what's the future of computer monitors?

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In six - twelve months I'll be looking to buy a new monitor.

I like to take my time learing about what's on the market before I buy so I'm starting looking now.

I'm just wondering if anybody knows anything about what the future of monitors is? Or if you know any good blogs/ articles on future monitor technology and rummers about releases. And is this a good time to buy a new monitor?

I've noticed OLED displays are now in phones etc are there going to be OLED displays soon? will they be good?

Cheers, Duncan
 
long story (short version: i work in R&D) but i had an OLED screen i put some of my photos on it and they were mindblowing the colours were so so nice. I believe its the future, but then the future isnt always predictable.
 
Yeah O-led, non of this led tv nonsense currently available ...they are just white led backlit. Look out for Sony and Samsung currently the only manufactures anywhere near releasing consumer O-led screens...I think?
 
tbh it depends on your budget and what you want to use your monitor for.

oled is good but then a high spec monitor now could be better than a budget oled in the future...
 
OLED may be a few years away yet as as suitable computer screens at affordable prices

I suspect we will see the increasing use of LED back lights over the imediate future
 
Chappers said:
OLED may be a few years away yet as as suitable computer screens at affordable prices

I suspect we will see the increasing use of LED back lights over the imediate future
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I think they may be closer than we realise, remember Sony have already got a 11inch panel on sale.. true it costs a small fortune but it's there non the less..Linky
 
I did say at Affordable prices :lol:
 
onform said:
I think they may be closer than we realise, remember Sony have already got a 11inch panel on sale.. true it costs a small fortune but it's there non the less..Linky
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Its not, they still have some big issues with the larger screens last time i saw and sort of press leak/release

OLED is the future but it is possible by the time the problems are worked out that another tech is developed.
 
I agree that OLED is the future, but I think it will be a few years before they are mainstream.

My advice would be to search out a decent IPS panel (and hardware calibration ;) )
 
goffski said:
Aren't default settings usually set waaaay too bright?
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Yeah, brightness on my new NEC ea231wmi is a problem. It has two eco settings which are less bright, but fine for the web, etc. For image editing the default setting looks much better - perfect, in fact.

I'm still not clear whether a monitor with an sRGB mode would need calibrating, though.
 
goffski - You are probably thinking about TV's, These often have a shop mode these days or older ones where adjusted to very bright over saturated colour so that when they are displayed in shops with the other 300 models they look better. Generally speaking monitors aren't as bad for this in my experience but to an extent yes.

Jerry - Irrespective of the components be it software or hardware every panel is different, there will always be a tolerance in the manufacturing. Often with new tech the tolerances are smaller so as a trend they will be getting smaller and smaller tolerances. Another factor is displays will age and colour could / will change.
It is only when using an external meter (spectrometer) that you can compare that unique panel to a given standard with a finite tolerance.

Now the fact could be that some of today panels are rated to not degrade (change colour) to a level that a spectrometer could pick for 10 years. I'm not to sure. BUT this relies on the fact that the manufacturer has calibrated accurately before shipping.
From the point of view of a manufacturer though (this goes back to the other point in my post) it is worth tweaking the setting to make the colour bright and pop when compared to others in a shop.
 
No, i am talking about monitors. My MacBook Pro screen by default is about 350cd if not more, isn't 120cd recommended for photo editing?

Using something like a Spyder Pro/Elite you're able to calibrate your screen and set your luminance so something like 120cd.

I don't pretend to know a huge amount about this but i had to do a fair bit of reading up when i got an Epson R2880. Prints were coming out way too dark, after reading up i found my monitor was set too bright, after calibrating it and setting the luminance to 120cd prints now match the screen (or there about). Also did a photobook for Xmas, all photos match how they look on my screen.
 
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