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Carrie Marshall

Will micro-LED ever really replace OLED? The next-gen TV tech takes a blow as Samsung's TV boss pulls back from investing in making it — it's a bad sign, but will TCL and Hisense keep the flag flying?

Samsung's 140-inch micro-LED at CES 2026. showing the screen on the side of the TV panel as well as the front TV panel. A night-time image of a city is shown, with brightly lit buildings spilling from the front onto the side screen.
  • Samsung is reportedly scaling back micro-LED TV production
  • High production costs are an ongoing problem
  • Facing a double blow of stagnant demand and rising costs

This time last year, we were told that micro-LED would make OLED and LCD redundant as it became affordable in smaller panels — but it seems that Samsung didn't get the memo. A new report says that it's scaling back its micro-LED business.

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