The future of TV’s is here and it is OLED, or Organic Light Emitting Diode. OLED panels are basically phosphorescent colored particles that are fused to a substrate – be it glass or a metallic screen. These particles then light up by themselves when being injected with electricity, meaning unlike LCDs, they do not required a backlight and can be made extremely thin. LG has jumped on it, mainly through a partnership with Kodak to produce some of the first consumer OLED flat panel TVs, and their design is as stunning as the images they produce. To give you an idea of costs, a Sony 11-inch OLED TV is now on the market for a cool $2500, so a 15-incher should go for even more. And if you’ve got money to burn, there are rumors of a 40-inch OLED TV in the works, but we’ll have to wait for IFA 2009 for all this be officially announced.
