LG DVLED Home Cinema Display: Micro-LED screens range up to 8K by 325 inches

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Similar to Samsung's “The Wall”, LG has started selling its own micro-LED solution “Direct View LED Extreme Home Cinema Display” and offers the self-illuminating cinema screens in sizes for your use at home of up to 325 inches with full HD to 8K resolution. The price range goes up to 1.8 million US dollars.

LG offers the DVLED Home Cinema Display in configurations from 108 to 325 inches (8.26 m) as well as depending to the size with the resolutions Full HD, 4K and 8K. On request, two units can be mounted next to each other in the 2K and 4K models to enable diagonals of up to 589 inches (14.96 m) in the 32: 9 format.

LG creates a minimum of 0.93 mm pixel pitch

As with Samsung's “The Wall”, the micro-LED screens are assembled from several “cabinets”. As can be seen in a brochure (PDF), the type and number of cabinets vary depending on the size of the LED screen selected. In Full HD with 136 inches, for example, 5 × 5 units with 1.56 mm pixel pitch and up to 800 cd/m² are required, while with 108 inches only 4 × 4 modules with 1.2 mm pixel pitch are required in return, up to 1,200 cd/m² can be used.

A pixel pitch, which describes the distance between the individual pixels, which in turn consists of RGB subpixels, of less than 1 mm is only available in the 4K and 8K models. 4K on 163 inches is built by LG from 6 × 6 cabinets, which have a pixel pitch of 0.93 mm and, according to the manufacturer, create 1,200 cd/m². In 217 inches or two of these versions side by side (393 inches), other cabinets with a 1.2 mm pixel pitch are used. The gigantic 325-inch screen with 8K resolution ultimately requires 12 × 12 modules with the smallest 0.93 mm pixel pitch.

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Module of the DVLED Home Cinema Display
8K model with 325 inches

Samsung has already reached 0.63 mm for consumers

In the commercial version “The Wall”, the micro-LED modules from Samsung currently have a pixel pitch of 1.68 mm (IW016) or 1.26 mm (IW012A), depending on the version. For the third quarter, Samsung is planning a variant called IW008A with a pixel pitch of just 0.84 mm and thus an even higher resolution with the same size. With the modules of the IW008R series, “The Wall”, which is specially designed for use at home, has a pixel pitch of just 0.84 mm. And with the prefabricated consumer version “MICRO LED”, which will start in October with 4K on 110 inches for 150,000 euros, the pixel pitch is only 0.63 mm. With a second model with 4K this should be reduced further to just 99 inches.

Largest model almost a ton heavy

< p class = "p text-width">With the size of the “television”, so too do weight, power consumption and price. At least 117 kg have to be mounted on the wall for the smallest model with 108 inches, with 4K on 163 inches it is already 252 kg. LG specifies the consumption at 1.8 kW and 4.1 kW respectively. But the whole thing can be increased significantly, because the installation of the 8K flagship weighs over 960 kg and consumes 16.56 kW. This variant also emits 56,592 BTU of heat per hour.

A further data sheet (PDF) contains all the configurations offered by LG and details on delivery and guarantee. Only there is talk of a smaller version with 81 inches and Full HD. The transport takes place, for example, in an ATA-certified flight case on rollers. The scope of delivery also includes a controller with webOS. LG provides its own staff for on-site installation, who also inspect the screen twice a year for a period of three years. Buyers also get priority for all RMA services and can have the devices diagnosed remotely. The five-year manufacturer's warranty is two years above the standard of LG.

Costs of at least 70,000 US dollars

Prices cannot be obtained directly from LG, but a starting price of 70,000 US dollars is given for 4K films. For 8K by 325 inches you have to spend 1.8 million US dollars, with Tom & apos; s guide “only” citing costs of 1.7 million US dollars.