Samsung
Samsung rejuvenated the OLED TV market when its show manufacturing subsidiary, Samsung Display, introduced QD-OLED two years in the past. Quantum dot-infused OLED panels introduced the promise of richer coloration in contrast to LG Display’s white OLED panels (WOLED) and represented a viable competitor to what had turn into OLED TVs’ solely possibility. Various corporations, from Samsung Electronics to Sony, bragged in regards to the purported benefits QD-OLED introduced over WOLED. Samsung is not so boastful as of late.
Samsung’s 2024 OLED TV lineup will function TVs that use QD-OLED and WOLED panels. Samsung began doing this final 12 months with the 83-inch S90C. But this 12 months, it will reportedly be even harder to inform if a brand new Samsung OLED TV has quantum dots.
Samsung introduced the entry-level S85D, the S90D, and the flagship S95D in January with out specifying the type of OLED panel tech(s) concerned. But it was nonetheless obvious that the S90D would come with WOLED choices since Samsung mentioned it would are available in 42-, 48-, 55-, 65-, 77-, and 83-inch sizes. QD-OLED does not are available in 42, 48, or 83 inches.
But a report this week from Korean information outlet The Elec noticed by FlatPanelsHD mentioned, per a Google translation, that the opposite S90D display screen sizes could also be WOLED or QD-OLED.
Vincent Teoh, the show knowledgeable behind the HDTVTest YouTube channel, in a video shared Saturday mentioned:
Samsung will not explicitly promote any of its 2024 OLEDs as QD-OLED.
Teoh added, although, that at a showcase Samsung just lately held in Frankfurt, there was a 55-inch S90D on show that he confirmed was QD-OLED, “based mostly on its subpixel configuration.”
The Elec reported this week, per Google’s translation, that Samsung’s use of each WOLED and QD-OLED for its S90D TVs stems from LG Display requesting that Samsung not place WOLED as lesser than QD-OLED. Notably, although, it’s anticipated that Samsung’s costliest 2024 OLED TV, the S95C, will use QD-OLED for all sizes.
Samsung was lengthy resistant to promoting OLED TVs, opting to promote LCD panels with quantum dots as its premium TV possibility as a substitute. However, amid LCD manufacturing companions in China rising costs, rising client curiosity in OLED, and reported stress from the South Korean authorities, Samsung sought to get into OLED and finally shaped a partnership with rival LG.
The Elec additionally reported that Samsung is contemplating making its most cost-effective 2024 OLED TV, the S85D, solely out there with WOLED however that Samsung hasn’t made a last resolution. When testing a unit on show at CES 2024, Teoh confirmed that that particular unit had WOLED.