27/05/2016
Sony redefines high-end visual display technology with a new canvas for creativity
New Scalable System Has 99% Black Surface Area, for High Contrast, High Resolution, Immersive Visuals
Asia Pacific, 27 May 2016 – At InfoComm 2016, Sony will highlight its display capabilities in a big way, re-defining the landscape for large-scale visual entertainment. The new technology, Crystal LED Integrated Structure (CLEDIS™), uses Sony’s ultrafine LEDs in a unique surface mounting structure as its light source to deliver a visual experience not possible with even the highest-end conventional LED array.
“It’s a new type of canvas for limitless flexibility and creativity in public spaces and high-end visual entertainment,” said Mr. Riki Nishimura, General Manager of Visual Presentation Solutions Division, Professional Solutions Company (PSAP) at Sony Electronics Asia Pacific. “Compared to the technologies currently available for large-scale display, it’s a leap forward in depth, contrast, colour, resolution – and pure visual impact.”
The new display technology is designed for commercial applications and immersive experiences, from industrial product design and manufacturing, theme parks, museums, and high-traffic lobbies to corporate boardrooms and broadcast studios – any environment requiring realistic simulation on a large scale and detailed video display.
The self-emitting display technology uses R (red), G (green), and B (blue) ultrafine LEDs mounted on the display surface, with each pixel emitting light independently. Each pixel is only 0.003 mm2 in size, allowing the remaining surface area to be more than 99% black.
This high black-to-surface ratio contributes to the technology’s high contrast ratio in light and dark viewing environments. The surface-mounted light source also improves light use efficiency.
The canvas has a brightness of 1000 cd/m2 (1000 nits), and will support High Dynamic Range (HDR) content, producing imagery with 10-bit colour depth and a wide colour gamut (approximately 140% of sRGB).
The scalable system is made up of multiple display units (each measuring 18 x 16 inches) that can be joined together with no bezels to create a limitless and seamless large-screen display.
The canvas also features Sony’s unique pixel drive circuitry, to achieve fast video response with a frame rate of 120fps. This is critical for sports, concerts, or training simulations, where users need to present large screen visuals with no delay or motion artefacts.
The new technology – display unit and display controller – will be showcased for the first time in public at InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas, 8 to 10 June 2016, in an 9.7m across and 2.7m high (8K x 2K) configuration and is planned to be available in early 2017.
Display Unit
Panel size (per unit): 403mm X 453mm
Number of pixel (per unit): 320 X 360 X RGB
Pixel configuration: RGB LEDs
Brightness: Up to approximately 1,000cd//m2
Viewing angle: Almost 180 degrees
Contrast: More than 1,000,000:1
Colour: Approximately 140% sRGB coverage
Frame rate: Up to 120fps
Display Controller
Size: 440mm X 349mm X 65mm (excluding protruding areas)
Maximum input resolution (per controller): 3840 X 2160
Inputs: Display Port X 2; DVI-D (single link) X 4
Maximum number of units that can be controlled (per controller): 72 units
Number of controllers that can be synced together: Up to 20