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LG Working to Bring OLED Displays to Future iPad and MacBook Models

People really love shi--ing in the comments section without reading anything, don't they?

Everyone here thinks OLEDs are these super expensive, low-resolution panels, that get burn in the second you turn them on.

Samsung's QD-OLED is a much advanced version of regular wOLED and I can definitely see Apple going this route, but LG and Sony also have their own QD-OLED alternatives. microLED is too far away from being put into consumer products like laptops/iPads, so the next best thing is improving OLED.
 
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LED, OLED, miniLED, microLED, at this point all good screens look well; my iPad Pro from two years ago has an awesome screen, my iPhone 13 pro too, and the same is true of my M1 MacBook pro; very hard at this point to care about new fanged display technologies.
 
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Palutena said:
2025?! technology is moving at a snails pace these last few years
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Interesting response. Were you around just over 2 decades ago when an $900 27" Sony CRT 480p TV was just INCREDIBLE? Or ~15 years ago when an iPad was unimaginable?

How many here can honestly say they'd see/feel an appreciable benefit beyond the screens we have today in our MB's and iPads beyond the satisfaction of having the latest/greatest (which I don't mean to discount).

Sure there's personal "value" in knowing you got the latest, but for the vast majority of us, at what point is the benefit of a "better" screen than what we have today any different than finding a penny on the street?

Sometimes the hard push to OLED chatter feels like the quest for zero bezels. What's the real, tangible benefit most of us will see beyond what we have now on our desks or in our hands?

I'm all for stretching because that leads to the next great thing that becomes "the norm," but I'm honestly curious to hear of examples of how the next-gen screens will help those here, maybe the professionals in Media.

nexusrule said:
LED, OLED, miniLED, microLED, at this point all good screens look well; my iPad Pro from two years ago has an awesome screen, my iPhone 13 pro too, and the same is true of my M1 MacBook pro; very hard at this point to care about new fanged display technologies.
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Exactly!
 
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OLED itself is not really meant for desktop and laptop. Fixed UI is a huge problem and I dont want to see burned in display. Not only that, even professional monitors are still dominated by LED/LCD.
 
BoneHead001 said:
Yes, I agree. OLED has beautiful contrast, but brightness and burn-in are big set backs.
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Apple has recently been pursuing a new kind of 2-layer OLED where there are dual OLED panels overlayed on each other with an offset so you can see both. This allows them to run the panels at a lower brightness level per panel. This helps prevent burn-in and should extend the life of the panel.

This might actually make OLEDs reasonable for tablet and laptop use if they can keep the price down.
 
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sunny5 said:
OLED itself is not really meant for desktop and laptop. Fixed UI is a huge problem and I dont want to see burned in display. Not only that, even professional monitors are still dominated by LED/LCD.
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Apple's 2-layer OLED tech is designed to reduce the risk of burn-in

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Count me in!
I picked up a LG C1 during Black Friday and now I want everything OLED. Love the colors, inky blacks, HDR and the fast response times over LED/LCD.

I wanted the Alienware QD-OLED ultra wide but I also sometimes game on a PS5 so I may go with the 42” LG C2 instead.

And from what I gather burn in has been well mitigated from C8 series and onward.
More so with CX and C1.
Also the new QD-OLED is claimed to be less susceptible to burn-in since it only uses blue oled pixels and quantum dot filters to create red and green.
 
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xxray said:
There has been no history of burn-in on any Apple OLED display. OLED brightness levels are already not far from brightness on mini-LED displays, and non-HDR content is actually brighter on iPhone and Apple Watch OLED displays than the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro mini-LED displays.

It doesn’t bother some people, but for me, blooming is a major issue on mini-LED displays. It’s my biggest complaint about my 2021 12.9 iPad Pro. I’d choose OLED over mini-LED anyday.
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Seconded. I much prefer OLED over Mini-LED for this same reason. Blooming can be highly distracting on my M1 12.9” iPad Pro. No issues whatsoever with my OLED devices. My 77” LG C1 OLED is far and away the most gorgeous display I’ve ever laid eyes on. World-beating picture and cutting-edge gaming capabilities inside an exterior thinner than my thumb.

PS - Why would anyone drop $1600 on a 60hz IPS Mac Studio Display with huge bezels, no local dimming, no ProMotion, no HDR, lousy max brightness, no FaceID, and a buggy camera? The Studio Display is awful for video content creation. Huge swing and a miss by Apple. Yikes!
 
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alpi123 said:
People really love shi--ing in the comments section without reading anything, don't they?

Everyone here thinks OLEDs are these super expensive, low-resolution panels, that get burn in the second you turn them on.

Samsung's QD-OLED is a much advanced version of regular wOLED and I can definitely see Apple going this route, but LG and Sony also have their own QD-OLED alternatives. microLED is too far away from being put into consumer products like laptops/iPads, so the next best thing is improving OLED.
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I used to be one of those people until I did a couple dozen hours of research. Then I got the 77” C1 OLED, which is a work of art with world-beating picture and second-to-none gaming capabilities. It’s also thinner than my thumb.

At this point it’s safe to say QLED fanboys continue to hate on OLED tech from 7-10 years ago deliberately, b/c they subconsciously regret not buying an OLED. People will go to great lengths to defend poor choices.

Recently a friend who creates content scoffed at my suggestion to consider a calibrated C1, saying he needed P3 gamut coverage and the C1 was “crap” in that department. Fact check: the C1 has near-full coverage of DCI-P3 lol.
 
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darngooddesign said:
Mac screens are regularly on for a full day, phones and watches are not. The chances or laptop burn-in are far greater.
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My Apple Watch has a more static and turned-on screen than any computer, phone, or tablet I use. Yes, it’s LTPO and on lower brightness when you don’t have wrist pointed at your face, but my watch is pretty much always displaying the same screen except for when it’s charging. No signs of burn-in, nor has there ever been a history of burn-in on Apple Watches.
 
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xxray said:
My Apple Watch has a more static and turned-on screen than any computer, phone, or tablet I use. Yes, it’s LTPO and on lower brightness when you don’t have wrist pointed at your face, but my watch is pretty much always displaying the same screen except for when it’s charging. No signs of burn-in, nor has there ever been a history of burn-in on Apple Watches.
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There have been huge advances in burn-in prevention. LG OLED TVs automatically shift the image by a pixel for example, which is imperceptible to the viewer. There are other built-in default-on safety features as well. Burn-in is no longer a serious reason to miss out on OLED’s second-to-none viewing experience.

The one and only reason I can think of to opt for a comparable QLED (e.g. Samsung QN90A) is if your living room is blindingly bright, such as floor to ceiling windows and skylights in a snowy/sunny climate.
 
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UltimateSyn said:
I don't understand why OLED is on the roadmap. I thought mini-LED was the path forward, since it has the vast majority of the contrast advantages of OLED without sacrificing brightness or the risk of burn-in.
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Perhaps micro LED isn’t scaling up the way it needs to?
 
alpi123 said:
Samsung's QD-OLED
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This.

I don't think that anyone was expecting Samsung to hit the ground running with QD-OLED but given how well it already performs and the introduction prices, I can see it throwing a spanner in the eternal (W)RGB OLED vs mini/micro LED debate, at least for larger formats. Remains to be seen if they can scale it down and increase the PPI.

2022 is going to be very exciting display-wise I think.
 
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_Spinn_ said:
I can't wait until we see microLED everywhere instead.
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It's going to be interesting but I am fairly confident micro-LED will also come with its own compromises. I realise it's supposed to be the mic drop of display technology, but they've been saying the same with every new advancement since the CRT, and it always turns out something is lacking somewhere. For starters it's not in the display industry's best interests to make the absolute perfect monitor/TV that also lasts forever. I'm excited for micro-LED but my expectations are somewhat measured at the same time.
 
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I’ll take either one, I’m display tech agnostic. MicroLED or OLED, either one has its pitfalls, either one would be a major improvement if they can address the concerns. MiniLED is a stopgap, and it’s trying to solve a real problem, which OLED and MicroLED are made to solve.
 
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I hope by the time this comes about that QD-OLED is being used if not MicroLED, but MicroLED is perpetual vaporware at this point.
 
skunkworker said:
I hope by the time this comes about that QD-OLED is being used if not MicroLED, but MicroLED is perpetual vaporware at this point.
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QD Oled is really problematic.
Would not recommend it in use cases with professional workloads. The pattern of the subpixels is troublesome.
Check this out:
www.heise.de

Alienware-Monitor mit QD-OLED im Test: Samsungs Display-Technik ist verkorkst

Der erste QD-OLED-Monitor, Alienwares AW3423DW, deckt ein grundlegendes Problem von Samsungs neuer Panel-Technik auf: Kontraststarke Kanten sind nervig bunt.
www.heise.de www.heise.de
 
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