The company says that its eight-generation glass-cutting technology will officially go online the second half of 2014. August 2, 2013 8:47 AM PDT The 55-inch LG curved OLED TV. (Credit: LG Electronics) LG is planning to dramatically increase its commitment to OLED screen production, the company has confirmed. In the second half of 2014, LG will bring online its eight-generation glass-cutting technology, a company spokesperson told Korea Times in an interview published on Friday. With that, the company will be able to start mass-producing OLED screens for televisions. According to LG, the facility will be capable of producing 26,000 glass sheets each month. The news comes as Samsung Display, which also has plans to mass-produce OLED TV screens, has yet to reveal plans for when it'll start its mass-production efforts. Related stories Don't hold your breath for a flat-panel LG OLED TV in the U.S. T-Mobile's LG Optimus F3 launches August 7 LG debuts QuickWindow cases for upcoming G2 smartphone G2 launch details outed by LG executive New Nexus 7 display may offer preview of iPad Mini to come OLED TVs have been in the works for years, but both LG and Samsung have had trouble producing the sensitive screens. That trouble has prompted error rates to rise and yields to fall well below those of comparably sized LCDs or plasmas. If LG is to be believed, some of those issues are starting to be worked out. Still, LG is proving slow to offer its panels to certain countries than consumers would like. A company spokesman told CNET on Thursday that LG plans to release only the curved version of its high-end OLED TV to the U.S. The flat-panel options will be available in South Korea for the time being, but nowhere else.
The company says that its eight-generation glass-cutting technology will officially go online the second half of 2014.
The 55-inch LG curved OLED TV.
(Credit: LG Electronics)
LG is planning to dramatically increase its commitment to OLED screen production, the company has confirmed.
In the second half of 2014, LG will bring online its eight-generation glass-cutting technology, a company spokesperson told Korea Times in an interview published on Friday. With that, the company will be able to start mass-producing OLED screens for televisions.
According to LG, the facility will be capable of producing 26,000 glass sheets each month. The news comes as Samsung Display, which also has plans to mass-produce OLED TV screens, has yet to reveal plans for when it'll start its mass-production efforts.
Related stories
- Don't hold your breath for a flat-panel LG OLED TV in the U.S.
- T-Mobile's LG Optimus F3 launches August 7
- LG debuts QuickWindow cases for upcoming G2 smartphone
- G2 launch details outed by LG executive
- New Nexus 7 display may offer preview of iPad Mini to come
OLED TVs have been in the works for years, but both LG and Samsung have had trouble producing the sensitive screens. That trouble has prompted error rates to rise and yields to fall well below those of comparably sized LCDs or plasmas. If LG is to be believed, some of those issues are starting to be worked out.
Still, LG is proving slow to offer its panels to certain countries than consumers would like. A company spokesman told CNET on Thursday that LG plans to release only the curved version of its high-end OLED TV to the U.S. The flat-panel options will be available in South Korea for the time being, but nowhere else.
