I really wish Panasonic would start selling their OLEDs in the USA. I don't care if they source all of their panels from LG; any competition, even if they're using the same panels, will help to refine the tech & hopefully lower pricing as well.
Panasonic really shouldn't open with their big go-nowhere novelty units. They make some impressive niche products I'd be shocked if executives were even aware of.
'We want to improve OLED with better black reprodiction'
Sorry, I'm sure it makes sense somehow, but it just makes me laugh. Black on an OLED screen is just turning off the pixel. Can't make it any blacker - except maybe by turning off more pixels? :-)
Near blacks are a problem spot for OLED. uniformity is generally not great and there can be banding and black crush. This is an area where plasma still reigns supreme.
The slide says "black graduation", so I guess that's what they meant. "Blacks" is often used to refer to 'black graduation/greyscale'. As hawtdawg mentioned, OLEDs are fantastic at actual black (the reflection of no colour at all), but aren't great at graduation.
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romrunning - Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - link
I really wish Panasonic would start selling their OLEDs in the USA. I don't care if they source all of their panels from LG; any competition, even if they're using the same panels, will help to refine the tech & hopefully lower pricing as well.kluj - Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - link
Panasonic really shouldn't open with their big go-nowhere novelty units. They make some impressive niche products I'd be shocked if executives were even aware of.Shadowmaster625 - Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - link
I finally learned to scroll to the bottom in order to read this in the correct order, and it starts at the top. Arrggh.boeush - Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - link
'We want to improve OLED with better black reprodiction'Sorry, I'm sure it makes sense somehow, but it just makes me laugh. Black on an OLED screen is just turning off the pixel. Can't make it any blacker - except maybe by turning off more pixels? :-)
hawtdawg - Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - link
Near blacks are a problem spot for OLED. uniformity is generally not great and there can be banding and black crush. This is an area where plasma still reigns supreme.Tams80 - Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - link
The slide says "black graduation", so I guess that's what they meant. "Blacks" is often used to refer to 'black graduation/greyscale'. As hawtdawg mentioned, OLEDs are fantastic at actual black (the reflection of no colour at all), but aren't great at graduation.