Samsung/LG/Sony and other manufacturers CES 2022 quick glance

CES 2022 officially kicked off on January 5, Beijing time, after last year's online exhibition, this year's exhibition returned to offline, and at the same time combined with online methods.

Below is a summary of the dynamics of the first wave of CES 2022 Mini/Micro LEDs.

Samsung

Micro LED TVs: Samsung is bringing three sizes of Micro LED TVs at CES 2022: 89-inch, 101-inch, and 110-inch.

Mini LED Backlit TVs: This year's Neo Quantum processor introduces advanced contrast mapping with BLU (Backlight Unit) that increases the brightness level from a 12-bit gradient to a 14-bit gradient for better control over the light source – the Quantum Mini LED. This allows the TV to control its lighting across 16,384 steps, four times the previous 4,096 steps.

Mini LED Backlit Display: Samsung released a 32-inch Odyssey Neo G8 gaming monitor that retains the Odyssey Neo G9's identical 1000R curve, Mini LED technology, 240Hz refresh rate, and 2000 nits peak brightness. Samsung claims that this is the first 4K display to support 240Hz and 1ms pixel response time.

LG

Micro LED TVs: At the CES 2022 press conference, LG announced that it will produce the first large-size Micro LED TVs, and said that the TVs will be officially released later this year.

LG unveils new QNED TVs for 2022, including four Mini LED-backlit TVs. Using LG's own quantum dot NanoCell technology. According to reports, compared with the models that suffered from halo and low contrast problems last year, LG adopts an improved partitioned light control algorithm. The company now refers to its controlled light as Precision Dimming, Precision Dimming Pro, and Precision Dimming Pro Plus.

Sony

Sony debuted its Mini LED backlit TV product line, including the 8K Mini LED Backlit TV Z9K and the 4K Mini LED Backlit TV X95K. Among them, the 8K Z9K series has two specifications of 75/85 inches, and the 4K X95K series has two specifications of 65/75/85 inches.

Sony said that with the support of the cognitive processor XR (BRAVIA XR), the unique XR backlight master driver can control the latest generation of Mini LED backlight in these TVs to obtain the brightness that consumers can feel, allowing consumers to enjoy unprecedented dynamic range, and there are almost no flares or halos around the highlights.

TCL

TCL announced its third-generation Mini LED technology, which will debut on the 85-inch 8K QLED X925 Pro product. TCL announced that it will release the first 144Hz Mini LED TV series in 2022.

SiliconCore

SiliconCore Technology launched its Micro LED display solution at CES. By strategically delivering its proprietary technology to the market, SiliconCore will provide technology solutions for the LED display manufacturing industry, driving Micro LED displays into the mainstream consumer market.

Source: MicroLED production and research editor

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