LG Display has stepped into the limelight at the K-Display 2024 conference in Seoul, South Korea, this week, showcasing a glittering array of new OLED displays for televisions, monitors and automotive applications.
Organized by the Korea Display Industry Association, K-Display is one of the most prominent annual conferences in the display manufacturing industry and is running for three days, from August 14-17.
LG Display’s booth at the event is one of the most prominent, and using the slogan “A Better Future”, the company has unveiled a host of advanced OLED displays, including “ultra-large” panels that it says deliver new milestones in terms of image quality.
In the TV segment, the company showed off its most advanced 83-inch OLED panel, saying it’s the brightest ever OLED TV display made available, based on its META Technology 2.0. META is the name for LG Display’s “micro lens array” tech, which uses advanced techniques to direct more of the light from its pixels to the front of the display, making them more efficient. Not only does it improve brightness, but it also boosts energy efficiency, meaning that televisions will draw less power, meaning they are more environmentally-friendly.
According to LG Display, the second-generation MLA tech improves brightness by up to 42% compared to the first-generation version, delivering a maximum brightness of around 3,000 nits. The company explained that its 83-inch panel has more than 42.4 billion micro lenses, which are combined with META Multi Booster and Detail Enhancer algorithms to achieve that impressive level of brightness.
Elsewhere in LG Display’s booth, attendees will be treated to a range of OLED gaming displays for monitors, with sizes ranging from 27-, 31.5-, 34-, 39- and 45-inches. The gaming OLED panels also make use of META 2.0 tech, pairing it with ultra-fast refresh rates to deliver the fastest response time of any monitor on the market, at an impressive 0.03 milliseconds. The panels also feature a special coating that has the effect of minimizing image reflection, to limit interference, the company said.
The 27-inch panel is featured in LG's new 27GS95QE OLED gaming monitor, which sports a 240Hz refresh rate 1440p resolution. It was recently rated by HDTVTest as LG's best 27-inch gaming monitor thus far:
In addition, the 31.5-inch OLED gaming panel is a special case, as it also has something called Dynamic Frequency & Resolution technology, which makes it possible to switch between 480Hz at Full HD, and 240Hz at 4K resolution.
The 45-inch OLED gaming panel is also differentiated by its Bendable OLED display, which enables a curvature of up to 800R, helping to optimize the gaming experience and enhance immersion, the company promises.
Finally, LG Display has reserved a section of its booth for its new automotive displays, which are aimed at “software-defined vehicles”.
These displays include a 17-inch “Advanced Thin OLED” panel for information display, which is designed to accentuate driving comfort by providing drivers with an instant grasp of essential car-related information at a glance. The panel is said to be 20% thinner than conventional OLED displays, helping to facilitate a “sleeker design” and cheaper price tag.
Also new is the company’s 18-inch Slidable OLED vehicle display (pictured), which is designed to be hidden away, in the ceiling above the back seat, where it's curled up when not in use. When the passenger wants some entertainment, they can simply hit a button and the display will unfurl itself and slide down, enabling them to watch movies, hold video calls and browse the web or play games.
LG Display’s automotive displays aren’t all about OLED, though, for the company also showed off an ultra-large, pillar-to-pillar LTPS LCD display, which is designed to fill a car’s dashboard.
This is a hefty, 57-inch panel that features a switchable privacy model, enabling the front passenger’s screen to be hidden from the driver’s view if required, to enhance safety by ensuring the person controlling the vehicle is not distracted. It’s also notable for being the largest touchscreen automotive panel of its kind, and it’s fitted with highly sensitive “In-Cell Touch” technology to enhance touch responsiveness.
Finally, LG Display introduced what it says is a new, high-end IPS LCD panel for laptops. The 27-inch display features wide-viewing angle technology and excellent colour reproduction, the company promised. There’s also a new, 16-inch IPS gaming panel for notebooks that features a 240Hz refresh rate and low energy consumption.
