Samsung’s $132,000 microLED TV hits the market in Korea

Fashions pose with Samsung Electronics’ 114-inch microLED TV, which was accessible for order in Korea on Tuesday with a worth ranging from 180 million gained. [SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS]

 
Samsung Electronics goes after the ultra-premium TV market by launching an enormous 114-inch microLED TV in Korea on Tuesday.
 
It prices 180 million gained ($132,000) per unit, equal to the price of three midsize sedans. 
 
The 114-inch product is the most important possibility among the many microLED TV lineup accessible from Samsung in Korea. It has supplied 89-inch and 101-inch choices, and earlier revealed a 140-inch display at CES 2024.
 
Samsung mentioned it began receiving orders for the ultra-premium TV on Tuesday with an actual product on show at Hyundai Division Retailer’s Pangyo department in Bungdang, Gyeonggi.
 
“MicroLED is the last word show that displays the most effective traits of different TVs out there,” mentioned an official from the tech big.
 
“Samsung Electronics will lead the ultra-premium TV market by widening choices for purchasers that know the worth of ultrahigh show high quality with top-notch know-how.”
 
MicroLED makes use of clusters of microscopic self-emitting LEDs to type pixels, enabling considerably higher brightness and distinction in comparison with natural light-emitting diodes (OLED). 
 
The know-how has been on the middle of Samsung Electronics’ technique to take the lead within the nascent ultra-premium market in mild of LG Electronics’ agency dominance in OLED and Chinese language corporations’ stranglehold in the marketplace for cheaper LED TVs.
 
The 114-inch microLED TV is already accessible in different markets together with the US, the Center East and China, in accordance with the TV maker.

BY JIN EUN-SOO [jin.eunsoo@joongang.co.kr]

Leave a Comment