Monday, January 4th 2021
Samsung Announces Mass Production of 13.3"-16" OLED Panels for Laptops
Laptop screens are usually considered to be slightly behind the bend compared to TVs or PC monitors when it comes to technology and specs. For one, most laptops still ship with a 1080p panel; if you want a higher-resolution, your next best bet is in looking at a 4K panel, though these do usually max out at 60 Hz. Some 1440p panels should enter the market this year, though, and that might mean more than just a handful of models sporting higher-than-1080p resolution.
Samsung, however, has just announced that they have begun mass production of laptop-oriented OLED screens. These are being mass-produced at the 13.3" to 16" diagonals, and should mean more options from system integrators in delivering an uncompromised image quality on mobility offerings. For now, it seems these OLED panels will only feature 1080p resolution, in a bid to decrease panel costs and thus increase prevalence of OLED in the display market by catering to lower-priced products and price-conscious customers. There is no word on refresh rates at this time, but Samsung says these OLED panels offer up to 10x higher response rates than the typical laptop LCD screen, whilst offering tempting 120% DCI-P3 coverage and minimum pixel brightness of just 0.0005 nits.
Sources:
Computerbase.de, via Videocardz
Samsung, however, has just announced that they have begun mass production of laptop-oriented OLED screens. These are being mass-produced at the 13.3" to 16" diagonals, and should mean more options from system integrators in delivering an uncompromised image quality on mobility offerings. For now, it seems these OLED panels will only feature 1080p resolution, in a bid to decrease panel costs and thus increase prevalence of OLED in the display market by catering to lower-priced products and price-conscious customers. There is no word on refresh rates at this time, but Samsung says these OLED panels offer up to 10x higher response rates than the typical laptop LCD screen, whilst offering tempting 120% DCI-P3 coverage and minimum pixel brightness of just 0.0005 nits.
19 Comments on Samsung Announces Mass Production of 13.3"-16" OLED Panels for Laptops
RGB-OLED has subpixel for each color and OLEDs tend to fade at different speeds for different colors with blue degrading fastest.Laptops and monitors with OLED are expensive primarily because there is low volume. Hopefully Samsung will start mass-producing this stuff.
TVs are not that overpriced at least based on prices of TV sets. Higher end LCDs (think quantum dot filters and FALD) are in the same price range for 55"-65". At larger than that OLED seems to have a manufacturing issue that drives prices up.
Screens on phones degrade fast. I remember the first-gen OLED smartphones that had screens faded and burnt in less than a year. It is better nowadays but a couple of years often shows notable degradation. This would not fly for a TV or a monitor.
4K panels should remain outliers with the majority being 1080 or 1440p on actual portable machines.