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Comments on: Sony's curved OLED

Priorities 

Posted Tuesday 30th September 2008 14:09 GMT

All very clever, but does anyone else wish they'd just put their efforts into making these reasonably sized and reasonably priced? Sooner we can dump LCD for good, the better.

Super Trinitron... 

Posted Tuesday 30th September 2008 15:19 GMT

Hasn't it only been a decade or since Sony, etc. phased out curved screens (on CRTs, back in the day). Seems we have come full circle.

@Gareth Saunders 

Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 13:37 GMT

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GS wrote, "Hasn't it only been a decade or since Sony, etc. phased out curved screens (on CRTs, back in the day). Seems we have come full circle."

Do I detect a hint of sarcasm or have you missed the point of curved OLED? CRT's were convex until Sony overcame this undesirable problem with FST. Curved OLED's are concave and have been developed like that by design to give a more immersive experience to the viewer. (Think miniature IMax).

OLED curvature 

Posted Wednesday 1st October 2008 14:41 GMT

Gareth, I think you may have misunderstood Sony's intention for the curved OLED. It is to demonstrate a technological achievement rather than an example of future monitors to come. This ability to bend the OLED panel will lend to future placements of OLED on various surfaces.