Insight Media and Samsung hosted the QLED and Advanced Display Summit (ADS) in West Hollywood on June 27 and 28. The agenda included Quantum Dots (QDs), 8K, Display and Mastering Tools, High Dynamic Range (HDR) Cinema and microLED displays. While there was discussion of QDs at the event, regardless of its title, there was no significant discussion of QDs used in QLEDs. (Full Disclosure – Samsung paid my expenses to attend this Summit – MSB)
Chris Chinnock opens the Advanced Display Summit at the London Hotel in West Hollywood. (Credit: M. Brennesholtz)
Over the two day Advanced Display Summit (ADS) there were 24 presentations grouped into the five broad topics, as shown in the table. While the ADS was sponsored by Samsung, only five of the presentations, one per topic, were from Samsung personnel. The phrase “8K” was used universally at the ADS by all speakers for both true 8K (8192 x 4320, 1.90:1) and UHD-2 (7680 x 4320, 1.78:1 (16:9)). In most cases, this distinction didn’t make much difference but in this report, I will follow this (incorrect) convention.
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Company |
Presenter |
Title |
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8K (UHD-2) |
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Insight Media |
Chris Chinnock |
Addressing the Challenges of Selling 8K |
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Panavision |
Michael Cioni |
Opportunities in an 8K Future |
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Samsung Display Corp |
Abhijeet Solat |
8K with Quantum dots is the NEXT BIG thing |
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AstroDesign |
Yoko Kimua |
Broadcast Driven 8K Development |
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Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) |
Bob O’Brien (Presented by Chris Chinnock) |
The 8K Market is Coming |
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Panel discussion of 8K, moderated by Scott Wilkinson , AVS Forum |
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Quantum Dots |
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Palomaki Consulting |
Peter Palomaki |
Quantum Dot Display Technology – A Bright Future Ahead |
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Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) |
Shinae Jun |
Quantum dot display |
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Nanoco |
Brian Gally |
Exploring the future integration modes of quantum dots in mainstream displays |
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Nanosys |
Russell Kempt |
The Technology Platform for Future Displays |
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Panel discussion of quantum dots, moderated by Chris Chinnock |
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Display & Mastering Tools |
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FF Pictures |
Florian Friedrich |
HDR under control: Tools for signal analysis, quality control and dynamic metadata |
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Samsung Research America |
Bill Mandel |
HDR10+ Technology |
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Portrait Displays |
Tyler Pruitt |
Monitoring Challenges Today |
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ColorFront |
Bill Feightner |
Nits to Nits – Supporting multiple display and surround brightness |
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Panel discussion of display & mastering tools, moderated by Chris Chinnock |
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HDR Cinema |
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Samsung Electronics America |
Christopher Buchanan |
The (LED) Future Starts Today |
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LightView |
W. Thomas Wall |
Impressions from Grading HDR on the Samsung Onyx Emissive LED Cinema Screen |
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MKPE Consulting |
Michael Karagosian |
Challenges for HDR Cinema |
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Panel discussion of HDR Cinema, moderated by Chris Chinnock |
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MicroLED |
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Fuzhou University (China) & General manager, SID China |
Professor Frank (Qun) Yan |
MicroLED driving the third wave of technology revolution of information display |
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Samsung Electronics |
Jihoon Kang |
Micro LEDs for TV applications: Technical Challenges |
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Tesoro Scientific and QMAT, Inc |
Francois Henley |
Enabling Laser-based Mass Transfer of LEDs at Over 100M Devices per hour |
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PlayNitride |
Falcon Liu |
MicroLED Display — the Next Generation Display Technology |
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SungKyunKwan Univ. |
Prof. Yong Sang Kim |
Backplane Technologies for Micro-LED Display |
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JBD |
Fang Ou |
Wafer-level Monolithic Hybrid Integration: a mass manufacturable approach towards high performance microLED micro-Displays |
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Lumiode |
Vincent Lee |
High-Brightness Micro-LED Microdisplays by direct integration of LEDs and Silicon Thin-Film Transistors |
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N-Tech Research |
Boris Kobrin |
Mass transfer technology – a key for LED cinemas commercialization |
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Panel discussion of microLED, moderated by Chris Chinnock |
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Source: Insight Media; Compiled by Meko |
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The ADS had lively discussions on multiple issues but there was one issue that the speakers and attendees were in nearly universal agreement: LED displays in virtually all sizes from smartwatches to giant cinema screens provide the best image quality of any display technology. However, before LEDs can replace LCD, OLED and projection technologies, they must solve the cost and manufacturing issues associated with LEDs, especially microLEDs. No one seemed to see the transition to all-LED displays coming anytime soon. In the meantime, people (i.e. China) keep building Gen 10.5 fabs for LCD and OLED displays. – Matthew Brennesholtz
