News Samsung Ditching All LCD Production This Year

[Admin]

Both Samsung and LG are moving beyond LCD, with Samsung seemingly focusing on its QLED technology.

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[JamesSneed]

Nice. Hopefully we will get some better anti reflective OLED's now.

 

[InvalidError]

Nice. Hopefully we will get some better anti reflective OLED's now.

I'll worry about screen gloss after OLED's two major issues are fixed: 1) cost and 2) burn-in.

When OLED was "discovered" about 20 years ago, the expectation was that it would enable production of large extremely affordable displays using either silkscreen or inkjet technology for most of the manufacturing. We're still not there yet... and may never be now that manufacturers are focusing on other options like emmissive q-dot and micro-LED.

 

[JamesSneed]

I'll worry about screen gloss after OLED's two major issues are fixed: 1) cost and 2) burn-in.

When OLED was "discovered" about 20 years ago, the expectation was that it would enable production of large extremely affordable displays using either silkscreen or inkjet technology for most of the manufacturing. We're still not there yet... and may never be now that manufacturers are focusing on other options like emmissive q-dot and micro-LED.

Cost inst bad now. LG has 65 inch TV's for $2,000 now so that is a bit high but not outside of what a high end LCD with FALD sells for. Burn in is really the only issue these days and it's better now but more needs to be done.

For me they just fix the antireflective coatings so I can use an OLED TV in a room that is bright during the day and i'm in as long as they keep the 65 inch under $3,000. Samsung has the best anti-glare tech so I'm kind of excited about this move.

Micro-LED is likely the holy grail but i'll buy an OLED next year to hold me over

 

[InvalidError]

Cost inst bad now. LG has 65 inch TV's for $2,000 now so that is a bit high but not outside of what a high end LCD with FALD sells for.

If you compare one overpriced product to another overpriced product, sure, the increase is small. If you look at the market as a whole though, you can get a 65" TV for under $400 these days and unless you have money burning holes in your pockets, you have to really ponder whether the increase in contrast ratio is worth paying 3-5X the cost of nearest equivalent regular IPS or VA models.

I personally don't like FALD since you can see the backlight halo around bright elements on a dark background especially in a darker room which I would consider more distracting than full-panel backlight bleed. In a brighter room, the backlight bleed is generally a non-issue since it gets swamped out by ambient light. I wouldn't pay any sort of premium for it as I'd likely just end up disabling it.

 

[JamesSneed]

@InvalidError I understand your point but as someone who has had higher end TV's for over a decade I can not go backwards in quality. No sub $1,000 65" TV that has anywhere the picture quality I want so yes the 3-5x increase is very worth it to me but I get it many wouldn't care. Your point on FALD is exactly why I would go OLED. However OLED is not living up to its cheaper to make mantra we were fed many years ago but it certainly has the best picture quality today.

 

[InvalidError]

However OLED is not living up to its cheaper to make mantra we were fed many years ago but it certainly has the best picture quality today.

If cost is no object, then laser-based imaging has some of the best picture quality currently available, not OLED

Ironic how OLED was expected to become inexpensive due to hypothetically lending itself to simple low-temperature fabrication and now it seems micro-LED is on track to blow it over in the near future.

 

[g-unit1111]

Huh, I would have thought this had happened years ago.

 

[JamesSneed]

If cost is no object, then laser-based imaging has some of the best picture quality currently available, not OLED

Ironic how OLED was expected to become inexpensive due to hypothetically lending itself to simple low-temperature fabrication and now it seems micro-LED is on track to blow it over in the near future.

The smallest true laser TV I have seen so far is 100 inches. If someone makes one in the 65-70inch range (all the space I have) then I would consider one.

Yeah the promise of cheap hasn't come into fruition. I think once Samsung is on board in a couple years we should see smaller cheaper TV's. With only really having LG making OLED panels has stifled competition which has kept prices inflated.

 

[InvalidError]

The smallest true laser TV I have seen so far is 100 inches. If someone makes one in the 65-70inch range (all the space I have) then I would consider one.

100" is the nominal size they are designed for. Between geometry compensation capabilities and angling the screen, you should be able to drop the image size somewhere in the 70-80" range.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Perfect, even higher prices