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QTMM DD ALERT LG to develop quantum dot TVs in ‘dual-track strategy’

A senior LG official has confirmed the company is planning to develop quantum dot (QD) televisions for the consumer market.

Speaking on 29 October, LG's CFO Jung Do-Hyun said: 'We are pursuing a dual-track strategy with quantum dot and OLED.'

Low-cost
LG plans to follow Sony and TCL into making low-cost LCD-QD displays – Source: SonyQD screens are still an evolving technology, but it offers significant price advantages compared to OLEDs in the short to medium term. LG's most competitively priced 55-inch OLED screen is now selling for $3,500 (€2,785), leaving a significant gap in its portfolio for less expensive models.

Quantum dots can be twinned with existing LCD technology to give a colour resolution that approaches that of OLED at a much lower price in a well-proven production method.

Sony has used the nanocrystals in its Triluminos range since 2013, and TCL debuted a new range of QD televisions at IFA 2014 on 5 September. Samsung is also believed to be investigating quantum dot technology. Hence despite its lead in OLED production, LG has had to move to prevent falling behind in this cheaper technology.

Maturing supply
The supply market for quantum dot nanocrystals is developing rapidly. In September 2014, Dow Chemical announced its will open a new large-scale quantum dot production facility at Cheonan, South Korea in 2015. This will manufacture the same Trevista cadmium-free quantum dots that are used in Sony's screens.

**US firm Quantum Materials is also stepping up production for 2015, having acquired a suite of patents for heavy metal-free QD technology built up by Bayer. Speaking to +Plastic Electronics in September, its vice president for R&D David Doderer revealed the company will quadruple its output - currently 250kg per year - by January 2015.

Quantum Materials reports it is in discussions with Asian display manufacturers as the primary market for these increased volumes. CEO David Squires says: 'We have a couple of opportunities for joint development with certain firms. In those situations we could set up a dedicated plant close to where the display manufacturer is based.**

http://www.plusplasticelectronics.com/ConsumerElectronics/lg-to-develop-quantum-dot-tvs-in-dual-track-strategy-123377.aspx

Bottom line their scaling back on OLED and going with QDLED.

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