OLED TV vs Laser TV

Both OLED and laser TVs are emerging technologies. They are however very different both as technologies as well as to whom they are targeted at. In the future OLED is going to replace current flat-panel TVs like LCD and plasma. Laser TVs are going to replace current rear-projection TVs like DLP. Both OLED TV and laser TV picture quality is superb and promises to deliver more awesomeness than LCD, plasma, DLP and other current display technologies.

Targeted at Different Types of Consumers

Maybe I should have said “targeted at different needs”, but I think there’s a very strong connection between the consumers and their needs. OLED TVs are currently available only in a small screen size for the consumer; larger prototypes while existing being unavailable to the consumer. At the opposite side, laser TV comes in a mighty size. And, it also offers great picture quality while costing less than the tiny OLED. That means, at this point if you have the money, the laser TV actually makes sense while the OLED is just for show-offs who want to impress. We’ll continue with this in the next section, though. What I want to point out right now, is that OLEDs will be more like current flat-panels. They will cover sizes from small to average (up to 50 - 60 inch). Laser TVs, being similar to rear-projection TVs will cover the need for large screens (over 60 inch). Fortunately, laser TVs will not have the downside of poorer picture quality as current DLPs when compared to flat-panels. So, you don’t have to trade quality for size.

Laser TV is Already Here

That’s how things look now. In a couple of years, OLED is going to be available in larger sizes too, though not as large as a laser TV. Some think that one day, OLED displays will be the size of a wall – much like in that movie with Schwarzenegger on Mars, or like the screen on Enterprise. However, keeping our heads in the present and near future, laser TVs are here and they are worth your money. OLEDs don’t offer much value at this moment in time though.