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Samsung's QD-OLED panels are some of the best around on the market, competing with LG 's WOLED across TVs and monitors. Where LG uses a more conventional white base layer with color filters on top, Samsung employs quantum dots with a blue base layer to enable an additive process that enhances color volume. Since its inception, the company has used a 4-stack layer to achieve this, but it moved to a 5-layer structure last year, now officially dubbed " Penta Tandem ."
The display-savvy among you might recognize the term tandem — it's been associated with LG for a while — as it refers to the general method of stacking multiple OLED layers atop each other. LG has both Tandem WOLED and Tandem OLED now; the former is what powers the company's latest true RGB stripe subpixel layout . Either way, tandem techniques improve the display's overall performance, usually in both brightness and longevity.
Penta Tandem, therefore, is just Samsung's way of referring to it as the firm moves to a 5-layer stack. The presser claims this will lead to "1.3x higher luminous efficiency" while doubling lifespan. That means the display can get brighter without using extra power or wearing down the pixels more. Penta Tandem TVs can reach up to 4,500 nits of peak brightness, but monitors are limited to 1,300 nits — which is still an improvement over the 1,000 nits barrier. These monitors will also support HDR True Black 500.
Vertical stripe subpixel layout finally comes to QD-OLED as Samsung reveals new flagship 34-inch panel
LG unveils world's first 4K 27-inch 240Hz OLED monitor with RGB stripe subpixel layout for better text clarity
MSI's fifth-generation QD-OLED gaming monitor embraces RGB stripe subpixels
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/samsungs-brand-new-qd-oled-tech-can-double-the-panels-lifespan-durable-penta-tandem-displays-can-reach-up-to-1-300-nits-of-peak-brightness#main
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