Sony Crystal LED Display

This Sony “Crystal LED Display” was unveiled at CES 2012 this week, and the 55-inch prototype model grabbed the attention of CES attendees with its 55-inch Full HD self-emitting display which uses LEDs as a light source. Sony claims that, compared to existing LCD displays, this 55-inch prototype Crystal LED Display offers about 3.5 times higher contrast in light environment, about 1.4 times wider color gamut, and about 10 times faster video image response time. Sony does plan to bring this display to market at some point in the future.

The “Crystal LED Display” is a self-emitting display that uses Sony’s unique methods to mount ultrafine LEDs in each of the Red-Green-Blue (RGB) colors, equivalent to the number of pixels (approximately six-million LEDs for Full HD).  The RGB LED light source is mounted directly on the front of the display, dramatically improving the light use efficiency.  This results in images with strikingly higher contrast (in both light and dark environments), wider color gamut, superb video image response time, and wider viewing angles when compared to existing LCD and plasma displays, with low power consumption.  Furthermore, due to the display’s structure, the “Crystal LED Display” is also ideal for large screens.