{"id":5328,"date":"2025-05-16T21:59:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/tcl-and-samsung-reveal-big-updates-to-two-oled-beating-technologies-but-dont-get-excited-for-them-in-tvs-yet\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T21:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:59:38","slug":"tcl-and-samsung-reveal-big-updates-to-two-oled-beating-technologies-but-dont-get-excited-for-them-in-tvs-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/tcl-and-samsung-reveal-big-updates-to-two-oled-beating-technologies-but-dont-get-excited-for-them-in-tvs-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"TCL and Samsung reveal big updates to two OLED-beating technologies, but don&#8217;t get excited for them in TVs yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<hr\/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Inkjet-printed OLEDs are very close to mass production<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Samsung Display seems may have solved EL-QD&#8217;s longevity problem<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t pause your new-TV plans if you&#8217;re currently shopping<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The race to find the next big thing in TV tech just passed two big milestones: <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/tcl\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/tcl\">TCL<\/a> CSOT \u2013 TCL&#8217;s display-making subsidiary \u2013 has <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flatpanelshd.com\/news.php?subaction=showfull&amp;id=1747294326\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.flatpanelshd.com\/news.php?subaction=showfull&amp;id=1747294326\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">demonstrated its inkjet-printed OLED tech at a TV size<\/a> with panels up to 65 inches, and Samsung Display has <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flatpanelshd.com\/news.php?subaction=showfull&amp;id=1747302914\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.flatpanelshd.com\/news.php?subaction=showfull&amp;id=1747302914\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">demonstrated the potentially OLED-beating EL-QD<\/a> in a new and brighter version.<\/p>\n<p>IJP <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/oled\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/oled\">OLED<\/a> and EL-QD are vying to be the next tech that replaces current OLED production, and both are self-emissive technologies like current OLED.<\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p>Both are very exciting, but neither&#8217;s coming to your front room any time soon \u2013 and of the two, printed OLEDs are likely to arrive long before EL-QD. But they could both prove to be revolutionary.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<span class=\"bg-secondary-500 text-white text-lg font-bold uppercase py-1 px-2 leading-[1.625rem] sm:leading-[6px] sm:text-sm\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"why-we-re-a-bit-excited-about-printed-oled-and-el-qd-3\">Why we&#8217;re a bit excited about printed OLED and EL-QD<\/h2>\n<p>Inkjet-printed OLED panels are the most immediately exciting, because they can be used in a wide range of applications: phones, tablets, laptops, PC monitors, TVs, car dashboards&#8230; pretty much anywhere you might want to put a display.<\/p>\n<p>TCL has showed inket-printed 65-inch panels before: an early prototype in 2021, and a curved prototype in 2023. But this one is much closer to production than before, and some of the smaller panels TCL showed off included a new oxide backplane that apparently delivers faster response times and lower power consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Although TCL CSOT says that it has become &#8220;the first manufacturer to commercialise a complete family bucket of IJP [inkjet printed] OLED products&#8221;, we&#8217;re not pausing our new-TV plans just yet: any new panel technology starts off eye-wateringly expensive until yields improve and costs come down.<\/p>\n<p>IJP OLED is still very much an OLED tech in that it uses organic material to create self-emissive pixels, but structure of the panel is totally different because of the manufacturing process, so it&#8217;s very much a next-gen OLED rather than just tweaking the current tech.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-s37dtn3mZynnX9dZ6BA6yX\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-s37dtn3mZynnX9dZ6BA6yX slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It has the potential to be more power efficient and cheaper long-term \u2013 but it&#8217;s not quite ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>TCL has told TechRadar directly that it will likely be several years before IJP OLED will be affordable in TVs \u2013 but it&#8217;s landing in smaller screens already.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:59.42%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young woman with dark hair standing next to a prototype EL-QD monitor. It is showing a bright pattern and has a label saying it is a 400 nit EL-QD display.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nXkPQA8FJLCGcpvvZbZABm.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: FlatpanelsHD.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"is-the-future-bright-for-el-qd-3\">Is the future bright for EL-QD?<\/h2>\n<p>EL-QD sounds like it should be the name of a bullfighter, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/samsung\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/samsung\">Samsung<\/a> Display is bullish about its prospects: it uses quantum dots as light-emitting diodes and could deliver wider color gamuts, faster response times and lower power consumption than other display technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Like TCL CSOT, Samsung Display was showing off its tech at the SID show in the USA. It brought some printed OLEDs and some bendable ones, but the most technically interesting was EL-QD because Samsung seems to have solved that tech&#8217;s biggest problem.<\/p>\n<p>So far, EL-QD displays have suffered from a lack of longevity: early versions used cadmium, and that&#8217;s banned in many countries; without it, the longevity of the blue materials essential to EL-QD wasn&#8217;t great. But Samsung Display says it has &#8220;dramatically increased&#8221; the lifespan with its latest cadmium-free prototypes.<\/p>\n<p>That enabled Samsung to make the brightest EL-QD prototype to date, but it still falls far short of the brightness you&#8217;d want in your front room: the latest EL-QD panel has 400 nits; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/televisions\/new-mini-led-and-oled-tvs-were-brighter-than-ever-in-2024-but-how-bright-do-they-need-to-be\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/televisions\/new-mini-led-and-oled-tvs-were-brighter-than-ever-in-2024-but-how-bright-do-they-need-to-be\">many of the best OLEDs deliver over 1,000 nits<\/a> while my mini-LED TV appears to put out ninety billion nits.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also quite a bit smaller than your TV: 18.2 inches with 3,200 x 1,800 pixels.<\/p>\n<p>EL-QD is a long way from production, then \u2013 assuming it ever makes it into mass production at all. The future&#8217;s bright, but it needs to get a lot brighter before it can be an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/hdr\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/hdr\">HDR<\/a> TV.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-you-might-also-like\"><span>You might also like<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inkjet-printed OLEDs are very close to mass production Samsung Display seems may have solved EL-QD&#8217;s longevity problem Don&#8217;t pause your new-TV plans if you&#8217;re currently shopping The race to find the next big thing in TV tech just passed two big milestones: TCL CSOT \u2013 TCL&#8217;s display-making subsidiary \u2013 has demonstrated its inkjet-printed OLED tech [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}