'The Wall' is Samsung's first 146-inch modular MicroLED TV

Last updated: January 8th, 2018 at xv:50 UTC+01:00

Nosotros reported a few months back that Samsung was working difficult on developing alternative technologies for its next-generation premium TVs. The company has particularly been focusing on MicroLED engineering and it has unveiled its latest creation at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018 today.

Samsung has unveiled a massive new TV today called "The Wall." The visitor describes information technology equally the world's first modular MicroLED 146-inch TV. It features self-emitting MicroLED engineering with micrometer scale LEDs that are much smaller than existing LEDs.

The Wall MicroLED TV

Samsung has been betting on MicroLED applied science to boost its premium TV business. While the company is no longer interested in making OLED TVs, MicroLED does share some traits with OLED. Both are fabricated with light-emitting diodes and they're self-emitting. What that means is that each sub-pixel produces its own light and there'south no need for a dedicated backlight.

MicroLED panels thus offer deep blacks and high contrast ratios like OLED panels with the added benefit beingness the relative ease with which they can be manufactured. These panels are also thinner than their OLED counterparts.

Samsung'southward The Wall is the globe'southward first consumer modular MicroLED Boob tube. It can transform into any size and deliver incredible color gamut, color book and black levels.

The TV itself has a module-based, bezel-less design which allows customers to customize the TV'southward size and shape as per their preferences. It can accommodate to serve different purposes such as creating a wall-size display for multiple spaces.

The visitor hasn't revealed how many modules information technology'due south going to offer with this TV. It didn't fifty-fifty specify how many modules were in the concept that information technology unveiled at CES 2018 today.

Samsung has said that information technology's going to reveal information well-nigh a global launch for The Wall after this spring.