✔️ 2022-04-05 10:36:49 – Paris/France.
Ever since Sony and Samsung unveiled their upcoming Bravia A95K QD-OLED and new S95B OLED respectively, many posts have focused on their ability to achieve 200% of the color saturation of LED-LCD TVs and have maximum brightness. higher than traditional OLED TVs. . Ultimately, though, that's probably not their coolest feature.
At a recent demonstration of Sony's QD-OLED TV in New York, we were absolutely impressed with how well it handled off-axis coloring desaturation – a huge problem with LED-LCD TVs and, somewhat , traditional OLED TVs that lost saturation beyond a 60-degree viewing angle.
Although neither Samsung nor Sony gave exact figures on the improvement in off-axis saturation, both confirmed that the off-axis performance of QD-OLED has seen a significant improvement over traditional OLED panels.
In short, people who have a huge living room – or at least a large living room where everyone isn't sitting directly in front of the TV – should consider a QD-OLED for the next TV.
The Power of QD-OLED's New Panel Structure
At this point, we've spent a lot of time in our first look at the technology to explain why QD-OLED is revolutionizing the TV space with its improved color saturation. We've talked at length in some of our hands-on reviews of the new QD-OLED sets about how it combines higher peak brightness with OLED's incredible black levels.
But what we haven't covered as much is how well QD-OLED retains its colors when viewed off-axis.
QD-OLED's QD light-emitting layer sits directly behind the display's glass substrate, helping it retain color as you move off-axis.
By repositioning the lighting element closer to the front of the screen, the colors are more vivid. This is a big difference from traditional LED-LCD screens where the lighting element and color filter are closer to the back of the screen than the front.
In contrast, QD-OLED's QD light-emitting layer sits directly behind the display's glass substrate, helping it retain color as you move off-axis.
(Image credit: Samsung)
How is better off-axis color saturation helpful?
There are two good scenarios where we think QD-OLED TVs will really excel at off-axis viewing: in a very wide living room, and in sports bars where very few people are seated directly in front of a big-screen TV.
First imagine you have a wide living room and there are plenty of seats next to the TV, but only a few seats directly in front of it. The better color saturation, combined with OLED's higher peak brightness and black levels, could make any seat in the house look as good as the one directly in front of the TV.
Now imagine you own a bar and you want everyone inside to have a good view of the TV no matter where they are seated. QD-OLED can make this possible.
Whether you're seated at the bar itself or at a table nearby but not quite in line with the TV, players' shirts would remain completely saturated - which will obviously improve the overall experience of watching a match.
The Samsung S95B OLED is beautiful – but it's expensive. (Image credit: Samsung)
The only problem? Price
The biggest hurdle we see for QD-OLED right now is that it's more expensive than most OLED TVs. For example, the LG C2 OLED will start at $1 (about £399, AU$1) and is expected to cost $060 for the 1-inch screen size, which is about $900 cheaper than the OLED TV. Samsung's 1-inch S799B.
This gap widens when you compare the 2-inch LG C65 OLED, which will retail for $2, to the 499-inch Samsung S95B OLED, which will retail for $65.
For AV enthusiasts, that $400-500 probably won't stop them from getting into the new technology, but for bar owners looking to save some cash, it could be a deal breaker.
Like most high-end TV technologies, we expect QD-OLED to eventually come down in price the same way traditional OLED has over the past five years, and eventually we'll get to the point where most people will be able to experiment with off-axis color saturation for themselves, either at home or at the local brewery.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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