Samsung's New Tandem OLED Laptop Displays Promise to Pull You Deeper Into the Darkness

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Samsung Display confirmed Monday that it has begun supplying new tandem OLED laptop screens that meet the VESA DisplayHDR True Black 1400 certification. The company has already agreed to provide these panels to several PC manufacturers, with Lenovo’s Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition the first to introduce its technology to market on July 8.

The Video Electronics Standards Association’s (VESA's) True Black 1400 tier sets some clear standards for HDR quality on OLED laptop screens. Panels must hold black levels at or below 0.0005 nits and reach 1,400 nits peak brightness in a 10% window, raising the brightness requirement by about 40% compared with the previous True Black 1000 standard.

The new tier also requires full-screen brightness to reach at least 700 nits when the screen is fully on, as well as "more rigorous testing for color accuracy."

Samsung's tandem OLED has two layers and new materials, reportedly making it...

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