The future of display technologies

TV manufacturers have shown off ultra-thin OLED TVs as concepts at trade fairs for the past several years, but they finally hit stores in some parts of the world in late December 2012. The models are between 4 and 8 mm thick and are not exactly cheap—the first ones cost somewhere between Rs 5 to 6 lakh. However, image quality has taken a quantum leap and OLED TVs will be a lot more affordable once mass production begins. For mobile devices, a new generation of small screens with HD resolution is already available. In the future, these devices will be even slimmer thanks to new technologies. E-book readers with colour e-ink displays are already being sold in parts of Asia, and it is only a matter of time before they will become more mainstream.  Click here for full story