Overview
- VESA announced the DisplayHDR True Black 1400 tier on July 8, setting a new top certification that requires at least 1,400 cd/m² peak brightness, 700 cd/m² full‑screen brightness, and black levels as low as 0.0005 cd/m².
- Lenovo says its Yoga Pro 16 is the first notebook to earn the new certification, reporting that the laptop meets the 1,400 cd/m² peak and ultra‑low black‑level requirements.
- VESA built the tier on the enhanced DisplayHDR CTS 1.2 test suite, which adds stricter checks for color accuracy, contrast and black‑level performance to prevent manufacturers from overstating HDR claims.
- Manufacturers point to tandem OLED stacks as the technical enabler because they raise sustained luminance while preserving OLED's deep blacks, and Samsung Display plans panels qualified to the new tier for public demos.
- The first DisplayHDR True Black 1400 products will be shown at Bilibili World in Shanghai from July 10 to July 12, offering creators and buyers a chance to see verified high‑brightness OLEDs in person and judge real‑world HDR performance.