History of Screens

Before I start talking about flexible screen displays its important to rewind and delve into the past, for us to be able to see what technological advancements led to the innovate idea of flexible screen displays.

The first images that were played on a screen called the CRT in 1926 by KenJiro Takayamagi who also succeeded to build the first black and white television set. As the social environment changed so did the use of CRT screens. World War II unfortunately impeded any progress in CRT technology as the need for radars far out weighed the need for TV’s meaning family’s still needed to wait by the radio to listen for any news concerning the war. The evolution of the screens happened considerably slower than most technologies. As the industry clung onto CRT screens, Even after LCD screens were introduced, Sony’s CRT screens were still in production in China up to the year 2007. One of the major problems consumers had with the CRT’s was the size and the amount of space the computer screen took up, which then resulted in the declining want of CRT’s. The decline of CRT’s led to the publics’ willingness to embrace LCD screens. Now LCD screens have taken over the Display technology market, but for how long? As the Flexible Screen displays are displaying some promise. Flexible Screen Display is the common term used to describe OLED technology due to its bendable properties. OLED stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode, the OLED display is made up of layers of organic material, one of these layers include Cathode which is what the CRT’s used.

As you can see display screen technology has been around for quite some time, and was a little reluctant to move forward, some would say the same for flexible Screen Displays. If you believe that Flexible screen displays have been in the concept stage for to long please feel free to comment!