Tuesday, April 23rd 2024
LG Display to Mass Produce World's First Gaming OLED Panel With Switchable Refresh Rate and Resolution
LG Display, the world's leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it has developed the first-ever Gaming OLED panel with a switchable refresh rate and resolution. The company has begun mass production of the 31.5-inch panel this month, accelerating its push into the high-end gaming display market with new concept products.
This groundbreaking Gaming OLED panel allows users to freely choose between a high refresh rate (FHD 480 Hz) and a high-resolution mode (UHD 240 Hz) depending on the content.
In high refresh rate mode, users can enjoy games where speed and screen changes are particularly important, such as first-person shooter (FPS) or racing genres. Switching to high-resolution mode offers an exceptionally immersive experience watching movies with rich visual effects or high-definition 4K content. By comparison, conventional panels have a fixed resolution even when the refresh rate is changed, limiting their versatility for multiple applications.
Refresh rate refers to the number of images displayed on a monitor per second, while resolution represents the number of pixels that a screen can show. The higher the refresh rate, the smoother and sharper the images appear even during fast screen transitions, while a higher resolution enables more precise video and image quality.
LG Display's advanced solution is Dynamic Frequency & Resolution (DFR), its own independently developed new technology. With the arrival of DFR, users can choose which to prioritize between refresh rate and resolution by adjusting the image processing speed. IT has been applied for the first time with LG Display's 31.5-inch Gaming OLED panel.
The company's Gaming OLED panel is also equipped with other LG Display technologies to enhance its immersive experience. These include META Technology 2.0 based on the company's Micro Lens Array (MLA) innovation, which maximizes the emission of light from organic materials to elevate image quality. Also, Thin Actuator Sound technology, which directly generates sound from the screen without a separate speaker, has been adopted to provide more vivid sound.
LG Display plans to supply its new 31.5-inch Gaming OLED panel to global gaming gear brands, starting with LG Electronics. The company is accelerating its expansion into the high-end gaming display market from this year with a full lineup of Gaming OLED panels spanning 27, 31.5, 34, 39, and 45 inches.
Unlike LCDs, which require backlighting, the company's Gaming OLED panels are self-emissive, enabling each pixel to produce perfect blacks and lifelike image quality. With an ultra-high refresh rate (480 Hz), they also have the fastest response time (0.03 ms) of any panel on the market.
Moreover, Gaming OLEDs have less potential to cause eye fatigue than LCD screens even during long gaming sessions, as they emit half the amount of blue light and produce no headache-associated flicker.
"We will create new customer value with OLED's differentiated technologies - such as by offering perfect blacks, fast response times, and ultra-high refresh rates - and strengthen our leadership in the high-end gaming display market," said Won-seok Kang, Vice President and Head of the Large Display Product Planning Division at LG Display.
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This groundbreaking Gaming OLED panel allows users to freely choose between a high refresh rate (FHD 480 Hz) and a high-resolution mode (UHD 240 Hz) depending on the content.
Refresh rate refers to the number of images displayed on a monitor per second, while resolution represents the number of pixels that a screen can show. The higher the refresh rate, the smoother and sharper the images appear even during fast screen transitions, while a higher resolution enables more precise video and image quality.
LG Display's advanced solution is Dynamic Frequency & Resolution (DFR), its own independently developed new technology. With the arrival of DFR, users can choose which to prioritize between refresh rate and resolution by adjusting the image processing speed. IT has been applied for the first time with LG Display's 31.5-inch Gaming OLED panel.
The company's Gaming OLED panel is also equipped with other LG Display technologies to enhance its immersive experience. These include META Technology 2.0 based on the company's Micro Lens Array (MLA) innovation, which maximizes the emission of light from organic materials to elevate image quality. Also, Thin Actuator Sound technology, which directly generates sound from the screen without a separate speaker, has been adopted to provide more vivid sound.
LG Display plans to supply its new 31.5-inch Gaming OLED panel to global gaming gear brands, starting with LG Electronics. The company is accelerating its expansion into the high-end gaming display market from this year with a full lineup of Gaming OLED panels spanning 27, 31.5, 34, 39, and 45 inches.
Unlike LCDs, which require backlighting, the company's Gaming OLED panels are self-emissive, enabling each pixel to produce perfect blacks and lifelike image quality. With an ultra-high refresh rate (480 Hz), they also have the fastest response time (0.03 ms) of any panel on the market.
Moreover, Gaming OLEDs have less potential to cause eye fatigue than LCD screens even during long gaming sessions, as they emit half the amount of blue light and produce no headache-associated flicker.
"We will create new customer value with OLED's differentiated technologies - such as by offering perfect blacks, fast response times, and ultra-high refresh rates - and strengthen our leadership in the high-end gaming display market," said Won-seok Kang, Vice President and Head of the Large Display Product Planning Division at LG Display.
32 Comments on LG Display to Mass Produce World's First Gaming OLED Panel With Switchable Refresh Rate and Resolution
Yes it costs just under the the LG C4 42":
I am aiming for the Gigabyte AORUS FO32U2 Pro myself.
CAD$
Yes. Want.
Edit: they're well-north of a grand!? No thanks. Can wait, indefinitely. :laugh:
Was hoping 'for gaming' meant mass-produced and affordable. That's "Halo-tier pricing" IMO
Would rather a 120hz VRR OLED HDTV, for that money... (And I adore high-refresh rate)
120+hz w/ VRR at 1080-1440 vertical resolution for under $500.
I was looking intently, before I spent the rest of my 'upgrade funds' on other technocrap...:oops:Hoping a generation or two back LG OLED 120hz+ HDTV might end up at liquidation pricing, when. I actually have funds for such.
I was kicking myself for missing out on WalMart and BestBuy clearing-out LG OLED HDTVs, recently.
I quietly hoped the ASUS one would be cheaper but I'm certain I am kidding myself.
Keep in mind it's WOLED not QDOLED so you're getting a matte finish of some description which seems have largely divided people on the youtube reviews that have gone live.
I'm waiting on the AORUS model myself as it's got DP2.1 and over here it's the same price as all but the Alienware model (which I wrote off due to the fan) which is 2200AUD
Cannot go to anything less. Those are perfect for gaming and multimedia.
The price will go down the more manufacturers start using this panel. I suspect AOC will have the cheapest model based on this.Those were pre-release samples or near final products. I believe the panel now entered mass production, hence the press release.
480 Hz is super clear motion and as long as you don't opt for 27" and 24" modes it's not that bad when it comes to sharpness.
With Full wide mode it looks the best due to 4:1 pixel binning, 27" and 24" modes apply additional scaling.
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