Samsung Ships Brightest Laptop OLEDs With True Black 1400 Certification

Samsung Display has begun mass-producing tandem OLED laptop panels that meet the new VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400 standard, offering peak brightness of 1,600 nits—40% higher than conventional single-stack OLED panels. Source: tomshardware Lenovo’s Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition is the first laptop to receive the certification, with Asus, Dell, and MSI expected to launch models in the second half of this year. Source: tomshardware, thenextweb

Tandem OLED technology

The panels stack two organic emissive layers instead of one, enabling higher brightness at the same current or reduced stress on each layer for equivalent brightness. Samsung claims this design doubles the lifespan compared to single-stack OLEDs when used at typical laptop brightness levels. Source: thenextweb Tandem OLED has already appeared in desktop monitors from Alienware, Gigabyte, and MSI, and LG Display is also developing competing panels. Source: tomshardware

Key specifications

• Peak brightness: 1,600 nits (40% above 1,100-nit single-stack OLED). Source: thenextweb
• Black level: 0.0005 nits or lower. Source: tomshardware
• Certification requirement: 1,400 nits at 10% On Pixel Ratio (OPR). Source: tomshardware