Unless you are a devout display enthusiast, it is unlikely that you attended last week's Display Week, an annual event where the brain behind the biggest and best TV goes to see what's coming next, where this year NanoLED was the star of the show.

At the event, TCL CSOT and Samsung Display (2 of the world's largest panel manufacturers) unveiled their own prototype displays designed with nano Leds, also known as Qd-LEDs, QDEL and even QD-EL both prototype screens were built using inkjet printing for significantly lower production costs. 

While their specifications are still lackluster compared to the best OLED TVs, Samsung's 18-inch prototype NanoLED screen is the largest it has seen of its kind. It uses 250nit of brightness and 3200x1800 resolution in parallel. It's never among the best Samsung TVs yet, but it could herald that new era one day due to a much cheaper and much quicker production timeline. 

Although they are still in the early stages of development, manufacturers have made it clear that NanoLED screens could pave the way for a much improved Tv by 2026.   This is not the first time the lcd screen will surpass the best OLED TVs, as Sharp introduced its own QDEL prototype at CES2024 and TCL itself announced a whole new breakthrough in WHVA panel technology.

Somewhat confusingly, NanoLED and all other names refer to the internal technical nature of which quantum dots are applied directly in electricity. It is also called QLED and is usually used as a stand-in term for most modern LCD TVs, but is somewhat misunderstood. 

While it may be confusing, NanoLED marks a turning point in screen technology where color and brightness see major improvements relative to the dominant powerhouse of OLED screens. The only drawback? Blue quantity spot, which has always been the main problem of qled and assorted quantity spot panels due to its limited lifespan. 

Samsung's 3200x1800 resolution NanoLED prototype may not be too impressive at first, given its small real estate and a mere 250nit of brightness, but it is the largest QD-LED screen so far, at 18.2 inches.  Meanwhile, TCL's 14-inch NanoLED product aims to be one of the best game TVs with 85-inch 2.8K resolution screens that are said to cover 1% of BT's.30-120Hz refresh rate range 2020 color gamut.

With high brightness output, these NanoLED displays will be available in larger screen sizes and can be neck and neck. But until then, those who expect a breath of breath for what NanoLED TVs can bring to the table against OLED competition have to wait quite a bit to see the results.

It was done by the leading NanoLED manufacturer, Nanosys (which provided similar panels for Sharp's QDEL displays). Previous estimates suggest that the technology will not be commercialized until as early as 2025 or 2026.