What’S After Lcd?

TVs have come a long way from the days when they were huge square boxes in the corners of people’s living rooms, now they are slim, sleek and stylish units gracing homes all over the world. The most popular TVs are LCD TVs and Plasma and are now lusted after by many, with only a few very dedicated gadget fans rushing out to buy one of these units which have huge prices tags to match their huge screens. However, as we all know too well in the world of gadgets and tech, today’s cutting edge technology is tomorrow’s pile of junk. Those ever-popular LCD TVs with their huge sparking screens staring willingly back at you in shops may be the height of brilliance at the moment but may soon be obsolete in just a couple of years time with new and exciting technology emerging on a daily basis. Television manufacturers are coming out with TV technologies all the time which make the LCDs and Plasma’s we lovingly stare at look about as vibrant as a camera phone photo. Below are a couple of the technologies that you may see soon in your living room; OLED: This stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode as organic materials are used in the screens of these television’s screens. This material is then put in between two conductors and two sheets of glass and electric current is then applied to the conductors and the organic material produces the all important light. This new technology is said to be better than our current TV’s because the picture it produces has far greater contrast and the blacks and greys are a lot more defined. Another plus point for the OLED screens is that they can be made extremely thin; Sony currently has a TV on the market at the moment that is 3mm thick. This level of thickness could mean that there are rolled up OLED screens in the future. The OLED screens may be available in the UK from as soon as late 2009 because there are some already on sale in Japan and in the US. The TVs won’t come cheap though and early buyers may have to pay out around £1000 for a Sony 11-inch model. This all sounds too good to be true and there are a few drawbacks, such as OLED materials don’t tend to last too long. It’s been calculated that if you were to watch it for around four hours a day, your TV may only last around seven years.

LCD TVs and Plasma TVs are both very popular at the moment and there are a lot to choose from. To get a great deal on TVs it’s a good idea to shop online to find the best offers.