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TCL CSOT 17-Inch Printed OLED Scrolling Display
TCL CSOT has announced a new 17-inch Printed OLED Scrolling Display that is just 0.18mm thick and can fit anywhere, as the company says, "just like a scroll painting."
Benefiting from TCL CSOT's cutting-edge inkjet printing technology, with a 100% color gamut, it significantly enhances the quality of the display. It can be widely applied across flexible TVs, curved and foldable displays, and transparent commercial displays.Its OLED RGB self-luminous devices are manufactured with high-precision inkjet printing technology, without the need for fine metal masks.
I'm not really sure if they have an actual prototype product or not; I liked the reveal of the concept in the 2000 movie Red Planet, which looks remarkably similar to the reveal presented above.
Science fiction fans have been waiting for the flexible wall sheet displays since 1958, when E.C. Tubb published his very cool novel The Mechanical Monarch.
Against one wall a wide sheet of clear material suddenly flared with light and swirling colour. It steadied and a woman stared from the screen...
(Read more about E.C. Tubs' flexible wall sheet display)
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