CHASLS2 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 OLED is a show stopper for sure. It will destroy LED and plasma. I will wait it out one more year and see if there will be a 60" for under $5K and see if the 3 rd gen sets are any better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 They are definitely sharp, blacks look amazing. The only affordable ones are the 55" though, plus they are curved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 What's the panel life? I know originally they were having issues with blues wearing out quicker than the other colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I'll wait for 55" at 1500.00. My guess is about 2 years at current precipitous rate drops. They should eventually become dirt cheap as, in theory, they can be produced almost like paper. In 10 years, one may well have a room with screens on all sides. Hello, holodeck gen 1! Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 OLED is a show stopper for sure. Yes it is. It will destroy LED and plasma. Slow it down. "Better" picture with truer colors and true blacks and true whites than plasma, not really. As energy efficient and as bright as LED/LCD's, probably so. A great combination of the best plasmas and best LED/LCD's, yes definitely. OLED takes the best of both the plasma world and the LED/LCD world and rolls it all in to one. Charlie, this is just my opinion. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser SET say Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Well my 50" Pano Plasma is going on 5 years now and my Insignia LED is going on 2 years old, hopefully the OLED's will be reasonable by the time these wear out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Slow it down. "Better" picture with truer colors and true blacks and true whites than plasma, not really Have to know why you think that. It's the first time I've seen anyone, either technical commentators or lay people who've seen them, say this. OLED dynamic range is often described as near "infinite" as for black it emits virtually no light. Can't get much blacker than that. HT isn't my forte...but I have kept up with OLED technology since I saw my first one over a decade ago. It was a tiny 8" display...but even them like looking through a window compared to other displays. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I hope I don't see one anytime soon! It is best that I don't know what I am missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASLS2 Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 What's the panel life? I know originally they were having issues with blues wearing out quicker than the other colors. I think it was around 10k hours. I only have about 1200 hours on my 60VT60 and it is 16 months sold. I would never keep a display long enough to get 10k hours on it. It sure popped on demo loop they were running. I owned a Kuro and it for sure beat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Have to know why you think that. Okay, mileage may vary. I saw a Samsung PN64F8500 and was totally blown away by it's contrast, accurate colors, and those inky blacks. And it was brighter than any plasma I had ever seen. I also saw a demo of an OLED TV(can't remember make and model) of similar size and after many a back and forth comparison, I personally did not see much of a difference. Granted these were not ideal controlled conditions for a "true" comparison. My main objective of my comments was to counter the "It will destroy LED and plasma." IMO, LED yes, plasma, no. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) My main objective of my comments was to counter the "It will destroy LED and plasma." IMO, LED yes, plasma, no. Okies. I am sure you know that, as with speakers, a display is precisely as good as the signal it's reproducing. GIGO. But I'd say plasma as well. Even if OLED weren't as good it's going to rapidly become so cheap as to be virtually disposable. In the mass market, price will win over quality every time. Aside from other things, I am looking forward to having a real newspaper sized newspaper delivered on it every morning...and updated all day. If I get to feeling nostalgic, I'll roll it up with a rubber band and toss it out in the yard before I go to bed. Dave Edited October 27, 2014 by Mallette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Doesn't anybody with a Samsung smart phone have a OLED screen? I know my S3 Galaxy does and it is 2 years old. Nice technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I'll wait for the 21 x 9's. I know I'm like a broken record. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASLS2 Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 I have owned 4 plasma sets. A G9 Kuro, Panny 65vt30 , 60vt60 and a older 42" Panny 720 plsama and the LG9300 OLED just creams them all in my book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Okay, I will humbly submit to your expertise. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldred Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) OLED That was so expensive when I bought my VT50.... When my OLD 60 inch Sony SXRD goes out ( yes there is still one left) I will look into it Edited October 27, 2014 by oldred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Every time I demo a plasma nowadays, including the top of the line Samsung that is still on the market, there is this high speed flicker, which I realize plasma is supposed to cure that due to a 600 hz refresh rate, but it's still there. Box store employees must not know how to set them up either because there is always a slight dark green tint. OLED just looks like a framed picture, no flicker and the colors look really vivid, blacks are a true black and not a washed out gray. Edited October 27, 2014 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 How is the viewing angle on the OLED sets? Similar to plasma or more like LCD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet_Hollow Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Same as CRT as they are direct view which equates to about as comfortably as you can take the off-axis viewing angle. The GF has had every iteration of the Galaxy S series with OLED starting with her S3 in '08. I knew about OLED and was aware of it's potential since '98 (just a few years after blue LEDs hit the scene), but once I saw her playing Angry Birds on it at night time, I was immediately sold on the technology. Simply breathtaking, but as Dave warns, it's a perfectly clear window into the source (codec, bit rate, native resolution) and the display's GPU. Any fault there could easily be mistaken for the fault of the display technology.....similar to our speakers. ...and if you think OLED will change direct view television, wait until OLED displays hit the shelves, custom tailored for consumer-level head-tracking viewers like the OCULUS. I wager they will match, if not outsell, flat panel sales in 5 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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