Nowadays, it is no surprise that We spend more and more time in front of a screen. And as you surely know, this is not a healthy habit for our eyes. However, there are panels that can harm our eyesight less, and this has a lot to do with the technology with which the screens have been developed.
Generally, an OLED type panel will be much less harmful to our eyesight than images coming from an LCD-LED television. LG in this case has received certifications that prove this, and in this article we tell you about it in detail.
LG panels obtain new certifications
In 2023, LG announced its latest generation of microlens array panels. These panels are available in its LG OLED G3 and Z3 models, the firm’s most complete televisions to date. Now, the company has received two new certifications for its range of panels with MLA from the companies UL Solutions and Intertek.
The company announced in an official entry the following:
“UL Solutions, a global leader in applied security science, has tested LG Display’s third-generation OLED panel to detect blue light wavelengths that can cause eye strain and sleep disorders. LG Display’s advanced OLED panel LG Display scored 36%, the lowest among all existing TV panels, and received a Platinum rating and UL mark for low blue light. In comparison, the blue light wavelengths emitted by “Conventional LCD televisions reach levels ranging between 70 and 80%.”
“In addition, LG Display’s third-generation OLED TV panel also offers minimal reflections from nearby objects, earning it Intertek’s ‘Reflection-Free’ certification,” the company said. “Based on Intertek’s testing process of the amount of external light reflected from the screen, the third-generation OLED TV panel achieved an industry-leading reflection rate of less than 1%,” it continued.
This is not the first time that the firm has received similar certifications for its televisions. In fact, its OLED panels were the first to receive ‘Eyesafe’ certification from TÜV Rheinland and Eyesafe Inc. This certification takes into account the flicker level of the panela factor that can cause problems with eyestrain and headaches in more extreme cases.
Along with these certificates, its panels also obtained the ‘Circadian Friendly’ certification from the TÜV Rheinland firm, a certification given to those devices that meet standards to “minimize their impact on people’s quality of life during the day and provide a better night’s sleep,” according to the company.
MLA panels are not only found in LG TVs, but are also used in Panasonic’s MZ2000 and Philips’ OLED908 models, while their conventional W-OLED panels are used by more manufacturers such as Sony and recently some from Samsung. .
The certifications that LG panels have are also usually given to other manufacturers such as Samsung. In fact, its QD-OLED panels also have the ‘Eyesafe Certified 2.0’ certification.
The fact that OLED panels are less harmful to our eyes than an LCD-LED type panel is due to the technology of their LED diodes. While OLED types are organic and self-emissive diodes, LCD-LED panels require a diode array on the back of the panel. on at all times as a backlight method. This light is constantly emitted towards our eyes, so LCD-LED panels are more harmful in this regard.
Nor should we misinterpret these data. And it will be detrimental in both cases if we spend too much time in front of a television that has both one type of panel and another. Both blue light and flickering are two negative aspects that can harm our eyesight if we spend too much time in front of the screen.
The best we can do on our part is Reduce being in front of a screen as much as possible for too much time. However, it is also worth highlighting the work of engineers to develop panels that are increasingly more efficient and less harmful to our eyesight.
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