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I believe we are confusing lots of things here. Profit isn't everything. Samsumg electronics is investing in semiconductors and also in OLED screens production

I believe we are confusing lots of things here. Profit isn't everything. Samsumg electronics is investing in semiconductors and also in OLED screens production. I see OLED as the future and just Samsumg and LG investing on them. OLED are very expensive today because there is no mass production of them, and because they are so expensive nobody buys them on TVs as they have hi def LCDs way cheaper. It is catch 22. I for one am waiting for OLED TV prices to be reasonable to buy 4 of them. Samsumg has a very good position as he is using the phones and tablets market to start mass producing OLED panels. When people change to OLED, and they will(because it is amazing tech), Samsumg will have a big advantage.

jackweirdy 12y ago
Samsumg? How did you consistently spell that wrong?
headShrinker 12y ago
I disagree. Customers will buy OLED simply because the price is right in comparison to other options. Consumers don't want 2k, 4k, OLED, bend-y screens or anything else, which is why OLED is not emerging. Distributers want 2k and 4k so they can sell licenses to previous license owners. (Maybe mobile device manufacturing wants OLED for battery efficiency but it's not a huge power savings anyway.) There are also a number of technical hurdles that become pronounced on OLED screens as big as 50". Polls indicate consumers are quite happy with the current LED LCD HD at the associated price point. A perfect example is the average consumer doesn't even know what OLED is or what benefits it offers. The fact that you do, means you are not average, and are not considered as the majority buyer group. In fact, the benefits OLED offers, the customer already thinks they have, because screen manufacturing sales lingo is so completely f-ed up. The current top of the line HD LED tv is not backlit. Its edge lit. I did extensive research only to find out actual backlighting, what they call "active matrix backlighting" is only on LED TVs starting around $7k to $15k. All this is an example of 'here is the newest best technology that you need to have'. The bad news is, the customer just spent 2k on a big ass TV 3 years ago and they aren't going to by a new one for at least 3 to 5 more years... OLED is going to take it's sweet time getting here, 3 to 5 years. Meanwhile 2k and 4k is going to arrive in the next year or so because of pressure from distributers.

jackweirdy 12y ago

Samsumg? How did you consistently spell that wrong?

headShrinker 12y ago

I disagree. Customers will buy OLED simply because the price is right in comparison to other options. Consumers don't want 2k, 4k, OLED, bend-y screens or anything else, which is why OLED is not emerging. Distributers want 2k and 4k so they can sell licenses to previous license owners. (Maybe mobile device manufacturing wants OLED for battery efficiency but it's not a huge power savings anyway.) There are also a number of technical hurdles that become pronounced on OLED screens as big as 50". Polls indicate consumers are quite happy with the current LED LCD HD at the associated price point. A perfect example is the average consumer doesn't even know what OLED is or what benefits it offers. The fact that you do, means you are not average, and are not considered as the majority buyer group. In fact, the benefits OLED offers, the customer already thinks they have, because screen manufacturing sales lingo is so completely f-ed up. The current top of the line HD LED tv is not backlit. Its edge lit. I did extensive research only to find out actual backlighting, what they call "active matrix backlighting" is only on LED TVs starting around $7k to $15k. All this is an example of 'here is the newest best technology that you need to have'. The bad news is, the customer just spent 2k on a big ass TV 3 years ago and they aren't going to by a new one for at least 3 to 5 more years... OLED is going to take it's sweet time getting here, 3 to 5 years. Meanwhile 2k and 4k is going to arrive in the next year or so because of pressure from distributers.