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Organic light-emitting diode Television

Organic light-emitting diode Television is a new communication technology for Televisions which plan on being in mass production for consumers in or around the year of 2010.An OLED is composed of several organic compounds that emit their own light, not so much different then what one would find in a lightning bug.

The technology used for OLED was first developed at the Eastman Kodak company by Dr. Ching W. Tang and was recently updated and perfected by companies such as Samsung and Sony. The organic process used in OLED is electrophosphorescence which is a biological phenom which was typically found in plankton, lightning bugs, and other creatures of the sea; now scientist have been able to synthesize this organic materials and use it for the technology to create what is needed to create this type of TV.

The advantages for using this type of technology, would be that it gives the user a greater High- Definition experience and has a viewing range at 170 degree angle and there is no back-light and operates at a very low current at 2-10 volts. The OLED have no back light so it is made of several layers of doped fluorocarbon polymers which is usually less then 0.5 thousandths of a millimeter thick; what this means is typically the screens are unbreakable and can be rolled up and folded ,and there would be no damage to the screen . The OLED televisions are also so thin you can literally hang it on the wall with tape.

The disadvantages for OLED technology at the moment by far are greater the advantages at this point in time. There are three different LED’s used for this technology: red, green, and blue. The red and green LED’s seem to be fine and can last up to forty thousand hours, but the blue LED only last up two five thousand hours. The screen on the OLED can also be easily damaged by water, but this problem will be fixed one developers find a way to put a protective screen on the screen. 

The cost of this new technology is $2,499 for an 11 inch TV from Sony; this is another disadvantage, due to the fact that many people are not going to pay this price for an 11 inch Television except for the early adaptors who like to be the first people to acquire a new technology. When this new technology hits mainstream I believe that many people will be staying home and watch so much TV that it will have a negative effect on adolescence health and social skills.

 



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