Samsung could say goodbye to LCDs starting in June

LCD TVs and monitors have now been used in any field for several years, supplanting the dear and old cathode ray tube televisions to which we have been accustomed for a long time until the first decade of the 2000s, where the need for large devices and with higher resolutions it has had to "retire" certain devices (however still popular for various purposes, such as retro gaming).

However, in recent times even LCD panels have seen a continuous evolution and the major manufacturers have moved to technologies such as OLED and QD LED, especially for the medium-high end of the market. Electronics giant Samsung is apparently preparing to shut down its latest LCD production lines six months earlier than expected, in June, according to the Korea Times. Since the news comes from anonymous "insiders", we cannot say with certainty that this is the truth, but we will have to wait for an official confirmation from the company itself.

The graph below, called Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), which shows the price index of TV panels in relation to the annual variation from January 2015 to today, highlights a rapid decline at the end of 2021 which suggests that the incredible demand encountered in 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic has practically stopped and, as a result, there is no need to produce as many LCDs as in the past.

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