“Samsung Display has successfully developed the first QD-OLED monitors to combine 4K resolution with a 360Hz refresh rate,” it claims, adding the 31.5-inch panel can also do 1080p at 680Hz and hit 600 nits brightness while maintaining true blacks DisplayHDR True Black 600 . …
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… QD-OLED monitors, on the other hand, offer slightly better contrast than WOLED and don’t suffer from those same uniformity issues. However, blacks sometimes appear as dark purple in bright rooms on QD-OLED panels, meaning they’re ideal for rooms that don’t have a bunch of light bouncing around. …
… For instance, it’s built with a fourth-gen WOLED panel LG Display’s Primary RGB Tandem tech that offers higher brightness and contrast than previous panels — rivaling QD-OLED — plus the ability to toggle between 540Hz at QHD resolution via DisplayPort and 720Hz at 720p. …
… Color-fringed text has been an issue for some people with previous generations of QD-OLED panels, but not as much with OLEDs. …
… The 31.5-inch Asus Strix 4K QD-OLED gaming monitor XG32UCDS is down to $599 at B&H Photo. It’s not common for a fairly large 4K OLED model to be this affordable. …