Samsung Display is supplying a 34-inch 360Hz QD-OLED that uses a V-Stripe pixel structure to seven global monitor makers including Asus, MSI and Gigabyte, it said on Wednesday.

V-Stripe is a structure that arranges red, green and blue sub-pixels in vertical stripes. This differs from existing QD-OLED, which arranges the three primary-color sub-pixels in a triangular shape. Samsung Display said it developed a stripe pixel structure optimized for quantum dot devices and named it V-Stripe. The pixel structure renders character edges sharply, making it suitable for users sensitive to text readability for document work, coding and content production.

The new product supports a 21:9 ultrawide aspect ratio and a 360Hz refresh rate. Peak brightness is 1,300 nits, making it suitable for games where speed and immersion are important, such as sports and racing.

In general, a 21:9 aspect ratio increases the number of horizontal pixels and the amount of data processing compared with 16:9. Even at the same refresh rate, the driving burden increases due to power consumption and heat generation, making it difficult to equalize signal timing between left and right pixels, and high refresh rates are difficult to implement. A Samsung Display official said, "The biggest technical hurdles in mass producing a high-refresh-rate product with a new pixel structure are reduced lifespan of organic materials, heat generation and lower brightness."

QD-OLED adopts a front emission method, which is advantageous in terms of brightness. Samsung Display explained that it mass produced a monitor display that has all four specifications - the V-Stripe pixel structure, an ultrawide aspect ratio, a high refresh rate and high brightness - by improving the efficiency of organic materials and optimizing the design.

The V-Stripe QD-OLED monitor will be unveiled at CES 2026, which opens on Jan. 6 in Las Vegas. Asus and MSI will debut new monitor products equipped with V-Stripe QD-OLED at CES.

Yongwook Jeong, head of strategy marketing at Samsung Display's large display business division, said, "The high-end monitor market, including gaming, is a battleground for the latest display technologies because consumers are highly sensitive to and have high expectations for display picture quality." He added, "As QD-OLED is receiving overwhelming support from consumers in this market, we will continue to showcase more innovative technologies and maintain our market leadership."