Ever notice that all the hot-on-OLED firms, um,
aren't named Sharp? Yeah, we've seen intentions to plow full speed ahead into OLED development from
Panasonic, Sony (
obviously),
LG and a host of
others, yet Sharp seems quite content with rocking the world with its LCDs. During a brief chat with
TechRadar, the outfit's Miyuki Nakayama was quoted as saying that "LCD isn't mature yet, [as] there is still a lot to come in the future," specifically noting that LCD resolutions could be jacked to 4K2K. Better still, when pushed to comment on the OLED bandwagon (and more specifically, Sharp's decision to stand aside), he stated that "organic EL screens aren't a threat to LCD and they won't be for at least another decade." The reason? "The screens don't last long and they can't easily be made bigger." In all honesty, we can see Sharp's point -- after all, it makes LCDs for quite a few applications not named HDTV. Still, some pretty bold words, no?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Justin @ Jun 29th 2008 11:02AM
There was a time when plasma and rear projection manufacturers felt they had a big size advantage over LCD. I'm sure they don't feel that way now.
cweave @ Jun 29th 2008 5:33PM
O-LED sets are certainly the future. Size and lifespan issues will be overcome - 10 years ha... try 3 before we see significant numbers of them on the market.
zimbo2 @ Jun 29th 2008 9:58PM
Must be great to have management with such vision. I'm sure they were making the greatest VCRs when that market matured, too. Sony, Samsung, and LG are all using the technology that Universal Display Corporation has patented, and that is going to be an interesting battle to watch. Have fun on the sidelines Sharp!
GR Gear @ Jun 30th 2008 8:59AM
How short-sighted can these companies be? Mind-boggling.
John Willaford @ Jul 28th 2008 1:07PM
Well, one thought is a new backlight system based ON LED on Silicon Transistors.
I didn't say OLED.
But, imagine you give LCD a cheap low power per pixel backlight system.
Not quite the price of some CCFLs but yeah. Sharp has a point actually.
Why get an OLED TV that may only last 7 years when an LCD with an INORGANIC LED on Transistor backlight can last a hell of alot longer and look pretty darn good.