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Will Curved TV Disappear in the Premium TV Market?

February 3, 2017

The curved TV introduced firstly in 2013 has attracted attention for a long time, and many companies including Samsung Electronics and China’s Hisense, Haier and TCL showcased curved TVs at CES 2016. In addition, newcomers including Xiaomi and LeTV released curved TVs, and Samsung Electronics organized ‘Curved Federation’ with China’s TV companies such as Hisense and TCL in August, 2016 to cooperate with each other for the expansion of curved market, and the reviews on the curved TV market are generally positive.

LG's OLED TV is expected to surpass 15% among total TV sales this year

January 31, 2017

During the conference call that reported operating profits, LG Electronics announced on January 25 that OLED TVs accounted for below 5% of its total TV sales volume in 2015, but more than doubled in 2016 and achieved 10%. In addition, the share of LG’s OLED TV in the premium market over 2,000 dollars has rapidly increased, and it has solidified its leadership in the high-end OLED TV market. Therefore, LG said OLED TV sales are expected to rise and accordingly account for more than 15% of its total TV sales in 2017.

LG Display Invests 5 Trillion Won in OLED Business, including Plastic OLED

January 26, 2017

LG DISPLAY has decided to change its business portfolio to concentrate organic light-emitting diode (OLED) business. Through the conference call that reported operating profits in the fourth quarter of 2016, LG Display announced on January 24 that it plans to invest some 5 trillion won in facilities this year, and put investment in OLED including Gen6 Plastic OLED and large-size OLED manufacturing facilities. Especially, its investment in OLED is expected to rise to 70% by 20% in 2017, compared to last year with a plan to expand the OLED market.

Samsung Electronics, Recorded operating profit of 1. 34 trillion won in display business

January 25, 2017

Samsung Electronics announced that they recorded sales of 7.42 trillion won and operating profit of 1.34 trillion won in display business through 4Q 2016 having been progressed on the 24th. This company recorded large scale surplus that exceeded continuous 1 trillion won for two quarters following last 3Q.

All about OLED in one place, UBI Research, ‘3rd OLED KOREA Conference’ will be held

January 24, 2017

UBI Research plans to hold the 3rd OLED KOREA Conference with the theme of "Lessons from History and How OLED Can Evolve” at Novotel Ambassador Hotel on Mar. 8 (Wed) to 9 (Thu).

OLED TV, fiercely chasing SUHD TV Price

January 23, 2017

OLED TV price is being fallen continuously, and is fiercely chasing SUHD TV price. In Amazon (www.amazon.com), the price of 65inch 4k UHD OLED TV (OLED65B6), LG Electronic model of March 2016, was US$ 3,147 based on December 2016, and US$ 1,600 appeared to be dropped compared to US$ 4,747, price of July 2016. The price of 55inch 4k UHD OLED TV (OLED5B6) was US$ 2,097, and US$ 800 was fallen compared to US$ 2,897, the price of July 2016.

The image quality is enough, AMOLED for user’s eye health is general trend now.

January 20, 2017

Modern people who are exposed to electronic devices such as smart phones, PCs, TVs, and monitors can cause fatigue and dry eye syndrome by blue light which might damage the retina or lens in severe case. It may especially disturb a restful sleep by affecting melatonin negatively which is the secretion of sleep-inducing hormone.

Expect to hit 1 trillion won in OLED emitting material market for 2017

January 20, 2017

The OLED emitting material market grew by 15%, about US$ 650 million versus 2015 according to “OLED emitting material Report-2nd data spread sheet” of Ubi research and it expects to achieve about US$ 980 million that over 1 trillion won in terms of Korean currency in 2017.

[CES2017] LG Display, Successful Development of a Talking Display First in the World

January 10, 2017

LG Display completed the dream having been hoped from flat display, and opened the product firstly in private booth of CES2017.

[CES2017] LG Electronics Press Conference and Exhibition Trend

January 10, 2017

LG Electronics having a virtual monopoly on the OLED TV market has mentioned at the CES2017 press conference that the new OLED TV in 2017 is "LG Signature OLED TV W". The"W" means "Wallpaper TV".

[CES2017] The load of the TVs : Return of the king

January 9, 2017

Sony has unveiled its BRAVIA OLED adapted a 4K HDR process X1 on 77-inch and 65-inch Crystal Sound OLED panels which is directly developed by Sony and produced by LG Display.

OLED panel for automotive display to be applied from 2018/The core issue is for its life-time extension.

January 6, 2017

According to the "Automotive Display Report - Application & Market Trend Analysis and the Market Forecast" published by Ubi Research, OLED panels are expected to be applied to automotive cluster and CID in earnest from 2018.