[OT] OLEDs!

About 6 months ago I ordered a OLED evaluation kit from Eastman-Kodak
from a story that was linked to from Slashdot. I never heard from them
... until 2 weeks ago. I received my OLED evaluation kit in the mail
last night! This is total geekdom! These screens ROCK!

I swear: It has a complete 180 degree viewing angle with absolutely no
distortion. It's brighter than a CRT. The display itself is about as
thick as a quarter and very lightweight. It's 2.2" diagonal
with 512x218 pixels. It accepts SVideo, RCA, VGA and DVI for input. It
produces 16 Million colors and has response time that's faster than a
CRT (by my estimation).

The one bad side is that my display has 2 dead green pixels, 4 dead
blue pixels and 5 dead red pixels. I suppose that there wasn't allot of
QC done on the display since it's free. The displays are created by
injecting bioluminencent protiens in to cells sandwhiched between a
cathode and transparent anode.

The really cool thing is that they're are so thin, bright and cheap --
MUCH cheaper -- to produce in mass quantities than LCD's are.
Production of computer displays begins next year. IIRC, that bright
video screen billboard on 435 on the south side of down is a giant OLED
display.

I'll bring it to the next LUG meeting.

(For those that want one, several of my friends already tried. They are
charging $5,600 for them, now.)





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