TCL continues its quest to make digital displays as natural as paper. After several generations of NxtPaper displays that were based on LCD panels, the company has created its first NxtPaper AMOLED display.
It tackles many of the issues that digital displays cause and the strain they put on our eyes. The ultimate goal is paper-like comfort for reading, but also vibrant images with true colors for photos and videos.
A major breakthrough was the advanced Circular Polarizer Light (CPL) technology. It achieves a polarization rate of 90%, much higher than the previous generation’s 57%.
TCL CSOT’s first AMOLED-based NxtPaper display
TCL CSOT applied nano-matrix lithography technology to AMOLED NxtPaper displays to significantly reduce ambient light reflection and glare. Reflected light is a major cause of eye fatigue.
Throughout the day, the display can automatically adjust its brightness and color temperature to align with your circadian rhythm and ambient conditions. The new panel filters harmful blue light 15% better than the previous generation, so total levels are now reduced to 2.9%.
The display can reduce its brightness to 1 nit for late night reading. Additionally, it offers an adaptive reading experience, which changes the background color for text depending on ambient lighting conditions.
While the focus is on eye comfort, the new NxtPaper panel is a capable AMOLED display for general use as well. It has 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 color space with perfect color accuracy (delta < 1).
NxtPaper Checking the viewing angle on an AMOLED display
For outdoor use it can reach a peak brightness of 3,200 nits, but its low reflectivity ensures that the display will rarely need to be at full blast. Also, it supports 120Hz refresh rate for smooth scrolling and high-FPS use cases.
TCL CSOT’s presentation at MWC was all about display technology, but the company confirmed that the first devices using NxtPaper AMOLED displays are coming later this year – a smartphone will be the first (you can see a prototype smartphone display above).