Can Samsung's MicroLED TV claim the OLED throne?

During CES,三星推出了很多很酷的技术in the home theater space: Neo QLED TVs, new Frame lifestyle TVs, even solar-powered remote controls. But for TV nerds, Samsung's continued efforts to get MicroLED TVs into our homes were most exciting of all.

While Samsung didn't invent MicroLED—the self-illuminating technology was actually invented by two Kansas State University students around twenty years ago—it's (in this reviewer's opinion) the most exciting TV tech on the current horizon. Samsung first debuted its MicroLED TV back in 2018, and hasiterated on it in some form at every CES since。如果可以相信新闻稿，2021是第一年，我们将有多种尺寸的微型电视可供选择，而无需专业安装。

Samsung briefly dipped a toe into OLED TV production back around 2014, but early on prophesized that OLED was not a viable solution for large-screen TVs. On the other side of the aisle, LG—Samsung's biggest rival in this space—has leaned harder into OLED TV production than ever, even providing OLED panels for other brands like Sony, Panasonic, andVizio。Samsung is thus doubly invested in getting MicroLED through the painful early development stage and into the hands of reviewers and, hopefully, consumers as well.

为此，三星声称2021年将是“终于回家的一年”。模块化的发射技术与某些方面的OLED相似，每个显微镜图像元素都会产生自己的光和颜色。另一方面，微胶质的模块化性质意味着它可以像乐高积木一样被捕捉在一起，从而允许几乎前所未有的屏幕尺寸自定义（同时是前所未有的价格标签）。

For example, back in December of last year, Samsung released a 110-inch MicroLED TV in South Korea that will retail for $156,000. Yes, that's not a typo—over 150,000 greenbacks for the thing.

然而，巨大并不是Microled的主要问题：2019年版本的面向企业的产品“ The Wall”对角156英寸。更令人兴奋的是，今年，三星宣称小sizes will be available; we've heard there may be 99- and 88-inch sizes sooner than later, and based on the 110-, 99-, and 88-inch designations, I'm beginning to wonder if all the variants will be multiples of eleven.

MicroLED has some catching up to do: OLED announcements fromSkyworthandLGhave helped cement the idea that OLED TVs are something everyone can buy, while Samsung's MicroLED is only just now something you can hang on the wall without a white glove service. But Samsung also claims that MicroLED is brighter, more flexible, and will last thousands of hours longer than OLED, so the adjustment period may well be worth the wait.

Having seen MicroLED in person a few times, I can confirm that it's amazing technology. Whether it manages to become mainstream may have everything to do with how viably it's positioned as a consumer product in 2021.Bon chance， 三星。