Forget OLED? LG is going all in on QNED TV tech for 2025, and it's dropping quantum dots

OLED, make room for QNED

Features By Al Griffin published 15 January 2025

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LG is a brand closely associated with the best OLED TVs. Its C- and G-series models have traditionally been top picks for picture-quality-conscious viewers. At the same time, its B-series has provided a budget-friendly OLED option among the best TVs for gaming.

For 2025, LG will update all three of its main OLED lineups as expected, but from what we learned at CES 2025, there’s a new push at the company to port some of the innovations associated with its OLED TVs over to its QNED LCD TV family.

Up until now, LG’s QNED TVs have lagged behind its OLED models when it comes to picture performance and features. But in 2025, LG will be introducing new QNED evo models with the same Zero Connect tech found in its flagship LG M5 OLED TV, along with more powerful AI and gaming features. QNED evo TVs will all feature either the company’s a9 AI or a8 AI processors, the same ones used in the LG C4 and LG B4 OLED TVs, respectively.

While LG’s move to upgrade its QNED TVs isn’t surprising, what is surprising is that the 2025 TVs will use a new proprietary Dynamic QNED Color Solution that replaces the quantum dots used in previous TVs. LG provided few details about this new tech at CES other than it uses “fluorescent elements…to convert blue light to white, absorbing and purifying unnecessary waves of light. Also: “The outcome is amazingly realistic and vivid colors along with high brightness.”

Quantum dots have long been a performance differentiator for mid-range and high-end LCD TVs, and they’re also used in flagship QD-OLED models like the Samsung S95D, so LG’s proprietary alternative has plenty to live up to out of the gate.

Here are the details on the new LG QNED evo TVs:

QNED92
This flagship 4K series features Dynamic QNED Color Pro, a step-up version that’s capable of 95% DCI-P3 color space coverage. It also uses LG’s Alpha a8 AI processor and is the only new-for-2025 model with a mini-LED backlight. QNED92 TVs will be available in 65- to 85-inch screen sizes.

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