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We’ve been hearing a bit more about quantum dot technology lately, and now Phillips has released the world’s first quantum dot monitor. The Phillips 276E6ADS sports a 27-inch screen with full HD resolution. The monitor utilizes Philips Color QS Vision IQ, which is optimized to provide vivid colors and more realistic images. Quantum dot technology is a semiconductor nanomaterial that forces the electrons to move only in three spatial directions, along the x,y, and z axis, supposedly providing an image that is completely stable and uniform.

Philips have partnered with QD Vision, which produces nanomaterials that dramatically improves color quality in televisions and other types of video display technology. Color IQ, QD Vision’s trademarked design, is a semiconductor nanocrystal technology that precisely emits light to produce more vibrant blues, greens, and reds. LCD TVs and monitors with Color IQ usually exhibit a more dynamic range of colors and can show the true natural palette encoded in the picture.

Most LCD color televisions trade off color accuracy and detail as you go to a larger display. Have you noticed the same model of any brand TV seemingly has better color and smoothness on a 40-inch set than it does on a 60-inch set? These sets only offer about 70% of the NTSC standard color gamut. QD Vision claims their technology offers 100% of the color standard, and looks vivid at any size or resolution.

For graphic artists and video enthusiasts, quantum dot displays offers 99% Adobe RGB color reproduction as well. The ability to display as much of the color gamut as possible is critical to photographers and producers of visual content. Previously, high-end monitors have offered around 80% of the gamut, while the Philips quantum dot display is the first to claim 100% of the NTSC standard and 99% of the Adobe RGB standard.

Touch Display Research, an independent technology market research and consulting firm, forecasts that the quantum dot display and lighting component market will surpass $2 billion by 2016 and reach $10.6 billion by 2025. Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, CEO of Touch Display Research, projects that “51% of computer monitors will quantum dot technology by 2025.” This statement is based on market analysis that profiled over 60 companies working on quantum dot materials and components.

Currently available in China, the Philips 276E6ADS will be available in the United States and Europe later this summer. A stateside price has yet to be announced.