Samsung to introduce microLED TV for consumers in 2019 based on The Wall

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Han Jong-hee, the director of Samsung’s display division, says that in 2019 his company will introduce a consumer version based on The Wall, the 146″ microLED TV for commercial parties presented in January. The Wall will go into mass production in September.

It is not yet clear when this consumer-oriented micro LED TV will be released, what the specifications are and what price the device will receive. According to ZDNet, Samsung has shown a 73″ test version of a microLED TV, although it is not certain whether this will be the format of the consumer version. According to The Korea Herald, Samsung uses a modular design with no screen bezels in the consumer version, so that the television will not be based on a limited, fixed number of screen sizes.The consumer version will be 30mm thin, instead of The Wall’s 80mm.

CNet reports that Samsung said at its latest CES show that after the release of The Wall, the production of a 75″ 4k TV is underway, but it will take two to five years for it to actually come out. That could mean that the delivery of the television is still relatively long after its introduction in 2019. This is mainly due to the fact that a smaller microLED TV is more difficult to produce, because smaller LEDs have to be used that are also closer together to be applied to the substrate.

Samsung presented the modular screen called The Wall in January and then it seemed mainly a concept version to show that screens based on microLEDs are almost ready for mass production. The latter will start in September. This version with a screen diagonal of 146″ is mainly intended for hotels, shops, museums and stadiums, for example. The South Korean manufacturer already started pre-orders for The Wall last month and said in April when the quarterly figures were presented in April that a microLED TV will be released before the end of the year.

Samsung is focusing on microLEDs, because this image technology can compete with the OLED panels that are now used in televisions by LG, Sony, and Panasonic, among others. MicroLED TVs, like OLED TVs, do not need a backlight because the pixels generate their own light. Both also have a very high contrast and a perfect black display. Samsung states that microLEDs last longer, suffer less from burn-in and can achieve higher brightness values.

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