Inkjet Printing and Giant Panels: How TCL Is Prepping 700Hz OLED Monitors for 2028
While the gaming monitor market is steadily settling into the 360Hz and 480Hz era, display manufacturer TCL CSOT is gearing up to shatter performance ceilings. According to recent industry reporting from research firm Omdia, TCL's display division is actively developing OLED panels capable of reaching an unprecedented 700Hz refresh rate by 2028.
What makes this roadmap even more remarkable is the scale of these displays. Rather than restricting ultra-high refresh rates to compact 24.5-inch esports frames, TCL is targeting expansive 32-inch 16:9 and 34-inch ultrawide form factors.
Inkjet Printing to Bring Down Production Costs
To achieve this massive speed bump without sending consumer prices into orbit, TCL relies on its proprietary Inkjet-Printed OLED (IJP) technology. Instead of traditional vacuum thermal evaporation, this cutting-edge method directly deposits liquid organic compounds onto the glass substrate with microscopic precision.
Manufactured at TCL's newly expanded Gen 8.6 fabrication plant in Guangzhou, this technique dramatically slashes organic material waste. It unlocks unprecedented manufacturing yields while driving down production costs for large-scale premium gaming panels.
700Hz and 0.03ms: The Massive Hardware Hurdle
In competitive esports, pushing past the 700Hz milestone on a self-emissive panel offers peerless fluidity. When paired with OLED's virtually instantaneous 0.03ms pixel response times, motion blur vanishes completely in favor of absolute tracking clarity.
However, feeding such an uncompromising display panel poses an immense challenge for PC hardware. Pushing 700 frames per second will demand next-generation CPUs and GPUs, alongside the colossal uncompressed bandwidth of DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR20.
To smooth out this transition, display makers are already planning dynamic Dual-Mode functionality. This setup will let gamers toggle seamlessly between ultra-high resolution for immersive single-player games and a blazingly responsive 700Hz profile for esports.
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My Take
Pushing OLED up to 700Hz on large 32-inch and 34-inch panels is a fascinating technical milestone, particularly with inkjet printing finally promising to lower manufacturing costs for premium displays. Yet for everyday gamers, human perceptual limits and the brutal GPU horsepower needed to hold a stable 700 FPS make this look increasingly like a pure numbers race. Still, paired with OLED's virtually instant 0.03ms pixel response times, motion clarity will reach unmatched heights for competitive esports athletes.
PC hardware enthusiast and competitive gamer, Arthur 'Heimdall' splits his time between France and the UK working in enterprise B2B software solutions. A business school graduate passionate about component benchmarking, he has been building, modding, and tuning PCs since childhood, optimizing every thermal degree and millisecond of display latency. An avid gamer across Assassin's Creed and sandbox titles, he forged his alliance with Grimtag and Chaya during late-night World of Warcraft raids before joining Pro-Gamer.
