Re: gEDA-user: always build a prototype!

[Bob Paddock <bob.paddock@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 09 August 2007 21:16, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
> On 8/9/07, David Griffith <dgriffi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The story seems to be that they're all getting out because OLEDs don't
> > last much longer than a year or two.  Consider instead something like
> 
> How is this possible, when OLEDs have been shown to last longer than
> incadescent lightbulbs (which certainly last longer than one to two
> years these days)?  Something sounds awfully fishy to me.
> 
> Personally, I think it's just a matter of economy of scale.  LCDs are
> probably quite a bit cheaper to produce, and technology these days
> rivals the contrast ratios of OLEDs.
> 
> Therefore, there'd be no economic incentive to persue OLEDs.

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201713

That link says Osram is getting out of the OLED display business
so that they can pursue the OLED Light business.

100W OLED Light Bulb anyone?
[Not that you'd want that, being more efficient they would
take less than 100W for far more light.]



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