LG and Samsung Working on new LCD display panels - an overview

Both LG and Samsung are to launch new display panels based on types, sizes, formats and curves. The dates provided below are the expected dates for production of the panels themselves.

There's normally a good few months before we then see news of any monitors making use of them, and then a few more months lag before any screens are actually available. The list has been compiles by tft central, knowing what panels they are working on can give us some early insight into the type of monitors we might expect to see later on once they are adopted by the manufacturers.

• A new 31.5" IPS panel (part number tbc) with "8K4K" resolution of 7680 x 4320. This has a 280 ppi and spec wise it offers a 14ms G2G response time, 1300:1 contrast ratio, 178/178 viewing angles and 400 cd/m2 brightness. It is not expected to go in to production until Q1 2017.
   

• 27" LM270WR5 IPS panel with 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD resolution. This panel is expected to go in to production around October time and will offer a borderless design (Neoblade III). It will offer a 14ms G2G response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m2 brightness, 178/178 viewing angles and Adobe RGB colour gamut.
   

• The 31.5" LM315WR1 IPS panel we saw mention of before, but now we have some further specs for this panel which is expected to go in to production around Q4 2016. We now know it will offer a 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD resolution, 14ms G2G response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m2 brightness, 178/178 viewing angles and sRGB colour gamut. This panel is a borderless design (Neoblade III) as well.

Of note from Samsung are the following:

• LTM240CL07 panel. This is a 24" PLS (IPS-type) technology module, with 1920 x 1200 resolution. This particular panel has a wide gamut Adobe RGB colour space coverage, and Samsung also list it with a "retardation pol" option. This is similar to the old A-TW polarizer made popular by LG.Display quite some years ago, and designed to help minimise IPS-glow on dark content. You don't see those used very often so it's interesting to see it listed as an option.
   

• There is also a 23.6" VA technology panel planned for later this year. The LSM236HP02 (revision tbc) will by a 1800R curved screen with 1920 x 1080 resolution. The 60Hz version of this panel should be in production now as of April 16, with a 144Hz refresh rate version also planned for production from July 16.
   

• The LTM270HP02 is a 27" VA technology panel with 1920 x 1080 resolution. This is a 1880R curved panel with 144Hz refresh rate support. It was scheduled to go in to production in May 16.
   

• The LSM290DP01 panel comes in two versions, one 60Hz and the other 144Hz. This is a rather unusual 29" mega wide panel with VA technology. The resolution is listed as "FHD+" which we believe to be 3840 x 1080, with a 32:9 aspect ratio. The 60Hz version of the panel is 3000R cuvred, while the 144Hz version is 1800R curved.
   

• The LTM340YP03 we knew about before, but not by part name. This is a 34" 1800R curved ultra-wide screen with 3440 x 1440 resolution. It's based on VA panel technology and will offer a 3 side frame less design and refresh rate support of 100Hz. We know LG.Display are pushing their 34" 1440p IPS panels up to 144Hz, so perhaps this will change with Samsung by the time it goes in to production, currently planned for September 2016. On the other hand, maybe they've not been able to drive response times low enough on the VA technology to make anything more than 100Hz practical.
   

• There are two versions of the LTM315HP01 panel now in production since April 16. These are 31.5" in size, VA panel technology, 1800R curved and have a rather low 1920 x 1080 resolution for this screen size. There are 60Hz and 144Hz versions available. Another panel (part number tbc) in this size and format but with 2560 x 1440 resolution is planned for Sept 16, with VA technology and 144Hz refresh rate support.

Just to make the distinction as well, we are talking about LG.Display and Samsung as a panel manufacturers here, not Samsung and LG as a monitor manufacturers. Once panels go in to mass production it's usually 2 - 3 months before we see them picked up by any monitor manufacturer, and then another couple of months usually before those monitors are widely available to buy.