Samsung Display to mass-produce 24.5-inch QD-OLED this year, targeting e-sports market

24.5-inch QD-OLED showcased at Gamescom 2026 in Germany

Timely supply planned to align with global PC customers' new product launches

Visitors at the Krafton booth at Gamescom 2026 try out the upcoming title "Project Zeta" on a gaming monitor equipped with Samsung Display's QD-OLED. [Samsung Display]

Samsung Display announced Thursday that it will begin full-scale mass production this year of a 24.5-inch full-HD quantum dot OLED (FHD QD-OLED) panel targeting the e-sports and first-person shooter (FPS) gaming markets.

The company, participating in Gamescom 2026 — the world's largest gaming expo, held in Cologne, Germany — plans to supply the 24.5-inch QD-OLED panels on schedule to meet demand from global PC customers.

Several PC manufacturers unveiled plans at Gamescom 2026 to release new products featuring Samsung Display's 24.5-inch QD-OLED panels.

The 24.5-inch size is widely used in gaming monitors for FPS and e-sports, where split-second decisions and precise inputs are critical, as the screen size makes it easier to take in the full display at a glance.

QD-OLED delivers sharp, dynamic visuals with a response time of around 0.03 milliseconds. Its self-emissive technology produces perfect blacks, while quantum dot color purity enables a wide color gamut — rendering fine shadow detail and vivid hues with equal clarity.

According to market research firm Omdia, Samsung Display shipped about 2.5 million QD-OLED monitor panels last year, capturing roughly 75 percent of the global self-emissive monitor panel market.

At Gamescom 2026, Samsung Display joined co-marketing efforts with global game developers including Capcom, Krafton and CD Projekt Red.

The company showcased new and flagship titles from each developer on QD-OLED-equipped gaming monitors, highlighting the display technology's picture quality to gamers worldwide.

A video introducing "QD-OLED Penta Tandem," the premium technology brand trademarking Samsung Display's five-stack QD-OLED structure, was also screened at the Krafton booth.

"Gaming is the content through which consumers can most directly experience a display's response speed and picture quality," said Jung Yong-wook, senior vice president and head of strategic marketing at Samsung Display's large display business division. "We will continue to raise awareness of the differentiated gaming experience that only QD-OLED can offer, expand our lineup to include the 24.5-inch size, and further strengthen our leadership in the premium gaming market."

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