LG Display is investing heavily in OLED production up to 111 inches
Current LG OLEDs top out at 97 inches
Today’s 97-inch panel is much older tech than smaller panels
If you’re looking for home theater-size OLED TVs, you’ll soon encounter two hard limits: availability and affordability. You can’t currently buy an OLED larger than 97 inches because nobody makes them. And you probably can’t afford a 97-inch OLED TV because it’s terrifyingly expensive: today LG is listing its 97-inch OLED for $19,999 (reduced from $24,999) / £15,999. But it looks like both of those things are about to change. LG Display is reportedly investing big money in big OLED, though: it and its partner Guangzhou Development Zone Holding Group are reportedly investing an extra 1 billion yuan to upgrade its production facilities for giant OLED displays. As FlatpanelsHD reports, the market analysis company TrendForce says that the announced upgrades mainly target "large-size OLED module manufacturing, with products covering 77-inch, 83-inch, 97-inch, and 111-inch," with the ability to debut a 111-inch panel being a "major highlight of the project." Bigger and potentially more affordable TVs are always welcome. But we do have some questions. Hisense’s massive mini-LED TVs are spectacular, and the 98-inch costs a fraction of what you’d pay for a same-sized OLED (Image credit: Future) What panel is LG intending to use? The big question for us is whether the investment will mean improvements to the existing 97-inch panel’s technology…