LG OLED TVs Will Hit in 2011

While Samsung seems a tad wishy-washy about exactly when they'll be producing OLED TVs, LG has set out a clear date. It's 2011 apparently: Though they'll be investing in next-gen LCD production lines too, the plan is to have volume production of 32-inch OLED screens within three years. [Digitimes]

1:20 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Kit Eaton
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Kraftwerker at 01:31 PM on 04/24/08
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Cool we will have TVs made of people for population control.
daftrok at 01:32 PM on 04/24/08
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Sony claims they'll have OLED TVs by 2012 and Samsung claimed they'll have OLED TVs by 2009! Hope its true!
liveinvt at 01:34 PM on 04/24/08
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I will care in 2015 when the prices are in the value range. :>
Darrone at 01:39 PM on 04/24/08
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@daftrok: They will! You'll have two choices, 17" and 24".

36 and up is a few years away.
Noobs-R-Us at 02:08 PM on 04/24/08
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I'll be old and gray by the time a 52" is under $3,000.
MarlboroTestMonkey7 at 02:49 PM on 04/24/08
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WHERE'S MY CHEAP BUT BETTER LASER TV?
MASOCHIST187 at 02:58 PM on 04/24/08
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SED? oh sorry, thought this was 2007.
martyz at 04:47 PM on 04/24/08
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I'm skipping buying an LCD/Plasma and hanging on to my circa 2001 HD rear projection for dear life till OLED is semi-affordable. 2012 seems realistic to me.
EQC at 04:48 PM on 04/24/08
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@MarlboroTestMonkey7: You know what I'm waiting for? A short-throw projector with the Laser/DLP tech and TV-tuning capabilities built in. Damn that'd be awesome...little box a couple feet from the wall projecting up my HDTV on an 80" screen. And it'll be just a front-projector LaserTV, so still better picture (right?) than any plasma/LCD/etc. Woo!
EQC at 04:50 PM on 04/24/08
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OLED's starting to piss me off...I've been hearing about it as "better/cheaper /lower power than LCD" since early 2003.

I even remember Samsung showing off a 20" OLED like 3 years ago.

Today? "We'll have 'em around 2011, and they'll probably be small and expensive. And, oh yeah, they're not lower power than LCD yet."

Why can't new technology come out fast and cheap and great the way I want it? Damn you laws of physics/economics/practicality!
Techguy1138 at 05:43 PM on 04/24/08
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Sony is selling an oled tv right now. I'd guess they will have a 17" version this year with a 20+" tv next year.

This tech is already happening and is in mass production. 3 years seems like a conservative estimate.
oledtvfan at 01:38 PM on 04/28/08
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LG will be another competitor in the OLED TV field. With Sony, Samsung, Panasonic and possibly Hitachi in the game now it can't help but benefit consumers down the line. Will I be able to afford one in two years? No, but that's not the point.