Earlier we talked about a new type of OLED (organic light emitting diode) called WOLED that is supposed to act as a kind of bridge between existing LCD and future OLED technologies. LG have recently announced a professional 5:4 20.7″ WOLED monitor intended for use as a ‘medical display’. An astonishing QSXGA resolution of 2560×2048 is coupled with a staggering static contrast ratio of >100,000:1 (remember – the pixels are all individually illuminated) and literally brilliant peak luminance of 900cd/m2 to give one extremely capable display. Although limited to such professional uses (and probably prohibitively expensive), LG hopes to further develop this technology for use on TV screens and PC monitors in our homes. You can read more about the so-called ‘White OLED Tandem’ technology and medical display here. The future looks bright for LG.