US-based A/V retailer Value Electronics conducted its latest annual TV shootout. In the 4K category, the company tested 5 TVs, including an OLED TV, two miniLED QD LCDs and the two QD-OLED TVs on the market.
 

The winner of this year's shootout was Sony's A95K QD-OLED, which received the top marks in all categories. The runner up was Samsung's own S95B QD-OLED, which uses the same SDC panel. This is a great testimonial to Samsung's QD-OLED panel performance.

NanoPalomaki posted an interesting teardown video of Samsung's S95B QD-OLED TV. You can see the sub-pixel structure of the OLED TV:

This is only the first part of the teardown, we'll see what is revealed in the second part.

China-based Leyard Optoelectronics says it is starting to produce microLED large-area displays that use blue microLEDs and QD based color convestion.

Leyars uses Saphlu'x NPQD technology (it is a stakeholder in Saphlux), which makes use of a nanopore structure to deposit the quantum dots on blue microLED chips. Saphlux says that the nanoporous structure has a unique scattering effect, which enhances light conversion efficiency and the reliability of the quantum dots. The solution also provides a wide color gamut, good color consistency and high efficiency.

Quantum Dots developer Nanosys raised $50 million in its Series B funding, led by Fortress, Centerbridge and Kilonova.

The company says that the new funds will help the expansion of its QD for LCD project, and also accelerate the commercialization of its microLED and nanoLED display technologies.

DSCC says that over 500,000 QD-OLED TVs will ship in 2022, offered by both Sony and Samsung. Shipments are expected to grow and reach 1.5 million units in 2026.

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The main limitation for QD-OLED TVs will by Samsung's production capacity. In 2023 the company will add 49-inch monitors and 77-inch TV panels, as SDC will start using Multi-cut Mother Glass (MMG) technology.

Researchers from the Beijing Institute of Technology and MIIT have developed perovskite quantum dots microarrays with strong potential for quantum dots color conversion (QDCC) display applications.

Perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) hold potential as an attractive material and can resolve some of the problems found in conventional QDCC. While perovskite quantum dots are relatively new, they have already been shown to have attractive properties that make them extremely suited for electronic and optoelectronic applications.

MSI is set to release a new QD-OLED monitor, the MEG 324C. This will use a 34" curved 75Hz 3440x1440 QD-OLED, the only QD-OLED in production right now.

We do not have more details, as MSI did not officially launch the new monitor yet, but it demonstrated it at Computex 2022.

Here's a nice video from Insight Media, showing Nanosys' booth and technologies at DisplayWeek 2022.

You can see several QD-ehhanced LCDs, a prototype microLED microdisplay by glo (which Nanosys recently acquired), and a side-by-side comparison of Samsung's QD-OLEDs and LG's WOLED TVs. You can also see the new xQDEF laminate films developed with Bready.

BOE Technology Group unveiled a 55" 8K AMQLED device, which is said to be the world's first such display. The display is based on QD emitters, and uses an active-matrix Oxide-TFT backplane.

BOE says that all functional layers, except the cathode, were deposited using inkjet printing.

Samsung reports its financial results for Q2 2022. The company says that its QD OLED monitor displays were "well received in the market", and the company is raising its expectations for the QD TVs which will be released in Q3.

Samsung further says it is stabilizing the production yields of its QD displays.