CES 2025 marked the launch of two new groundbreaking OLED TVs; the Panasonic Z95B and LG OLED G5. Both use LG DIsplay’s new Four Stack OLED panel structure for a significant leap in brightness – though it means that Micro Lens Array (which both of these TVs’ predecessors utilised) has officially been phased out after just two years on the scene. Rest in peace MLA-OLED, we hardly knew ye.
While, at first, this was a shocking revelation, the more we think about it, the more it makes sense. We’re willing to bet that embuing OLED panels with millions of microscopic lenses was a fiddly process, undoubtedly costing LG Display a pretty penny to produce. Also, we recently saw Apple launch its latest iPad Pro with Tandem OLED, which appears to be in the same vain as this new TV panel. By stacking more layers of OLED together, you get higher brightness – simple.
