Samsung’s The Wall has been shown for several years now at shows, originally as a prototype technology display. It fits into a relatively new category that is being referred to as “Resimercial.” – A product that is sold not just in commercial settings but also into high end residential. The name – The Wall – implies the size, and the size is way larger than traditional LED/LCD TVs. The technology behind Samsung’s Wall is MicroLED.
More Sizes of The Wall Now Available
Samsung keeps expanding the number of sizes for The Wall. Originally the low res version (1080p), started at 110” diagonal, but now starts as low as 75” and 88” diagonal. Small units are fine, but, the real action is the larger sizes: The 146” is probably the most iconic. Check out this 146” in a bedroom. (I’m so jealous!). But a 219” or a 291”? We’re going way beyond amazing. I’ve been following The Wall’s development, and models for at least 4 years now.
We are long used to seeing giant LED billboards, and other displays, like in airports. Large LED displays are incredibly bright – bright enough to do outdoors on sunny days, inside airports and malls, but there has always been a big “but” for other usage, such as in the home. The huge pixels can be visible 20 feet away. Not what you want in your living room.
These Micro LED displays, however are exceptionally expensive – offering similar great color dynamics and “rich, deep” blacks, as OLED TVs, but brighter. Still, with their smaller pixel size (still relatively large compared to OLED TVs, but pixel size is under 1mm, a fraction the size of those big commercial billboards. There’s a price to pay, though – they aren’t nearly as bright as that outdoor signage, even if typically at least 2x as bright as OLED TVs.
Traditional LCD, LED and OLED TV’s pixels would be invisible at a fraction of the distance. So, there are no “full sized LED commercial typed isplays suitable for the home. Unless you want to erect a giant screen in your backyard and sit 50-100 feet back!
The solution: Micro LED. Micro LED’s “pixels.” are still far larger than traditional LED, LCD and OLED TVs, but, at 0.8mm, far smaller than those huge LED displays. Not as bright, but, as noted typically a good bit brighter than OLED.
The pixels are small enough now, to make The Wall practical for content viewing in rooms in large houses, with rooms large enough to take advantage. For example, in my last home, the 146” diagonal The Wall, certainly could have worked out, being not that much larger than the 128” projection screen I had there. (My room was the size of, and was directly above, a 2 car garage, So that bonus room is not all that shockingly huge.)
The Wall likely will see great commercial utilization, a far, far bigger market than the home, thanks to the price points., but, if you have the space at home…and a ridiculously large budget…
What’s it take, to have The Wall in your home: Weill besides having a suitable wall, and a huge budget…
