Introduction: Since 2012, LED display has officially entered the small-pitch LED market segment as LED pixel pitch has fallen below P2.5.
Since 2012, LED display has officially entered the small-pitch LED market segment as the LED pixel pitch has fallen below P2.5. Inheriting the LED display of superior genes, small-pitch LED sets with true color, seamless splicing, and simple maintenance, once the attention is directed to professional AV applications, it will make traditional DLP, LCD large-screen manufacturers panic. At the same time, the debate about small pitch LEDs and other large-screen displays such as DLP and LCD has also been buzzing.
Small Pitch LED Beach AV Market
The so-called small-pitch LED display refers to indoor LED displays with LED pitches below P2.5, mainly including P2.5, P2.0, P1.8, P1.5, and even smaller pitch LED display products.
LED display is a mature product. It has been more than 20 years. With its advantages of high brightness, no seams, and small installation space, LED is the leader in the field of outdoor display, but its large pixel pitch and poor resolution make it unsuitable for indoor display. However, as the spacing between LED dots has narrowed, small-pitch LEDs have entered the field of vision and slowly penetrated into indoor applications. They are used in venues such as auditoriums, exhibitions, and hotels where large screens are required to be displayed, and have gradually taken hold.
The rapid development of the small-pitch LED is still ambitious, and then the vision will be devoted to the field of professional intensive AV manufacturers: command and control, security monitoring and radio and television, etc., they are gawking, coveted for a long time. The small-pitch LED sets true color consistency, seamless splicing, installation and maintenance in a simple, eyes on the indoor AV high-end application market, suddenly DLP, LCD large-screen splicing and projection mosaic panic, to break its three-legged situation, to form a four-way hegemony Position.
Small pitch LED short board as a development bottleneck
Although small-pitch LEDs have begun to emerge in control room projects, most customers are still cautious about their indoor applications. The reason is that although small-pitch LEDs have many advantages, they still have a lot of drawbacks: low resolution, high brightness, insufficient stability, and high prices.
Among them, the low resolution is the biggest drawback of the small-pitch LED. This physical property determines that it cannot be used as an alternative to the control room ultra-high resolution display solution. In order to increase the resolution without narrowing the gap, more derivative problems will occur, which will be more complicated and troublesome.
Brightness was once an advantage that LED was proud of. It could attract customers' attention when used in outdoor advertising. However, if it is used in the field of indoor surveillance, it will not only increase power consumption, but also cause visual impairment to the audience. Moreover, the small-pitch LED has only been available for a year or two. The accumulated experience is not deep enough, and the stability is not high. Even if the bad dot rate is only 0.03%, it will directly affect the perception of users.
Integrated Application of DLP, LCD and Small Pitch LEDs
Although the launch of the small-pitch LDE display has caused a certain impact on the large-screen market, its desire to become the new overlord is yet to be updated. What the current manufacturers can do is to better utilize the advantages of DLP, LCD, and small-pitch LEDs to provide better solutions for indoor display applications.
DLP large-screen manufacturers are involved in the small-pitch LED market, which is a good way. At present, Vtron, GQY, Sally Electronics, etc. have entered the small-pitch LED market, can be targeted to the LED products with the previous combination of indoor display technology, open up new applications for small-pitch LED, and large engineering projectors to compete .
In addition, in the field of command and dispatch and security monitoring in the control room, DLP and LCD are intricate and unshakable, and small-pitch LEDs can still find their own needs. For example, in the field of indoor surveillance, most industries are real-life requirements with high-resolution vector images and real-time demand for multi-channel video surveillance images. In this case, a combination of the middle LED screen and the LCD splicing on both sides can be used to achieve a good display effect.
Naked eye 3D, 4K infiltrated LED TV
With the development of small-pitch LEDs, some industry leaders have slowly incorporated popular 3D and 4K concepts into LED displays. As early as the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Sony showed the world’s largest 3D LED display at the time, but the dot spacing was 4.44mm at the time, which was not enough for “small”. However, the advent of 3D LED screens has enabled people to see their advantages over other 3D screens: higher brightness, brighter colors, higher contrast, and wide viewing angles and comfort. With the improvement of the small-pitch technology, the development of naked-eye 3D technology, the small-pitch naked-eye 3D LED display sprayed out.
In just a few years, leading players in the industry have developed small-pitch naked-eye 3D LED technology and displays. Japan's NewSight Co., Ltd. and PTI Co., Ltd. will convert the LED screen image, users can see the 3D effect with the naked eye. Alto Electronics is equipped with a number of patented technologies to introduce a naked-eye 3D LED display to enhance image expression and viewing freedom.
Compared with 3D, 4K technology in the application of LED display, some more gimmick flavor. In fact, 4K is easy to make, and it's hard to be small. Even with a pixel pitch of 1.2mm, the display can only reach the 4K level at 208 inches. Because of this, the small-pitch 4K LED screen is even more impressive and shocking.
Regardless of the short-term, LED display can bring much impact on the market, but after all, there are more choices for the user, in particular, according to the specific application environment and needs to choose different products.
Although dazzling small-pitch LEDs have some shortcomings, their strong rise will inevitably encroach on some of the traditional DLP and LCD splicing markets. Whether there will be subversive changes to the large-screen splicing market will depend on small-pitch LED displays. The product's own technology is perfect.