Expect even cheaper 4K TVs soon, thanks to a perfect storm for price drops

Home News Televisions The Samsung QN85B is exactly the kind of 4K TV that could benefit massively from lower prices. (Image credit: Samsung) Over the last few months, we’ve been covering the behind-the-scenes news in the TV industry that screen prices have been consistently dropping, which has the potential to mean big falls in TV prices later in the year. That’s because TVs being produced around now, from components that have dropped in price, will be on shelves towards the end of the year – ready for the big sales events, including Black Friday. That means the best TV deals might be even bigger than usual.We’ve already seen signs of this – the price war between LG and Samsung has been hotting up even faster than usual.And now a trio of reports in Digitimes suggests that the events causing the price drops have barely begun. First, there’s confirmation that the price of LCD panels has continued to fall this month (opens in new tab). Then, there’s a report that Samsung is planning to reduce the number of TV screens it orders (opens in new tab), meaning there may be surplus screens from manufacturers that they’ll want to sell off cheap. And finally, there’s a report that the makers of LCD screens have been cutting… Click below to read the full story from TechRadar
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