Monitors - Page 2

MSI says it will launch an "super ultra wide" QD-OLED monitor in early 2023 (during the CES conference). The company did not disclose much - beyond saying that it will offer a 240Hz refresh rate, and that its current name is Project 491C.

Samsung is the only QD-OLED Panel maker, and it does not offer a 240Hz panel yet (the only monitor-sized QD-OLED is a curved 34-inch 175Hz 3440x1440) - so it seems as if MSI is using a panel that hasn't entered production yet. This will be interesting to watch!

According to a report from Korea, Samsung Display has decided to increase its QD-OLED production capacity, and start making panels for monitors, with sizes of around 27-inch (currently the smallest QD-OLED panel in production is 34-inch). Samsung aims to supply these panels to Apple.

It is said that SDC debated whether to adopt RGB (direct-emission) OLED displays for its future monitor panels, but the lower cost of producing QD-OLED panels led Samsung to this decision. It will continue to produce RGB OLEDs for its tablet and laptop displays.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Dell's Alienware AW3423DW QD-OLED gaming monitor is now shipping for $1,299. This is the world's first device to sport a QD-OLED panel.

The AW3423DW features a curved 34-inch 175Hz 3440x1440 QD-OLED panel (produced by Samsung Display), Nvidia G-Sync and DisplayHDR 400 True Black certification.

Samsung Electronics and Dell have announced new gaming monitors that both use the same 34" curved QD-OLED panel.

Samsung has launched its Odyssey G8QNB, with a curved 34-inch QD-OLED panels that offers a resolution of 3440x1440, 175Hz refresh rate and a response time of 0.1 ms. The Dell monitor (shown above) offers the same display, which Dell promises to ship by March 2022.

According to a new report from Korea, Samsung Display is set to begin producing full QD-OLED display prototypes in June this year. SDC will produce both TV and monitor prototypes, which it will send to potential customers (such as Samsung Electronics, Sony, and Chinese TV makers). When customers approve the prototypes, SDC will be ready for commercial production.

The new report also says that Samsung Electronics TV unit (Visual Display Business) is ready to start adoption these panels provided SDC secures the yields and production capacity required by SE. Even if yields are high, total production capacity at SDC's Q1 production line is 30,000 8.5-Gen substrates, which may not be enough for Samsung's TV business.