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LG Says 40-inch OLED HDTVs Are Coming in 2012
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Gordonium
10/30/09

In reply to LG Says 40-inch OLED HDTVs Are Coming in 2012
I bet what they're not saying is that they've got big plans for some OLED roll-to-roll printing, which -- once they have kinks worked out like ink solvent systems, ink drying times, and printing resolution -- should DRASTICALLY reduce OLED display manufacturing costs.

GE has already got a working prototype (linked below). While it may be lousy and expensive, the technology is advancing quickly, and I think LG is banking on this stuff, to make a bold statement like "OLEDs will be cheaper than LCDs in the future".

[gizmodo.com]
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Danny Allen
10/30/09

@Gordonium: Their specific process is mentioned in the Nikkei piece. #lgoledroadmap
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AmphetamineCrown
10/30/09

In reply to LG Says 40-inch OLED HDTVs Are Coming in 2012
Maybe. But did he factor in the LCD price fixing thing? #lgoledroadmap
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TonyWonder
10/30/09

In reply to LG Says 40-inch OLED HDTVs Are Coming in 2012
2016? umm screw OLED! If I'm not crusing around town on my hoverboard, with my auto-tie-Nike's and my self drying jacket by 2016 I'm done...I'm just going to give up... #lgoledroadmap
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Xeno
10/30/09

@TonyWonder: I'm hoping to be cruising around in my spinner methodically hunting replicants while drinking myself to death. Either that or enjoying the afterlife since we all know the world is ending in 2012. #lgoledroadmap
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TonyWonder
10/30/09

@Xeno: the mayans were right. we didn't listen... #lgoledroadmap
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aek8
10/30/09

In reply to LG Says 40-inch OLED HDTVs Are Coming in 2012
I don't understand the rationale behind releasing this data. All this will do is make people hold off on getting a new TV until OLED is cheaper which won't help to encourage manufacturing improvement if people aren't buying. #lgoledroadmap
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Sockatume
10/30/09

@aek8: It's not like OLED is suddenly going to drop in price 75% on the first of January, 2016. It'll be a gradual process, and as the TVs get cheaper, people will start to get them. The continued and inevitable reduction in cost of LCDs never stopped people investing in them either. #lgoledroadmap
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chasper14
10/30/09

In reply to LG Says 40-inch OLED HDTVs Are Coming in 2012
Thats funny. By 2016 there will be some other new technology driving the TV industry. So obviously by 2016 LED's will be affordable.

Just when LCD's were becoming more affordable, BAM! here comes LED Tv's.

Tv's are becoming like PC's, obsolute in 6 months. #lgoledroadmap
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Sockatume
10/30/09

@chasper14: Nobody's forcing you to upgrade just because a new technology exists. Only a total idiot would run out and buy an OLED at ten times the cost of a picture-quality-equivalent plasma. You can wait until it's at a price parity, in 6 years (not months). #lgoledroadmap
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chasper14
10/30/09

@Sockatume: That is very true and that is why I am rocking a 32 inch tube television. I might be the only one here who was worried about the conversion to digital television. LOL #lgoledroadmap
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