Samsung Electronics plans to cancel its plan to produce 70-inch MicroLED TVs in 2022, but retains plans to launch 89-, 101-, and 114-inch MicroLED TVs for the home market. MicroLED is more advanced than MiniLED backlight technology. A single light source is only the size of one pixel, and it can display red, green, and blue independently, which is very difficult to manufacture. Samsung said it will apply LTPS and TFT technology in these TVs, based on glass substrates.
Samsung launched a 110-inch MicroLED TV earlier this year. The screen part uses a printed circuit board. This method is difficult to apply when the size of the LED chip becomes smaller, so it cannot further reduce the size while maintaining the same resolution. The LTPS TFT technology is more advanced than the PCB method, and can produce 70 to 80 inches of TV, which is expected to have a 4K resolution.
Some media said that with current technology, it is difficult for the price of 4K MicroLED TVs below 100 inches to be less than 100 million won (about 84648 dollars). In contrast, large-size OLED TVs with 8K resolution are much cheaper. This makes small size TVs such as 70 inches uncompetitive.
Samsung previously planned to purchase transistors from AU Optronics, but instead used its own Samsung Display Company's LTPS TFT.
Samsung launched a 110-inch MicroLED TV earlier this year. The screen part uses a printed circuit board. This method is difficult to apply when the size of the LED chip becomes smaller, so it cannot further reduce the size while maintaining the same resolution. The LTPS TFT technology is more advanced than the PCB method, and can produce 70 to 80 inches of TV, which is expected to have a 4K resolution.
Some media said that with current technology, it is difficult for the price of 4K MicroLED TVs below 100 inches to be less than 100 million won (about 84648 dollars). In contrast, large-size OLED TVs with 8K resolution are much cheaper. This makes small size TVs such as 70 inches uncompetitive.
Samsung previously planned to purchase transistors from AU Optronics, but instead used its own Samsung Display Company's LTPS TFT.