LG Display Promises Brighter OLED Panels for 2022

Great! But then again… we’ve heard that one before, haven’t we? Hey, wait a minute!

Remember last year’s OLED “Evo” panels that promised to be up to 20% brighter? Well, new year, new panels, new similar promises from LG Display. You can even add “up to” 10% more than 20%, apparently. (Image: LG)

CES 2022, the world’s biggest tech show even in these pandemic times, is right around the corner and several manufacturers have already begun making announcements in that context (presumably in fear of these minor ones being overlooked during the event when dozens of other announcements will be made daily). One of those was made a few hours earlier by LG Display, the company making the panels that LG Electronics — among others — uses for its various television models. LG Display also happens to be, by far, the most important provider of OLED screens in the world, so its work on this particular display technology is just as important for the TV market as a whole.

It may come as no surprise to many, then, that what LG Display announced is exactly what OLED TV enthusiasts have been asking for the better part of a decade: panels capable of delivering a brighter picture overall. LG Display calls the tech these panels will be making use of “OLED EX”, “EX” standing for “Evolution” and “eXperience”. According to the company “OLED EX displays combine deuterium compounds and personalized algorithms to enhance the stability and efficiency of the organic light-emitting diode, thereby improving the overall…