Samsung’s 2021 The Wall Has Even Teenier LEDs; Uses Lots Of AI And Wireless Docking July 19, 2021 by Super User Samsung has announced a new generation of its microLED display dubbed The Wall – with the main changes being even teenier LEDs, 8K support, AI-based processing and adoption of wireless docking. Says Samsung in PR today: A new Micro AI Processor instantly analyses and optimizes every frame of video to deliver the best picture quality …
Vuereal Demos Super-Bright MicroLED Display On Glass, With 85% Transparency June 17, 2021 by Super User Via DisplayDaily and microled.info Microled.info has a short post up about a demonstration by the Canadian start-up Vuereal of a transparent microLED display that does more than 3,000 nits on brightness measures – enough to cut through bright sunlight. The Waterloo, ON start-up’s prototype display is only smartphone-sized and the use-case for this sort of …
Planar Launches Virtual Studio Initiative, With Fine Pitch LED Supplanting Green Screens For Movie Shoots June 16, 2021 by Super User Planar is the latest large format display company to sense and go after the rapidly emerging virtual production business – which sees big direct view LED displays replacing green screens on film and broadcast production sets. There is a lot of inertia around this use-case for fine pitch LED because a flat or rounded studio …
Planar Adds Super-Fine Pitch MicroLED To Video Wall Line-up June 2, 2021 by Super User Portland-based Planar, and by extension its Chinese parent company Leyard, has formally joined the growing list of display companies offering super-fine pitch, microLED-driven video wall displays. The company’s new DirectLight Ultra Series has pitches ranging from 0.6 to 1.2mm. I don’t know if these products meet the display nerd purity test of what’s technically microLED, versus …
Display Week: DSCC’s Analysis Suggest MicroLED A Niche Product; Manufacturing Challenges Remain May 17, 2021 by Super User MicroLED has received a ton of buzz in digital signage circles the last 2-3 years because of the proposition of building big seamless video walls that look as good as LCD or OLED. The big barrier to widespread adoption has been cost – driven in part by a need to make production more efficient and …
MiniLED, MicroLED Showcased This Week At Touch Taiwan April 22, 2021 by Super User Touch Taiwan is now running in Taipei – with an in-person exhibit hall and with virtual components aimed, at least in part, on foreign buyers who reasons we all know can’t get to the almost COVID-free island country. There are reasons to pay attention because a big chunk of the digital signage display and playback …
AUO Latest Display Giant To Add MicroLED To Product Portfolio; Showing Demos At TouchTaiwan April 16, 2021 by Super User I wrote earlier today about Touch Taiwan going ahead as a live trade show next week, aimed at a domestic crowd and in an island country that is seeing just a handful of new COVID cases day to day. An industry friend sent along a show promo video from AUO – a Taiwan company that …
STRATACACHE CEO DETAILS PLANS FOR FIRST US MICROLED DISPLAY PLANT April 16, 2021 by Super User The trade publication i-micronews has a Q&A post up on its site featuring STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel, providing detail and color about his plans for that big, old semiconductor plant in Oregon that he’s turning into a microLED factory. The interview was done by a couple of guys from Yole Développement, a French research firm …
LED China Attracting As Many As 50,000 People, 1,200 Vendors, This Week In Shenzhen April 14, 2021 by Super User I’m not entirely sure what the COVID situation is in Shenzhen, China, but there is evidently enough comfort around healthy safety for the organizers of LED China to run a live show this week. The event started today, with 1,200 exhibitors and as many as 50,000 attendees, according to the website. There is an option …
See The Difference Between Coated And “Naked” DV LED Modules March 26, 2021 by Super User I’ve written a few times about the hardened, engineered coatings that some direct view LED manufacturers are using on their modules to better protect against damage. It’s been a little hard to explain and even harder to show in trade show photos I’ve grabbed, but this close-up comparison image does a good job. This is …
