OLED is great, but where are all the Mini LED laptops?

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  • All that combines to make for a classic chicken-or-the-egg situation.Acer's rep said that "both OLED and Mini LED produce high quality, TV-class images with excellent color accuracy and contrast ratios," but the company has found that people looking for "high-end gaming" laptops are "less cost-sensitive and more spec-driven."
  • Creators and gamers aren't the only users who can benefit from Mini LED's boosted contrast and luminance, but those tech-savvy demographics are the ones most likely aware of Mini LED's benefits.Lenovo has found the biggest obstacle in Mini LED laptop adoption to be "education."
  • Scharon Harding - Apr 28, 2023 11:00 am UTC If I could have any type of display panel in my laptop, it would be Mini LED.Sure, OLED is best at producing deep blacks and high contrast, but Mini LED is a powerful substitute.
  • A spokesperson for Asus, which makes Mini LED gaming laptops, agreed that "consumers and media" need to experience and support the technology to increase its adoption in laptops.
  • We reached out to laptop OEMs to find out.Unsurprisingly, the main reason companies won't make the Mini LED laptops of my dreams is that they wouldn't be as profitable as OLED machines are.
  • The company told me it sees "similar" Mini LED laptop demand among creators, prosumers, and small and medium-sized businesses.
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