I see everyone talk about OLED like it’s the best thing ever and it’s been a thing for years yet it’s not a standard in the industry. Like for example an original PS Vita had a OLED screen then they removed it for the 2nd version of the PS Vita.
Even the Nintendo Switch which came out years after the PS Vita didn’t have an OLED and just a few years ago now it does.
Why isn’t it the standard if it’s so good?
In: Engineering
LED works by having an LED backlight that illuminates the pixels. Real cheap/old sets only have 1 backlight, so the brightness accuracy is terrible. Better/newer LED tvs have “zones” so more precise control.
OLED has basically has an individual light for each pixel.
mLED is aiming to be the same thing as OLED in that regard (singular LED per pixel), but current LED tech isn’t small enough for this unless you want only a 720p 65” tv.
The benefit of mLED over OLED is greater brightness (which also yields wider color gamuts for HDR).
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