Micro LED, Mini LED, and OLED are often confused, but this display technology is different. We took advantage of IFA to see the latest Micro LED TVs now available in five sizes, including the 76-inch format.
Micro LED has been talked about for years at international trade fairs. Why does this technology fascinate tech enthusiasts? In short, it is as self-emitting as OLED (the pixels produce their own light), the peak brightness is very high (one of the weaknesses of OLED), the response time is less than a microsecond, and finally the resistance and lifespan are important.
Forget OLED
Well, that’s the theory. We had the chance to see Samsung’s latest Micro LED TV at IFA, in its format 76 inches Which is close to the diagonal size that you can install in your living room. This makes it possible to imagine installing a Micro LED TV in the home… This invites us to compare the experience with that of the OLED TV we now find everywhere.
There is a theory and there is also what it feels like to find oneself in front of such a screen. she’s amazing. We better understand why all the experts have predicted Micro LED will be the display technology of the future. It combines the advantages of OLED technology and traditional LED LCD TVs. Concretely, the colors are rich, the brightness is impressive and the contrast is deep. What surprised us, however, was the ability of this panel to not reflect any light.
It’s simple, the viewing angles are perfect. What is even more impressive is that, unlike OLED, we do not suffer from any reflection here. finally, “approx’, meaning we went so far as to put the LED flash 5 centimeters from the screen.
25 million sub pixels for 4K, 100 million for 8K
Plus, everything seems too skinny and sharp to us. What you actually see are 25 million tiny LEDs to form a 4K resolution panel, all perfectly aligned and carefully calibrated.
Apparently, from the exchanges I managed to get, mass production is very difficult to obtain. When you imagine that an 8K resolution panel of the same size would require smaller LED sub-pixels – and 100 million LED sub-pixels. We understand the development difficulty that Micro LED represents for Samsung.
Samsung also states that this Micro LED TV will have as high brightness as the LCD LED. We’re talking about 4,000 nits of brightness here, four times more than the best OLED panels. Currently, Micro LED panels sold will still be far from reaching the level of brightness of LCD LED panels, but they perform better than OLED.
Another key technical characteristic of micro LEDs is their inorganic nature, which gives them a longer, more consistent lifespan than OLEDs. Obviously, we can’t see it on the Samsung platform. In any case, the Korean manufacturer claims that its Micro LED tiles will last 100,000 hours, or more than 11 years of continuous use.
It is also said to be highly energy efficient, at least in part because it does not need to be illuminated through a color filter. The light from the LEDs reaches the eyes directly, so they are brighter with less effort.
The future’s technology
Until now, these screens were gigantic, somewhat intended for the professional audiovisual world, and above all they were very expensive. The 99-inch version marketed at Fnac Overpriced, calculate 1,000 euros for an inch…hence about 100 to 150,000 euros for a TV. can not be accessed.
So it will take several years for you to hope to purchase a Micro LED display. But, after watching this 76-inch TV, we can say that this technology has it all, and perhaps it makes us forget about OLED.
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