TechTvsTCL just showed off the future of OLED TV, and it foldsTCL’s prototype OLED turns into a coffee table, but the really clever bit is how it’s madeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechTvsTCL just showed off the future of OLED TV, and it foldsTCL’s prototype OLED turns into a coffee table, but the really clever bit is how it’s madeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TCL’s prototype OLED turns into a coffee table, but the really clever bit is how it’s made
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: TCL)
(Image credit: TCL)
The panel here is the world’s first folding65-inch8K OLED TVmade with inkjet printing, and that printing could be a really big deal for the OLED TVs of the future.
Why the TVs of the future will be printed on inkjets
TLC has been talking about inkjet-printed OLEDs for a few years now and showed a non-folding prototype at this year’sCES.
What’s so exciting about this particular panel isn’t that it folds, as fun as that is. It’s that it’s enormous. So far inkjet-printed OLEDs have tended to be half the size of this panel, so a 65-inch 8K OLED is quite literally a very big deal.
The process is less wasteful than traditional OLED TV manufacturing, results in fewer defective panels and is much more precise too. In the long run that means it’ll be cheaper; in the short term prices will be higher because of the cost of new manufacturing equipment, but once that cost has been recovered it should send OLED TV prices dramatically downwards. In other words, cheaper, better OLED TVs aren’t far away.
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