LG's New Laptop Display Can Drop To 1Hz For Major Battery Life Gains

LG Display is on a mission to vastly improve laptop battery life with a new LCD panel equipped with its Oxide 1Hz technology. Now in mass production, this first-of-its-kind panel is capable of dropping down to a 1Hz refresh rate when the screen is static, a tactic that LG claims "dramatically" improves battery life with up to a 48% longer run time on a single charge. It's the latest development in an industry-wide effort to improve laptop battery life.

The technology won't interfere with gaming, either, according to LG Display. The panel maker says a core feature of its Oxide 1Hz technology is the ability to intelligently detect how a laptop is being used, and then automatically switching between the display's native 120Hz refresh rate all the way down to an energy-preserving 1Hz. So if you're streaming a movie or playing a game, it will run ...