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Samsung MicroLED televisions like The wall are always some of the biggest products in the CES — literally. Last year’s version was a 292-inch monster composed of individual modules that required custom installation and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The 2021 version is a MicroLED TV in fixed sizes of 110, 99 and 88 inches that costs a little less, but is still ridiculously expensive.
Launched in Korea last month, the 110-inch MicroLED costs 170 million won, or about $ 156,000 according to ZDNet – the same as a Bentley Bentayga. On Tuesday, at its First Look event before CES, the company announced two more sizes, 99 and 88 inches, all three with 4K resolution. Samsung says TVs will reach other markets later this year. For comparison, Samsung’s insignificant 98-inch 8K TV costs $ 60,000, but uses the standard LCD-based QLED display technology, not MicroLED.
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MicroLED – not to be confused with Mini-LED – is the first new screen technology in a decade and is more like OLED than LCD. It offers perfect black levels and high brightness because it uses millions of tiny LEDs to create the image directly, for potentially better image quality than OLED, the best currently available, without the possibility of burn. It is also much more beautiful than any projector, especially in bright rooms or exhibiting HDR material.
O 4K Resolution of “smaller” sizes is an engineering feat, because the main obstacle to the mass adoption of MicroLED is making it small enough. As the new model is prefabricated, “installation and calibration are simplified” compared to the previous modular version, according to Samsung. The company promises even smaller MicroLED TVs in the future and has shown a 75-inch prototype in 2019.
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The 110-inch MicroLED TV is basically the size of four 55-inch TVs stuck together, and a feature called MultiView allows you to connect multiple devices simultaneously and watch up to four things at the same time. Lucky owners can “enjoy watching news, movies and other apps simultaneously on one screen – so they can follow multiple sports at the same time or stream step by step while playing a video game, all in impressive quality and size,” according to the release. MultiView is also available in versions smaller than 99 and 88 inches.
In terms of design, the set is practically all on canvas. Samsung removed the bezel around the screen entirely and touted a 99.99% screen-to-body ratio. The TV can also provide 5.1 channel sound and incorporates object tracking to follow the sound of things moving across the screen.
Pricing and availability in markets outside Korea were not announced.
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