[hkarthik]

Manufacturing costs and margins on LED-LCDs were far better for manufacturers and likely what killed Plasma.

Exploiting this aggressively helped Samsung win market share and become a top TV manufacturer, causing Panasonic and Pioneer to exit the business, and nearly kill off Sony. Their only real competition is on the low end with Vizio, HiSense, TCL, etc.

OLED still can’t match these margins, which is why only LG really makes them in large quantities. Others, including Samsung are dipping into OLED to capture the videophile market but not selling the sheer volume or making huge profits on them.

[NGRhodes]

> Manufacturing costs and margins on LED-LCDs were far better for manufacturers and likely what killed Plasma.

Yes, LEDs are hugely cheaper to manufacturer, allowing them to be priced at a point more suitable for mass markets, where people care more about price than quality (of LED compared to Plasma).

[hkarthik]

Yeah the big downside is the exponential explosion in e-waste with all the LCDs that went obsolete within a few years, with no real resale market since everyone is one click away from getting a brand new one on Amazon.

I'm still running a 13 year old LCD TV in a guest bedroom. Just the thought of trying to either sell or see it end up in a landfill upsets me.