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'OLED and LCD will die out': A MicroLED expert explains how

by bentocorp on 4/6/25, 10:39 PM with 11 comments

  • by rf15 on 4/7/25, 2:28 AM

    I don't get this debate at all, LCD has less burn-in risk. OLED will always be an inferior choice if they can't fix its short lifetime. Or, I guess, this fits well with planned obsolescence: higher fidelity, shorter life time
  • by dangus on 4/7/25, 12:38 AM

    It still sounds like it is many years off.
  • by ahartmetz on 4/7/25, 2:27 AM

    What I don't understand is why there seem to be no "bulk processes". Saw a wafer into (tiny) pieces using a raster, somehow (yes yes...) load them onto a roller, and place them a column at a time. Anything resembling a pixel at a time seems wildly impractical. They actually seem to be that far I guess, because the price per LED is already down to ~0.05 cents ($10k for a 4K display). Lesson: 4K is a lot of pixels ;)
  • by pyrophoenix on 4/7/25, 7:03 AM

    Even if I’m convinced of that and installed a few…Not for tomorrow that’s for sure!
  • by ashoeafoot on 4/7/25, 5:01 AM

    Why did apple not pursue it for the watch then?