MicroLED is a Pipedream?

LOL i was hearing about how microLED was coming out soon back in around 2007 or 2008 when i bought my pioneer Kuro plasma and some people were going to wait for them to be released,
Wonder if them people are still waiting :D
 
I've said this for ages. The only people I see talk about microLED and miniLED are OLED haters.

Its far away, its too expensive, we still don't know enough about the tech. miniLED wise is just a rebadged FALD setup which will still have the same issues FALD has. We did pretty good FALD sets (ZD9 Sony and Panasonic 902B) but they still will have the unavoidable issues of halo, blooming etc.

OLED is here and its here to stay for the next decade. I just hope Samsung enter the OLED game to give a bit of competition for panels from LG.
 
If OLED was released in smaller panels and an affordable enough price to alleviate worries of burn in/deterioration it would kill off LCD rather sharpish imo. 32 inch would be a nice size for mainstream/monitor usage etc.
 
Squink said:
Why on earth would anyone hate OLED?
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I don't think they necessarily hate OLED, they're just the type who are perpetually stuck in the mindset of "something better is just around the corner" as it usually is in the world of tech.

I think it's been obvious for a while now that MicroLED is a long way off being consumer-ready and even when it is, I imagine the pricing will be quite a bit higher than original OLED pricing at the same size.
 
It's now 2024 and MicroLEDs still start at $90,000 US Dollars. MicroLEDs still have a long and slow manufacturing that is prone to significant errors requiring remanufacturing to repair defects on panels. The last 4 years have seen very little advancement in attainment quicker and cheaper production

The industry as a whole is missing serious innovations and is worried about the recent improvements in OLED technology

It's currently anticipated, even with expected advancements, by 2029 MicroLED TVs will still cost about 12 times more expensive than an OLED TVs. If I assume an LG C4 at 65 inches is about what the averaged OLED buyers aims for, which cost $2600 then in 2029 a MicroLED TVs will have come down from its current $90,000 to just $31,000! What a deal!


At this rate it will take until 2035 before we have affordable MicroLED TVs

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Taiwan's Micro LED industry urged to accelerate innovation amid rapid OLED advancements

Taiwan is gradually positioning itself as a global leader in Micro LED development, driven by extensive investments in core areas like epitaxial wafers, TFT substrates, mass transfer, and full-color display technologies. However, with OLED technology advancing rapidly, Taiwan must redouble...
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stoofa said:
I mean - other than the burn-in, and the fact that if it's left in direct sunlight it can get destroyed, lack of peak brightness.
OLED looks great, but people sitting there as if there are no issues with the technology are just blind to their own purchase.
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lack of peak brightness? My eyes on fire say otherwise.
 
I have a "mini-led" Hisense I got as a replacement for a higher end model after it died a few years in, it's surprisingly decent for what it costs but it's far away from an OLED. The only reason I didn't pony up the extra for an OLED was because I plan on moving to a projector in the new year, I'm frankly more excited about improvements in near-field laser projectors for a larger image experience than I am LED technology.
 
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hornetstinger said:
lack of peak brightness? My eyes on fire say otherwise.
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It's not about "how bright" you run the device, but how well HDR works.
HDR10+ and Dolby Vision is mastered to 10k nits. This is of course well beyond most TVs - but high-end micro-LED's will have a peak brightness of up to 3k/4k. So there is a massive difference between the darkest darks and the brightest brights.
With OLED, at best around 1k nits
 
The thing with the human eyes is they have perceived contrast, vs actual contrast you can measure with a tool. OLEDs may already have infinite contrast but to the human eye, assuming blacks are always 0 nits, then the higher the bright parts get, the higher the perceived human eye contrast is and the other thing with humans is your brain and eyes perceives "image quality" to be "high contrast" - so the higher you get the contrast, the more your brain thinks the image quality is improving
 
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aoaaron said:
I have no idea. I think a lot of people are upset about burn-in, how its not covered by warranty or maybe they can't afford one so get jealous?
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don't most of them have 3 year burn in warranties, get the screen replaced and sell it when it happens

Grim5 said:
so the higher you get the contrast, the more your brain thinks the image quality is improving
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I'm not buying it, isa there science to back this up?
 
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