LED cinema screen: First German cinema with LED screen

Samsung brings the LED Cinema Screen to Germany. A pioneer in the landscape of German cinema is the Dream Palace in Esslingen near Stuttgart.

Samsung's Cinema LED Screen celebrates its German premiere on Wednesday at Esslingen Cinema Traumpalast. Thanks to LED technology, cinema visitors should be able to expect a "fascinating and realistic viewing experience with bright, luminous images".

The "Dream Palace" in Esslingen follows the "Arena Cinemas Sihlcity Switzerland" in Zurich, where the first cinema hall in Europe with a LED wall at the projection venue opened at the end of March. It was also the first installation of its kind in the world for playing 3D movies. heise online had an impression in advance, followed by a background report on the technology in the side.

Brightness ten times stronger than projectors

The technical data of the first Cinema LED screen mounted in Germany (official brand name: "" Onyx Cinema LED ") corresponds to the screen used in Switzerland: the Cinema LED Screen of 10.3 meters wide and 5.4 meters high developed by Samsung offers a resolution of 4K (4096 × 2160 pixels) Closer to the screen, you can see that it is composed of 96 individual modules that can be changed individually, but a seamless fit and a high-precision calibration can give the impression of a solid black wall at the usual pace.

Brightness According to Samsung, the 39 Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) certified LED Cinema screen is ten times more powerful than conventional cinema projects Thanks to LED technology, light intensity up to 146 fL (lambert foot) or 500 nits (candela per square meter) is reached – and this , according to the manufacturer, at an average energy consumption lower than that of a conventional projector. At least 11 years old, that's the life of Samsung if you look at the screen 24 hours a day.

As the LED Cinema screen eliminates the need to install a projector, it will no longer need large projection rooms in the future. The screen allows the construction of steeper seats, which allows to install additional cinema seats.

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