Developers: | LG Electronics |
Date of the premiere of the system: | September 2021 |
Branches: | Electrical and microelectronics |
2021: 325-inch TV announcement for $1.7 million
In mid-September 2021 LG , she showed a wall flat LED TV worth $1.7 million. With this LG Direct View LED model, the South Korean company will compete with and, Sony Samsung who shortly before this announcement presented their own wall models. microLED
The novelty received a display with a diagonal of 325 inches and a resolution of 8K. The line includes nine models at once with an aspect ratio of 16:9 or 32:9. The most compact 108-inch DVLED TV LG Extreme Home Cinema is available in HD and 2K resolutions. Users who are interested in the 4K model are available sizes from 163 to 393 inches. The 8K matrix version offers a diagonal of 325 inches.
The LG Direct View LED line of home theaters is equipped with a unique company technology that processes LEDs, removing the LCD layer, which usually broadcasts the image on the screen, in favor of the LEDs themselves (light-emitting diodes), while each pixel goes on the air through three diodes in each. The distance between pixel centers in the older model is about 0.9 mm, which corresponds to MicroLED standards, however, taking into account the aforementioned factor, some televisions received a pixel pitch of 1.2 or 1.5 mm. From 2 million to 33 million LEDs are placed in one model.
This is really a supercar among home display technologies that offers hand-made quality and performance, which attracts those who lead a luxurious lifestyle and want not only exciting spectacle, but also exclusivity, "said LG Electronics USA Vice President Dan Smith. |
LG decided to bypass the stores for this new line of TVs, and instead they will be offered only through a dealer program of individual installation. The installation will include an LG engineer on-site and a two-year visit to LG for the first three years to check the display health, and also includes a Connected Care subscription that allows you to monitor your new TV remotely.
It is noted that during operation the device generates a huge amount of heat, so the developers recommended installing it in rooms with an advanced air conditioning system.
Conceptually, the TV resembles Samsung The Wall or Sony Crystal LED, these are massive screens consisting of millions of LEDs and focused on the consumer segment.[1]