New Samsung QLED TVs vs conventional OLED TVs

Samsung has created a storm in the TV segment with its introduction of the new QLED TVs. The South Korean conglomerate is also leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to drive home the point how superior the QLED technology is compared to OLED. This naturally leads us to the pertinent question; how does QLED compare vis-a-vis OLED. Let’s find out.

QLED stand for Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diodes that, according to Samsung, stands for the pinnacle of TV viewing experience. And much of it has to do with the inherent technology used to render the images on the screen.

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For instance, QLED TVs are based on quantum dots that have a different colored light to emit when light falls on it. The color of the light that gets emitted depends on the size of the dots. The larger is their size; more red will be the output light while the output light will tend to get blue if the dots are of the smaller dimension. In any case, the dots are just about a nanometer, which should give us an idea of how small a size it is being referred to here.

However, so much for the internal build, the one aspect where QLED can beat OLED hands down is its brightness aspect. QLEDs can have a peak brightness of anywhere between 1,500 and 2,000 nits. That is way better than the 1,000 peak brightness that used to be the norm in 2016.

Another aspect where QLED simply trumps the OLED is the former’s ability to reproduce cent percent color volume. As Samsung stated, QLED is able to handle DCI-P3 the most accurately which leads to the best possible color reproduction across the entire spectrum of brightness settings. In other words, color output remains equally vibrant irrespective of the brightness setting.

The ability to display vibrant colors which remain constant across the entire brightness spectrum also makes QLED naturally well suited to show HDR content. That apart, Experts also opine the QLEDs will be more cost effective compared to OLEDs.

Samsung is also showing off its latest QLED range at the CES event where an OLED TV is also kept at hand just to showcase how much of an improvement its latest QLED TVs have come to represent over the OLEDs. Those no doubt are showing curated content that Samsung has carefully selected to ensure the superiority of the QLED range is reflected in every which way possible. However, it remains to be seen how the QLED TVs actually fare in the market and in the long run.

QLED vs OLED: Which is better?