In an Interview Nakayama from Sharp says that OLED is no competition for the LCD technology.
So, what about the upstart technologies we hear so much about, such as the organic screen found in Sony’s lauded XEL-1 television set?
Nakayama says: “OLED screens like that just aren’t a threat to LCD and they won’t be for at least another decade. The picture quality is superb, but the screens don’t last long and they can’t easily be made bigger.”
Such confidence is unusual in an electronics firm, but the boom in new TV sales ahead of the switch to digital that’s happening all over the world (2011 in Japan) suggests that it isn’t misplaced, particularly as all kinds of display will see a sales spurt.
