Samsung has announced a new 34-foot 4K LED screen it hopes will give traditional cinema projectors a run for their money.
The Samsung Cinema Screen delivers 4K (4,096 x 2,160) images and is the world’s first High Dynamic Range LED theatre screen.
The direct-lit LED display promises true HDR images with peak brightness 10x greater than a standard cinema projector. If that’s really the case, we may need sunglasses.
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Samsung is currently demonstrating the tech at the Cinemark Century Orleans 18 and XD Theatre in Las Vegas, as Cinema Con gets underway in Sin City.
There’ll also be a new audio solution from Harman (which Samsung now owns) and Samsung’s Audio Lab.
The 34-foot screen is a little on the small side to replace the projection screens in your local theatre, which generally start at about 45-feet. An IMAX display, on the other hand, is 72-feet wide.
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“Our new Cinema Screen technology brings a more powerful and high-quality picture to the big screen, creating an environment where viewers feel as if they are part of every scene.”
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