What would you prefer on your next laptop? An OLED panel with excellent contrast and deep black levels, or another display technology that can surpass 60Hz? Well, soon you will not have to choose. Samsung Display has announced plans to manufacture ‘the world’s first’ 90Hz OLED panels for laptops and notebooks. According to CEO Joo Sun Choi, the company will begin manufacturing 14-inch exhibits in March. For now, it is not clear whether this means one specific resolution and aspect ratio, or multiple presentations intended for different laptop designs.
For video game enthusiasts, this is close to a dream scenario. Many consider OLED to be the king of display technology and provide everything that Mini-LED and MicroLED can currently produce. (That’s why LG’s C1 series won our best TV award at CES last week.) A 60Hz refresh rate is good for some games, but the industry is slowly slowing down to faster frequencies. For example, many computer gamers already own 120Hz or 144Hz monitors that can give them an edge in titles like Brave. While inferior, 90Hz should provide a decent gaming experience at stake, and that would be fine with the hardware usually shipped inside laptops.