LG Display is on the verge of beginning commercial production of a 15-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) panel thats suitable for use in televisions and laptop computers.

The screen, which is being shown on the sidelines of the International Consumer Electronics Show here in Las Vegas, is just 1.4 millimeters thick and is expected to go into production in June this year.

OLED is an emerging flat-panel display technology that uses an organic material in the pixels that emits its own light, so a backlight isnt needed. That helps make the displays thinner and much less power-hungry. OLED screens also handle fast-moving images better and offer richer color reproduction than current LCDs (liquid crystal displays) and PDPs (plasma display panels).

The LG widescreen panel has a 1,366 pixel by 768 pixel resolution and has a lifetime of 30,000 hours.



Source: PC World
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