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It’s different, but I wouldn’t say “It‘s almost completely different”. It’s like comparing a marine diesel to a diesel car engine. It’s different but it’s still

• ssl-3 2y ago
  Perhaps so. In terms of engines, the relative scale certainly emphasizes the point (we all know about how big car engines and OLED screens are, but it's hard to comprehend the vastness of a big marine diesel engine even while standing inside of one on a ladder). One has transistors that can't really be seen with the human eye (TFTs), and the other has transistors in SMD packages that can not only be seen, but also kicked and replaced when needed. And one has tiny [O]LEDs that are integrated tightly together into one unit (which must be replaced at one time in the event of a pixel failure). The other has relatively enormous PCB-mount LEDs (which can be serviced individually on a bench by a tech of sufficient skill), which in turn are mounted on modules that can be swapped by a field tech fairly rapidly. They're very different in construction methods, just as car engines are different compared to big marine engines. They'd also appear rather similar in function if one were to draw a block diagram of each.