A spokesman for Samsung Display has commented on the criticism of the new displays.
Samsung’s new display technology, the QD-OLED panels, should offer strong contrasts, be ultra-sharp and display HDR content particularly well. However, there was not only praise for the first monitor with the new panel.
Heise Online criticized the Alienware monitor AW3423DW, which has a QD OLED display, sometimes harshly. Colorful color edges can be seen here where they don’t really belong. Among other things, the article says: The panel in its current form is a fundamentally messed up affair.
Unattractive color fringes: Samsung expresses itself
The color fringes are apparently caused by the unique pixel arrangement of the QD OLED displays
The magazine Flatpanels HD has asked the manufacturer of the displays, Samsung Display, for a statement. A spokesman then commented on the website about Heise’s criticism. First, he expla ins why Samsung chose this pixel arrangement in the first place (machine-translated):
It’s not a typical RGB stripe pixel – it’s our proprietary structure, optimized to enhance the core user experience of color and HDR. We selected this new pixel structure to optimize the QD display’s optical properties such as brightness, color gamut and durability. Each pixel of the QD display has an individual red, green and blue – 3 primary sub-pixels.
Accordingly, the selected pixel structure ensures detailed colors and a better HDR experience. This is also confirmed by other tests, for example by Linus Tech Tips, who is more than convinced of the colors, quality and HDR display of the QD-OLED display. Competitor LG recently announced the prices for their new OLED televisions:
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The color fringes shouldn’t be a big problem
According to Samsung Display, the color fringes shouldn’t be a big problem for the vast majority of use cases
be. For a cinema and gaming experience, the technology offers the best experience.
The speaker also emphasizes that color fringes are not a problem with QD OLED displays alone. These can also be found on displays with an RGB stripe layout, but the arrangement in the triangle could emphasize the seams (machine-translated):
The artefact shown can also be seen on conventional LCD and OLED displays with RGB strips. A similar phenomenon is observed on the sides (left and right) when bright, high-contrast edges are displayed on traditional display products. Since the QD display has the widest color gamut, excellent contrast ratio, and new sub-pixel structure, this artifact might be visible.
The new display technology could be exciting for gamers. We look forward to seeing the first monitors and TVs with the panels in action to see how good the picture looks and how much color fringing really affects the experience. You can find out more details about the color fringes and Alienware’s display with QD-OLED technology here:
QD-OLED: New display technology creates fantastic images, but has one major weakness
Are you looking forward to the new technology or are you rather cautious because of the color fringes? Please let us know.
