Podcast #1054: Streaming hits record levels and Microns OLED

This week we have a holiday shortened show where we briefly discuss Microlens OLED and Streaming to your TV hitting record levels. We also answer a few emails and read the week’s news.

News: 

• U.S. Netflix Usage Up Despite Sub Loses
• LG Unveils Star Wars Special Edition OLED evo
• Samsung will soon stop making traditional LCD panels

Nielsen: Streaming Hits Record Levels, Accounts for 30% of TV Viewing

While total TV viewing declined, streaming volume stayed steady and increased its share Full article here …

LG Display demonstrates a prototype WOLED display with a microlens MLA array

Article Here

What is microlens technology? Think of it like microscopic glasses that are attached to the OLED layer and that these glasses increase the light output. From a paper (Novel fabrication method of microlens arrays with High OLED outcoupling efficiency) published in Science Direct - After attaching a hemispherical microlens array with contact angle of 50.4° onto the OLEDs, the luminance was enhanced by approximately 117%.