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Lewis Empson

Samsung refuses to deny OLED 'panel lottery' reports

Samsung S90D on a grey stone background with a cooked fish on screen.

Samsung has caused quite a stir with its 2024 OLED TV lineup thanks to what many are calling an 'OLED panel lottery'. The Korean technology giant is rumoured to be taking an unconventional route with the release of the upcoming S90D by mixing OLED panel technology, and it could spell trouble for buyers.

So what is this so-called OLED panel lottery? It refers to how Samsung will reportedly be using a mixture of QD-OLED and standard WOLED panels (the W standing for WRGB due to the use of a white sub-pixel) on TVs with the same model number – perhaps without even flagging which panel is contained within each specific sample.

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