Philips announced a new Evnia gaming monitor series, which includes several models with different technologies, including LDC, mini-LED backlit LCDs and OLED displays.
One of the monitors, the 34M2C8600, is based on a 34" curved 175Hz 3440x1440 QD-OLED panel (produced by SDC).
Samsung Display has recently demonstrated a new 77-inch QD-OLED panel, and the company says it will introduce both 77-inch and 49-inch QD-OLED displays next year.
SDC is also planning to increase its monthly capacity from around 30,000 substrates (8.5-Gen) to almost 40,000 substrates. This will be achieved by a decreased TAKT time. Together with improved yields, SDC will increase its production capacity by 30% by next year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Samsung Display announced that it has managed to increase its QD-OLED production yields to 75%. Previously it was estimated that its yields are around 30-50%.
According to the report, SDC's employees are not optimistic regarding its QD-OLED competitiveness with LG's WOLED and RGB OLED structures - and not just because of the low production yields. Initial reviews of the QD-OLED panels say that the contrast is now as high as other OLED displays with ambient lighting, and there are color issues due to the unique pixel arrangement. It is estimated that even with increase production yields, SDC will refrain from further QD-OLED investments until it will see market reaction.
According to reports in Korean media, Samsung is developing a new process which will allow it to reduce the thickness of its QD-OLED panels, by removing one of the two glass substrates - the one used for the deposition of the quantum dots conversion layer.