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cobb said:
Whats wrong with CCFL for laptops??? I rather wait for OLED myself.
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Laptops usually have distinctly different specs for the display than large screen home TV. Usually, laptops are viewed at rather close range, have higher resolution, and are optimized for specific viewing angle and brightness range.
Large Screen TVs, even at the highest spec of the HDTV spec family, are lower resolution than most people will accept in a laptop, but the color quality and ability to deal with motion is much tougher.
The primary motivations for LED in very large screen TV's are usually the extreme challenge of trying to achieve even color balance over the entire screen (it takes many, exactly color matched tubes), and tube lifetimes where this color balance held was starting to approach 2 years.
The effect of this on TV makers, is that if someone had the $ to buy a 40 + inch flat screen, they were always impressed by plasma performance (at the higher cost) and the real problem of a potential CCL tube replacement after 2 years of use is a problem.
OLEDs are going to be primarily for 6 inch and less screens for at least 3 more years. Due to the fact that Win OS runs most pixels "bright", OLED will not have a power savings over LCD in most laptop applications, although it might for TV. I like OLED a lot, but I cannot see it ever becoming cheaper than LCD. - but stranger things have happened.
The TV market is quite fragmented technologically, and I will make no claim to be particularly tied to one technology or another. My personal experience is that if you want a great picture at low cost - get a CRT.
Plasma picture quality still usually has an edge over LCD, but with LED backlight, it is approaching a dead heat for home use. (these are truly amazing)
Large flat screen - I would use a front projector, DLP if it is bright enough. Bulb costs can be significant. (My wife has not bought into this yet.)
Just some personal opinions - certainly there are experts out there.
