Acer revealed its latest gaming monitor, the Predator X34 V. The monitor is based on a 34" 175Hz 3440 x 1440 curved QD-OLED panel, and it offers a 0.1 ms Gray-to-Gray response time, peak brightness of 1,000 nits, AMD FreeSync Premium comparability and VRR.
The Predator X34 V will ship in November 2023, for $1,299.
Yesterday we reported that Samsung's official CES PR did not include its upcoming QD-OLED TVs, which was a disappointment. Today it turns out that Samsung is indeed progressing with its QD OLED TV technology, as CES event organizers awarded the 65" QD-Display TV with its Best of Innovation' 2022 award.
The CES text reveals that Samsung's TVs will support 144Hz refresh rate, four HDMI 2.1 inputs and Samsung's 2022 Neo Quantum Processor. We did not see the actual TV yet, and Samsung did not reveal any launch plans yet.
At CES, Dell announced the world's first QD-OLED product, the Alienware AW3423DW 34" 175Hz 3440x1440 monitor. The company now announced that it will cost $1,299 and will ship in the spring.
The QD-OLED panel is produced by Samsung Display. Samsung also launched a monitor that uses the same panel, the Odyssey G8QNB.
DSCC sees fast growth ahead for the use of inkjet printing technologies for the production of quantum dots color conversion layers in OLED displays.
As you can see in the chart, the gray area represents the capacity (in 1,000 sqm) at Samsung's QD-OLED Fabs.
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.
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.
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.
Display market research firm DSCC says that QDEF technology (QD films for LCD displays) will continue to grow at a fast pace, rising from $236 million in 2022 to $326 million in 2025. The main market will remain TV applications. This forecast does not include any perovskite-based films.
QDEF are quantum dots enhancement films, used to enhance the color gamut of LCD displays. The main display applications for QDEF are in TVs, monitors and laptops.
Market research firm DSCC says that it expects Samsung's QD-OLED panels to carry a lower material cost compared to LG's current W-OLED display - by as much as 30-40%.
These are unyielded costs, note, and LG's years of experience likely means its yields will be much higher at least in the first years of QD-OLED and inkjet-printing production.
Earlier this week Samsung officially launched its QD-OLED displays, with Sony, Dell and Samsung releasing the first products to use these displays.
We also have a first product review, of sorts, a short one from Tom's Guide - which says that this display is the best they have ever seen, with amazing colors and ultra-wide viewing angles.
The first reviews of Samsung's QD-OLED panels are in, as Dell starts shipping its QD-OLED gaming monitor. A German magazine reviewed the 34" monitor, and discovered an issue with color inaccuracies.
As you can see in the macro photo above, when there's a change from a dark color to a bright color, the display shows green lines that should not be there.