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| LG to show off new 55-inch 8K display at CES 2015 |
LG Display is set to show off a new 160 ppi, 55-inch 8K display at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show 2015.
The South Korean tech giant recently airlifted its 8K display,
codenamed 'Mabinogion', to Las Vegas in preparation for the CES 2015
tradeshow, according to LG insiders directly involved in the matter. LG
Display engineers will accompany the display to the South Korean tech
giant's booth to set it up, they said.
The 55-inch 8K display
bears a resolution of 7,680x4,320 pixels (that's 33.2 million pixels
total), with over 20 display driver integrated circuits installed. A
prototype was made in early November, while LG earlier this month
decided to unveil the display at the upcoming CES.
LG
ramped up the brightness of the Mabinogion to 500 nits using a new
method of controlling the aperture ratio. "Unlike conventional displays
that use RGB sub-pixels, LG added a W sub-pixel to increase the
brightness," one of the sources said.
A PC with strengthened
display was used during development. As there are no video sources that
currently support 8K resolution, LG used 3D images generated by an
unnamed high-quality Nvidia GPU during development, the insiders said.
Nvidia's South Korean office also cooperated making the display and its
driver ICs.
Mabinogion was not just developed as a showpiece to
show off technological prowess but as a test-run to aim for mass
production. "With the know-how acquired from making the prototype, if LG
finds good grounds to commercialize the display for mass production, it
will do so. LG has already finished up approving the technological
viability of the 55-inch, 8K display, and is now starting preparation to
commercialize it to make it a product."
LG Electronics, LG Display's biggest client, is also
rumoured to be adding an 8K TV to its Full HD and 4K UHD TV models in
next year's lineup.
An LG Display spokesman confirmed that it was
developing 8K and other high-resolution displays that met the market
trend, but declined to comment on specifics.
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