In Sunday’s segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Tim Gilbert) we took a look at the OLED TV market in 2023. OLED TVs have set the benchmark for television technology over the past decade – but not all OLEDs are the same. Samsung has Quantum Dot OLED panels and LG WOLED panels – that have an extra white sub-pixel to make them brighter. The Samsung QD-OLED does not need an extra white sub-pixel.
Samsung launched its new QD-OLED TVs this week. The Samsung S95C and S90C are now available in 77 inches. This is impressive considering the first models were only released last year.
Samsung OLED has earned the honour of being the World’s First Pantone-Validated HDR OLED. The TVs are verified to accurately produce 2,030 Pantone colours and 110 skin tones. I noticed improved natural colour with the new Samsung OLED modes. But while colour and brightness are Samsung’s strengths – I’ll be testing motion before my review is complete.
AFTER A DECADE OF DOMINANCE ARE LG OLEDs UNDER PRESSURE?
Yes they are but what we’ll see in a few weeks is set to blow us away. LG OLEDs are already very good but they are always chasing brightness – a weakness of traditional OLED. So keep an eye out for the G3 with MLA technology, or Micro Lens Array. This increases the brightness without using more power. So LG is tweaking its legacy tech to get great results. What this means for consumers is value in 2022 TVs. I’m testing LG 65 inch CS model right now – it’s going for $2500. 2022 models are still amazing value because the tech is mostly up-to-date.
NEW KOBO E-READER IS RICH IN FEATURES
The modern way to read books is by e-readers due to their paper-like appearance e-ink screens. The industry is valued at more than half-a-billion dollars a year. And here’s the latest product from KOBO. Kobo Elipsa 2E is about to hit the Australian market and I’ve got an early look at it.
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10.3” glare-free E Ink touchscreen that reduces blue light and eyestrain
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Stylus – You can make notes on the published books
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Built-in notebook feature has room for all your notes, ideas and to-do lists
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Transform your handwriting to typed text with just a tap with MyScript
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32GB of storage and weeks of battery life on a single charge
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Listen to audiobooks
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Sign into Dropbox (or Google Drive, coming soon) to easily import documents and export your personal notebooks to share. You can also see all your notebooks on kobo.com. Plus, Kobo Elipsa 2E is compatible with the third-party service Readwise and allows you to sync your annotations to tools like Notion, Roam, Evernote and more*.
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Kobo Elipsa 2E’s built-in notebook feature has room for all your notes, ideas and to-do lists. With the handwriting experience powered by MyScript, transform your handwriting to typed text with just a tap.
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RRP – the Kobo Elipsa 2E, complete with Kobo Stylus 2, will retail for $629.95 AUD
