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LG Display to offer 55-inch OLED TV in 2012

Written by James Delahunty @ 27 Jul 2011 3:12 User comments (7)

LG Display to offer 55-inch OLED TV in 2012 Display maker bets on large-sized OLED.
LG Display chief executive Kwon Young-soo revealed that the company does not want to concentrate completely on small to medium sized AMOLED displays intended for use with mobile handsets or tablet PCs, and instead will look to bring large-sized OLED TVs to the market.

"Instead of investing in OLED displays for mobile applications, the company will now put all its efforts into large screen sizes for TVs," Kwon said. "LG-Display will launch a 55-inch OLED TV by the second half next year."

Initial volume will only be in the tens of thousands of units due to limitations of production facilities, with mass production expansion eyed shortly afterwards.

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this year, LG Display showed off a 31-inch OLED 3D display that gained considerable attention. OLED promises sublime picture quality and low-power consumption.

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7 user comments

127.7.2011 16:22

Yaay the OLEDs are finally coming :)

227.7.2011 19:03

And the price will be WAY too much for my wallet.

328.7.2011 01:30

I wonder how many supercars you could buy for the cost of one of these things. I also can't help but wonder what is the point of an OLED that you don't sit close to.

428.7.2011 08:27

Originally posted by KillerBug:
I wonder how many supercars you could buy for the cost of one of these things. I also can't help but wonder what is the point of an OLED that you don't sit close to.
Because they thought the same thing ~
Quote:
I wonder how many supercars you could buy for the cost of one of these things

56.8.2011 06:48

I will look at their 3D OLED offerings come 2012 but it would need to be at least 50".

66.8.2011 12:16

So, if next year is the start I guess that means we're about 5yrs off of affordable ones then?

76.8.2011 14:22

Originally posted by Interestx:
So, if next year is the start I guess that means we're about 5yrs off of affordable ones then?
Unless we get yet another water-down LED/OLED version of the technology, I would say at least 3 years for the reference-level versions at larger sizes we are already used to.

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