Ahead of CES 2022, LG Display has unveiled 'OLED EX', a next-generation panel that should deliver brighter images compared to conventional OLED TVs starting in 2022.

OLED TVs in 2022
OLED EX is acronym of Evolution and eXperience, according to LG Display, and it uses a combination of deuterium and a new panel algorithm to boost brightness by "up to 30 percent compared to conventional OLED displays".

OLED EX technology will be implemented into all OLED TV panels manufactured at both of LG Display's plants in South Korea and China starting from Q2 2022.

- "LG Display plans to strengthen its leadership and product competitiveness in the large-sized OLED business by integrating OLED EX technology into all OLED TV displays manufactured at its OLED production plants in Paju, South Korea, and in Guangzhou, China, starting from the second quarter of 2022," announced LG Display.

This implies that we will see brighter OLED TVs from multiple brands in 2022 – LG Sony, Panasonic, Philips, and others. The 2022 OLED panel will also have thinner bezels (4mm compared to 6mm).



LG Display is the sole global supplier of OLED TV panels but Samsung is rumored to enter the segment in 2022 with QD-OLED. LG Display started mass-production of OLED TV panels in 2013 and has sold over 20 million panels globally.

- "Despite the global TV market experiencing a 12 percent decline this year, we still observed a 70 percent growth in OLED sales," said Dr. Oh Chang-ho, EVP & Head of the TV Business Unit at LG Display. "With our new OLED EX technology, we aim to provide even more innovative, high-end customer experiences through the evolution of our OLED technology, algorithms and designs."

FlatpanelsHD will be chasing more details at CES 2022.

What is OLED EX?
LG Display explains:


The EX Technology applied to the OLED EX displays combines deuterium compounds and personalized algorithms to enhance the stability and efficiency of the organic light emitting diode, thereby improving the overall display performance.

Thanks to EX Technology, OLED EX displays unlock new levels of picture accuracy and brightness to accurately deliver exquisite, realistic details and colors without any distortion – such as the reflection of sunlight on a river or each individual vein of a tree leaf. 

Deuterium compounds are used to make highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes that emit stronger light. LG Display has successfully converted the hydrogen elements present in organic light emitting elements into stable deuterium and managed to apply the compounds to OLED EX for the first time.  

Deuterium is twice as heavy as normal Hydrogen, and only a small amount exists in the natural world – as only one atom of Deuterium is found in about 6,000 ordinary Hydrogen atoms. LG Display has worked out how to extract deuterium from water and apply it to organic light-emitting devices. When stabilized, the Deuterium compounds allow the display to emit brighter light while maintaining high efficiency for a long time.

In addition, thanks to LG Display’s very own 'personalized algorithm' based on machine learning technology, OLED EX is more in control of its own device. The algorithm predicts the usage amount of up to 33 million organic light-emitting diodes based on 8K OLED displays after learning individual viewing patterns, and precisely controls the display’s energy input to more accurately express the details and colors of the video content being played. 
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