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.
Samsung hopes that this will enable it to reduce production costs, and also reduce the thickness. Theoretically, a single glass substrate could also lead, in the future, to flexible or even rollable QD-OLED panels.
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.
Corning announced that Samsung Display has selected the company's Astra Glass for its QD-OLED display panels. The QD-OLED panel substrate is one sheet of glass, while another is used in the process, likely to cover the display.
Corning says that its Astra Glass provides the "optimal blend of attributes" critical for the intricate and high-temperature QD manufacturing process.
Samsung officially launched its first QD-OLED TV, the S95B. This is the company's first QD-OLED TV, and it features a 55" or 65" 4K 120Hz QD-OLED panel produced by Samsung Display.
The S95B also offers a "Neural Quantum processor" for 4K upscaling, Pixel HDR Pro, Dolby Atmos, Motion Xcelerator Turbo+ technology for lag and blur elimination and HLG. The S95B will ship in April 2022, with a price tag of $2,200 (55" model).
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.
According to reports from Korea, Samsung suffers from very low (around 30%) production yields in its QD-OLED production line. It seems as if Samsung Display decided to wait for the market reaction for its new panels before it will invest in expanded capacity.
As the first range of products (monitors and TVs) will launch only in the spring of 2022, Samsung will likely wait till the second half of 2022 before it decides on the future of its QD-OLED technology. This means that SDC's total QD-OLED capacity will remain as it is today (30,000 monthly Gen-8.5 panels) at least until the end of 2023.
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.
Samsung Display announced that Switzerland-based evaluation services provider SGS has certified its QD-OLED panels.
The QD-OLED panels received three certifications for True Color Tones, Pure RGB Luminance and Ultrawide Viewing Angle.