- OLED PANEL COSTS HAVE FALLED WITH AT AT AT HIGHOE IN FIVE YEARS
- Prices are expected to fall further in 2026
- Savings are probably quite modest
Whether it’s LCD, OLED or RGB-led, each new kind of TV-Tech begins its life with absolutely eye-catching prices. The good news is that these prices come down over time, and for OLED TVs, they have lost quite significantly in the last five years – and they will continue to fall in the coming year.
According to the industry reported by Flatpanelshd, the cost of a 65-inch OLED panel from the LG Display was $ 1,000 by 2020. It dropped to $ 600 by 2024 and is expected to fall below $ 500 before the end of 2025. Additional reductions are expected in 2026.
And of course it’s not just 65 inches of OLED panels; It is panels of all sizes, including larger, with the cost of 77-inch and 83-inch panels that are noticeably falling in the last year or so.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that the really big savings probably will not be transferred to us. Or at least not all of them will because display companies have to recover their initial and ongoing investments in people, production lines and premises.
Why OLED -TVs become cheaper to manufacture
Moving to a new kind of TV panel is not cheap. Manufacturers have to invest in new machines and often throughout new factories to put that machines in. They have to train their people and they need to improve production efficiency to deliver higher yields and lower waste. In short, they have to spend plenty of money ahead.
Over time, this money begins to be repaid. As the Korean newspaper Biz Chosun explains, for LG display, line expansions and improvement of the yield are an effort, ”which began to pay last year”, which achieves a 30% reduction in production costs. “Next year, the company is aiming for further cost cuts through a design innovation that changes the display structure,” the report said.
Biz Chosun also says that the falling production costs could depart the existential threat from RGB LED, the so -called OLED Killer, at the pass. “The cost of LED chips that make up the RGB -LED -Background Lighting, most of the panel unit price is drawn,” explained its industry. “When you include backlighting and driver costs, it is effectively estimated at the $ 400 -$ 600 level, corresponding to the OLED panel production costs, and it can even be more expensive.”
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