Chinese IoT company BOE announced The first “true” QLED panel on the market with 8K resolution. A 55 inch panel produced in printing technology. This panel comes two years after the same company first showed the public its 4K resolution “true QLED” panel.

The confusion is understandable, especially considering that there are already so many QLED televisions on the market. Or not? Well yes and no. The truth is that, Televisions claiming to have this technology are actually a result of marketing..

This type of QLED is self-emitting and therefore does not need backlighting.

For several years now we can find numerous QLED televisions from manufacturers such as Samsung, TCL, Hisense and others in stores. These use a thin layer of quantum dots It causes “pure colors” to be emitted between the backlight and the LCD panel than a conventional LCD panel. However, BOE used the term QLED. Quantum DotLED) as it really should be used.

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While the QLEDs we know use this thin layer of quantum dots, what BOE proposes is something much more complex. And BOE QLED panel consists of a series of electroluminescent quantum dots. According to the manufacturer, these, combined with the inkjet printing process and oxide TFT transmission for all layers (except the cathode), have succeeded in producing the first 8K panel with self-emitting quantum dots, a true competitor to OLED.

“Compared to the quantum dot backlight technology, AMQLED has no backlight because the quantum dots are laminated with the injected current. AMQLED technology has the advantages of self-emission, wide color gamut, long life, etc. technology is advancing.”

BOE refers to its technology as AMQLED. Active Matrix Quantum Dot LED) or just QLED. This makes quantum dots each act like individual pixelsIt produces independent light thanks to its electroluminescence feature. This means that QLED panels do not need backlighting, one of the features that makes OLED better than this technology.

The manufacturer claims panel is still under development, which means it will still take time to see the light on a commercial level. If things move forward, AMQLED could become a real alternative to OLED and MicroLED on the market.

via | flat panels HD

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