четверг, 30 мая 2013 г.

Видела этот воздушный шар над станцией Ормонд, когда шла на работу в этот вторник. Погода была отличная. Тепло и солнечно. Сегодня тоже нехолодно, но дождь теплый с самого утра.
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I saw this hot-air balloon this Tuesday morning. The weather was terrific, it was warm and sunny. It's nice today as well, except for the warm all day rain since morning.

воскресенье, 26 мая 2013 г.

Сегодня спонтанно вместо прогулки к морю купила новый ТВ. LED Samsung 40'' F5000AM. В Good Guys. Пока не установлен. Женя поможет в субботу.
А вот второй раз смотрим на ТВ нового поколения. OLED 4 Color. Невероятная точность изображения. У нас стоят с плоским экраном LG 55'' на продаже. Месяц назад стоил около 16 тысяч, сегодня на продаже 13 тысяч.

Вот некоторая информация на английском об OLED технологии с сайта www.oled-info.com и yahoo news:
Faster refresh rate, better contrast and better color reproduction Thin and light: LG's 55" EM9700 is just 4mm thick and weighs just 3.5 Kg. Some OLED TV prototypes are merely 0.3 mm thick! Better viewing angle - almost 180 degrees Greener: OLEDs draw less power, and contain no toxic metals (some OLED materials use a tiny amount of Iridium, a non-toxic heavy metal) OLED panels can potentially be made flexible and/or transparent...

LG's 55" OLED TV

In December 2011 LG officially announced their first commercial OLED TV, the 55" 55EM9700. In January 2013 LG announced that the TV is now on offer in Korea (for the small price of 11 million Won, or about $10,000). It's also coming to the US for $12,000. This is a Full-HD panel that features 100,000,000:1 contrast ratio and fast response time (1,000 times faster than LCD according to LG). The panel is only 4mm thick, and weighs just 3.5 Kg.

Samsung's 55" Real OLED TV

Together with LG, Samsung also announced their own 55" OLED TV. First branded as "Super OLED TV", Samsung now calls them "Real OLED TVs" - to note the fact that Samsung are using 'True OLED' RGB subpixels, as opposed to LG's WRGB architecture, and also to differentiate its OLED TVs from LED TVs. The model number of Samsung's TV will be F9500, but the company did not reveal their launch plans yet.

Older OLED TVs

Actually LG's 55" OLED TV won't be the first OLED TV on the market. Back in December 2007 Sony started to offer the XEL-1 - which was more of a technology prototype than a commercial set - a small TV (11"), expensive (around 2,500$) OLED TV that was only produced in small quantities.

OLED TV status

  • LG have officially launched their 55" OLED TV which is now on sale in Korea for $10,000 and in the US soon for $12,000.
  • Samsung announced their own 55" OLED TV, which will probably ship soon as well, and will probably cost the same.
  • Sony and Panasonic are collaborating on OLED TV technology. Both companies unveiled beatiful 56" 4K OLED prototypes at CES. Panasonic is set to convert its LCD fab to OLED.
  • AU Optronics has an active OLED TV program with plans to start producing samples soon. Sony's 56" 4K OLED prototype at CES was produced at AUO.
  • Seiko Epson are working on inkjet printable OLED TV panels, but we do not know the state of that research either.
  • DuPont announced that a leading OLED maker has licensed their nozzle-printing technology in an effort to make cheaper, printable OLED TV panels.