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    How Far Are we From Apple Laptops With OLED

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dell111, Apr 8, 2008.

  1. dell111

    dell111 Notebook Consultant

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    Apple Screens in general are usually the nicest. The MBP glossy screen is unmatched in the notebook world. I have been looking at some OLED screens and wow the picture is amazing. Its clear that this is where the feature is going for monitors screens and tvs. LCD and Plasma cant touch it. Anyway how long do you think we are from seeing OLED screens in laptops? I know the first OLED tv went up for sale recently, so it cant be to far.
     
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    wobble987 Notebook Virtuoso

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    hmmm i think it still be a long time... i cant see them using it for at least 5 years upward...
     
    wobble987, Apr 8, 2008
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    niemassacre Notebook Evangelist

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    Gonna be a while still I think, OLED technology is still kind of nascent, and quite expensive. That 11" TV costs $2,500, while a normal LCD TV would cost much, much less than that - so an OLED 15" screen on a MBP would be quite expensive I think. I wouldn't look for it before 2010, though that's pure speculation of course.
     
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  5. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    screen technology could really go in any direction...
     
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    I would say about 4 years.
     
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  7. Sam

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    Yeah, nothing in the close future, I'd say...OLED is still expensive.
     
    Sam, Apr 8, 2008
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  8. Modly

    Modly Warranty Voider

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    I hope that class action lawsuit names Acer, Dell, HP, Samsung, Hanns-G, Westinghouse, etc, etc... because Apple isn't the only ones doing it (I didn't know they did it on the 20" iMac honestly... I know the 23" isn't a TN panel).

    But it sounds like some people are singling out and targeting Apple for whatever reason... (Deeper pockets maybe? Apple's niceness to customer complaints?)

    But I know that my Samsung artificially displays millions of colours, and once in a while it is noticeable.

    Bah, Class action suits are so useless to the consumer, and only benefit lawyers.
     
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    jooooeee Stealth in disguise

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    A very long time...
     
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  10. Roger Dodger

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    Isn't OLED a Sony technology?

    I bet we will see it on the high end of VAIO before it becomes mass produced.
     
    Roger Dodger, Apr 9, 2008
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