Sony QD-OLED TV
One of the most buzzed-about products at CES this year was Sony’s new QD-OLED TV, which, like the name suggests, is more or less a juiced-up version of OLED. Samsung Display is responsible for pioneering the QD-OLED panels, short for quantum dot organic light-emitting diode, and claims that the technology is good at combining the impressive deep blacks of traditional OLED with more vivid colors and more impressive brightness. The viewing angles are also supposedly superior, thanks to the quantum dot technology that also works to emit light more uniformly.
Unlike standard OLED technology, QD-OLED only uses blue light-emitting diodes, which in turn allow the panel to successfully produce the full spectrum of colors that the human eye is able to perceive. Although we (regrettably) didn’t get to check out Sony’s QD-OLED TV in person this year, there’s a good chance the technology it’s utilizing could soon replace regular OLED as the industry for high-end consumer TVs. Time will tell! —Brianna Provenzano
