This week in the South Korean city of Busan, Samsung Display showcased for the first time a 16-inch OLED notebook display that is said to achieve a refresh rate of 300 Hertz. The company presented the component at the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) trade conference.
In its announcement, Samsung is tight-lipped about all other specifications of the device, even the resolution. Only a “2.5K” display is mentioned, likely referring to the resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels, which is common in gaming notebooks and used by Razer in the Blade 16, among others. This manufacturer also advertises the device with a Samsung panel as the “fastest OLED display”, reaching up to 240 Hertz in the current model. Many such notebooks allow the refresh rate to be set to lower values, for example, to increase battery life.
Whether the newly introduced Samsung display also achieves DisplayHDR and full coverage of the DCI-P3 color space – like the 240 Hz panel – is not yet discernible from the manufacturer’s current information. Data on brightness is also missing; the previous display achieves up to 400 candelas per square meter. Samsung has not yet indicated which manufacturers might use such a panel. For comparison: IPS displays for notebooks already achieve more than 360 Hertz in some cases, so OLEDs are closing the gap.
