LG roadmap predicts 'OLED panels will cost less than LCD panels in 2016'

Speaking at the FPD show in Japan, Won Kim, VP of LG Display's OLED sales and marketing group laid bare its OLED plans for the future. Pretty significant as LG is one of only two players currently manufacturing production OLED TVs; though unlike Sony, LG has yet to ship anything -- that bit of consumer magic begins in November. So here's the deal: LG will release 20-inch and larger OLED panels in 2010, 30-inch and larger in 2011, and 40-inch and larger OLED panels in 2012. While 40-inch OLEDs will still be "fairly expensive" in 2012, Kim predicts that "OLED panels will cost less than LCD panels in 2016." We'd love to believe that but it sounds overly aggressive to us considering the enormous investment panel manufacturers have made in LCDs (they'll be milking profits just as long as they can) and new push towards 3D televisions. Besides, LG's been all over the map with its OLED dates so let's not go carving anything in low-temperature polycrystal silicon just yet.

[Via OLED-Display.net]

[PeterFnet Posted Oct 30th 2009 7:52AM]

As always, I will expect you to remind me of this then :D

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2009 12:23PM]

So I guess I should hold off till then.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2009 3:57PM]

Great! I'll just keep watching my Sony rear projection untill then... *sigh*...

[nrb Posted Oct 30th 2009 5:09PM]

Plasma fanboys, cover your ears.

Current LCDs are so dramatically better than the tubes or rear projections that we all had to watch just a few years go. I'm far from sorry for having picked up two LCD TVs. It's great to see OLEDs coming, but I doubt the improvement moving from LCD will be anywhere near the improvement we got going to LCD.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2009 5:58PM]

the simple fact that you say "plasma fanboys" nulls anything you could say about knowing what a good display looks like. Please go away.

[nrb Posted Oct 30th 2009 9:25PM]

My goal was NOT to start a comparison of Plasma vs LCD or even vs OLED. I'm sorry if you missed the direction I was trying to go.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 31st 2009 12:46PM]

don't even start comparing your dull colors with phosphor based displays.