LG is reportedly eyeing an early 2023 release for a 27-inch OLED monitor.
Sources recently told the Korean newspaper Hankooki (opens in a new tab) that LG Display, LG Electronics' panel-producing sister company, plans to start producing 27-inch and 32-inch OLED panels by the end of 2022, and the first it will be ready in november.
Therefore, LG plans to be able to use these 27-inch panels in a new mid-size monitor that is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2023. The smallest LG OLED monitor currently available is the 27-inch LG UltraFine Display OLED Pro, although it is equipped with Japanese JOLED panels, instead of LG Display.
Currently, the smallest LG product to carry panels produced by LG Display is the LG C2 OLED TV, which measures 42 inches.
LG Display's upcoming 32-inch OLED panels are expected to debut shortly after the 27-inch panels early next year, while production of its 42-inch OLED panels, the type used in the LG C2, should also speed up next month.
LG is responsible for some of the best OLED TVs on the market, but gamers and home professionals alike have been clamoring for a mid-size LG OLED monitor for some time. Demand for high-quality personal displays has been on the rise since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, as consumers continue to look to upgrade their home offices and entertainment facilities in light of work-at-home regulations. .
LG Display vice president Kang Won-Seok teased the impending launch of a 20-inch OLED panel in August 2022, but no LG monitor materialized in the months that followed.
So it's promising to hear that LG could be preparing a midsize OLED monitor for an early 2023 launch. If Hankooki's report is true, we expect to see that new 27-inch screen in some capacity at CES in 2023. in january.
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