first screens for the graphical and photography desktop users, who are already paying a premium for high quality displays.
With oleds you will not discuss contrast anymore, because black is simple having the pixel turned off, no backlight to create annoying lightgrey or color shifts!
We will have no more problems with viewing angles, as each one is a led that is shining in all directions. It will be possible to calibrate the displays for perfect eveness. They use less power and the displays will be very thin!
Switching times are measured in nanoseconds instead of milliseconds, so no more lag!
Eizo, Nec, why aren't you making oled screens yet?!
Or sony, how about grabbing the whole professional display market from them