- P-QD is a third-gen quantum dot tech, enhancing on present QLED tech
- It may ship 95% of the Rec.2020 coloration house
- However some present TVs can already ship 100% of the P3 coloration house, which is what motion pictures and exhibits really use
A brand new technology of quantum dot know-how is coming, and that might imply QLED and OLED TVs with even higher coloration vary than the upcoming new slate of RGB-backlit LED TVs. The know-how, P-QD, guarantees distinctive coloration depth.
The large query is whether or not you are going to care.
The promise of P-QD, FlatpanelsHD stories, is a TV panel delivering over 95% of the Rec.2020 coloration house. That is actually nice information if you need a reference monitor for graphic design or different purposes the place absolute coloration accuracy throughout an expanded gamut is essential.
However this coloration vary is not what’s used within the stuff you watch on TV in HDR motion pictures and exhibits – that is the P3 coloration house, and the most recent RGB and OLED TVs can already ship 100% of the P3 gamut.
What’s P-QD, and when can we anticipate it?
The P in P-QD stands for Perovskite, and it is a alternative for the cadmium and indium supplies utilized in first- and second-generation quantum dot TVs respectively. Indium is not as correct color-wise as cadmium, however the former is banned in lots of international locations as a result of its toxicity. Perovskite guarantees to return to the cadmium highs with out the entire poisoning-people draw back.
In response to FlatpanelsHD, a typical second-gen quantum dot TV hits round 75% of Rec.2020 in QLED and mini-LED TVs. Perovskite quantum dots promise a rise to 95%. That is extra correct than present QD-OLEDs, which usually are available at or beneath 90% of Rec.2020, and of RGB-LED TVs, which typically attain 90%.
When will it arrive? That is presently unclear. There are unconfirmed stories – hypothesis – that TCL’s already introduced 2026 flagship X11L makes use of P-QD.
TCL has promised “Tremendous Quantum Dot” know-how for that TV however hasn’t named P-QD particularly, though we all know that TCL has been working with Zhijing Nanotech since 2020 on P-QD know-how.
However as but we do not know P-QD’s ETA – and it will be a while earlier than it turns into extensively obtainable.
If TCL is engaged on utilizing it, that means there are benefits – but additionally, perhaps it is simply an opportunity for it to be first. The perfect-case state of affairs is that it helps the colour vary of extra inexpensive TVs too – the perfect TVs at prime of the road could be hitting 100% of the P3 coloration gamut, however cheaper TVs nonetheless want a lift to get there.
Then again, if this tech stays in premium TVs for a time as a result of it is new and costly, then that will not assist both. We’ll see how the P-QD race shakes out – however maybe you may hear skilled screens makers yelling about it sooner than TV makers.
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