Samsung and LG get early awards from Society for Information Display
The annual Society for Information Display (SID) conference, which begins next week, is both a technical education platform and a gathering of display companies that want to show their latest and greatest display products to other industry professionals. This prestigious gathering honors those products that are either unique or set a high bar for the industry, or both. While the show has not begun, SID gives ‘This Year’s Display Award’ before the show, and this year Samsung Display and LG Display (LPL) have received such awards.
LG Display was given the award for its 65” ‘wallpaper’ OLED TV, which we have discussed at length in earlier notes, but most importantly the demo, which was shown at CES, is in actual production, albeit in low volume, and the 77” version is about to be released to the public. Taking such an innovative and radical design to market in such a short timeframe is an accomplishment in itself, but the concept itself shows how large panel OLED displays can be adapted to applications that no other display modality could accomplish.
Samsung Display received the award for what it calls a quad-edge flexible display, which takes the ‘conformed’ OLED concept a bit further. The current Samsung Galaxy S8 uses a conformed OLED display that curves around the sides of the device. The quad-edged display brings the conformed curve to all four sides and uses curves that are non-uniform along the sides to give the user a more comfortable and natural grip. The Samsung award also noted the bezel (the black strip that surrounds the display) on these displays is almost gone, which makes the phone look like its just a display and not a phone with an almost 100% screen to body ratio.
LG Display was given the award for its 65” ‘wallpaper’ OLED TV, which we have discussed at length in earlier notes, but most importantly the demo, which was shown at CES, is in actual production, albeit in low volume, and the 77” version is about to be released to the public. Taking such an innovative and radical design to market in such a short timeframe is an accomplishment in itself, but the concept itself shows how large panel OLED displays can be adapted to applications that no other display modality could accomplish.
Samsung Display received the award for what it calls a quad-edge flexible display, which takes the ‘conformed’ OLED concept a bit further. The current Samsung Galaxy S8 uses a conformed OLED display that curves around the sides of the device. The quad-edged display brings the conformed curve to all four sides and uses curves that are non-uniform along the sides to give the user a more comfortable and natural grip. The Samsung award also noted the bezel (the black strip that surrounds the display) on these displays is almost gone, which makes the phone look like its just a display and not a phone with an almost 100% screen to body ratio.
Figure 5 - LG Display Wallpaper OLED TV - Source: LG Display
Figure 6 - Samsung Display quad-edge flexible OLED - Source: Samsung Display
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