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...
LG's New 55+ inch OLED Plant in China Opens: Over 1m+ per Year
LG Display this month started production at its 8.5th Generation OLED manufacturing facility in Guangzhou, China. When fully ramped, total capacity of the factory will be 90,000 substrates per...
81 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2019
AU Optronics OLED Displays: A New Foldable + A New 17.3-Inch 4K120
AU Optronics, which is mostly known for its advanced LCDs for televisions and computer monitors, this week demonstrated its latest OLED-type displays for various applications. The company has developed...
8 by Anton Shilov on 8/28/2019
Dell Launches 55-Inch Alienware OLED Display: 4K at 120 Hz with Deep Blacks
Today at Gamescom, Dell has officially launched its new flagship OLED gaming monitor, the Alienware 55. First demonstrated back at Computex, the display uses a 4K OLED panel featuring...
48 by Anton Shilov on 8/19/2019
Japan’s Ministry Approves Shipments of Industrial Chemicals to South Korea
Amidst the ongoing trade conflict between Japan and South Korea, there is some good news to close the week out. The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has...
16 by Anton Shilov on 8/9/2019
LG to Start Production of OLEDs in China Next Month, Set to Double OLED Output
LG Display this week said that its plant in Guangzhou, China, would start full swing operations next month. The factory, which cost LG around $4.2 billion, will produce large...
37 by Anton Shilov on 7/11/2019
ASUS Prime Utopia Motherboard Tech Demo, with 7-inch OLED Display
One thing that always amazes me is that the PC tech industry rarely does technology demonstrations. In the car world, the likes of Audi, BMW, Porsche, and others, will...
12 by Ian Cutress on 6/6/2019
The ASUS Prime X299 Edition 30 Motherboard: 30 Years of ASUS, now with OLED
In the midst of all the X570 motherboard reveals at Computex 2019, ASUS has released an updated version of its Prime X299 model, the ASUS Prime X299 Edition 30...
16 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/30/2019
Steelseries Unveils Fully Adjustable OmniPoint Switch Actuation on Apex Pro, Apex Pro TKL
During Computex 2019, SteelSeries announced two new keyboards with a new switch type and a newly designed switch concept. Both the SteelSeries Apex Pro and Apex Pro TKL feature...
9 by Gavin Bonshor on 5/30/2019
ASUS Shows Off Dolby Vision Monitors: The ProArt PQ22UC & ProArt PA32UCX
At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2019 trade show this week, ASUS announced that it had added support for Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) transport to its...
6 by Anton Shilov on 4/18/2019
Sharp Demonstrates Foldable OLED Display for Smartphones
Sharp this week demonstrated its first foldable OLED display at a special event in Tokyo. At present, the device was demonstrated as a part of a smartphone prototype and...
16 by Anton Shilov on 4/12/2019
JOLED Starts Construction of New Printed OLED Facility
JOLED this week started construction of a new manufacturing facility that will be used to make displays using printed OLED technology. The factory will be able to produce hundreds...
16 by Anton Shilov on 4/9/2019
HP to Introduce AMOLED Envy and Spectre Laptops in April
HP is on track to start sales of laptops featuring a 15.6-inch AMOLED display in April, the company said recently. The first systems to get the innovative screens will...
41 by Anton Shilov on 3/28/2019
ASUS ProArt PQ22UC 4K OLED Monitor: £4699, ~$5150
ASUS announced its first professional OLED display back at CES 2018 over a year ago. The compact and lightweight 21.6-inch 4K monitor covering 99% of the DCI-P3 color aimed...
87 by Anton Shilov on 3/22/2019
LG Teases G8 Audio Capabilities: Confirms OLED Display
Starting last year, LG seems to have made a marketing strategy out of teasing features about their upcoming flagship devices. LG continues this strategy with today’s reveal of an...
9 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/14/2019
Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops
Samsung has announced its 15.6-inch OLED monitor for notebooks. The Ultra-HD display features very advanced specifications, will go into mass production next month, and will be used by leading...
39 by Anton Shilov on 1/24/2019
Dell at CES 2019: Alienware 55-Inch 4K 120 Hz OLED Gaming Monitor Showcased
In a surprising move Dell demonstrated a prototype of its Alienware 55 OLED display for gamers at CES. The 55-inch OLED monitor features a 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate...
21 by Anton Shilov on 1/11/2019
CES 2019: LG Announces Signature OLED TV R - A Rollable TV
Today at LG's CES press event, one of the more intriguing announcements was the fact that LG is bringing its rollable OLED TV technology as an actual product later...
13 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/7/2019
HP at CES 2019: HP Spectre x360 15 Gets AMOLED Display
HP plans to release a revamped version of its current-generation Spectre x360 15 convertible laptop with a 15.6-inch AMOLED display this year, the company has revealed ahead of CES...
9 by Anton Shilov on 1/6/2019
JOLED Demos 21.6-Inch OLED Monitor for Gamers
JOLED, a joint venture between Sony and Panasonic, has demonstrated multiple PC-oriented printed OLED-based monitors at Finetech Japan trade show. Among other things, the company exhibited OLED displays for...
33 by Anton Shilov on 12/28/2018
New 8K OLED Displays for Tablets and Laptops: 8.3 and 13.3 Inches
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory, a technology developer from Japan, has developed the industry’s first 8.3 and 13.3-inch OLED displays featuring an 8K resolution. The monitors use crystalline oxide semiconductor technology...
61 by Anton Shilov on 12/21/2018
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