What is the future of monitors?

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What do you think the screen of 2020 will look like? I imagine in physical size it won't be that different,as most people don't want to sit 2ft away from 52inch screens etc, but do you think the resolution will increase? Surely there comes a point it is not noticeable by the average eye. Obviously 3D will probably be quite common then, with 120hz or above screens. Will OLED's be around?

I'm just interested in your thoughts. :)
 
I think we'll go into 3d interfaces more than anything else as loads of people have a lust for a minority report style interface

and because of that we'll be further away from monitors so they will get bigger along with higher res although the high res will mostly be a marketing ploy although some people will find it an advantage
 
There are some interesting concepts explored on this article (not to website pimp or anything). It covers what we know from prototypes and current developments and isn't the wild speculation you may be after but it might get people's imaginations going. I've been sat reviewing a monitor for several hours on end and don't really want to think about them for a bit :D.
 
A thing I would like to see more often would be bezel-less screens, so when using dual screen, the two screens are flush together.
 
Looking at the way standard desktop pc's are going (to all in one touch screens). I reckon we'll be seeing something around about the same size as normal, but probably touch screen. 3D with no glasses. Hologram's would be epic, but somehow I doubt it by 2020 xD

But yeah as already said I'd love bezel-less screens!

kd
 
I always wondered what a 24" high res plasma would be like..

As the picture quailty on my pioneer plasma blows my 24" dell away



But i know we never see one :(
 
chaparral said:
I always wondered what a 24" high res plasma would be like..

As the picture quailty on my pioneer plasma blows my 24" dell away



But i know we never see one :(
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We will - that's effectively what OLED monitors will be like. 'Plasma' quality with no phosphor trailing artifacts or flickering and much higher resolutions.
 
OLED ("organic LED") is the display tech of the future. Until we see "true" 3D rendering (holograms or whatever) OLED should dominate. A few of the features:

Contrast: OLED "pixels" can be switched off entirely, allowing near-perfect black levels, and therefore near-infinite contrast ratios.

Viewing angles: The technology is completely different to TFT (i.e. not based around a light-scattering matrix) so the image will be precisely the same no matter what angle it is viewed from. Almost like viewing a picture or other physical static image.

Response time: OLED screens will have a typical response time of around 0.1ms. Clearly this is a huge step up from the 2-8ms response times of LED... "Ghosting" etc should become a non-issue.

Colour reproduction: The range of colours that can be shown with OLEDs should significantly exceed that from CCFL backlighting. We should expect a wide colour gamut to be a standard feature in OLED screens.

High refresh rates: The fast pixel response time should make high refresh rates much easier to obtain than with LCD-based tech. The first "proper" commercial OLED TV (the 31" LG panel - see below) already has 120Hz capability.

Power use: Lower than LCDs. First-generation OLEDs should use around half the power of LCDs under regular use.

Screen thickness: OLED screens are extremely thin... The LG screen below is just 2mm thick, and I'm sure this will be further reduced over time.

Flexibility: OLED screens are flexible, so it's relatively easy to produce screens with curved surfaces. As far as PCs go it would lend itself to "ultra-widescreen" panels with curved surfaces, but there are a million other applications in daily life, once production costs drop far enough.


All in all, OLED screens should be a huge step forward. For the next couple of years they will remain very expensive and in limited supply. But, as with all technologies, as production increases and costs drop they will enter the mainstream. 2013-2014 would be my guess for OLED screens starting to become "the norm" within the high-end TV and PC monitor market.

Whet your appetite with this little video of the 31" LG screen. Of course you can't really see the quality of the image on the screen, but at least you get a feel for the screen thickness and viewing angles :)



 
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Whats the situation with the OLED'S regarding input lag ?

It's all very well having a 0.1ms response time, but if the display has 30ms + of inpult lag it makes the response time irrelevent.
 
They will be much in line with the latest 120Hz LCDs with image process bypassing technologies (i.e. next to no input lag). I didn't get to test anything thoroughly or attempt to take any sort of readings but the overall responsiveness of a prototype OLED I used was absolutely fantastic. This was a dedicated 'IT solution' prototype rather than a TV (so this could be a factor initially as TVs may have more processing going on). The kind gentleman demonstrating some of this technology to me also said that the response times in some transitions can get as low as 0.01ms and the very worst case transitions are still around 0.1-0.2ms. Absolutely impercetible transitions as long as the refresh rate is good enough (which it will be). :)
 
PCM2 said:
They will be much in line with the latest 120Hz LCDs with image process bypassing technologies (i.e. next to no input lag). I didn't get to test anything thoroughly or attempt to take any sort of readings but the overall responsiveness of a prototype OLED I used was absolutely fantastic. This was a dedicated 'IT solution' prototype rather than a TV (so this could be a factor initially as TVs may have more processing going on). The kind gentleman demonstrating some of this technology to me also said that the response times in some transitions can get as low as 0.01ms and the very worst case transitions are still around 0.1-0.2ms. Absolutely impercetible transitions as long as the refresh rate is good enough (which it will be). :)
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You are one lucky guy, I cannot wait for mainstream OLED. I would love to get my hands on one when they are reasonable and be ahead of the mainstream crowd.
Do you know if this is going to increase the resolutions, because it would be pretty sweet if we could get 180 Degrees monitors ( Bent around) that would have good resolutions.
 
What sort of estimated time scales are we looking at before OLED screens start hitting shelves? Is there any indication of a release date from any of the major manufactuers?
 
The manufacturers seem to be quite tight-lipped at the moment and are just taking things as they come. Samsung and LG are both planning to ramp up capacity for the kind of OLED panels that will be useful for TVs computer monitors of various useful sizes some time next year. I would expect availability of some premium OLED TVs this year with some premium monitors to follow in 2012-2013. I think we're probably looking at around 2015 before they hit mainstream retail but I could be wrong. For me (and many others I'm sure) they just can't come soon enough!
 
HW91 said:
I think we'll go into 3d interfaces more than anything else as loads of people have a lust for a minority report style interface
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That's only because they've never used one. It looks cool in the movies but would be completely impractical for real world use. Standing/sitting around holding your arms up and moving them around would get tiring and painful very quickly. Aparently, even during the relatively short period of filming that scene Tom Cruise was suffering - imagine using that all day.
 
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I for one would welcome screens that have no bezel, i assume it would pose a problem for manufacturing/warranty as they would be more fragile, so maybe a screen wherby the bezel was designed in such a way that an inclined user could remove any offending edges to mate screens together more effectively without having to resort to some kind of home brew chassis.
 
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