Tuesday, November 26th 2024
Samsung Prepares World's First 27-Inch 500 Hz QD-OLED Gaming Display
Samsung Display has reportedly developed the world's first 27-inch OLED panel capable of a 500 Hz refresh rate at 2560x1440p resolution. The new panel utilizes Samsung's QD-OLED (Quantum Dot OLED) technology, which combines the color accuracy of Quantum Dots with the contrast and responsiveness of OLED displays. The panel is nearing the end of its development phase, and Samsung is reportedly in discussions with leading monitor manufacturers, aiming to introduce products featuring the panel to the market by mid-2025. This development adds to the growing competition in the gaming display market. For example, Chinese company Light Soul is preparing to release a 27-inch QD-OLED monitor with 4K resolution, a 240 Hz refresh rate, and a peak brightness of 1000 nits. Meanwhile, LG plans to launch a 45-inch monitor model featuring a 5120x2160 WOLED panel.
Across the industry, OLED is being transformed using various technologies, and every panel maker, including Samsung and LG, wants to stay ahead of the curve with high-refresh, high-color accuracy panels. The high-refresh-rate market is currently led by LG UltraGear 27GX790A-B and ASUS ROG Swift PG27AQDP 1440p monitors that max out at 480 Hz. While e-sports players might need the extra 20 Hz, regular users surely wouldn't notice the extra refresh. Nonetheless, it is interesting to see that OLED is getting lots of love in the coming year, and the constant development of it will not stop. We
Sources:
ET News, via Tom's Hardware
Across the industry, OLED is being transformed using various technologies, and every panel maker, including Samsung and LG, wants to stay ahead of the curve with high-refresh, high-color accuracy panels. The high-refresh-rate market is currently led by LG UltraGear 27GX790A-B and ASUS ROG Swift PG27AQDP 1440p monitors that max out at 480 Hz. While e-sports players might need the extra 20 Hz, regular users surely wouldn't notice the extra refresh. Nonetheless, it is interesting to see that OLED is getting lots of love in the coming year, and the constant development of it will not stop. We
11 Comments on Samsung Prepares World's First 27-Inch 500 Hz QD-OLED Gaming Display
Would also mention 27" with 4K is a bit too dense, 2560×1440 is a better fit. But maybe it is only me. 32" or larger for me if it comes to 4K
Based on my squinty experience.
I am considering getting two OLED dispaly in 2025 or 2026 :toast:
Hoping for better prices.
I honestly feel like some people forget just HOW CLEAR CRTs were in motion and that we are just now barely returning to that level. And, unless dispaly vendors are willing to abandon dample and hold, going up in refresh is kinda the only thing they can do.
Seems to me like an "overclocked" Version of the current ones.
CES2025 is the answer, I know, I know.
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The 1440p 480Hz panels are from LG. Of course for bragging rights reasons Samsung will try to one-up LG.
I suck too much at shooters to comment on how useful 500Hz is versus 480/360/240/etc.
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What konga said is true. They are all available.
Whether they are cheap or not is...erm, subjective.
Just to throw a Black Friday deals list here. They are totally not related to me as I'm not anywhere near the region, I'm just a bit interested in how cheap can they be in a sale.
That AOC thing at USD$400 is quite a steal. The MSI MAG 341CQP (34" 3440x1440, 175Hz) at USD$575 also sounds very reasonable to me if I'm in that market.
If that's not cheap enough, there's always the next year. But a cheap-ish 34" 120Hz OLED panel on the monitor side of market doesn't look very likely.