Yeah so OLED's are great but they don't last a long time at all. So why the crap would you put an OLED screen on a mobile audio player. It doesn't make any sense to me. Minidisc_OLED_display
Hey Swansen, One of the great benefits of an OLED display over the traditional LCD displays is that OLEDs do not require a backlight to function. This means that they draw far less power and, when powered from a battery, can operate longer on the same charge. It is also known that OLED based display devices can be more effectively manufactured than liquid-crystal and plasma displays. So an MP3 player with an OLED display will function long than one with a backlit display enabeling to listen to your music longer, haven't you ever had a situation where your MP3 died out and you didn't have a spare battery or a charger with you? Cheers, Marcus
yeah i know thats true and they have a very clean look to but they have a very short life time in terms of displays. Specially for the price like i expect to use it for a long time like years, so i'd want y display to last just as long. That said i've found that Sony uses a variation of an OLED called an EL display, it uses blue light as well which is suppose to have a longer life span, so i guess that it should last a decent amount of time
Organic Light Emitting Diode The biggest technical problem to overcome is the limited lifetime of the organic materials. It seems particulary blue OLEDs typically have lifetimes of around 5,000 hours when used for displays, which is lower than typical lifetimes of LCD or Plasma technology. However, recent experimentation has shown that it's possible to swap the chemical component for a phosphorescent one, if the subtle differences in energy transitions are accounted for, resulting in lifetimes of up to 20,000 hours for blue PHOLEDs. Taken from Wikipedia
right, i read that to, but after looking at an actual descricption it uses an EL display which is still an organic type but a different process, found a page on it but didn't read to much into it. anyways 20,000 hours is a good amount of time plus i believe in that artilce it said that there was recent advancements that make OLEDs last longer. So it should last a good while, i'm planning on getting it now.
