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According to Reuters , Samsung has inked a deal with LG to buy high-end white OLED (WOLED) TV panels from its long-standing rival. LG may start supplying the panels as soon as this quarter.
As we said above, LG is the only manufacturer of TV OLED panels. It uses these for its own sets, of course, but it also sells panels to other manufacturers such as Sony, Panasonic and Philips.
Following what were described as “lengthy negotiations”, Samsung and LG Display have struck an agreement which will see LG supply “millions” of white OLED panels for use in Samsung TVs. Reuters reports that Samsung will buy 2 million panels from LG Display in 2024, and between 3 and 5 million in subsequent years.
That's right, LG makes the OLED displays for Sony and Vizio, as well as LG-branded OLED TVs. So if you buy an OLED TV from Sony, for example, you're still getting an LG OLED panel, but you're paying for Sony's design, picture processing and audio technologies, as well as its smart operating system.
SEOUL, May 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd (034220. KS) will start supplying high-end TV panels to Samsung Electronic Co Ltd (005930.
LG OLED TVs
LG Display is the world's leading OLED TV panel producer, and LG Electronics is its largest customer - although LGD also supplies OLED panels to other companies including including Panasonic, Sony, Philips, Loewe, JVC, Hisense, Konka and others.
They were transmissive and required an LED backlight since the pixels didn't emit their own light. OLED panels are emissive, in that they emit their own light. This also meant that QLED didn't suffer burn-in issues like OLED, which was one of the reasons Samsung gave for shunning OLED.
LG's OLED technology offers a better picture in dark environments with near perfect blacks, although Samsung's QLED displays do better in bright rooms. Professional reviewers also say that LG's WebOS with ThinQ AI does better in searching through streaming content to watch.
All models of Samsung OLED TV range will be manufactured in India. Samsung OLED TV range consists of two series S95C and S90C. Both series come in three sizes 77-inch, 65-inch and 55-inch starting from INR 169,990.
Skin tones look better on the Samsung, but some colors sometimes look unnatural. On the other hand, the LG has better black levels in rooms with a bit of natural light, whereas the Samsung is best enjoyed in a completely dark room. The LG supports Dolby Vision and delivers a slightly more accurate HDR experience.
The Sony A95L is the successor to last year's award-winning A90L QD-OLED TV, and it uses Samsung Display's second-generation QD-OLED panel with improved color volume and higher peak brightness. It comes in 55-inch, 65-inch, and 77-inch size options.
The reason Samsung stopped making OLED TVs in 2013 is because they proved too costly to manufacture. Since then, it focused on quantum dot displays for the living room, and more recently adopted micro LED technology for its QLED televisions.
In January 2015, LG Display signed a long-term agreement with UDC for the supply of OLED materials and the right to use their patented OLED emitters. LG is the leader in the push for OLED Televisions.
One thing to note first off is that all OLED TVs sold by LG, Sony, Vizio, Hisense, Panasonic, Philips, and others use OLED screen panels made by LG Display Company (a sister company of LG Electronics).
OLED in brief
All TV manufacturers, such as LG Electronics, Sony, Panasonic, or TP Vision (Philips) buy their panels from the same manufacturer: LG Display. All OLED TVs that you can currently buy (2022) therefore use the same basic technology, namely WOLED or WRGB-OLED.
Samsung vs LG
Samsung TVs usually get a fair bit brighter and have better contrast, while LG TVs generally have much wider viewing angles and better smart features. While LG has more OLEDs in its lineup, Samsung has released its own OLED TVs known as QD-OLED, which produce brighter colors than LG's OLEDs.
In terms of picture quality, OLED TVs are generally considered to be the better option due to their perfect blacks and infinite contrast. However, QLED TVs can still produce very high levels of brightness and colour accuracy, and they are often more affordable than OLED TVs.
Samsung and LG are well-regarded for producing high-quality smart TVs. As a result, there is no clear winner as to which is best. With that said, there are some key differences between the two that may make one brand better than the other depending on what you are looking for in a television.
The lifespan of OLED TVs is a common concern among consumers, but the technology has proven to be reliable and durable. OLED TVs are known to have a lifespan of around 100,000 hours, which is equivalent to over a decade of use (with an average of 8-10 hours of watching hours daily).
Big brands like Sony, LG, and Samsung all have their own take on Mini LED panels for their TVs, and all signs point to it overtaking OLED as the go-to technology. Mini LED has been around since around 2021, but since then, more of the big brands have adopted it.
QLED displays handle motion better than OLEDs since most QLEDs offer variable refresh rates (VRR) and low input lag. Also, QLED TVs are generally less expensive and readily available in most markets, unlike QNED displays.
Samsung Inc. is the leader in OLED production and it uses OLEDs in almost all their flagship devices like Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and Note 5. 5. The use of OLEDs is seen in the curved TVs.
Interestingly, while both models will almost certainly use the same OLED panel – the latest-gen OLED EX from LG Display – Philips is claiming a peak brightness of 1000 nits. This would make it about 100 nits brighter than last year's C2, which LG has admitted the C3 is no brighter than.
Samsung and LG are undoubtedly the most notable of these. Interestingly, LG used a Samsung panel in its first laptop with an OLED screen, despite being a major panel supplier itself.