31-inch OLED Display

South Korean display screen maker Samsung SDI announced on Thursday it had developed a 31-inch ultra-thin organic screen, raising the stakes in an accelerating worldwide race for organic displays. Samsung SDI's announcement comes after Sony Corp began sales of 11-inch OLED TVs in November which has showcased a 27-inch prototype OLED TV in the past. Flat screen makers are increasingly looking at active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AM-OLED) as a growth driver because they produce brighter images and use less power. Samsung SDI declined to say when the company's 31-inch OLED screen would be mass-produced.

Samsung SDI is also planning to mass-produce 14-inch screens in 2008. Samsung SDI said its 31-inch module is only 4.3 mm thick, or one-tenth of a typical liquid crystal display panel, and consumed less than half the electricity needed for a 32-inch LCD screen. Samsung SDI also said the lifespan of its display was 35,000 hours, the best performance among existing AM-OLEDs. While small AM-OLED displays are already in use on premium mobile phones and media players, large-sized models are particularly difficult and costly to make. Shipments of Sony's 11-inch OLED TVs have been limited to 2,000 units per month.

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