Samsung will start production 65-inch OLED screens in a few years jaar

Samsung plans to produce quantum dot OLED screens in a size of 65″ and larger from 2021. The manufacturer will invest 13.1 trillion Korean won, converted about 10 billion euros, in a production line for the screens until 2025.

The production line in the South Korean city of Asan made LCDs for TVs until last month, Yonhap reports. At a meeting at the factory, Samsung executives said that from 2021, 30,000 sheets with 65″ screens or larger will have to roll off the production line based on its quantum dot technology. Production should increase in the following years. According to The Investor it concerns qd-oled screens.

Samsung confirmed earlier this year that it is working on QD OLED screens. With QD OLEDs, Samsung uses blue OLEDs with red and green color filters to get colors on the screen, while current OLED screens include white OLEDs. According to Samsung, the qd-oled TVs can display better colors than the existing OLED TVs from competitor LG, among others. Also the maximum brightness would be higher.

LG owns the patent for the production of OLED panels with white OLEDs, which means that Samsung cannot produce its own panels based on this technology. That is why Samsung has to use RGB OLEDs, the disadvantage of which is that the quality deteriorates because blue, green and red do not wear out evenly. Compared to red and green OLEDs, blue OLEDs have a disadvantage in terms of lifespan and efficiency, but perhaps Samsung has managed to improve the lifespan.

Factory of Samsung being converted. Source: Yonhap