According to initial feedback, the QD-Oled panel produced by Samsung Display would achieve a peak brightness of around 1,500 cd / m² and cover up to 90% of the Rec. 2020. The expected revolution is here!
Samsung Display, the subsidiary of the South Korean group dedicated to the production of Oled and LCD panels, is taking advantage of CES to present its famous QD-Oled panel “in real life”, and the first feedback is starting to be published. Our colleagues at FlatPanelsHD were thus able to see this new technology in action and, above all, to obtain important information concerning its technical characteristics. As we have already mentioned, QD-Oled panels use a structure composed of blue subpixels with green and red Quantum Dot converters for the other two primary colors. Samsung Display does not use white sub pixels like LG Display. The QD-Oled panel can thus display more saturated colors.
The manufacturer thus announces a coverage of 90.3% of the Rec. 2020. That is much more than the 69 to 72% observed on current Oled televisions equipped with LG Display panels. During its presentation, Samsung Display measured a peak brightness greater than 1000 cd / m² on a 10% HDR window, and announced 1500 cd / m² on a 3% window. This very high brightness should help produce a much more dynamic HDR image than on conventional OLED TVs, especially on specular ones. The black delivered by the QD-Oled is equivalent, although it will probably be necessary to wait for the first tests to know if the very deep black levels are correctly managed. In addition, QD-Oled technology offers even better viewing angles than those offered by Oled. It’s not the most impressive point, but the angles look slightly more open.
On paper, the QD-Oled therefore keeps all its promises, but let’s not forget that this remains a technical demonstration and that the settings applied can largely affect the measured values. In addition, many unknowns remain concerning the persistence time, the management of motion compensation, or the risks of marking.
Samsung Display has started production of the 55-inch and 65-inch QD-Oled Ultra HD panels, available only on the Sony Bravia A95K for now, as well as of a UWQHD panel for Samsung’s 34-inch 175Hz monitors and Dell expected this year.
We do not yet know the prices of the 55 and 65 inch QD-Oled TVs, but they are already expected to be much higher than those of the “classic” Oled models. We are talking about a price two to three times higher … The first QD-Oled televisions should be marketed in the second quarter of 2022 and we are already eager to get our hands on them.