TCL teases ‘printed OLED’ technology with a 17″ roll-up tablet concept

The bleeding edge: For the last numerous years, business have actually been informing us that we will quickly have gadgets with ultra-thin, roll-up screens. Nevertheless, all we have actually seen up until now are ideas. Different business have actually provided us with whatever from fictional roll-out Televisions to slide/roll-out phones. Now TCL brings us the tablet scroll.

Budget plan TELEVISION maker TCL held its CES 2021 virtual interview on Monday. Amongst its item lineups, the business teased a 17-inch roll-up tablet. The gadget is simply a principle (in the meantime). Still, it shows the capacity of TCL’s printed OLED screen innovation.

Called the TCL CS0T, the gadget is simply a number of inches broad when rolled up– narrow adequate to holster in a side pouch or flexible loop on your knapsack. The idea displayed in the video does not appear all that useful, however TCL pictures utilizing the tech in other items, such as rollaway Televisions, curved screens, and collapsible screens.

A digital, conceptual animation reveals the extremely versatile screen linked to 2 spring-loaded rollers on either side, permitting users to open the practically paper-thin tablet like they would an ancient scroll– not joking (video above). Nevertheless, the prototype design in the video appears to utilize just one roller. Probably, the screen would have touch assistance, despite the fact that it takes 2 hands to hold the important things, however TCL didn’t enter into it in much information.

According to the business, the printed OLED scrolling screen has a “100-percent color range” and would cost 20-percent less than existing business screen innovations. Nevertheless, it did not have any other information to expose at this time, nor did it articulate even a rough timeframe of when it would start executing the printed screens. So do not begin holding your breath.