The days of LCD research and development have come and gone, according to an industry insider who spoke to Merck KGaA, one of the main suppliers of liquid crystal displays to companies like Samsung and LG.
In short, the reason is that all new R&D money is being spent on self-emissive displays like MicroLED and OLED, as well as on backlight technology like Mini-LED.
As far as the actual liquid crystal display components are concerned, we’ve hit the pinnacle of what they can do.
Does that mean LED-LCD TVs dead in the water? Not necessarily. As we’ve seen from Vizio, TCL, Samsung, LG and Sony, there’s still a huge demand for lower-cost LED-LCD TVs as well as LED-LCD monitors. Those will continue to be produced for years to come — and will likely continue to drop in price — just don’t expect to see many improvements on them compared to their more expensive counterparts.