Sony Redefines High-end Visual Display Technology with a New Canvas for Creativity

New Scalable System Has 99% Black Surface Area, for High Contrast, High Resolution, Immersive Visuals

Dubai, UAE, May 23, 2016:   Ahead of InfoComm 2016, Sony has today announced the launch of its CLEDISTM display technology, a new large-scale canvas solution that builds on Sony’s self-emitting display capabilities, but with ultrafine LED’s as the light source, to deliver a single high resolution image at an unprecedented scale. The solution has been designed to redefine the  landscape for large-scale display and visual entertainment by delivering a totally new visual experience not possible today with even the highest-end conventional LED array. 

“It’s a new type of canvas for limitless flexibility and creativity in public spaces and high-end visual entertainment,” said Peter Kyriakos, Head of Marketing, Sony Professional Solutions MEA. “Compared to the technologies currently available for large-scale display, it’s a leap forward in depth, contrast, colour, resolution – and pure visual impact.” 

The new display technology is designed for commercial applications and immersive experiences, from industrial product design and manufacturing, theme parks, museums, and high-traffic lobbies to corporate boardrooms and broadcast studios – any environment requiring realistic simulation on a large scale and detailed video displays.

The self-emitting display technology uses R (red), G (green), and B (blue) ultrafine LEDs mounted on the display surface, with each pixel emitting light independently. Each pixel is only 0.003 mm2 in size, allowing the remaining surface area to be more than 99% black. 

This high black-to-surface ratio contributes to the technology’s high contrast ratio in light and dark viewing environments. The surface-mounted light source also improves light use efficiency.

The technology has a viewing angle of nearly 180 degrees, with corner-to-corner image uniformity in terms of brightness and colour, even on a large screen.

The canvas has a brightness of 1000 cd/m2 (1000 nits), and will support High Dynamic Range (HDR) content, producing imagery with 10-bit colour depth and a wide colour gamut (approximately 140% of sRGB).

The scalable system is made up of multiple display units (each measuring 18 x 16 inches) that can be joined together with no bezels to create a limitless and seamless large-screen display.

The canvas also features Sony’s unique pixel drive circuitry, to achieve fast video response with a frame rate of 120fps. This is critical for sports, concerts, or training simulations, where users need to present large screen visuals with no delay or motion artifacts.

The new technology - display unit and display controller - will be shown for the first time in public at InfoComm 2016 (Booth C7708) in Las Vegas, June 8 to 10, in an 8Kx2K, 32’x9’ configuration and is planned to be available in early 2017.

Key Specifications:

Display Unit:

Panel size (per unit)    
403 mm ×453 mm

Number of pixels (per unit)    
320 × 360 × RGB

Pixel configuration    
RGB LEDs

Brightness    
Up to approximately 1,000 cd/m2

Viewing angle    
Almost 180 degrees

Contrast    
More than 1,000,000:1

Colour    
Approximately 140% sRGB coverage

Frame rate    
Up to 120fps

Display Controller:

Size
440 mm × 349 mm × 65mm (excluding protruding areas)

Maximum input resolution (per controller)    
3840 × 2160

Inputs    
Display Port ×2   DVI-D (single link) ×4

Maximum number of units that can be controlled (per controller)    
72 units 

Number of controllers that can be synced together    
Up to 20