Samsung Display Invests $3.1 Billion into OLED Production in South Korea

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Samsung Electronics has announced that its sub-division, Samsung Display, is planning to invest $3.1 billion until 2026 in Asan, South Korea to manufacture advanced organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panels. The country's ministry stated that Samsung's next generation of OLED display panels will be integrated into tablets and laptops. There are already rumors swirling that Apple has contracted with Samsung Display to produce parts for a refresh of the MacBook Pro range that is set to debut at some point before 2026.

Industry insiders are claiming that the substantial investment into the company's Asan, South Chungcheong factory will help fulfil orders placed by Apple for iPad and MacBook OLED displays - the North American company has not officially confirmed an adoption of that type of screen technology for these product ranges. Samsung is likely trying to secure a long term relationship with the Silicon Valley behemoth, and at the same time outmaneuver its competitors in South Korea as well as those in neighboring nations. It has been reported that domestic rival LG is currently unable to take on new orders, as its display factories are functioning at maximum production capacities.



Samsung Display announced plans to stop manufacturing LCD screens by the end of 2020, but delays meant that production halted two years later. The company has sold many of its old LCD manufacturing facilities to international competitors, and has since re-focused on its QD-OLED screen technology for televisions, and now it appears to be doubling down on premium OLED solutions for a well heeled client. Japanese OLED display manufacturer JOLED announced last week that it would be shutting down after fulfilling orders for several clients. One company in their order book is Apple, so Samsung Display's sudden announcement today was well timed.



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[phanbuey]

They need to invest in some better QA people... All of my sammy displays have weird issues with pixel inversion, backlights dying etc.

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

They need to invest in some better QA people... All of my sammy displays have weird issues with pixel inversion, backlights dying etc.

Don't buy Korean then?

 

[cvaldes]

Don't buy Korean then?

He could buy LG which is also Korean. His comment seems to be focused on Samsung specifically not Korean technology manufacturers as a whole.

 

[Space Lynx]

As a lover of OLED, any news like this is good news to me.

 

[bonehead123]

They need to invest in some better QA people... All of my sammy displays have weird issues with pixel inversion, backlights dying etc.

Do you have old or new ones, and are you talking about TV's or actual computer monitors ?

Just wondering, cause I have a mix of 9 in my house, some as old as 6 yrs, others as new as 6 months, and none of them have any issues whatsoever....

 

[phanbuey]

Do you have old or new ones, and are you talking about TV's or actual computer monitors ?

Just wondering, cause I have a mix of 9 in my house, some as old as 6 yrs, others as new as 6 months, and none of them have any issues whatsoever....

1 TV 2 years old, half the side of the TV backlighting shut off -- 2 monitors 1- 240Hz G7 1440P VA 1000R panel $900-- horrible inversion on certain colors, widely documented issue - another monitor - 4k 28" $700 worked fine, then green lines down the center of the screen one day out of nowhere.

Took the 28" back and got a 32" 4k gigabyte IPS at 144Hz.

Here is the inversion issue:
(1) Samsung Odyssey G9 and DSC+240Hz issues (RTX 3080) : ultrawidemasterrace (reddit.com)

here is a review talking about it as well:
(2) Samsung's Quality Control Fail - Fixing the Broken Odyssey Neo G9 - YouTube

out of 3 displays, all 3 have broken or defective. They've been replaced with LG, Dell and Gigabyte with no issues (so far).

 

[R-T-B]

Don't buy Korean then?

Nothing inherently wrong with Korean tech that I know of... but I do kind of feel the same about Samsung, personally.

 

[Hyderz]

i used to work in an electronics store and people who normally purchase a relatively expensive tv or laptop etc, i normally encourage them to extend their warranty a few more years
up to 6 years... because tv is an investment and how often do you change tv? i see tvs come in for repairs regularly and its all different makes and models....
tv is pretty much like light bulbs where it is mass produced and there maybe one or two that is defective out 1000 made...

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

Nothing inherently wrong with Korean tech that I know of... but I do kind of feel the same about Samsung, personally.

I'd sort of agree but the catch is Korea out ran Japanese and US display makers by being cheaper, not better. I'm typing this on an LG monitor now with a PC that has samsung based memory in it and some samsung SSDs and they do fine there but on displays it's iffy.

I had an LG OLED fail, never again for that. While I'm aware SONY sources it's TV OLED panels from LG we went with the SONY the next time around and there have been zero issues and support is better. Known a couple other people with LG OLED that screwed up in some place or just flat out died. Then there is the issue that the LG monitors for apple were a disaster and riddled with problems. The build quality for the SONY also blows the LG away. I also wouldn't buy an LG or Samsung audio solution for the TV. We went with Klipsch, again much better.

In the case of Samsung they make a ton of stuff from ram to home appliances. Some of it is pretty good, some of it is garbage. I'd be leery of any sort of "the most commonly bought brand out there" for any sort of consumer based electronics. And I'll freely dunk on lots of American brands as well!

 

[mrnagant]

Rtings burn in test doesn't seem to be looking good for QD-OLED. It does the same number of compensation cycles as the LG does, but is suffering from burn-in while the LG is not. Would be cool if they were able to afford a larger sample size. As more monitors go with QD-OLED this could become problematic if this is a worse issue on QD-OLED displays.

I'd sort of agree but the catch is Korea out ran Japanese and US display makers by being cheaper, not better. I'm typing this on an LG monitor now with a PC that has samsung based memory in it and some samsung SSDs and they do fine there but on displays it's iffy.

I had an LG OLED fail, never again for that. While I'm aware SONY sources it's TV OLED panels from LG we went with the SONY the next time around and there have been zero issues and support is better. Known a couple other people with LG OLED that screwed up in some place or just flat out died. Then there is the issue that the LG monitors for apple were a disaster and riddled with problems. The build quality for the SONY also blows the LG away. I also wouldn't buy an LG or Samsung audio solution for the TV. We went with Klipsch, again much better.

In the case of Samsung they make a ton of stuff from ram to home appliances. Some of it is pretty good, some of it is garbage. I'd be leery of any sort of "the most commonly bought brand out there" for any sort of consumer based electronics. And I'll freely dunk on lots of American brands as well!

Only way to know for sure is looking at failure rates which can be hard to find solid data on. If Sony only sells a fraction of OLED TVs than LG does, it will be harder to come across failures when in fact they could have slightly higher failure rates.

Overtime, with the nature of OLED, it would not surprise me if Sony's become more problematic sooner. LG OLEDs do 7x the amount of compensation cycles than Sony has their TVs programmed for. So overtime they could see higher failure rates caused by burn-in.

Something like the build quality might be pretty subjective. Rtings gives both LG and Sony OLEDs a 9/10.

In terms of not buying Samsung or LG for audio, yes these guys might make some budget super low end and cheap stuff that isn't good, but they can also make expensive higher end stuff as well. In the end you could just be missing out depending on how the technical review trends go. Rtings has Samsung rated pretty high and recommended buy for say their sound bars even though they have tested Klipsch stuff as well. It isn't even recommended. Maybe Klipsch makes some fantastic home theater speakers, but if you are looking for a soundbar maybe you don't want to buy Klipsch.

 

[R-T-B]

I had an LG OLED fail, never again for that

That's the thing about ancedetoes. I own an LG OLED. Have for 4 years now. Spotless product.

 

[dir_d]

I think Rtings test is flawed because its not average usage. The problem on QD OLED seems to stem from uneven wear because of the high saturation needed because no white oled pixel. I think the Rtings test exacerbates this with its always on usage.

 

[R-T-B]

I think Rtings test is flawed because its not average usage. The problem on QD OLED seems to stem from uneven wear because of the high saturation needed because no white oled pixel. I think the Rtings test exacerbates this with its always on usage.

That is kind of the point of the test though: static elements.