LG’s New OLED TVs Can Hit 2,100 Nits, Rivaling Samsung’s QD-OLED Tech
LG’s new OLED panel relies on its ‘META technology’ to boost the brightness and viewing angles.
By Michael Kan
In the battle for TV supremacy, LG Display is debuting new OLED panels that can reach 2,100 nits, or a 2–4 times increase in brightness over past LG OLED TVs.
The OLED panels use the company’s new “META technology,” which uses a so-called “micro lens array” along with software algorithms to squeeze out even more light from the OLED panel.
“Based on META Technology, the company’s latest OLED displays achieve 60% brighter images and 30% wider viewing angles than conventional OLED displays, on top of improved energy efficiency,” LG says. As a result, the technology promises to produce even clearer picture quality, especially in a bright room. The new panels also have a viewing angle at up to 160 degrees.
LG introduced the technology at CES in Las Vegas as it’s facing competition from Samsung Display, which is pushing its own Quantum Dot OLED panels. The initial QD-OLED tech introduced a year ago could reach over 1,500 nits. At this week’s CES, Samsung now says its upgraded QD-OLED panels can achieve over 2,000 nits.
Hence, it looks like LG is responding by boosting the quality of its own OLED panels. Its existing and past OLED TVs have achieved a brightness ranging from 500 nits to over 1,100 nits.
To increase the brightness, LG says the micro lens array of the META technology essentially acts as a layer of “micrometer-sized convex lenses,” which can maximize the light emissions from the OLED panel. For example, a 77-inch OLED TV panel features “42.4 billion micro lenses, approximately 5,117 micro lenses per pixel.”
“With this technology, LG Display became the first panel maker to resolve the lingering issue of light being reflected back into the panel and being lost, which restricted the maximum brightness,” the company says. In addition, a software algorithm can adjust and optimize the brightness of images on the TV in real-time.
LG Display plans on offering the new OLED tech in 4K TVs at 55-inch, 65-inch, 77-inch screen sizes. It’ll also be using the panels to build an 88-inch 8K TV. The consumer-focused LG Electronics is reportedly adopting the micro lens array technology for its own upcoming G3 TVs(Opens in a new window) , which will be able to reach 1,800 nits in brightness.
Another company, Panasonic, is also adopting the technology for its own next-generation TVs, which are slated to go on sale later this year. However, no pricing has been announced.
Originally published at https://www.pcmag.com.
