OLED
OLED panels have a number of advantages, including deep blacks, fast response times, and energy efficiency; most of these stemming from the fact that they do not need backlighting. However they also have drawbacks, as well, as trying to drive them to be as bright as a high-tier LCD will quickly wear out the organic material used. Researchers have been spending the past couple of decades developing ways to prolong the lifespans of OLED materials, and recently LG has put together a novel (if brute force) solution: halve the work by doubling the number of pixels. This is the basis of the company's new tandem OLED technology, which has recently gone into mass production. The Tandem OLED technology introduced by LG Display uses two stacks...
Samsung Intros 2024 Odyssey OLED Gaming Monitors: Up to 49-Inches and 360Hz
Ahead of CES, Samsung has introduced a new lineup of Odyssey OLED monitors aimed at the gaming market. The Odyssey OLED family all carry AMD's FreeSync Premium Pro certification...
13 by Anton Shilov on 1/4/2024JOLED Files for Bankruptcy: Set to Transfer OLED IP to JDI and Close Down Two Plants
JOLED, a Japan-based producer of OLED panels and displays, said it had applied for bankruptcy protection at the Tokyo District Court, citing total liabilities of ¥33.7 billion ($257 million)...
18 by Anton Shilov on 3/28/2023CES 2022: ASUS Announces Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition
During CES 2022, ASUS unveiled its Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition notebook. Built around the Zenbook 14 OLED series of compact yet high-performance laptops, the Zenbook 14X OLED Space...
11 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/6/2022CES 2022: ASUS Announce ROG Swift OLED PG48UQ & PG42UQ Gaming Monitors
One of the companies that comes to CES with no shortage of new product announcements is ASUS, who has fingers in many pies across a large spectrum of the...
5 by Gavin Bonshor on 1/5/2022Samsung Display Announces Polarizer-less OLED With 25% Less Power
Today Samsung Display Company (SDC) is announcing the introduction and mass production of a new generation of OLED panel called “Eco²OLED”.
52 by Andrei Frumusanu on 8/16/2021LG’s Latest Flex-OLED Display: Curved for Gaming, Flat for TV
Ever since LG displayed its first rollable OLED TV at CES 2019, and perhaps even before then, the vision of these flexible displays was that they could encompass any...
15 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 1/4/2021HP ENVY Laptop Refresh Adds OLED And RTX For 2020
While HP’s Spectre lineup is what HP would probably consider their top-tier brand, the ENVY series has quietly become a very potent competitor, with premium-grade materials, and even discrete...
21 by Brett Howse on 4/16/2020Samsung to Cease Traditional LCD Production, Move To Quantum Dot OLEDs
According to a report from Reuters, Samsung Display will cease production of traditional LCD displays by the end of the year. The move comes as the company is apparently...
47 by Anton Shilov on 3/31/2020EIZO Expands Availability of OLED Foris Nova Monitor
EIZO this week expanded the availability of its 21.6-inch 4K OLED Foris Nova display. The display was originally launched back in October as a limited-edition product for the Japanese...
25 by Anton Shilov on 3/26/2020Japan Display Secures ~$0.92 Billion Bailout from Japan’s Ichigo
In recent weeks, Japan Display Inc. (JDI), which absorbed LCD production of Sony, Hitachi, and Toshiba in 2011, has been losing money, has most of its business with Apple...
15 by Anton Shilov on 2/5/2020CES 2020: LG’s New 8K TVs Use α9 Gen 3 SoC with AV1 Decoding & AI Support
Modern smart televisions do much more than just display broadcasted programs, so these days TV makers need to equip them with powerful applications processors to decode HD and Ultra-HD...
21 by Anton Shilov on 1/17/2020CES 2020: ViewSonic Joins Big Format Game w/ 55-Inch 4K 120 Hz OLED Gaming Display
Demand for larger gaming displays is growing these days, so it is not surprising that more and more manufacturers have introduced 37.5-inch and bigger LCDs. But up until recently...
10 by Anton Shilov on 1/8/202032-Inch G-Sync Ultimate Monitors w/1152 Zone Mini-LED Inbound, & LG 2020 OLED G-Sync Compatibile Too
Following yesterday’s announcement of the first 360Hz G-Sync monitor, the ASUS ROG Swift 360, this morning NVIDIA is announcing some updates in the high-end HDR portion of the market...
14 by Ryan Smith on 1/6/2020CES 2020: Acer Goes Big Format with Predator CG552K 55-Inch 4K OLED Monitor
As the culmination of its CES 2020 gaming announcements, Acer has introduced its first big-format OLED display aimed at gamers. The Predator CG552K brings to the table everything that...
18 by Anton Shilov on 1/5/2020The ASUS ROG Zenith II Extreme TRX40 Motherboard Review: The Second Coming
Following on from our launch day AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and 3960X CPU reviews, we are taking a look at the accompanying flagship model from ASUS. The ASUS ROG...
22 by Gavin Bonshor on 12/23/2019JOLED Starts Trial Production of Printed OLED Sheets at 5.5G Plant
JOLED has started trial production of printed OLED substrates at its 5.5G plant at its Nomi Site, which was officially completed on Monday, November 25. The sheets will be...
20 by Anton Shilov on 11/26/2019Sharp & NHK Develop Rollable 30-Inch 4Kp60 OLED Screen: 100 Grams and 0.5 mm Thick
Sharp and NHK have co-developed a new rollable 30-inch OLED display, with a design emphasis on keeping the screen thin and light. The prototype monitor will be showcased at...
7 by Anton Shilov on 11/11/2019Samsung to Invest $11 Billion in QD-OLED Panel Production
Samsung Display has announced plans to invest a further ₩13.1 trillion ($11 billion) in the R&D and production of QD-OLED TV panels. The plan includes building up two QD-OLED...
42 by Anton Shilov on 10/15/2019EIZO Reveals Limited Edition 21.6-Inch Foris Nova OLED Monitor
EIZO has introduced a unusual new 4K OLED monitor that is aimed at the personal entertainment. Dubbed the Foris Nova, this new display is a compact 21.6-inch 4K monitor...
12 by Anton Shilov on 10/2/2019