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Samsung is best known for its QLED TVs but at CES 2022, after years of building up hype, the company’s Display subsidiary unveiled its new QD-OLED technology and it promises to take on the best OLED TVs from LG. The tech is different from your standard OLED in that it only uses blue organic light-emitting diodes. Those diodes then shine the light they produce through a series of quantum dots, allowing the panel to produce the full spectrum of color visible to the human eye. The approach has multiple advantages.
The most notable, particularly compared to current OLED displays, is that the panel can get a lot brighter. In a demo FlatspanelsHD saw at CES, one display produced more than 1,000 nits of peak brightness across a 10 percent window. For comparison, some of the more recent TVs from LG can produce between 700 nits and 1,000 nits of brightness across the same area. Brightness is something LG has consistently tried to address with its WOLD panels. In December, the company’s display subsidiary unveiled its “OLED EX” tech, claiming it would enhance brightness by up to 30 percent compared to conventional OLED displays.
Another advantage of the technology is better color performance. The panels Samsung Display showed off at CES 2022 covered 90 percent of the Rec. 2020 color gamut. LG’s WOLED panels, which people consistently praise for their accurate and vibrant colors, hit about 70 percent of the Rec. 2020 standard. Lastly, viewing angles are improved. In addition to TVs, the technology will make its way to gaming monitors, with Samsung and Dell planning to use the tech in 34-inch displays.
We’ll have to see how the panels perform in the real world, but at least on paper, QD-OLED could easily become the new standard for high-end consumer TVs. One of the first companies set to release a TV with a QD-OLED panel is Sony with its A95K sets. Unfortunately, Sony has yet to announce how much those TVs will cost, and we won’t know until closer to release sometime this spring.
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Designed as a “global recovery” product, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 is a 17.3-inch laptop designed for maximum comfort and productivity.
It starts with the large 17.3-inch display that offers an incomparable advantage over 13.3 or 14-inch laptops for comfort and productivity. If you’re multitasking or working with large spreadsheets, the extra width will brighten your day.
I often wonder if I should travel with a portable monitor, but I’d rather have a larger screen if the weight doesn’t become a big issue.
The ultrawide IPS touch display has a 3072×1440 resolution (21:10 ratio) with a 120Hz refresh and has blue-light protection if you work long hours or in the evening as blue light disturbs sleep cycles.
The secondary 8-inch display is a pleasant surprise, and that’s an excellent idea! Think of it, there’s never enough display real estate, so we’ll take any additional screen space we can get.
Lenovo has demonstrated several ways to use the 8-inch display, including taking notes with the garaged e-pen, or having apps extended to that screen.
There are even app shortcuts for specific things people might often use, such as the note or calculator apps. Users can also mirror their smartphone screen onto the 8-inch display to access mobile-only apps or read/send texts.
It’s not clear if that secondary screen is considered by Windows 11 as a “true secondary monitor,” so we’ll have to wait until Lenovo’s software is finalized. If it is recognized as a secondary screen, it is compatible with any apps. If not, we’ll have to consider which apps can work with it.
In any case, Lenovo’s secondary display integration is better than having an ultrawide display above the keyboard as others might have. That’s because vertical space is often more important for reading information. Horizontal space is more beneficial to specialized apps like video editing.
I expect this laptop to do well from a performance point of view because it’s powered by an Intel 12th generation Core H-Series CPU, one of the higher-wattage, faster 2022 CPUs for laptops.
Many Creators and Designers would be glad to work with up to 32GB of RAM on this computer, and you can add up to 2TB of SSD storage. It could be a light workstation for many people for everyday creative tasks such as web development or print design.
The chassis is relatively compact, for a 17.3-inch laptop, at 410 x 228.7 x 17.9 mm and the computer is surprisingly lightweight at 4.4 Lbs, which means that it would be an excellent travel companion if you need to do intense computer work.
Carrying a 6.3 Lbs true workstation like the ThinkPad P15 Gen2 feels a lot different in your backpack, especially if you add the massive power supply that accompanies it.
The ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 has many ports, with one full-size HDMI, two USB-C (one is TB4), two full-size USBs, and the audio jack.
I wonder what kind of battery life we will get with the 69Whr battery, but we’ll have to wait for a complete review. 69Whr might not seem like a lot for a 17-inch laptop, but given the overall volume and weight, that’s probably the maximum that would fit.
I’m hopeful that this product will translate into real-world productivity gains. It’s always lovely to see innovations in a market segment that’s been around for so long. Every little bit counts, especially when it’s features that people use every day.
ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 | ||
| Performance | Processors | Up to 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors |
| OS | Windows 11 | |
| Memory | Up to 32GB LPDDR5 | |
| Storage | Up to 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD | |
| Graphics | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics | |
| Displays | 17.3-inch IPS 21:10, 3072×1440, 120Hz, TUV EyeSafe 8-inch LCD Touch display (800×1280) with Pen support | |
| Audio | Dolby Atmos Speaker System with Harman/Kardon speakers and dual-array microphones | |
| Camera | FHD 1080p Infrared camera with shutter | |
| Battery | 69Whr | |
| Security | Chip | TPM 2.0 |
| Physical | Power-on Fingerprint Reader Camera Shutter | |
| Connectivity | Ports | 1 x HDMI |
| 1 x USB-C | ||
| 1 x Intel Thunderbolt 4 | ||
| 2 x USB-A | ||
| 1 x 3.5mm audio jack | ||
| Wireless | WLAN Intel Wi-Fi 6E 802.11 AX (2×2) | |
| Bluetooth® 5.1 | ||
| Design | Dimensions (W x D x H) | 410.0 x 228.7 x 17.9mm 16.14 x 9.00 x 0.70in |
| Weight | <2kg <4.40lbs | |
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3: An Innovative Dual-Screen Laptop
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