LG Display will launch a 20-inch OLED panel this year

According to Korean media the Elec, LG Display plans to launch a 20-inch OLED panel for personal devices by the end of this year. The news has been confirmed by LG Display.

Recently, LG Display vice President Kang Won-seok said at a forum hosted by the Korea Display Industry Association that demand for personal displays has increased during the pandemic, and the new panel-size model is designed to meet that demand.

LG Display hasn't commented on its plans for mass production of its 20-inch OLED panel, so it's unclear whether the panel will be available for displays and laptops in 2023. It also gave no details about resolution or other specs.

He added that OLED panels for gaming were developed with an immersive picture effect, while those for traditional TVS wanted to provide a natural vision.

Back at the beginning of this year, LG Display had said that it plans to develop 20-inch and 30-inch OLED for PC gaming at some point in the future. Demand for gaming OLED panels has also increased during the pandemic, with fast response time being a top priority, while the company is also working to ensure that the realistic resolution of its panels remains the same even when the surrounding environment is too bright.

LG Display is also currently working to acquire a bendable OLED technology and is reportedly in talks with a customer to develop such a technology. Kang Won-seok revealed that the technology enables consumers to control the curvature of the screen based on the games they play. The analysis shows that most consumers prefer curvature between 800R-1000R (equivalent to a circle with a radius of 1000mm).

Kang Won-seok also said the company's white OLED technology is the only one capable of providing a bendable screen because it uses only one type of substrate. It was an unstated swipe at Samsung Display's quantum dot OLED screen, which uses two kinds of glass substrates.

He also said that LG Display plans to launch a 77-inch transparent OLED screen next year. Currently, LG Display's largest transparent OLED screen is 55 inches.

LG Display is mass-producing small OLED panels for watches and smartphones, as well as large OLED panels for TVS, ranging in size from 42 inches to the upcoming 97 inches. For the consumer market, there is no difference between the two, but this will change in the near future.