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5 TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH | MicroLED
Trend #1
MicroLED Smart
Technology
Challenges
Projection
Systems
ISF instructor and calibrator Jason
Dustal of Murideo says the future of
high-performance, large-scale home
video lies in the vast capabilities of
microLED technologies.
By Robert Archer
THE MOMENTUM
for microLED
technologies has been
building in the custom
installation market since
approximately 2018. Four
years later, the recently
completed CEDIA Expo
2022 show in Dallas served
as the platform where
microLED emerged frontand-center
as the industry's
new " it " technology,
wowing the thousands of
dealers attending the show.
At the event, companies
such as Sony, LG, Samsung,
Quantum Media Systems,
Megapixel, and Planar
showcased their respective
microLED products in a
range of ways. Given the
rate of adoption of microLED
and the anecdotal
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feedback of CEDIA Expo
attendees it is clear the
technology is poised to become
a high-performance
home theater option for a
growing number of homeowners.
Pointing
out the differences
between standard
LED-based products and
microLED, Jason Dustal of
Murideo, and an Imaging
Science Foundation (ISF)
certified instructor/calibrator,
explains LCD technologies
rely on a backlight to make
light for an image. The color
component of the image
comes from backlight passing
through the LCD structure,
which makes for a bright image
but can lack deep black
levels, he says. MicroLED
takes a much different approach
that produces higher
brightness levels, deeper
blacks and increased levels of
dynamic range.
" MicroLED works in a different
way. Each pixel is an
LED. When a scene calls for
a dark or black scene, each
pixel can completely turn
off, giving extraordinarily
good dynamic range and
contrast, " explains Dustal.
" Good dynamics also have
a role in good color to give
us deep, saturated color
even in the darkest parts of
the picture. "
Dustal estimates the
major reasons for microLED
technologies' increased
popularity has to do with
the falling prices of the
products and the practicality
of technologies. The
microLED displays typically
employ modular designs
that allow integrators to
specify whatever size and
shape screen the client
wants, he notes. Over
the past several years the
costs of microLED displays
have also fallen to support
large-screen installations
without having to deal with
the logistics of two-piece
projection systems.
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