What Is OLED? A Basic Definition

OLED stands for organic light-emitting diodes. This is a type of display panel technology that’s more colorful than LCD (TN, VA, IPS) panels. OLED panels offer more contrast, better viewing angles and a wider color gamut than LCD panels. They also require less energy and are thinner and lighter. However, OLED panels also tend to have lower refresh rates.

There is also a small number of laptops with OLED monitors available :

This article is part of the 3DTested Glossary.

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