On January 19, The Korean media BusinessKorea reported that Samsung Display is considering early production of LCD panels, from the end of this year to June this year.
Samsung and LG Display have discontinued the LCD (liquid crystal display) production line, mainly LCD panel players are more and more, LCD panels really do not make much money. The price of a 32-inch LCD panel in January was $38, which is a 64% drop from $88 in June 2021.
In fact, Samsung and LG Display planned early to withdraw from LCD panel production. However, the sudden outbreak disrupted this plan. The global epidemic has created a wave of home entertainment dividends, people's demand for TVs and so on has increased significantly, and LG Electronics has successfully turned losses into profits by relying on its own high-end TVs and other products. Now that the epidemic dividend has gradually faded, it is almost time for Samsung and LG Dispaly to exit the production of LCD panels.
Samsung's LCD production line or large-scale transformation into AQD-OLED production line. In 2021, Samsung only produced 720,000 55-inch QD-OLED panels and 1.08 million 65-inch QD-OLED panels, which is far from meeting the market demand for high-end TVs. Sony just released these two sizes of QD-OLED panel products at CES 2022.
The QD-OLED panel is used by Samsung to compete with LG Display for the high-end OLED TV market. QD-OLED uses quantum dot technology, which achieves higher light energy efficiency. Sony said QD-OLED "increases color brightness by 200 percent compared to conventional TVs." "However, QD-OLED does not eliminate the problem of OLED aging, Samsung shows that in each pixel using three layers of blue OLED material, blue pixel material is the most anti-aging, it is expected to extend the screen life."
In the past OLED TV products, although the contrast is very good, the color rendering effect is outstanding, but the brightness is too low, and the application scenarios of the TV are limited. If the indoor light in the home is too bright, this display effect is very bad. QD-OLED can effectively increase brightness, and its application scenarios are wider.