Will micro-LED ever really replace OLED? The next-gen TV tech takes a blow as Samsung's TV boss pulls back from investing in making it — it's a bad sign, but will TCL and Hisense keep the flag flying?
- Samsung is reportedly scaling back micro-LED TV production
- High production costs are an ongoing problem
- Facing a double blow of stagnant demand and rising costs
This time last year, we were told that micro-LED would make OLED and LCD redundant as it became affordable in smaller panels — but it seems that Samsung didn't get the memo. A new report says that it's scaling back its micro-LED business.
The report, by ETNews via DigiTimes, says that Samsung is reducing its micro-LED TV manufacturing after previously making the TVs on an order-to-order basis. That production has apparently stopped, with Samsung also outsourcing processes such as panel manufacturing and bonding, which is had previous done internally.
It's all about the numbers, it seems, and Samsung is having difficulty selling TVs that cost so much. According to ETNews' sources, Samsung is only selling "around 100 units" per year.
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