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		xnx on Oct 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Building a 42-inch E-Ink frame for genera... "An OLED display works without a backlight because it emits its own visible light." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED

4death4 on Oct 11, 2023 [–]

While true, I think the original complaint about the backlight was more about the fact that the TV is emitting light, which a picture doesn’t do. OLEDs don’t solve that problem unless you want to display a black square.

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