To Be Unveiled for the First Time at CES 2026
RGB Subpixels Aligned in a Stripe
Reduced Distortion, High Refresh Rate Performance
LG Display has unveiled a next-generation OLED monitor panel that enhances both image quality and refresh rate, targeting the high-end gaming and professional monitor markets.
On December 23, LG Display announced that it will introduce a 27-inch OLED monitor panel with 4K resolution and a 240Hz high refresh rate to the global market at CES 2026, the world's largest electronics and IT exhibition.
This panel features an RGB stripe structure, in which red, green, and blue (RGB) subpixels are arranged in a straight line. This design minimizes color bleeding and edge distortion even when viewed up close. While existing RGB stripe OLED panels offered excellent image quality, their refresh rates were limited to around 60Hz, which posed limitations for high-performance gaming monitors.
OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) panel with a 240Hz RGB (Red, Green, Blue) stripe structure applied, LG Display.
With this product, LG Display has maintained the RGB stripe structure while increasing the refresh rate to 240Hz. In addition, dynamic refresh rate and resolution technology have been applied, allowing users to choose between ultra-high-definition mode (4K 240Hz) and ultra-high refresh rate mode (Full HD 480Hz) depending on their needs.
Based on its high refresh rate, this product delivers optimal performance in fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) games and is also optimized for operating systems and font engines such as Windows, resulting in high readability and color accuracy. Furthermore, its high pixel density of 160ppi (pixels per inch) enables highly detailed image rendering.
Conventional high-end gaming OLED monitor panels have mainly used either the RGWB structure, which adds a white subpixel to RGB, or a triangle structure where RGB pixels are arranged in a triangular pattern. However, these previous pixel structures were designed for LCDs, leading to recognition errors by operating systems and resulting in distortion. To address this, LG Display has developed a new pattern optimized for monitor environments and applied various new technologies, such as increasing the aperture ratio (the proportion of the pixel area that emits light), ultimately succeeding in achieving both the RGB stripe structure and a high refresh rate simultaneously.
An LG Display representative explained, "Demand for OLED monitor panels is increasing, but there have been limitations because operating systems and graphics processing systems are optimized for LCDs. Now, a pixel structure suitable for OLED monitor panels has been developed."
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