Screen & Display Specs Meaning

Each individual microscopic pixel generates its own independent light and color. When displaying black, the pixels shut off entirely with zero light bleed.

An advanced form of OLED that incorporates an active matrix TFT layer to control individual pixels faster. Dominates smartphones and smartwatches.

A traditional LCD panel enhanced by a microscopic film of quantum dot nanocrystals that glow with vivid primary red, green, and blue when hit by blue backlight.

Replaces conventional large LED backlight strips with tens of thousands of microscopic LEDs grouped into 1,000+ localized dimming zones.

Liquid crystal molecules are aligned horizontally parallel to the glass. Remains the gold standard for creative photo/video editing monitors.

Measures how many times the screen draws a new image per second. Standard displays refresh 60 times/sec (60Hz); 120Hz doubles this to 120 frames per second.

A display backplane technology that enables variable refresh rate (VRR). When reading a static book or viewing Always-On Display, the screen drops to 1Hz, saving massive battery.

The universal unit of visible screen brightness (1 nit = light emitted by 1 wax candle). Laptops average 300–400 nits; modern flagship smartphones hit 2,000–3,000 peak nits.

Unlike static HDR10 (which uses one brightness setting for an entire 2-hour movie), dynamic HDR instructs the TV how bright each specific individual shot should look.

Synchronizes the TV or monitor refresh rate exactly to the GPU frame output in real time. If the PS5 outputs 52 FPS, the screen refreshes at exactly 52Hz.