Samsung announces a new range of Micro LED televisions and, even if the prices are not yet communicated, we bet that these should not be accessible to a very large audience, despite the arrival of an 89-inch model. Here is some information we have at a time when the Consumer Electronic Show has not yet officially opened its doors.
Source: Samsung Electronics
Last year, we had the opportunity to present you in detail the 99 and 110 inch Micro LED televisions from Samsung. This is why we will not go into detail on the operating principle of this technology, the only one that really comes close to techno OLED (with the much awaited techno QD-OLED), capable of producing perfectly black blacks, but without fear the marking effect since these are inorganic materials.
In 2022, this technology continues to evolve at Samsung, with the arrival of an 89-inch model, alongside the 101 and 110-inch models. It was during a presentation made before CES in Las Vegas that the manufacturer shared some information.
Up to 2000 nits of brightness
OLED technology owes its success with many users to the rendering provided by this technology. Infinite contrasts, a very colorful and visibly dynamic image, which compensate for certain defects, such as the limited light power if we do not want to stress the organic components of this technology which can cause, another defect, a “burn-in” or marking effect pixels.
As we said above, the Micro LED is not subjected to this same constraint since this technology does not use organic materials. Consequence: If each sub-pixel is self-emissive (it does not use a backlight) and can be completely turned off to produce perfect black, the brightness can also be boosted considerably. In this case, Samsung announces a peak in brightness that can reach 2000 nits, which is enough to compete with LCD televisions, but with a much higher production of contrasts and, probably, without light leakage.
Source: Samsung Electronics
A performance made possible by the fact that Micro LED televisions use around 25 million Micro LEDs to produce the image. Rather teasing in its presentation – especially when we know that Samsung Electronics would have finally accepted that Samsung Display produces QD-OLED panels -, in addition to the much dreaded marking effect for OLED televisions (even if the manufacturers are doing the necessary to reduce risks), Samsung emphasizes the fact that Micro LED technology does not lose quality and color fidelity over time. Again, the inorganic material would not suffer from the same aging effect.
Unparalleled HDR rendering?
Anyway, with 2000 nits of peak light power, the electronics should manage to drive the panels to produce HDR content with particularly intense rendering and high dynamic range. Samsung also mentions the ability of its Micro LED televisions to process signals on 20-bit grayscale sampling which seems totally incredible to us. Still according to Samsung, this would be equivalent to taking advantage of the 1 million level control for the production of brightness and colors. In any case, on a more down to earth level, Samsung announces 100% coverage for the DCI-P3 and the Adobe RGB color space.
Micro LED televisions will also benefit from audio technological advances, with the presence of OTS Pro and support, but also the reproduction of Dolby Atmos with the integration of speakers in the upper position of the screen.
Finally, and this is another of the strengths of the Micro LED, Samsung’s “multi view” function here offers a very interesting modularity since it is possible to cut the size of the image up to four portions, of sizes equal or not, in which you can display different sources. For now, Samsung is not announcing any pricing or availability date for these 89, 101 and 110-inch models.
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