If you look at the list of best TVs, you will definitely find the best OLED TVs among them The true blacks that you get from an OLED display make it an excellent choice for anyone considering an upgrade And now that upgrade may be cheaper

According to a new report from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), both OLED and QD-OLED panels should become cheaper in the next few years (h/t FlatpanelsHD) in 2022, a combination of factors will cause display production costs, this is a promising trend This is particularly alarming for WOLED displays, where costs were rising last year, despite a significant drop in costs the year before

So what does this actually mean: if, as DSCC predicts, the cost of these display panels will fall year after year, new TVs should be able to launch with lower starting prices than the previous year

And thanks to the fact that one display manufacturer serves multiple TV manufacturers, there are many brands that can keep their prices low [LG Display's current primary OLED technology is WOLED, an OLED display that adds white subpixels to the standard red, green, and blue subpixels contained in each OLED pixel The advantage of this technology is that it is better at preventing image burn-in, at the expense of some color accuracy

With its own WOLED displays in TVs like the LG C3 OLED TV, LG has dominated the OLED market In fact, Samsung, which has its own display subsidiary called Samsung Display, just announced a deal with LG Display, which will purchase 2 million 77-inch and 83-inch WOLED panels from LG next year

In other words, thanks to WOLED being cheaper for LG, the per-panel cost of 55-inch panels is expected to drop by more than $100 between now and 2026, and the savings should spill over to Samsung's TVs

But it's not just WOLED that is expected to see cost savings; DSCC also predicts that improvements at Samsung Display could lower 65-inch QD-OLED costs by as much as 30% [because there is an argument that QD-OLED panels are superior to WOLED panels Its RGB OLED pixels produce more accurate colors than WOLED displays, and its use of quantum dot filters ("QD" in QD-OLED) provides greater color accuracy when the TV display is viewed off-axis (ie, not looking straight on)

But again, not one company is enjoying these benefits Sony also uses QD-OLED panels in its TVs, most notably in its Sony A95L OLED TVs

Thus, these cost reductions could ultimately drive down prices for LG, Samsung, and Sony Since these are arguably the top three TV manufacturers, many of the best TV candidates we have tested so far may reap these benefits We will know for sure next year when the 2024 TV lineup is announced