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Malcolm McMillan

LG and Samsung OLED TVs tipped for massive upgrade — what’s PHOLED?

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When you look at our picks for the best TVs we’ve tested, you’ll notice quite a few OLED TVs. That’s because OLEDs produce incredible picture quality, achieving contrast that QLED and MiniLED displays simply cannot match. Now, it looks like OLED technology is getting a massive upgrade.

According to Korean outlet ETNews, both LG Display and Samsung Display are working on OLED displays that would use a phosphorescent blue subpixel rather than a fluorescent blue subpixel. These TV displays — called PHOLED displays — are rumored to use a phosphorescent blue subpixel developed by Universal Display (UDC), which has been working on phosphorescent blue subpixels for over 20 years and has several patents for the technology. 

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