BOE’s booth tour focuses on how packaging and drive architecture are reshaping fine-pitch direct-view LED: full flip-chip COB with black film encapsulation, common-cathode driving, and increasingly glass-based approaches that aim for better thermal behavior and more uniform luminance. The walkthrough starts with a curved COB concept that relies on an ultra-thin module to make bending feasible, with a stated curvature limit around a 600 mm radius for concave or convex installs. https://www.boe.com/en/
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After that, the comparison ladder makes the tradeoffs concrete: a “standard” COB around 1.25 mm pitch is framed as a cost-led choice (about 600 nits and 5,000:1 contrast, using Nova control), while a 0.9 mm “ultra” step pushes toward roughly 2,000 nits and 20,000:1 with tighter seam management and a higher-end control path that can drive more cabinets per controller to reduce cabling and power distribution complexity. This segment is filmed at ISE 2026 in Barcelona, and it’s useful as a quick reference for why pitch alone is not the only quality lever in retail and corporate AV.
The “highest end” theme is then tied to chip-on-glass (COG): placing LEDs directly on glass is presented as the route for going below what COB typically targets, while keeping a slim module and consistent optical behavior. In parallel, BOE shows Micro Pixel Device development (MPD) at around 0.6 mm pitch with a quoted cabinet depth near 2.4 cm, positioned as a prototype path to thinner, tighter LED walls where mechanical depth and heat paths often set the real limits.
A standout demo is “Magic LED,” described as using pixel-level distortion to reduce real electrical brightness (example given around 800 nits) while preserving a perceived high-brightness look closer to a higher mode (example referenced around 2,000 nits), aimed at eye comfort and lower energy draw. There’s also a glossy surface film approach that makes an LED wall read more like LCD/OLED from a distance by masking division lines, plus a quick look at modular serviceability (magnetic tiles, visible power/drive components) and how SMD, COB, and COG raise the production hurdle in different ways.
Beyond LED, BOE pivots into wider display categories: an interactive LCD with a new polarizer/film for improved off-axis viewing, and local dimming with 288 zones to manage contrast and power by content. The ePaper area highlights Spectra 6 full-color with a noted operating range of roughly -25 to 60°C and battery operation, alongside the familiar multi-second refresh behavior. The tour ends with semi-outdoor LED (example referenced at 4,000 nits and ~1.9 mm pitch) plus a sensor cluster concept for fleet management—temperature, ambient light, water/rain logging, door and impact/vandal alerts—before closing on factory sustainability and recycled-content efforts as part of BOE’s manufacturing story.
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