sixtyfps: way to go. but you missed the part where Doc was talking in the present tense.
Yes, OLED's *theoretically* consume less power than LCD...but in terms of products available to consumers *now*, they don't.
If *you* used the internet to look things up, you'd see Sony's 11" OLED consumes 45 Watts. That's about the same as the rating on many 20" LCD TV's. Keep in mind, that 20" screen has almost 4 times the screen area of an 11" screen...
So, yes, as Doc suggested, current OLED (well, the one that's been available for a few months) tech does indeed drink a bunch of power.
Of course, OLED has a ways to go, and will eventually be lower power than LCD as is theoretically possible...
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EQC @ Apr 24th 2008 5:44PM
sixtyfps: way to go. but you missed the part where Doc was talking in the present tense.
Yes, OLED's *theoretically* consume less power than LCD...but in terms of products available to consumers *now*, they don't.
If *you* used the internet to look things up, you'd see Sony's 11" OLED consumes 45 Watts. That's about the same as the rating on many 20" LCD TV's. Keep in mind, that 20" screen has almost 4 times the screen area of an 11" screen...
So, yes, as Doc suggested, current OLED (well, the one that's been available for a few months) tech does indeed drink a bunch of power.
Of course, OLED has a ways to go, and will eventually be lower power than LCD as is theoretically possible...