Samsung Electronics today announced that its 2017 QLED TV, first unveiled at CES 2017, has received verification from world-class testing and certification association, Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE), for its ability to produce 100 percent colour volume. VDE provided verification for Samsung’s QLED TV based on the organisation’s expertise in colour volume testing. The verification is a mark of the QLED TV’s ability to provide a consistently high-quality picture to viewers.
Colour volume, which is the exacting standard of colour expression, measures two elements of the TV with three-dimensional space – the colour gamut and the brightness level. The colour gamut looks at the largest amount of colours that can be displayed physically. The peak brightness represents the display’s maximum brightness level. The larger the colour gamut and the higher the brightness, the bigger the colour volume of the TV. The QLED TV’s expanded colour volume results in more realistic, accurate and vibrant HDR images as the director or content producer intended, in both bright and dark scenes.
‘100 percent colour volume’ presents colour that can be expressed regardless of the different levels of brightness. For example, a leaf can be perceived as different colours, from yellowish green to turquoise, depending on the brightness of the light. The Samsung QLED TV can capture even the subtlest differences in colour pertaining to brightness – something that is not easily depicted in traditional 2D colour space – thus deliver the truest HDR picture quality as the director intended.
Generally, a TV’s colour-rendering capabilities diminish as brightness levels go up, leading to colour distortion on-screen. The Samsung QLED TV overcomes the trade-off between brightness level and colour. With a peak brightness of 1,500 to 2,000nit, the QLED TV can express 100 percent colour volume – a TV industry first.
Samsung’s QLED TV uses a new metal Quantum Dot material – making it possible for the TV to express a significantly improved range of colour and peak brightness with much greater detail compared to conventional TVs. The new Quantum dots also allow the Samsung QLED TV to express deep blacks regardless of how light or dark the scene is, or whether the content is played in a brightly lit or dark room. Best of all, QLED delivers this level of performance no matter where the viewer is sitting, offering consistent colour and quality from any viewing angle.