Samsung preps 14-, 31-inch OLED TVs for production
updated 11:45 am EDT, Mon June 1, 2009
Samsung 14in 31in OLED TVs
Samsung continued its OLED launches on Monday by providing some added early details of its first TV-sized active matrix OLED (AMOLED) displays. Calling both "production-ready," the Korean company says the 31-inch screen will be the first-ever OLED set to produce a native 1080p resolution and will have particularly high image quality: it manages 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio while showing more than 100 percent of the NTSC color range. It will also be thinner than LCDs at just 8.9mm (0.35in) deep.
While detailed information regarding the 14-inch display isn't provided, it and the 31-inch TV can both be mass-produced through a "full metal mask" technique. When either of the TVs will see shelves wasn't explained, though the company originally promised the 14-inch set for as soon as 2008, suggesting a significant delay.
