The new products include the world’s first 27-inch UHD (3840x2160) OLED panel with 240 Hz refresh rate and 27-inch 500 Hz OLED panel with QHD (2560x1440) resolution, boasting the highest refresh rate when compared to OLED displays currently on the market with the same resolution. Recently, global electronics manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics, Asus, MSI, and others, announced the launch of their 2025 monitor lineups featuring these panels. Samsung Display intends to start mass production of both panels in the first half of the year.
Samsung Display’s new 27-inch UHD monitor panel with a pixel density of 160 pixels per inch (PPI) is characterized by a much clearer image quality than existing 27-inch panels on the market. Compared to the 31.5-inch UHD panel developed by Samsung Display just a year ago, both panels have UHD resolution, but the 27-inch panel has a higher PPI and clearer image quality due to the different screen sizes.
The 27-inch QHD panel has the highest refresh rate of 500 Hz among existing self-luminous monitors, holding its own even against LCD monitors.
“The 27-inch model makes up more than a quarter of the entire monitor market, and we’re seeing a rapid increase in the popularity of 27-inch gaming monitors,” said Brad Jung, Vice President and Head of the Large Display Marketing Team at Samsung Display. “By incorporating high-resolution and high-refresh-rate specifications into the size that consumers prefer, we anticipate a significant impact on the gaming monitor market.”