TV panel announcements normally fizzle out in the wake of NAB and CES, so it’s always handy to keep an eye on the latest forecasts to see if shipments are really living up to the hysteria whipped up by the hustle and bustle of trade shows. The latest such report shows early 2018 belonged to OLED TV shipments, which shot up 115.8% year on year to 470,000 units in the first quarter, according to IHS Markit. Considering LG Electronics alone predicts it will ship 2.5 million OLED TVs this year, the OLED TV market has not fulfilled its potential to reach this target, as a similar volume of shipments per quarter for 2018 would leave it well short, at around…