Overview
- LG confirmed to FlatpanelsHD that it has stopped manufacturing 8K OLED and 8K LCD panels and put 8K OLED development on hold with a readiness to restart if market conditions change.
- With Panasonic holding a small global share, Samsung is effectively the only major brand still offering 8K in 2026, unveiling the 98‑inch QN990H at CES.
- Most major panel makers have largely halted 8K production, leaving AU Optronics as the only manufacturer still making 8K displays, while 8K Association membership fell from 33 to 16 as brands like Hisense, LG, Sony, and TCL departed.
- Industry sales undershot early forecasts, peaking at about 386,800 units in 2022 and dropping to 214,400 in 2023, with 2025 sales expected at roughly 136,800 units.
- Adoption stalled due to almost no native 8K content, high set prices, limited perceptual benefit versus 4K for typical viewing distances, and HDMI 2.1 delivery constraints, pushing makers toward larger screens, better contrast and brightness, mini‑LED and OLED advances, and AI upscaling.