Mini-LED is touted to be the next-generation display technology and it is presently the focus of local manufacturers in China. Leading Chinese display maker BOE is reportedly developing a 27-inch 4K display with a 2048- zone mini LED backlight.
Mini-LED is a new display technology that promises improved contrast ratios and deeper blacks compared to LCD panels that are lit with regular LEDs (light-emitting diodes). As the name suggests, mini-LEDs are a lot smaller than regular LEDs. Diodes that are smaller than 0.2 mm are generally classed as mini-LEDs.
With the exit of South Korea ’s Samsung and LG from the LCD market and the focus on LED which has resulted in a reduction of LCD production, Chinese manufacturers are looking to revive the industry and they are turning to mini-LEDs. There are speculations that mini-LED technology is the future of LCD panels production and could help engineer a surge ahead of OLED.
BOE ’s mini-LED technology has been under development for some time. Currently, it is moving from the first generation of mini LED with PCB as the backplane to the second generation of matrix glass backplane technology, which can support more dimming areas.
The 27 -inch 4K display panel BOE is reportedly working on is said to support 64×32 array, which is 2048 partitions. The mini-LED backlight has a brightness while the peak brightness reached 1000nit. The display also supports HDR.
Apart from the brightness, other indicators of this display are also very high. The 10-bit panel supports 99% DCI-P3 color gamut. However, the refresh rate and response time are not mentioned. Mass production is yet to commence so the price is still unknown but we don’t expect it to be cheap. The price will likely be lower than LEDs though.
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