• New QLED panels wouldn’t need expensive barrier film layers
• Samsung doesn’t yet know when the tech will be commercialized
• It’s only for QLED; QD-OLEDs are made differently

One of the most expensive parts of a QLED display panel is about to get a whole lot cheaper, and that should mean even more affordable QLED televisions.

The component in question is the quantum dot sheet, which sits on top of the LCD panel to improve color reproduction – it’s the actual quantum dot part of QLED TVs.