What OLED TVs are all about? How much is it?

 There has been a new buzz around for the past few years, new technological advancements in the television industry that we have being hearing about. OLED here OLED there. I am sure that a couple of you have being wondering what it's all about, it's high time you understood what the buzz is all about.

OLED TVs were introduced to the market in 2013 by LG and they have since grow massively in popularity. Although they were once very expensive, their prices are slowly starting to drop. You should however to spend a reasonable amount of money to get yourself an OLED TV and enjoy all that it has to offer.

History...

OLED technology was first discovered when André Bernanose and co-workers at the Nancy-Université in France made the first observations of electroluminescence in organic materials in the early 1950s. And ever since then, progressive research has been carried out giving us the OLED technology that we have today.

Chemists Ching Wan Tang and Steven Van Slyke at Eastman Kodak built the first practical OLED device in 1987. This device used a two-layer structure with separate hole transporting and electron transporting layers such that recombination and light emission occurred in the middle of the organic layer.

The first OLED product was a display for a car stereo, commercialized by Pioneer in 1997. Kodak’s Easy Share LS633 digital camera, introduced in 2003, was the first consumer electronic product incorporating a full-color OLED display. The first television featuring an OLED display, produced by Sony, entered the market in 2008.

Today, Samsung uses OLED in all of its smartphones, and LG manufactures large OLED screens for premium TVs. Other companies currently incorporating OLED technology include Apple, Google, Facebook, Motorola, Sony, HP, Panasonic, Konica, Lenovo, Huawei, BOE, Philips and Osram.

What is an OLED?

OLED which stands for Organic Light Emitting Diodes is a flat light emitting technology, made by placing a series of organic thin films between two conductors. This is referring to the type of panel used within an OLED TV to display all the things that you can see: colors, light and images.

It’s this panel that makes OLED different to other kinds of TV technologies, including CRT (cathode ray tube), LED (light-emitting diode), LCD (liquid crystal display), or QLED (quantum dot). OLED uses an organic material that's generally more expensive that many of the other displays to produce.

Each pixel in the OLED display is made of this organic material that glows when you jab it with electricity. Kind of like the heating elements in a toaster, but with less heat and better resolution. This organic material gives you better image quality, this means that you enjoy blacker blacks and brighter whites.

When electrical current is applied, a bright light is emitted. OLEDs are emissive displays that do not require a backlight and so are thinner and more efficient than LCD displays (which do require a white backlight). OLED displays are not just thin and efficient; they also provide the best image quality ever.

You get to enjoy reduced power consumption, and much faster response times with an OLED display, this last point is what makes OLED TVs worth considering if you are looking for a new gaming TV. They can also be made transparent, flexible, foldable and even roll able and stretchable in the future. OLEDs represent the future of display technology.

What can OLED TVs do? How does it work?

Only a few companies produce OLED TVs, and their panels mainly come from the same manufacturer, so picture quality remains relatively unchanged between models. The best OLED TVs have excellent picture quality thanks to their ability to turn off individual pixels, resulting in perfect blacks.

OLED, or organic light-emitting diode, represents a completely different kind of display. No backlight is required in an OLED TV because the organic pixels emit their own light when activated. So each pixel can be completely turned on or off separately.

The OLED technology consist of an emissive electroluminescent layer of a thin-film of organic compounds. OLEDs works by passing electricity through one or more incredibly thin layers of organic compounds. These layers are sandwiched between two charged electrodes–one positive and one negative.

Is it worth buying an OLED TV? What are the benefits?

The benefits of OLED go beyond simple static image quality, though, to the responsiveness and smoothness of the display itself, meaning gamers and home cinema lovers are going to absolutely love OLED TV. To simply put, No TV technology can rival the performance of an OLED TV.

OLED is the best display technology and indeed OLED panels are used today to create the most stunning TVs ever. These TVs have the best image quality combined with the thinnest sets ever. OLED pixels can remain completely dark, emitting no light, which creates blacks on your screen that are true, deep black.

An OLED panel doesn’t need local dimming features to produce a striking image since one pixel in the “off” state can sit right next to another that’s operating at its maximum brightness. Because pixels in an OLED display can remain completely dark, they only use energy to emit light when it’s absolutely necessary.

That’s a lot more efficient than having backlight even on dark pixels like traditional displays. By using less energy, OLED TVs are more environmentally friendly than their back-lit counterparts.

Let's talk about some of the advantages an OLED TV has over other TV technologies.

* Perfect Blacks and Infinite Contrast Ratio.

Contrast ratio is a measure of the difference between the brightest white and the darkest dark that a display can reproduce. It is widely considered to be one of the most important factors when discussing image quality. Because OLED technology is self-emissive, each pixel can be turned off individually for “pure” black reproduction.

OLED TVs deliver intensely deep blacks that even the best QLED TVs can't rival. You might hear reviewers say that the image “pops” on a display with a high or infinite contrast ratio. OLED TVs add an additional white light to create even more colors. This makes for images that are richer, more varied and truer to real life.

If you watch an OLED TV and compare it to your experience with another kind of TV panel, you will notice the result is remarkably dark blacks in an image, and when combined with the bright whites of an OLED panel, you are left with a fantastically vibrant image overall. If you are serious about having the best image quality, OLED can really deliver.

When OLED is combined with HDR, or High Dynamic Range, the resulting images are out of this world. This technology also means that OLED televisions can be viewed from almost any angle, without any compromise to the image’s quality. In other words, there’s no scrabbling from prime position when the football’s on.

* Energy efficiency and low power consumption.

What makes OLEDs so attractive is that they do not require a backlight to function and therefore require less power to operate. Since these OLED panels don't have a backlight, unlike conventional LED displays, they are more energy-efficient theoretically.

However, your OLED TV's brightness setting will be a huge factor in determining the energy it consumes. If you often watch bright HDR content, your OLED TV will consume way more power. As long as you keep your brightness levels to a minimum, your OLED TV will consume less power than your average LED TV.

This is because depending on the scene you are watching, many black pixels that are turned off consume no power.

* Widest Viewing Angles.

Not everyone sits right in front of the TV while watching content. If you watch TV at an angle, you'd want to make sure that your visual experience is unaffected. Luckily enough, OLED TVs offer unmatched viewing angles compared to their traditional LED counterparts.

There is little to no degradation in color and brightness even at severe off-angles. So, no matter where you are seated in the room, you are getting the best picture quality possible.

* Sophisticated ultra-thin designs.

Some of the inherent benefits of OLED screens are that they can be extremely thin, flexible, and even roll able.

And because the lighting source they use is so tiny, the depth of screen sizes has shrunk at the same rate. Now you have much thinner screen sizes that offers so much more.

That means OLED TVs have awesomely deep blacks and bright, peak whites, improved color accuracy as well as smooth responsive motion - and all from a form factor that's just a few millimeters in depth and much lighter than standard TVs.

OLED technologies makes it possible to manufacture ultra-flat, very bright and power-saving OLED televisions, windows that could be used as light source at night, and large-scale organic solar cells.

* Amazing refresh rates.

OLED panels are capable of a refresh rate of as low as 0.001ms, which for reference, is around 1,000 times faster than a standard LED-backlit LCD panel, while also being superior to the now-discontinued plasma tech, too. This is an advantage that the gamers would love.

If you are into gaming, you will enjoy playing games on an OLED TV due to how fast the pixel response rates are. In layman's terms, response time measures the time taken by a pixel to switch from one color to another. This means clearer images during fast-paced scenes, which is crucial when gaming.

The main reason why OLEDs can achieve this is that the pixels turn on and off individually.

Prices???

But when it comes to finding the best OLED TVs, there are plenty of factors to consider, from price to smart features, not to mention picture and sound quality. OLED TVs are definitely getting cheaper, but they are still a long way from what we'd call affordable.

To make your decision making easier, we have picked a couple of top grade OLED sets on the market for you to check out.

* LG 55 Inches OLED 4K TV | TV 55 CXPVA.

The LG CX OLED is our favorite OLED TV, and this OLED TV is the best OLED TV overall. This is thanks to rock solid performance, a variety of smart features, and a price that's actually not bad for such a premium product. The OLED LG television offers perfect deep blacks that reveals the shadow of the darkest detail on the screen such that they are able to be seen well enough.

This superb television has the perfect deep black and incomparable contrast quality that is powered by the self-lit 8.3 million pixels that is built into the television to give you an out of this world picture experience. The 4K OLED panel delivers top-notch color and contrast.

No need of straining your healthy eyes trying to figure out what you might have seen on the television as this television offers a great deal of color set that deliver clear, clean and sharp picture quality. There's also the added benefit of powerful video processing and excellent HDR performance with Dolby Vision IQ.

More than just our favorite LG model, the LG CX OLED TV has been our favorite TV regardless of the brand. The mix of performance and features and overall value makes it the TV to beat. And with about 735,000 Naira you get to sit down on your beautiful white or black sofa and enjoy the great picture quality and experience that this 55 inches 4K OLED smart AI ThinQ TV 55 CX offers.

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* Another is the LG 65 Inches OLED TV 4K Smart AI ThinQ®| TV 65 LG GXPVA.

This LG OLED technology unlocks a new world of TV design with a minimalist bezel and impossibly thin profile, putting the spotlight on your content while complementing your home's interior. The LG GX OLED TV is the first model from the manufacturer to use the new Gallery design.

It is a super-thin, wall mountable design that has a built-in recessed wall mount. This lets the 20-millimeter-thick TV hang flush against the wall, offering the sort of clean and unobtrusive installation that used to require cutting into the drywall and installing a custom cavity for the TV.

And this one heck of a smart TV too. The LG ThinQ fully integrates the voice assistants you already use. No need to buy a separate device. Convenience and connected home control are at your command, making it easy to control other smart devices and LG smart products.

This TV also comes with built in features like webOS, Disney+, Netflix and more that open to you a portal to a world of entertainment. You get full access to stream classics, binge on new Originals, or catch the latest movies. With Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and more.

All of this and so much more for about 1.6 million Naira. And trust me, it is money very well spent.

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Conclusion.

The best OLED TVs offer great smart TV functions and 4K resolution, but the addition of OLED technology delivers the best picture you can get in today's TVs, thanks to the superior contrast and color that OLED offers. The most beautiful TVs you can buy are all OLED TVs, Period.

Like I mentioned earlier, OLED technology produces darker blacks, superior contrast and more lifelike colors than any LED LCD TV. They give you dazzling, bright pictures with smooth motion, deep blacks and vibrant colors, while also being slimmer than even LED-backlit LCD TVs.

Superior display quality, exciting design and better energy efficiency are a few of the main benefits of choosing an OLED TV. If you take home viewing seriously, it’s a great investment in your viewing experience.

Certainly OLED TVs are among the most premium on the market right now - but is the tech worth the extra expenditure?  Depending on what you are looking for, I'd say it's definitely worth it.

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