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Try Doing This With Your Flat Panel TV

OLED TV, organic LED, televisionI am a gadget geek, and simply could not resist sharing with you this video (in the link below) that shows what happens when you pound an OLED TV screen with a hammer -- not much.

I am absolutely convinced that in the next few years, OLED TVs will take the world by storm.

OLED is short for organic LED, which is a special type of light-emitting diode (LED) that is so bright it does not need a backlight. As a result, it has extraordinarily low power requirements.

The range of colors, brightness, and viewing angle possible with OLEDs are greater than that of LCDs because OLED pixels directly emit light. Because of this, OLED pixel colors appear correct and unshifted, even as the viewing angle approaches 90 degrees from the axis perpendicular to the display.

I first saw OLED TVs in January at the Consumer Electronic Show -- and they were absolutely breathtaking. The contrast ratio was over 1,000,000 to 1 and looked like real life. It was amazing.

Another phenomenal characteristic is that they are so thin -- as you can see from the linked video -- and very durable. And, since they also consume far less energy, they can easily double the battery life on your notebook computer. Sony is selling the first OLED TVs this month in Japan, but they are only a tiny 12 inches and they cost $2,000.

I suspect that within five to 10 years you will be able to purchase one the size of a full wall for the same price.

Now, I admit, this is a bit off the topic of health. But it is my passion for gadgets that has been instrumental in my building of this very newsletter. And without it I suspect that the crucial health information spread in these pages would not be able to reach so many of you (or allow you to voice your opinions in the Vital Votes community below).

Rest assured, I will be at the forefront of not only the latest breaking news for your health, but also of the technology to best share it with you.
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Russ Bianchi
[ Joined on 09/06 ] [ Posted on December 5, 2007 ]
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Very Cool.
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EQ
[ Joined on 03/07 ] [ Posted on December 6, 2007 ]
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Uh, wait a minute.  How come they didn't pound the bigger one?  Sure the little one with simple graphics looked OK, but what happens when it's bigger with more complex graphics?  This was a very strange demonstration.  I'm sure there's a name for this kind of manipulation.  Is it association?  Show something you want to sell along side with something else, and people think they are one in the same.  Maybe this is a very cool technology, but I'd prefer to see more direct demonstrations.
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EQ
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  Mercola
P.S.  And one more thing.  This video was released by the company that's manufacturing the product.  Aren't we all hip to tests done by the people with vested financial interest in the product?

I'm very interested in technology, but I just don't like this approach.
  
  
johanna :-)
[ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on January 8, 2008 ]
       
   
 
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nice screen--saving energy is great too. i wonder how/if the extra brightness will affect the health of our eyes?? time will tell i guess if it's not already been tested?

jg

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energymaster
[ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on December 26, 2007 ]
       
   
 
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Attending the November Green Festival in San Francisco sponsored by Co-Op America was the big event for me...There were probably 20 to 30 hemp products (just the edibles - not counting the clothes), dozens of products containing goji berry, about a million organics...and that was just the food! Maybe only 40,000 attended that, with 100,000 at all 4 festivals around the country, but for me, gadget mania doesn't even come close. San Fran is so cool. Have you checked it out Dr. M?

Andy

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dslvdg
[ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on December 26, 2007 ]
       
   
 
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I viewed the video on "stuff".  So true it hurts. Misplaced values are especially true in healthcare.  I have seen many a patient that would rather have a new television or new car than spend a little on cod liver oil  or spend the extra for organic food to keep themselves healthy. The hard truth is that not too many tv sets get viewed or new cars get driven by dead people.

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Annmarie from Sebastopol
[ Joined on 09/07 ] [ Posted on December 22, 2007 ]
       
   
 
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There was no link to the video in this article!

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Mercola
  
San Diegoan 1
[ Joined on 04/07 ]  [ Posted on December 22, 2007]
       
   
This user is BELOW novice level and all their comments need to be reviewed with great caution.
  Mercola

This has happened to me several times before where I did not have the link with these articles.

Again today, there was no link.

  
  
T_rex
[ Joined on 06/07 ] [ Posted on December 22, 2007 ]
       
   
 
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I hope my old CRT TV and CRT computer monitor last until these OLED screens become easily available so I can bypass the LCD's currently en vogue. I like the fact that they're ultrathin, low power/low heat and indistructible, plus contrast ratio of a million to one ? wow !

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Rurouni Kenshin
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cool!  I recently invested in a 24" flat screen myself and am loving it.  It weights about 15-20 lbs, but i wonder what the new generation will be like,
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Neil Morrison
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This is just more STUFF but do we really need it. go here and have a look.
http://storyofstuff.com/index.html
What is the Story of Stuff?

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever
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EQ
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  Mercola
Thanks Niel!

Great link.  I'll be putting this link up on my website.  I'm not a fan of shopping and have been living simply for most of my life.  I am continually seeking ways to conserve.  In this sense, I am a TRUE conservative.
Mercola
  
imhim86
[ Joined on 06/06 ]  [ Posted on December 22, 2007]
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  Mercola

Thank you very much For posting this site. It awakes me!

Mercola
  
stoic
[ Joined on 03/07 ]  [ Posted on December 22, 2007]
       
   
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  Mercola

The Luddite generalization...? Looks like this form of this particular "stuff", by weight/volume, is less than the current forms. Progress, no? And, are you pointing to the "stuff" problem from your vantage point, someplace here in the west - the land of "stuff" - & suggesting that gears now, conveniently, be shifted, & all the people in the rest of the world should continue to make do with tiny percentages of the "stuff" you have & take for granted? You're obviously not a renunciate ascetic - you have a computer/internet (probably lots of other "stuff", too). If stuff is not the stuff of life, it frees up time/energy for what is. Of course, for some people, free time/energy is the devil's workshop...I'll name no names, lol....

Mercola
  
John R
[ Joined on 02/07 ]  [ Posted on December 24, 2007]
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  Mercola

This little video doesn't show the biggest problem of consumption is the permanent debt.

Every dollar in your pocket is someone else's debt. The Federal Reserve creates money out of thin and then loans it out. Its like taking the last 10 paintings by DaVinci and loaning them out to a museum, then charging 1 paintings as interest. So in the future the museum will have to return 11 paintings, and by some miracle 'create' an extra painting. This extra painting is created by staggering payments and loans. You pay back 10 paintings and take out another loan to pay back the 11th.

Every dollar has to do this. This is why your dollar today is worth only a nickel of what it was worth in 1913.

  
  
Arizona
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I am glad I waited to get my TV. They are always coming up with something better!
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