Medion Sprchrgd 16 S1 Review: A Very Bright OLED Worker

With its 16-inch display, the Medion Sprchrgd 16 S1 adopts a format that is increasingly replacing the 15.6-inch laptop. But what is inside it? Can the OLED panel convince on picture quality, and how long does the battery last? Those are three of the hundreds of check points this machine went through, in the MD62745 configuration.

Before the internals, the first impression counts: elegant, impressive and at the same time restrained. The notebook does without frills and sets a few clear accents. A glossy Medion logo sits on the outside, and once opened, two details on the palm rest define the look — on the left, the series name Sprchrgd, short for supercharged, with the S styled as a lightning bolt, intended as a hint at high performance.

Overall the machine feels made for the office: reserved, unexcitable and consistently aimed at work.

Whether a favourite series is enjoyable on a train, or photo editing works precisely, is decided by the display. This panel measures 16 inches (41 centimetres) diagonally and shows content at 2,880 x 1,800 pixels, which gives a very high pixel density of 212 pixels per inch.

The Medion covers the sRGB colour space completely, and measurement confirms the advertised 100 per cent. Colour fidelity is likewise good — it shows photos and videos almost faithfully at 97.4 per cent — though reproduction is in places slightly exaggerated and a little too strong.

On maximum brightness the display convinces with a peak of 1,092 candela per square metre when playing HDR video, and 400 cd/m² on content without HDR. For comparison, a recently tested MSI gaming laptop managed 291 cd/m². Around 400 cd/m² is the recommended figure for bright surroundings such as working on a sunny terrace — a mark the Medion meets in everyday use, with peak brightness well above it.

In everyday use everything runs smoothly, thanks in part to Intel's high-end Core Ultra 9 288V from the current Lunar Lake range, supported by a very generous 32 gigabytes of memory. It comfortably achieved very good marks in all the speed tests, even on demanding photo and video editing.

Gaming is where the limit shows. Current games are playable, but only with reduced detail settings — though this is not a gaming laptop and was never meant to be.

At full brightness the battery lasted almost 12.5 hours in testing, which comfortably covers a normal eight-hour working day. After that it needs a substantial breather at the socket of nearly 3 hours, which is a long time — though the very good runtime makes that easy to live with.

The unobtrusive look matches the low noise level. In everyday use the fans whisper at just 0.2 sone, which is barely audible. Under full load it was 2.7 sone, which is still not irritating, so you can work in an office or a library without disturbing anyone.

Heat is well controlled too: warmth on the underside stayed within limits at 26 degrees Celsius above ambient temperature, so it does not become unpleasant when the notebook sits on your thighs while travelling.

The keyboard convinces with flat, backlit keys, a pleasant typing feel and a good pressure point — and the navigation keys are standard size, which is not the case on every laptop. The touchpad offers a generous, responsive surface, with mouse clicks working best at the lower corners.

Plug in and go: read a camera, dock an SSD and put a presentation on a second screen, all directly on the machine without a dock, because the Medion offers plenty of ports.

For output to a large monitor there is an HDMI output and two USB-C ports with DisplayPort capability. There is a headset connection as well, though a wired network socket is missing. External SSDs connect to the USB-C 4.0 socket or the USB-C 3.2 port, and there is a USB 2.0 socket for a printer. Wirelessly it connects over fast Wi-Fi 7, with Bluetooth 5.4 for wireless speakers.

The Medion Sprchrgd 16 S1 OLED convinces with an elegant, restrained design, an extremely bright and richly coloured 16-inch OLED display, and strong everyday performance thanks to the Core Ultra 9 and 32 gigabytes of memory. It delivered a very high working pace for office tasks, while games ran only at reduced detail.

The keyboard and generous touchpad are comfortable to use, battery life is excellent at almost 12.5 hours — and the charging time is correspondingly long. Fan noise and heat both stayed pleasantly low, and it offers versatile connections and fast Wi-Fi 7. Taken together, this is a powerful, genuinely practical notebook.

No Amazon UK listing for the 16-inch Sprchrgd S1 was found when we checked on 2 August 2026 — Amazon UK carries the 14-inch SPRCHRGD14 S1 ELITE at £1,091.99, which is a different machine — so no price is quoted here and the links below run a live search. Search on Amazon UK or search on Amazon US