LG slips 30-inch OLED panel production into 2012

With LG's 15-inch OLED TV coming to stores in December it can't be long until LG's mid-sized TV's start showing up for retail right? After all, Samsung and Sony are on record with claims of producing mid-sized OLEDs as early as this year and no later than mid-2010. Not so fast, literally. Although LG had previously targeted 2011 for the mass production of its 32-inch OLED TV, CEO Kwon Young Soo now says that LG plans on producing 30-inch OLED panels for TVs in 2012. Of course, all those earlier OLED projections were made before the global economic meltdown so delays have to be expected, however upsetting it may be.

[Via OLED-Display]

[Shane @ Jul 17th 2009 2:08AM]

price?

[a @ Jul 17th 2009 2:15AM]

woooo shiny

recession antidote? *wink* *wink*

[andres @ Jul 17th 2009 2:29AM]

im flattered but im taken. you can stop winking

[Montusama @ Jul 17th 2009 2:15AM]

Don't mean to be an ass but how about like....the end of this year or 1st quarter 2010.

I do realize now would be costly, but companies these days don't really push new technologies onto the markets (notable exception of late, HD-DVD vs Blu-ray)

[loosely_coupled @ Jul 17th 2009 4:04PM]

It's not about cost, it is about quality. There are a hundred current manufacturing problems to be overcome with large format OLEDs. I think we all would rather have a higher quality, longer lasting (and cheaper) panel in 3 years than a lower quality, short lifetime, more expensive (because of low yields) panel in

[why not the LS2LS7? @ Jul 17th 2009 2:41AM]

OLED just isn't ready yet. I know people would love for it to be so, but it's not. The Sony pane shows the problems at 24", and the only get worse as they get bigger.

You'd rather wait for a panel that works correctly than spend a ton of money on something that wasn't ready yet.

[Ypoknons @ Jul 17th 2009 3:08AM]

I agree, there's a lot of things that could still go wrong. For example, if OLEDs had significantly shorter life than LCDs or Plasmas then the consumers might be prejudiced against them from the start, even if they managed to improve the technology later. Another technology could then take OLED's place, making a significant failed investment for the company.

[s0dOlS @ Jul 17th 2009 3:08AM]

too bad it'll be the apocalypse

[Anticrawl @ Jul 17th 2009 3:17AM]

Thank god I won't be one of the saved. I'll have a few hours to loot the shit out of these and play a few games on them before some demon drags me to the firey pits of hell. Oh but what a few grand hours.

[tacomanmcjhonny @ Jul 17th 2009 3:42AM]

i hope they look as sexy as the screen on my s9!

[Lundmark @ Jul 17th 2009 4:27AM]

But I don't like matte displays.

[rezaudio @ Jul 17th 2009 4:41AM]

And soon we'll be watching TV on the window!?

[Bad Beaver @ Jul 17th 2009 6:00AM]

Purdy, now make one that does not double as a mirror.

[Tim @ Jul 17th 2009 10:35AM]

Agreed. No epic glare please

[PS3guy @ Jul 17th 2009 9:39AM]

Nice, I'll take this over the Samsung LED LCD.

[JrA 2I9 pSu @ Jul 17th 2009 10:00AM]

looks sexy

[Jonyah @ Jul 17th 2009 10:56AM]

my next tv upgrade will be an oled 50" or larger. I see no reason to upgrade until then. All the gimmicks today aren't worth upgrading what I already have.

[Irfan @ Jul 17th 2009 12:51PM]

I agree. Just got a 60" kuro this year, so I think that should hold me over for a few years.



...tho sometimes i like being mesmerized by the 120/240hz sets....

[kenhong @ Jul 18th 2009 10:41AM]

For the sake of clarity, this announcement was made by LG Display. "LG" is often used to mean LG Electronics, which is a separate company from LG Display. Both part of the LG Group but with different management team and separate books.

Regards,
Ken Hong
Global Communications
LG Electronics
Seoul, Korea

[John @ Jul 19th 2009 7:19AM]

Finally something to put an end to the plasma/LCD war