TCL announced a new flagship QLED 4K TV, the X955 - a miniLED backlit TV, that offers over 5,000 local dimming zones, and a peak brightness of 5,000 nits - probably the brightest consumer TV ever.
The X955 is powered by TCL's AIPQ 3.0 processor, and is available in either 85-inch or 95-inch in size. TCL did not yet reveal the expected price.
DSCC says that QD displays (QD-OLED and QD-LCD) will continue to grow, with area growth of nearly 15% in 2023. The largest application for QD displays by far is TV, with 15.6 million QD-enhanced TVs to ship in 2023.
Regarding QD-OLED panels, DSCC notes that the only producer today is Samsung Display, that has a converted LCD line with plans to reach a capacity of 45,000 8.5-Gen substrates per month by 2025. The company did not yet commit to further investments. QD-OLED production, by area, will reach 1.7 million square meters in 2025. QD-LCD panel area will reach 23 million square meters in the same year.
Quantum Dots developer Nanoco Technologies announced that Samsung Electronics agreed to pay $150 million USD in settlement for a patent lawsuit over a technology used in Samsung's quantum-dot LED TVs.
The two parties reached the settlement shortly before the start of the trial last month. The settlement includes a license agreement and the transfer of "certain patents" and settles all related proceedings.
Meta announced its latest VR headset - which is actually a mixed-reality device (AR or MR/XR) as it allows pass-through video feed. The device is based on QD-enhanced LCD displays and also features a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Plus, and several cameras from the inside (eye and face tracking) and outside.
The Meta Quest Pro costs $1,500 - and will ship before the end of October 2022.
Amazon launched its own branded QLED TVs, which are QD-enhanced LCD TVs, based on Samsung Display panels. The Amazon Fire TV Omni QLED Series 4K smart TVs offers Dolby Vision IQ, local dimming and Alexa support.
The Fire TV Omni QLED Series are offered in 65" and 75" sizes. The 65" model costs $799.99 and can now be pre-ordered. Shipments will begin by the end of October 2022.
According to reports in Korea, LG Display invested 3 Billion Won (around $2.1 million) in quantum dot films developer InnoQD.
The company says its films offer longer lifetime and higher uniformity compared to other products on the market.
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.
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.
QD developer Nanosys announced a partnership with functional polymeric film developer Nanjing Bready Advanced Materials Technology. The two companies started mass producing the world’s first line of completely air-stable, barrier-free, laminated quantum dot film components.
Nanosys says that the new xQDEF laminate film offers high quality QD color and brightness - in a lower-cost package. Nanosys hopes that the new film will unlock new markets for QD displays. Tier-one consumer electronics brands including Hisense, TCL and Vizio are expected to launch display products based on the new components in H2 2022.
Market research firm Omdia says that the sale of QD-enhanced LCD TVs will decline in 2022 to $17.67 billion, down 3.1% from the revenues in 2021. This is the first time since 2017 when the first such TVs were introduced, that the market will decline.
Shipments of QD-LCDs will actually increase this year, but revenues will decline because more of these TVs will be lower in price. 52% of such TVs will cost less than $1,000 this year, up from only 36.5% of the TVs in 2021.