'OLED TVs Will Finally Take Off in 2017' (engadget.com)

From a feature article on Engadget: After years of taunting consumers with incredible picture quality, but insanely high prices, OLED TVs are finally coming down to Earth. Prices are falling, there will be even more models to choose from and, at least based on what we've seen from CES this year, LCD TVs aren't getting many upgrades. If you've been holding out on a 4K TV upgrade, but haven't had the budget to consider OLED up until now, expect things to change this year. Even before CES began, it was clear the OLED market was beginning to change. Throughout 2016, LG steadily lowered the prices of its lineup -- its cheapest model, the B6, launched at $4,000, but eventually made its way down to $2,000 by October. Come Black Friday, LG also offered another $200 discount to sweeten the pot. A 55-inch 4K OLED for $1,800! It was such a compelling deal I ended up buying one myself. Since then, the B6's price has jumped back up to $2,500, but I wouldn't be surprised to see its price come back down again. So why the big discounts? LG reportedly increased the production of its large OLED panels by 70 percent last year, likely in anticipation of more demand. That could have led to a slight oversupply, which retailers wanted to clear out before this year's sets.

Comments

I want QLED

[HalAtWork]

QLED for me. More power efficient, longer lasting color vibrance (won't yellow or fade), cheaper.

Re:I want QLED

[grimr]

There are two types of quantum dot TV technologies. That wikipedia article talks about both of them but makes it sound like they're talking about the current "so-called Quantum Dot TVs" for the whole article if you skipped over the explanation in the second paragraph at the to of the article.

In the History section they talk about the current TVs which as you also said are just an LCD display with quantum dots in place of the colour filters.

But in the Working principle section onward they talk about Quantum Dot LEDs. These, as they mention, work on the OLED design where each sub pixel emits light directly. These TVs are not out yet.

The GP I believe was talking about Quantum Dot LEDs. These are indeed more power efficient, won't colour fade and cheaper. They also offer higher brightness than LCD (no backlight) and the high contrast ratio that Plasma and OLED are famous for. They also have a faster response time than LCD as they emit light directly instead of having to wait for liquid crystals to realign.

All the current quantum dot LCD TVs offer is better colour gamut which most consumers won't care about.

Re:Who cares?

[houstonbofh]

Just because you do not know them does not mean there are no differences... http://gizmodo.com/why-is-oled...
Why's it so great?
The LEDs in today's LED televisions are actually used only to provide a white back light, which then shines through a rapidly-refreshing LCD shutter array which tints the emanating light. OLEDs, on the other hand, operate as both light source and color array simultaneously. This may not sound like a big difference, but does offer a wide range of benefits including:
Lower power consumption
Better picture quality
Better durability and lighter weight

So the fact that cool previously expensive features are getting cheaper is news...

Re:Who cares?

[Anonymous Coward]

Anyone who cares about the quality of the TV image should care because the differences between OLED and LCD are significant when it comes to dark images. Unlike an LCD TV, an OLED TV has no backlight. The individual OLED pixels produce the light you see. The significance of this is that when a section of the image is black, it's truly black, as- in absence of light black. An LCD TV on the other hand uses a fluorescent or LED light source behind the liquid crystal display. When a section of the image is black, you can still see the back light. It causes what is known as "back light bleed" where you see a non-uniform splotchy black or grayness in the dark areas of the screen.