quantum dot monitors

Jonnymonitor · 6 Jun 2015 at 13:01

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/news_archive/33.htm#philips_276e6adsw

I want it, heehe

All other monitors now are obsolete, lol

Tephnos · 6 Jun 2015 at 16:53

Does it still have a backlight? Page was a bit vague. If so, still won't beat out OLED.

PCM2 · 6 Jun 2015 at 17:35

Yes it does still have a backlight. You can read more about the sort of technology used (Quantum Dot films) in the 'Evolution of LED Backlights' article on my website. Incidentally the ASUS PA329Q will also be using this sort of technology.

Vega · 6 Jun 2015 at 17:48

Jonnymonitor said:
All other monitors now are obsolete, lol

Not really. It's just a regular LCD monitor that produces a little better colors.

Baddass · 6 Jun 2015 at 18:06

...and still the exact same limitation as current wide gamut monitors. They aren't for everyone! But it is a promising way of making wide gamut colour spaces available for lower costs so if you have a need for if, they could be decent

Jonnymonitor · 6 Jun 2015 at 18:23

Vega said:
Not really. It's just a regular LCD monitor that produces a little better colors.

But this is only the first QD monitor, when the 4K monitors get released, they will be the monitor to buy because of low price & great colours...OLED is very expensive thats why Samsung & various other companies moved away from OLED in favor of QD.

Legend · 6 Jun 2015 at 19:40

I don't see anything THAT special about QD from a technical point of view... hardly brand new tech, just some minor improvements (hopefully). It's great marketing though... they've come up with a cool name, and I can see many people jumping all over something called 'Quantum'... for no other reason than it SOUNDS like something amazingly superior to LED.

new boy · 6 Jun 2015 at 19:43

I'd buy a keyboard with Quantum technology in a heartbeat.

pmc25 · 6 Jun 2015 at 20:16

I think it's better suited to VA personally, as per TVs with it ... but it's probably the best we'll get for a while (when more QD film/filters come along). Since LG.D have a near monopoly on large OLED displays for the time-being, they're not going to produce monitors using it as they can still get mileage out of their IPS and TN business. Technically there's absolutely nothing stopping them producing 32-34" curved OLED monitors now, but they don't want to compete with themselves until their LCD plants are nearer EOL and OLED production is much higher.

Samsung stepping back temporarily from large OLEDs, and Panasonic / Sony pulling out entirely for the time-being really set back the timeline for OLEDs for PCs.

Mind you, if any ~40" 4K OLEDs are released in '16 with SuperMHL, I can see some PC gamers snapping those up.