Monday, January 15th 2024
TCL CSOT Unveils Latest IJP OLED & FMM-OLED Tech
TCL CSOT, a renowned industry player developing advanced, innovative display technologies, recently showcased its extensive range of products spanning automobiles, laptops, tablets, smartphones, TVs, VR, and more at CES 2024. Among its showcased offering, the company's cutting-edge OLED and MLED technologies, notably its Inkjet Printing OLED (IJP OLED) and Fine Metal Mask-OLED (FMM-OLED) display technologies, drew major attention from the public.
Industry Breakthroughs in IJP OLED Technology
Over the years, TCL CSOT has been actively laying the groundwork for adopting inkjet-printing technology to manufacture OLED displays. This IJP OLED technology brings advantages including a wider color gamut, higher resolution, greater material utilization efficiency, lower power consumption, and reduced operating costs. TCL CSOT is currently focusing on medium and large-sized products for Inkjet Printing OLED, such as TVs, and aims to accelerate the industrialization by also including medium-sized screens, such as laptops and vehicles. In addition to focusing on medium and large-sized products, TCL CSOT aims to achieve mass production of IJP OLED in a small scale, particularly in the medical and IT fields, in 2024.
At CES 2024, TCL CSOT showcased the world's first 14" 2.8K Inkjet Printing Hybrid OLED Display, the first application of IJP OLED technology in laptops by TCL CSOT and a technological breakthrough of 240 PPI in mass production. The display utilizes a new type of Oxide compensation circuit technology to make IGZO inkjet-printed OLED possible in various consumer products, while its 30-120 Hz VRR technology provides adaptive power optimization which extends battery life. Equipped with high PPI inkjet printing technology, it presents exquisite image quality and an unparalleled visual experience with 2.8K high-resolution. Moreover, its thin and portable design, empowered by Hybrid OLED technology, enhances convenience for mobile users.
Advancements in FMM-OLED Technology
Leveraging the benefits of FMM-OLED technology, including high resolution, high contrast, high brightness, and wide color gamut, TCL CSOT has been focusing on applying this technology in small and medium-sized products, as well as wearable products. At the same time, they are actively developing full-screen technologies such as under-display cameras and flexible folding technologies. At CES 2024, TCL CSOT showcased two innovative FMM-OLED displays, further demonstrating their R&D strengths in OLED technology.
The 6.36" LTPO Frequency Division Display OLED Screen, utilizing TCL CSOT's cutting-edge frequency division technology and self-developed frequency scanning circuits, supports two-way and three-way frequency division without any limitations on the crossover frequency. Equipped with ultra-low power consumption IC, it offers 15-20% greater power savings than standard products. Furthermore, the product features 99% DCI-PC cover ratio of color gamut and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, delivering a more natural-looking image. With less than 1 ms response time and 1200 x 2670 resolution, it provides an optimal viewing experience characterized by excellent picture quality and clear details.
The 14" Ultra Tandem AMOLED Screen incorporates advanced flexible OLED EL Tandem device technology with multiple industry-leading features, such as ultra-narrow slim bezels and high refresh rates. It features 4K high resolution, a high screen-to-body ratio at 96%, and a refresh rate of 120 Hz, providing users with excellent image quality. With TCL CSOT's self-developed Tandem technology, the screen boasts a peak brightness exceeding 2,500 nits and the ability to adapt to various indoor and outdoor bright light environments. Compared to other OLED screens, its power consumption has been reduced by more than 30%, resulting in improved standby time. Furthermore, the lifetime of this OLED screen has been enhanced by 3.5 times, offering customers exceptional screen durability.
Sources:
PR News Wire, TCL CSOT News
Industry Breakthroughs in IJP OLED Technology
Over the years, TCL CSOT has been actively laying the groundwork for adopting inkjet-printing technology to manufacture OLED displays. This IJP OLED technology brings advantages including a wider color gamut, higher resolution, greater material utilization efficiency, lower power consumption, and reduced operating costs. TCL CSOT is currently focusing on medium and large-sized products for Inkjet Printing OLED, such as TVs, and aims to accelerate the industrialization by also including medium-sized screens, such as laptops and vehicles. In addition to focusing on medium and large-sized products, TCL CSOT aims to achieve mass production of IJP OLED in a small scale, particularly in the medical and IT fields, in 2024.
Leveraging the benefits of FMM-OLED technology, including high resolution, high contrast, high brightness, and wide color gamut, TCL CSOT has been focusing on applying this technology in small and medium-sized products, as well as wearable products. At the same time, they are actively developing full-screen technologies such as under-display cameras and flexible folding technologies. At CES 2024, TCL CSOT showcased two innovative FMM-OLED displays, further demonstrating their R&D strengths in OLED technology.
The 6.36" LTPO Frequency Division Display OLED Screen, utilizing TCL CSOT's cutting-edge frequency division technology and self-developed frequency scanning circuits, supports two-way and three-way frequency division without any limitations on the crossover frequency. Equipped with ultra-low power consumption IC, it offers 15-20% greater power savings than standard products. Furthermore, the product features 99% DCI-PC cover ratio of color gamut and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, delivering a more natural-looking image. With less than 1 ms response time and 1200 x 2670 resolution, it provides an optimal viewing experience characterized by excellent picture quality and clear details.
The 14" Ultra Tandem AMOLED Screen incorporates advanced flexible OLED EL Tandem device technology with multiple industry-leading features, such as ultra-narrow slim bezels and high refresh rates. It features 4K high resolution, a high screen-to-body ratio at 96%, and a refresh rate of 120 Hz, providing users with excellent image quality. With TCL CSOT's self-developed Tandem technology, the screen boasts a peak brightness exceeding 2,500 nits and the ability to adapt to various indoor and outdoor bright light environments. Compared to other OLED screens, its power consumption has been reduced by more than 30%, resulting in improved standby time. Furthermore, the lifetime of this OLED screen has been enhanced by 3.5 times, offering customers exceptional screen durability.
4 Comments on TCL CSOT Unveils Latest IJP OLED & FMM-OLED Tech
Pretty sure their 240hz 85'' VA panel will be the value of the year (used in, I *think*, the TCL QM851g), at least by looking at the specs of the panel they sell to other manufacturers compared to everything else.
It'll be interesting to see that ~$2000 tv versus a comparably-priced ~77'' WOLED. You might call me crazy, but I think it could actually be an interesting comparison.
Next year they'll have 120hz OLED, which is a nice option regardless of how JOLED's stuff compares to WOLED or QD-OLED.
On top of that, looks like they'll be replacing VA with their version of IPS next year. Judging by BOE's VA versus CSOT VA, I think CSOT has been much better. It'll be interesting if the same is true with CSOT versus BOE's ADS Pro. Seeing videos of it from CES I was pretty impressed (versus BOE's ADS which I think is bloody awful but perhaps currently required for many wrt large screen sizes).
I'm personally good with my B9, but think my R646 was a steal, so I'm excited where they could be in two years time. Pretty excited by the notion of a low-cost 1000 sustained/4000 peak but not-garbage 85''.
Has anyone heard anything from Mediatek? I haven't scoured or anything, but I would imagine they must at least be entertaining the notion of transitioning their SOCs to 5nm and a decent chipset. Certainly that would be in next-year stuff at the earliest, and perhaps even the year after if they haven't said anything, but they're an important part of the puzzle and I am amazed they don't offer more higher-end solutions than they do. Everyone has stuck to that 1.4ghz quad-core A73 for literally years and years. Except Sony, they sprung for the 1.8ghz A73 last year! LOL. Thank goodness MT retro-fitted those chips with a somewhat-decent upscaler (pentonic 700) for those without Sony's software prowess, which I think Hisense used last year, and more of them are probably using this year (if not essentially the chip Sony used but MT's upscaling solution; Pentonic 1000).
It's always been weird to me that Hisense with BOE and TCL with CSOT have fine panel options (considering their cost and willingness to add more LEDs) but their processing was literal garbage. Being a guy that has mostly used TVs as monitors for literally decades (using external GPU hardware solutions and stuff like MADVR), I never understood why this was such a difficult or expensive problem to solve. Those chips can't cost much, and I imagine making a MUCH better one wouldn't cost much more and could/would seemingly dramatically improve almost every aspect of a tv?