If you haven’t yet invested in a new QD-OLED TV like the Sony A95K or Samsung S95B because you’ve been waiting for a price drop, we have some good news for you: Samsung Display, the only company currently manufacturing QD-OLED panels, is expected to boost its production capacity. QD-OLED by 50% by 2024.
When production ramps up, manufacturers like Samsung Electronics and Sony will have access to more boards which, in theory, should help keep cost down because they save money by buying boards in bulk.
Currently, Samsung Display only produces panels in five sizes: 32-inch, 49-inch, 55-inch, 65-inch and 77-inch. The last three sizes are the panels that go into QD-OLED TVs while the first two sizes are the panels that go into QD-OLED screens.
As for when we can expect the next batch of TVs to be available to the public, we hope to see the 2023 Samsung S95C QD-OLED available by the end of March or early April — though Samsung has yet to confirm this.
QD-OLED just follows the usual path of technology
The information in this report comes to us from a Korean newspaper called welcome (Opens in a new tab) Which cites UBI Research, a group of professional analysts in Korea, China and Japan.
The report helps explain how the technology is getting cheaper over time, yet you can make the case that QD-OLED TVs are following the same path we saw for OLED TVs, LED-LCD TVs, and even Plasma TVs a few years ago. All of these technologies cost a lot in the beginning—usually because that’s when research costs are the highest and production returns are the lowest. The next year, research costs go down, production goes up and then the cost to you goes down.
What makes this report noteworthy, however, is that we have a very strict timeline for when and how much production will ramp up. These numbers usually don’t escape a company’s board of directors, so making them available to the larger public is a good thing.
Knowing when technology will become cheaper allows you to make better buying decisions – and it helps us know when to recommend a new product or hold off on something until the next generation.
Not sure if you can wait until 2024 for a new big screen TV? Check out our guide to the best Super Bowl TV deals as well as the best deals going right now for the Sony A95K and Samsung S95B.
