This year's 42in OLED TVs could be less than $1000

[What Hi-Fi?]

OLED display report shows how a panel manufacture technology should make some TVs surprisingly affordable.

This year's 42in OLED TVs could be less than $1000 : Read more

 

[Friesiansam]

The key comparison, though, is that LG can only get six 55in TVs out of that same size of OLED substrate. That puts that cost price of each 42in panel at around $250 to produce while a 55in TV panel is closer to $375 – 50 per cent more.

So, with a 55in OLED TV at retail in 2021 thought to be around $1500, then we can reasonably expect its 42in sibling to come in at the magic $1000 mark, bringing OLED TVs firmly into a healthy midrange budget.

Given that it is only the actual OLED panel that may be around a third cheaper, that doesn't make any sense. The total manufacturing cost is likely to be much less than a third cheaper, especially the electronics as they are most likely going to be the same just, possibly, with different firmware to suit a lower cost model.

 

[Mr D]

I am close to buying a 48 inch LG OLED so finding out they may be doing a 42 inch one soon makes me pause a while. The thing is I doubt they will be out in the next few weeks certainly not before April 2021 so I think I will stick to the 48 inch LG.