- The costs of the OLED panel fell by almost half in five years
- It is expected that prices will fall further in 2026
- Savings will probably be pretty modest
Whether it is a LCD -display Oling Or RGB, each new type of television technology begins its life with absolutely attentive prices. The good news is that these prices are reduced over time, and for the OLED televisors they have fallen significantly over the past five years – and they will continue to fall over the next year.
According to industry sources, which are reported Flatpanelshdcost of 65-inch OLED panels from LG The display amounted to $ 1,000 in 2020. It fell to $ 600 in 2024 and, as expected, will fall below $ 500 until the end of 2025. Further reductions are expected in 2026.
And, of course, this is not only the 65-inch OLED panels; These are panels of all sizes, including larger ones, with the cost of 77-inch and 83-inch panels, they noticeably fall in the last year or so.
This is good news. The bad news is that the really great savings will probably not be transmitted to us. Or, at least, not all of them will be, because the displayed firms should compensate for their initial and permanent investments in people, production lines and premises.
Why OLED Televisors become cheaper in production
Moving to a new type of television panel is not cheap. Manufacturers should invest in new equipment, and often in completely new factories to place this machine. They need to train their people, and they need to increase production efficiency in order to ensure higher productivity and lower loss. In short, they need to spend a lot of money in advance.
Over time, this money begins to repay. As the Korean newspaper Biz Chosun explains, to demonstrate LG, the expansion of lines and increase yields are efforts “which began to pay off last year”, reaching a 30% reduction in production costs. “Next year, the company strives for additional cost reductions through innovation in design, which changes the structure of the display,” the report said.
Biz Chosun also says that falling production costs can be distracted from the existential threat RGB LEDThe so-called OLED killer, on PACE. “The cost of LED chips, which make up the RGB candlestick accounts for most of the price of panels,” the source in the industry explained. “When you turn on the costs of backlighting and the driver, it is effectively estimated at the level of $ 400-600, similarly to OLED production costs, and it can be even more expensive.”
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