Samsung Display's 'QD-OLED for Monitors' Shipments Surpass 1 Million Units

Expansion Plans Beyond Gaming Monitors

Samsung Display's QD-OLED has emerged as a blue chip in the premium monitor market, reaching a shipment volume of 1 million units. Leveraging this growth momentum, the company plans to more than double its QD-OLED shipments this year compared to the previous year.

An employee of Samsung Display's Large Business Division is taking a photo to celebrate the shipment of 1 million QD-OLED monitors. / Photo by Samsung Display

Samsung Display announced on the 23rd that its QD-OLED for monitors has reached a cumulative shipment volume of 1 million units as of this month. This achievement was reached 2 years and 6 months after its launch in 2021.

Samsung Display’s QD-OLED, developed as the world’s first, is a self-emissive technology where light from the blue OLED passes through the QD emission layer to produce colors. It features fast response times, high color reproduction, near-infinite contrast ratio, and wide viewing angles, making it optimized for large devices.

Samsung Display began full-scale production of QD-OLED monitor panels in 2022 amid growing demand for high refresh rate monitors with fast response times, especially in the gaming market. It currently offers a lineup of QD-OLED monitors in 27-inch, 31.5-inch, 34-inch, and 49-inch sizes. The company produces various top-tier specification products, including the industry’s highest 4K resolution and a maximum refresh rate of 360 Hertz (Hz).

So far, Samsung Display has collaborated with 10 global monitor brands and launched over 90 types of QD-OLED monitors. Many of these products are gaming-specialized monitors, receiving high praise from gamers seeking immersive and realistic experiences. The company plans to expand the market not only with gaming monitors but also with professional monitors and monitors for multimedia and entertainment purposes.

Market research firm Omdia forecasts that the self-emissive monitor panel market will grow at an average annual rate of 12.3% until 2029, reaching a size of $1.088 billion. This accounts for 10% of the total monitor panel market. Samsung Display achieved a 79.7% market share in the self-emissive monitor panel market as of Q4 last year, ranking first.

Jung Yong-wook, Vice President and Head of Strategic Marketing Team at Samsung Display’s Large Display Business Division, said, "Since pioneering the self-emissive monitor market with QD-OLED in 2021, we have gained global customer recognition and our panels have been adopted in various premium monitors." He added, "We will expand our product lineup beyond gaming monitors and more than double QD-OLED shipments this year compared to last year."

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