Smaller OLED monitors from LG are seemingly on the way.
As reported by TheElec, LG Display is planning to unveil a 20-inch OLED panel by the end of year, one that will be used for “personal devices.” The news was shared by LG Display vice president Kang Won-seok, who spoke during a recent forum hosted by the Korea Display Industry Association and noted that the new panel size was being developed to meet the increased demand for “personal displays” that had been driven by the pandemic.
Won-seok also teased gamers as to what kind of features they can expect in some of LG Display’s future OLED products, per TheElec.
Kang also explained that for OLED panels aimed at gaming, it was seeking immersive reality in development whereas it wants to offer natural reality for its OLED panels aimed at conventional TV viewing.
For gaming OLED panels, which saw demand also increase during the pandemic, fast response time was the top priority while the company is also working to make sure the realistic resolution stays the same even when the surrounding environment is too bright.
LG Display is even working on a bendable OLED technology that will allow users to “control the curvature of the screen depending on the game they are playing,” according to Won-seok, who also took a jab at Samsung Display by noting that LG Display’s white OLED technology was the only technology “that can offer a bendable screen, as it uses only one substrate.” (Samsung’s quantum dot OLED panels use two glass substrates.)
LG Display shared a press release earlier this week detailing some of its latest innovative OLED technologies, including a 97-inch OLED.EX panel that can generate 5.1 sound by vibrating, although it didn’t seem to mention anything about a 20-inch OLED panel being in development.
LG currently sells at least three OLED monitors under its UltraFine brand, but they are very pricey, with the 27EP950 costing $2,999.99.
Source: TheElec
Discussion (6 replies)
Join Discussion →Too small.
A 20” makes for a good secondary display for a instrument cluster in flight sim. Might even be a hair too big.
So sure ... nothing wrong with a 20" as long as it isn't the primary display. I remember back in the day having a two 20" (4:3) flat panel setup and that was as good as it got for the times. I really enjoy my 20-30-20 PLP setup, and as I've been looking at more modern screens to possibly increase the size of my primary (say, 34" or 38" at greater resolution), It has been difficult to find secondaries with width that matches the primary monitor's depth in both pixels and physical dimension. So more options for secondaries is good.
A couple of 1600x900 displays were perfect for the sides of my 3840x1600 ultrawide. Something similar for 4K would be great.
I did 20-30-20 PLP for a while, but the 20s are TN displays with terrible color shift in portrait. i wonder if there is such a thing as a cheap IPS 1600x1200 monitor anymore
All three of my monitors are 2007 vintage Dells (i.e., 30"=3007WFP and 20"=2007FP). I'm fairly sure the 30" is IPS, but the 20"s could be either IPS or PVA. Dell had a panel lottery for those. I'm stretching my memory back much too far to remember these types of details. I've owned and used them for so long, how they're made is no longer of consequence. I also color calibrated the two 20s to match the 30 ... so color shifting isn't as noticeable.
The reason I think the 30 is IPS is because I got it after my Samsung 305t died (as they were prone to do) and that one was PVA for sure. Back then, I paid a lot more attention to panel types. I didn't add the two 20s until a couple years later.