If Friend's discovery lives up to its promise, the LCD will someday be tossed aside in favor of the OLED--organic light-emitting display.

FORBES: Seeing the Light

Executives also said they would show off a 55in OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display that could show two different shows full-screen at the same time.

BBC: CES 2013: Samsung simplifies its smart TV experience

Building on the success of Nikon's previous touch-screen models, the ultra-stylish COOLPIX S70 features an enhanced interface and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display technology for a new user experience, housed in a stylish, camera body.

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The IceTouch (YP-H1), featuring the world's first 2-inch, full color, transparent Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) touch-screen display, functions as a DVD-quality video player, studio quality audio player, an ultra-portable photo album, an FM radio and even a portable storage device.

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TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it will launch "Diamond Vision OLED, " the world's first, large-scale display system in the 100-inch and above range that uses organic light emitting diode (OLED) as its light source.

ENGADGET: Mitsubishi's huge, modular OLED display set to go on sale worldwide on September 21

This will include expanding production lines to manufacture ultra-high resolution liquid crystal display (LCD) and organic light emitting diode (OELD) display panels.

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