LG Bets On OLED's Success, Showcases Innovative Prototypes At IFA2015
"OLED will bring revolution to people's lives," Dr. Sang Beom Han, CEO and President of LG Display told an audience at IFA 2015 as he delivered the opening keynote speech at IFA 2015 in Berlin. "We are now living in an era of displays. Through displays, we share information. Through displays, we communicate. Through displays, we look into the future and dream about it," said Dr. Han in his speech on "How displays will change our lives."
Dr. Han told the audience that OLED is the only technology that overcomes the limitations of conventional displays because it offers enhanced reality combined with dynamic form. OLED offers superior light and color expression because it is based on self-emitting light sources. Its flexibility and its transparent nature are the result of the development of innovative OLED materials. These essential attributes mean OLED can bring to reality what has only been imagined until now.
OLED displays can be used in a number of future applications from wearables and fashion to home furnishings and room designs.
Dr. Ching W. Tang, a professor at the University of Rochester in New York and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, commented "Without backlight and other auxiliary layers, the OLED display is fundamentally less complicated compared to LCD, and in time less costly to manufacture. I have no doubt, given its advanced features and superior performance – foldable, wearable, flexible and transparent, OLED is the display technology for the next generation."
LG Display presented several OLED prototypes at IFA keynote event. The company introduced a 111-inch "wave" double-sided display(Vertical Tiling OLED), made out of three attached 65-inch Ultra HD OLED displays.
The South Korean company also showed a 55-inch double-sided commercial display with a thickness of approximately 5.3mm, which is thinner than the latest smartphone, and weighing only 12 kilograms, making it suitable to be shown in a variety of locations.
In addition, the company presented a 55-inch "wallpaper" OLED display with a thickness of less than 1 millimeter that can instantly be attached to and removed from walls because of its magnetic backing.