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I believe the point is that the main research is now on oled and micro-led. Those are truly LCD-less. Instead of having a backlight that is variously dimmed by

by rocqua 3y ago

I believe the point is that the main research is now on oled and micro-led. Those are truly LCD-less. Instead of having a backlight that is variously dimmed by an LCD panel, they have self emmisive pixels. Micro led truly aims to just have a single LED per (sub) pixel.

beebeepka 3y ago
I thought MicroLED was about per pixel backlight for good old LCD. Gonna hit wiki. Edit: it's not LCD hehe. I have memorized some incorrect info
- JoshTriplett 3y ago
  That's "mini-LED". MicroLED has small enough LEDs to use the LEDs directly as the pixels.
  - beebeepka 3y ago
    You seem to be right. I don't have them too confused, though. There have been MiniLED display on the market for years, and they're all LCD
    - water9 3y ago
      Manufacturers blur this distinction on purpose to sell cheaper items
    - numpad0 3y ago
      I believe mini-LED/zone dimming was a development expected to be followed by MicroLED, yet longevity and yield continued to be problem in Micro which left “Mini” branding hanging in the air. IIRC.
Nursie 3y ago
Micro-led seems to me to be one of those technologies that's always just around the corner. Perhaps I'm a pessimist, but from the launch of the first mainstream OLED tvs several years ago, I've been hearing "OLED is just a stopgap, Microled is where it's at, and that's not far off now". Ten years later ... oled is still where it's at, or LCD for a lot of people. I know these things take time, but the anticipation of this tech seems to have lasted at least a decade so far.
- knifie_spoonie 3y ago
  > Micro-led seems to me to be one of those technologies that's always just around the corner. You can actually buy a MicroLED TV today, but they're huge and expensive: https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/tvs/micro-led/110-class-micro-led-samsung-4k-with-smart-hub-mna110ms1acxza/ https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/tvs/micr...
  - lozenge 3y ago
    How funny they are selling a $150,000 display and still feel the need to inflate its size from 109.2" to 110".
    - rbanffy 3y ago
      They are so massive that the difference is caused by the curvature of spacetime.
    - NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
      Once it's powered on for 10 minutes, the heat causes the materials to expand. Soon thereafter, the thrust from the cooling fans causes the tv to leave forever, but for those first few minutes it is a viewing experience beyond any other. Just last week, one was spotted cruising past the freeway at low altitude, out to sea. Some say it is still going. Mind you, the display technology doesn't produce mind excess heat. That would be the smart-tv cpu as it loads up a barrage of ads with which to torment watchers with. Skip ad 14:56s
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- rowanG077 3y ago
  Huh? MicroLED is pretty new. I think the first research demonstration of a microLED display was in 2009 or 2010. You can buy microLED TVs right now. A bit more then 10 years to go from research to product is totally normal.

by rocqua 3y ago

beebeepka 3y ago

I thought MicroLED was about per pixel backlight for good old LCD. Gonna hit wiki. Edit: it's not LCD hehe. I have memorized some incorrect info

JoshTriplett 3y ago
That's "mini-LED". MicroLED has small enough LEDs to use the LEDs directly as the pixels.
- beebeepka 3y ago
  You seem to be right. I don't have them too confused, though. There have been MiniLED display on the market for years, and they're all LCD
  - water9 3y ago
    Manufacturers blur this distinction on purpose to sell cheaper items
  - numpad0 3y ago
    I believe mini-LED/zone dimming was a development expected to be followed by MicroLED, yet longevity and yield continued to be problem in Micro which left “Mini” branding hanging in the air. IIRC.

Nursie 3y ago

Micro-led seems to me to be one of those technologies that's always just around the corner. Perhaps I'm a pessimist, but from the launch of the first mainstream OLED tvs several years ago, I've been hearing "OLED is just a stopgap, Microled is where it's at, and that's not far off now". Ten years later ... oled is still where it's at, or LCD for a lot of people. I know these things take time, but the anticipation of this tech seems to have lasted at least a decade so far.

knifie_spoonie 3y ago
> Micro-led seems to me to be one of those technologies that's always just around the corner. You can actually buy a MicroLED TV today, but they're huge and expensive: https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/tvs/micro-led/110-class-micro-led-samsung-4k-with-smart-hub-mna110ms1acxza/ https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/tvs/micr...
- lozenge 3y ago
  How funny they are selling a $150,000 display and still feel the need to inflate its size from 109.2" to 110".
  - rbanffy 3y ago
    They are so massive that the difference is caused by the curvature of spacetime.
  - NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
    Once it's powered on for 10 minutes, the heat causes the materials to expand. Soon thereafter, the thrust from the cooling fans causes the tv to leave forever, but for those first few minutes it is a viewing experience beyond any other. Just last week, one was spotted cruising past the freeway at low altitude, out to sea. Some say it is still going. Mind you, the display technology doesn't produce mind excess heat. That would be the smart-tv cpu as it loads up a barrage of ads with which to torment watchers with. Skip ad 14:56s
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rowanG077 3y ago
Huh? MicroLED is pretty new. I think the first research demonstration of a microLED display was in 2009 or 2010. You can buy microLED TVs right now. A bit more then 10 years to go from research to product is totally normal.