Samsung explains how to spot marking on an Oled TV

This is the war between Samsung and Oled technology. If the Korean manufacturer uses this technology massively on its smartphones and also provides laptop manufacturers in Oled tiles (see the tests of the Gigabyte Aero 15 Oled XA and the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo), it has released only only one Oled TV in 2013 (the Samsung KE55S9C we had tested). The latter only remained for a few months on the stalls of a sufficient yield of the factories. Today, Samsung points to Oled technology on TVs and publishes a video on YouTube to quickly identify traces of marking slab. The video focuses primarily on the red subpixel by displaying a bright red for about ten seconds. Samsung then shows some examples of marking. The video then encourages the consumer to contact the manufacturer's after-sales service or to turn to a brandless LCD TV.

Samsung TVs are effectively devoid of marking, but are not without flaws. Today, no technology offers all the criteria of the perfect TV. High-end Samsung TVs, such as the Samsung QE65Q85R, have a high brightness peak and an unmatched anti-glare filter, but the blooming is still visible and can be disturbing especially with the use of subtitles. On the other hand, Oled TVs are limited in maximum brightness and can be affected by the marking (see this test test over one year).

Recall that our investigation on the marking of TVs Oled is still in progress. We have received many responses and will be contacting people again in the coming days. We will then review the labeling of Oled TVs.