A brief synopsis of the two main types of screens and how they differ. One is called LCD, or liquid crystal display. This display makes an image that requires additional light (from the edges or the back) to light up the image and make it visible. Recently we've switched from old mercury-containing backlights to more reliable and efficient LED (light emitting diode). In reality, we call these LCD displays 'LED' now but that really only denotes how the screen is lit. As you can imagine, as screens become thinner and resolutions become higher, it gets more difficult to get light into the panel and into your eyes, especially when intensity uniformity is important. OLEDs stand for organic light emitting diodes and in this case, each pixel is its own light source of red, green, blue and sometimes white. While the LED display creates an image and uses LED to make it visible, each OLED image pixel consists of 3 (or 4) of these multi-color LEDs that light up themselves to make them visible. Because of this, they are ideal for large areas and/or high resolution, but they are more expensive to make at present than the LCD/LED panels. Also, as OLED devices are susceptible to moisture, you're most likely going to see the OLEDs in glass-on-glass construction, although some are on flexible package. LCD/LED panel images, as they are illuminated by the LED, don't appear to be as black or white where OLEDs are champions at this because all LEDs on gives you white light and all off gives you REAL black. OLEDs can be susceptible to burn in if an image stays in place for too long, but some OLED displays can jostle the pixels to make sure an image doesn't stay on too long. Note that in the US (as of this writing) only LG sells displays/TVs with OLED screens (the Sony unit buys the panel from LG).

Organic Light Emitting Diodes. It is the latest and greatest technology for displays. The colors are amazing and the picture quality is almost indescribable. Here is a good write up on the differences. https://www.oled-info.com/introduction

Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) there are a series of organic thin films sandwiched between two conductors. When electrified, a bright light is emitted. OLEDs are an emissive display that do not require any backlight and as a result are thinner and more efficient than LCD displays (which do require a white backlight).

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A brief synopsis of the two main types of screens and how they differ. One is called LCD, or liquid crystal display. This display makes an image that requires additional light (from the edges or the back) to light up the image and make it visible. Recently we've switched from old mercury-containing backlights to more reliable and efficient LED (light emitting diode). In reality, we call these LCD displays 'LED' now but that really only denotes how the screen is lit. As you can imagine, as screens become thinner and resolutions become higher, it gets more difficult to get light into the panel and into your eyes, especially when intensity uniformity is important. OLEDs stand for organic light emitting diodes and in this case, each pixel is its own light source of red, green, blue and sometimes white. While the LED display creates an image and uses LED to make it visible, each OLED image pixel consists of 3 (or 4) of these multi-color LEDs that light up themselves to make them visible. Because of this, they are ideal for large areas and/or high resolution, but they are more expensive to make at present than the LCD/LED panels. Also, as OLED devices are susceptible to moisture, you're most likely going to see the OLEDs in glass-on-glass construction, although some are on flexible package. LCD/LED panel images, as they are illuminated by the LED, don't appear to be as black or white where OLEDs are champions at this because all LEDs on gives you white light and all off gives you REAL black. OLEDs can be susceptible to burn in if an image stays in place for too long, but some OLED displays can jostle the pixels to make sure an image doesn't stay on too long. Note that in the US (as of this writing) only LG sells displays/TVs with OLED screens (the Sony unit buys the panel from LG).
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Organic Light Emitting Diodes. It is the latest and greatest technology for displays. The colors are amazing and the picture quality is almost indescribable. Here is a good write up on the differences. https://www.oled-info.com/introduction
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Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) there are a series of organic thin films sandwiched between two conductors. When electrified, a bright light is emitted. OLEDs are an emissive display that do not require any backlight and as a result are thinner and more efficient than LCD displays (which do require a white backlight).
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