Samsung Display’s new QD-OLED TV panels can hit 2,000 nits of peak brightness

Although Samsung is but to formally reveal its lineup of QD-OLED TVs for the 12 months, its show division has simply teased a few key specs: a maximum peak brightness of 2,000 nits, and a rise in energy effectivity of as much as 25 p.c.

2,000 nits of peak brightness is round double what Samsung’s debut QD-OLED TV, the S95B, was able to put out last year. It additionally seems to be increased than the 1,800 nits that an LG spokesperson told FlatPanelsHD that its 2023 G3 mannequin ought to be capable of attain (though LG’s TV might go increased relying on precise image settings). 

Although peak brightness isn’t the be-all-and-end-all of image high quality, brighter screens have a tendency to supply higher HDR with extra affect and vibrancy. And in the event that they’re in a position to maintain this brightness over a big portion of the display, it may additionally make Samsung’s new TVs extra viable to be used in shiny rooms, the place dimmer OLED fashions can undergo from extreme reflections and customarily poor visibility. A peak brightness of two,000 nits would put Samsung Display’s new QD-OLED panels in the identical ballpark as a shiny Mini LED TV like Hisense’s U8H.

Samsung Display says it’s been in a position to push the brightness of its Quantum Dot OLED (aka QD-OLED) panels additional this 12 months because of a mix of a brand new brightness optimization algorithm and a brand new materials. The firm’s press launch says the IntelliSense AI algorithm “collects information on each pixel in real-time and uses it to precisely control light” whereas the HyperEfficient EL materials makes the TV’s blue emitting layer extra environment friendly and therefore brighter and clearer.

In addition to being brighter, Samsung Display’s QD-OLED panels are actually obtainable in a greater diversity of sizes. There are the 34-, 55-, and 65-inch panel sizes that we noticed seem in final 12 months’s displays and TVs, however this 12 months they’re joined by a bigger 77-inch TV panel that was initially teased in September. There’s additionally an ultrawide 49-inch QD-OLED panel that’s set to seem in Samsung’s new Odyssey G95SC monitor.

There’s no phrase on pricing, availability, and even the mannequin numbers of the TVs that these panels are anticipated to seem in. But if Samsung’s 2,000 nit promise is reflective of the real-world brightness of its newest TVs, then 2023 might even see one of many key points which have plagued OLED TVs for years lastly addressed.