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If This Startup Has Its Way, Your Next TV Won't Be An LCD
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There are few problems harder in technology than bringing a new type of display to market. Since the invention of television and the CRT in the early 1900s, it¡¯s been successfully pulled off twice. First, with the plasma TV, which is on the verge of extinction. And, then, with the LCD that currently dominates every segment, from your living room to the smartphone. But some high end mobile devices, particularly those from Samsung use OLED screens, which promise a better image while sipping less power. For more than a decade electronics giants have tried ¡ª and mostly failed ¡ª to build bigger OLEDs so that they can be used as televisions. Tiny Kateeva, a startup in Menlo Park, Calif., is hoping its technology will be the game changer the industry needs.
OLED, or organic light-emitting diode, technology promises to solve the few remaining shortcomings of LCDs. Because the individual pixels in an OLED make their own light, a display can be very power efficient. That¡¯s important on mobile, but also in a world increasingly looking to keep its high-tech amenities while going green. In addition, those All topics about PCB technology http://pcb.hqew.net/special/ pixels can vary their contrast widely between the darkest blacks and the brightest colors. Studies have shown a broad contrast ratio is the single-most important part of image quality.
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