SimonST
Distinguished Member
Rather than clog up several CES News threads covering an entire manufacturer(s) range of LCD/OLED TVs with specific OLED discussion/comparisons to other companies, maybe here would be a good place to have more general OLED discussion for the various 2021 models and how they might advance the technology compared to each other and with previous OLED TVs.
LG 2021 2nd Generation 'Evo' Panel:
"LG Display announced that it has developed and employed new OLED technologies, including new OLED materials and a new OLED device structure (with a new added layer) that enabled it to improve the efficiency of its large-area WOLED panels by around 20%. This enabled LGD to increase the brightness of its OLEDs." (Source: OLED-Info)
"LG OLED evo sets a new standard. The next-gen OLED panel has been redesigned to include an extra layer and a stronger emissive material. These optimize the structure of the panel and refining the wavelengths of light. The result is brighter*(*Internally measured with full screen white to be brighter than the LGE OLEDs.), punchier picture quality, and improved clarity of content" (Source: LG UK)
"The OLED evo (the new panel) emits light with more precise wavelength control, expressing a brighter and clearer picture quality compared to existing LG OLED screens" (Source: EKN.kr)
"LG claims that OLED evo produces more light per pixel, with better red and blue brightness and an added green element. The boosted brightness of the three colors combine to make the OLED evo panels brighter than any OLED before, offering punchier images and better HDR performance." (Source: Tom's Guide)
Which TVs have the new LGD (LGE 'Evo') panel?
Latest Update 18/07/2021
(Presumably production of the old non-Evo panel will eventually stop either later in 2021 or by some point in 2022 and the Evo panel will be used on all OLED TVs)
Note that the Evo panel on its own does not determine the brightness of the TV, the TV itself has software settings that adjust how the panel is used. Normally these will be inaccessible to home users, and while they can be accessed on the C1, this will almost certainly be changed in a firmware update, plus it was almost certainly invalidate the warranty if altered, not to mention there are no guarantees that adjusting the settings won't damage the TV in the long term
So far the LG G1 is the only 2021 OLED TV confirmed to have the Evo Panel.
The Sony A90J may or may not use it, details are scarce so far. What is known is that Sony are using an aluminium heatsink design to be able to boost brightness, similar to Panasonic. They also claim to be able to push all the sub-pixels (W+R+G+B), not just the white sub-pixel, which should improve colour volume and purity. (Source: AVF and TechRadar)
As things stand, JZ2000 continues to use the same panel/heatsink as the previous GZ2000 and HZ2000 (this may be clarified in a future Panasonic event):
(Source: AVForums)
2021 OLED TVs
LG C1/G1 CES AVF Article
LG C1 Product Page
LG G1 Product Page (Only LG Electronics TV using Evo panel)
Panasonic JZ2000 CES AVF Article
Panasonic JZ2000 Product Page
Philips 706/806/86 AVF Article
Sony A80J/A90J CES AVF Article
Sony A80J Product Page
Sony A90J Product Page
Don't forget to leave any fanboy tendencies at the door. They're TVs, not precious loved ones
LG 2021 2nd Generation 'Evo' Panel:
"LG Display announced that it has developed and employed new OLED technologies, including new OLED materials and a new OLED device structure (with a new added layer) that enabled it to improve the efficiency of its large-area WOLED panels by around 20%. This enabled LGD to increase the brightness of its OLEDs." (Source: OLED-Info)
"LG OLED evo sets a new standard. The next-gen OLED panel has been redesigned to include an extra layer and a stronger emissive material. These optimize the structure of the panel and refining the wavelengths of light. The result is brighter*(*Internally measured with full screen white to be brighter than the LGE OLEDs.), punchier picture quality, and improved clarity of content" (Source: LG UK)
"The OLED evo (the new panel) emits light with more precise wavelength control, expressing a brighter and clearer picture quality compared to existing LG OLED screens" (Source: EKN.kr)
"LG claims that OLED evo produces more light per pixel, with better red and blue brightness and an added green element. The boosted brightness of the three colors combine to make the OLED evo panels brighter than any OLED before, offering punchier images and better HDR performance." (Source: Tom's Guide)
Which TVs have the new LGD (LGE 'Evo') panel?
Latest Update 18/07/2021
C1 | G1 | A8xJ | A90J | JZ1500/2000 |
55-65 = Both 77 = Evo 83 = Evo | All Evo | 55-65 = Both 77 = Evo | All Evo + Heatsink | Not Evo + Heatsink |
(Presumably production of the old non-Evo panel will eventually stop either later in 2021 or by some point in 2022 and the Evo panel will be used on all OLED TVs)
Note that the Evo panel on its own does not determine the brightness of the TV, the TV itself has software settings that adjust how the panel is used. Normally these will be inaccessible to home users, and while they can be accessed on the C1, this will almost certainly be changed in a firmware update, plus it was almost certainly invalidate the warranty if altered, not to mention there are no guarantees that adjusting the settings won't damage the TV in the long term
The Sony A90J may or may not use it, details are scarce so far. What is known is that Sony are using an aluminium heatsink design to be able to boost brightness, similar to Panasonic. They also claim to be able to push all the sub-pixels (W+R+G+B), not just the white sub-pixel, which should improve colour volume and purity. (Source: AVF and TechRadar)
As things stand, JZ2000 continues to use the same panel/heatsink as the previous GZ2000 and HZ2000 (this may be clarified in a future Panasonic event):
As you would imagine, the chassis design is very similar to the outgoing models with the Custom Professional OLED panel not receiving any major upgrades for the new model. When asked, Panasonic stated that they had more or less reached the possible peak performance for the current OLED panels in terms of picture quality and peak brightness performance.
2021 OLED TVs
LG C1/G1 CES AVF Article
LG C1 Product Page
LG G1 Product Page (Only LG Electronics TV using Evo panel)
Panasonic JZ2000 CES AVF Article
Panasonic JZ2000 Product Page
Philips 706/806/86 AVF Article
Sony A80J/A90J CES AVF Article
Sony A80J Product Page
Sony A90J Product Page
Don't forget to leave any fanboy tendencies at the door. They're TVs, not precious loved ones
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