Here’s something surprising: More than half of Samsung TVs are made from panels from other manufacturers, according to a report by a South Korean news outlet, electricity.
Samsung Electronics’ panel inventory analysis shows that four Chinese panel makers — CSOT, HKC, BOE and CHOT — account for nearly 60% of all panels used in Samsung TVs produced in 2023.
issue source? Samsung Display didn’t make nearly as many panels as previous years, which meant Samsung Electronics needed to look elsewhere for panels for its TVs. However, Samsung Display says it will increase its production to 38 million LCD TV panels this year from the 34.2 million it produced last year — still down from the 47.8 million it made in 2021.
With more LCD panels in the works, there’s a chance that more Samsung TVs made in 2024 will have Samsung screens, but as of now, it’s very likely that you’ll have a Chinese-made screen inside a 2023 Samsung TV.
What does Samsung Display do instead?
Instead of making more LCD TVs, Samsung Display (a separate entity from Samsung Electronics that exists under the same giant company) has put efforts into producing QD-OLED.
These QD-OLED panels are what’s used in the Samsung S95C OLED TV and Sony A95K OLED TV, which are two of the best TVs we’ve seen in 2023, so we can’t blame Samsung Display for wanting to move on to the next big thing.
There is nothing inherently wrong with using panels from other manufacturers. China Star Optoelectronics Technology, abbreviated to CSOT, is owned by TCL, which makes some truly amazing TVs in its own right. For example, the TCL QM8 is one of the brightest TVs we’ve ever tested.
It is also a common practice in the automotive industry where parts made by different factories are grouped together but still sold under a single brand name.
Regardless, it is important to know where the electronics are manufactured, so it is important to release such data to the public.
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