OLED breakthrough — new TVs coming with 165Hz, Wi-Fi 7 and faster AI

Yes, the Pentonic 800 chip by MediaTek brings several enhancements and features for streaming and internet content on TVs. Some of these include:

1. Improved AI Processing: The Pentonic 800 offers 50% faster AI processing performance compared to the previous generation chip. This reduces up to 60% bandwidth usage and enhances various AI-powered display technologies such as AI-Super Resolution 3.0, AI-Contrast 2.0, AI-Picture Quality Scene Recognition 2.0+, and AI-Picture Quality Object Recognition 2.5+. These technologies significantly improve upscaling, enhance picture quality, and eliminate noise, among many other enhancements for streaming and gaming.

2. Support for Popular Video Codecs: The chip supports popular video codecs such as HEVC, AV1, AVS3 High Profile, and VVC (H.266) for high-quality 4K video playback. This ensures a smooth streaming experience from various sources.

3. High Refresh Rate and VRR Support: The Pentonic 800 supports a variable refresh rate (VRR) up to 4K2K 165Hz, which optimizes gaming and streaming experiences by reducing screen tearing and stuttering.

4. Wi-Fi 7 Support: The chip also supports Wi-Fi 7, providing more robust wireless transfer potentials and ensuring smoother streaming of content.

5. Dolby Vision IQ with Precision Detail: The Pentonic 800 is the first chip to support Dolby Vision IQ with 'Precision Detail'. This feature reveals vivid details in both bright and dark areas with added texture and depth, enhancing the overall viewing experience.

6. MediaTek's Intelligent View Technology: This technology, paired with Dolby’s latest advancements in imaging technology, can process multiple Dolby Vision streams simultaneously2. This allows viewers to watch different media sources at the same time in Dolby Vision in multiple windows.

These enhancements and features aim to provide a more immersive and cinematic entertainment experience for users.

MediaTek envisions the role of the Pentonic 800 chip in future-proofing OLED TVs by significantly improving their processing capabilities, AI performance, and overall user experience. The Pentonic 800 is set to deliver faster processing, with up to 50% increased speed and a 60% reduction in memory bandwidth. This will be achieved through a combination of a quad-core 1.8Ghz Arm Cortex-A73 CPU, an Arm Mali-G557 MC1 GPU, and 64-bit DDR4 RAM @ 3200Mbps.

One of the key aspects the Pentonic 800 will enhance is the AI capabilities of OLED TVs. The chip will feature an adapted AI engine with far-improved object and scene recognition parameters, enabling near-perfect restoration of content or details and the elimination of noise or artifacts from broadcasting or internet streams.

In terms of gaming performance, the Pentonic 800 will support 4K resolution at 165Hz VRR (Variable Refresh Rate), a significant improvement over the current standard of 144Hz on most TVs. This feature, however, will only be available when paired with a compatible gaming PC, as consoles currently do not support refresh rates higher than 120Hz.

Lastly, the Pentonic 800 will support Wi-Fi 7, ensuring faster and smoother wireless data transfer for streaming content. This will make future OLED TVs more advanced compared to current models using Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6e.

In summary, MediaTek sees the Pentonic 800 as a pinnacle of super-resolution and picture quality enhancements, significantly improving the performance and user experience of future OLED TVs.