Seoul, Korea (June 4, 2014) – LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, today announced that it received the global display industry’s most prestigious awards for its unrivaled OLED panel technology at the Display Industry Awards given by the Society for Information Display (SID) at this year’s annual conference and exhibition held in San Diego.
LG Display received the Gold Award for Display Application of the Year for its flexible plastic OLED panel used in the LG G Flex, the world’s first curved smartphone, and the Silver Award for Display of the Year for the world’s first curved OLED TV panel.
SID presents Gold and Silver Awards in three categories: Display of the Year, Display Application of the Year, and Display Component of the Year. It is one of the few times that a display company has won top awards simultaneously in more than one category at SID.
“These awards signify that LG Display is the world’s leader when it comes to OLED technology, which represents the future of the display industry. We continue to be committed to doing our best in maintaining our leadership as the world’s best display company by sparing no efforts to further improve the industry,” said Oh Chang-ho, Senior Vice President of LG Display.
LG Display will start ramping up a new OLED TV panel production line in addition to an existing production line in Paju, Korea, in the second half of this year to expand its OLED TV product line-up and production capacity so as to broaden its customer base.
Since OLED panels consist of self light-emitting diodes, it does not suffer from light leakage, color bleeding and viewing angle problems that LCD displays can face. As a result, OLED TV displays offer superior picture quality. Moreover, as they do not need backlight units, OLED panels are slimmer than LCD panels. All these factors make OLED panels more suitable for curved displays.
Display Application of the Year: Gold Award: LG Display’s G Flex
LG Display’s G Flex smartphone incorporates a flexible OLED panel that is based on a plastic substrate instead of glass. By applying film-type encapsulation technology and attaching the protection film to the back of the panel, LG Display made the panel bendable and unbreakable. Compared to an OLED display panel based on glass, the flexible OLED panel is lightweight, thin and features design flexibility. This allows for a design that naturally fits the contour of a smartphone user’s face. What’s more, the panel is also the world’s lightest, weighing a mere 7.2 grams, even with a 6-in. screen, the largest among current smartphone OLED displays. In the future, LG plans to use this process applicable for the production of large-sized devices, including laptops, monitors and TVs, as well as eReaders and more.
Display of the Year: Silver Award Winner: LG Display’s 55-in. FHD Curved OLED TV Panel
LG Display’s 55-in. FHD curved OLED TV panel offers exceptionally vibrant imagery in a curved format that offers viewers a comfortably immersive environment. LG Display’s curved OLED TV was introduced last year, and uses the company’s WRGB OLED technology with an oxide TFT backplane, the company’s technical solution of choice for large-sized OLED panels. The panel is slim ? only 4 mm thick with side bezel widths of 11 mm. At 19.2 pounds, the TV is also substantially lighter than competitive products. At the same time, it offers superior picture quality, achieving remarkably rich and natural colors. In addition to the vivid and enhanced picture-quality experience, the curved structure of the new OLED TV panel offers viewing comfort. The curvature mimics a human’s normal line of vision, which makes it more eye friendly and allows viewers to feel less fatigue even when watching the screen, while also allowing for a wider and brighter field of view.
