Re: Good laptop display (OT)

[Kennedy McEwen <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <3D0691C4.6020700@shaw.ca>, Arthur Entlich 
<artistic-1@shaw.ca> writes
>I had no idea this technology was getting so close to "prime time".
>
>I might just wait for this product to become available.  I've read a 
>fair bit about it, and I suspect eventually cereal boxes will be 
>playing videos on there fronts as we go through the grocery store, as 
>costs decline.
>
>I envy the fact that you actually get to see this stuff going through 
>its evolution and know what's coming.
>
Well there are still a few issues with them that need to be resolved 
before they replace CRTs, but things are moving at a pace.  One issue is 
the colour gamut is not as great as CRTs, but probably at least as good 
as LCDs.  The main limitation though is the lifetime of the blue 
emitters, which are about half that of the red and green and can be 
short enough that a colour shift is apparent in a matter of weeks. There 
have recently been some improvements in this area though.

While they are cheap, I don't think they will ever be cheap enough to 
put on cereal boxes - but some product packaging might.  It's only a 
couple of years since Pink Floyd released the first CD with an 
optoelectronic device in the package, and an OLED CD jewel case is 
certainly feasible in the near future.
-- 
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
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