Samsung's giant new display for cinemas reaches its first venue

Earlier this year, Samsung launched a new Onyx cinema display, the successor to the first-gen Onyx screen that the brand launched in 2017. Well, the new Onyx has made its debut in Korea.

Samsung has announced that Lotte Cinema Sillim’s Gwang-eum LED theatre is the first venue in the country to deploy Samsung’s new Onyx cinema display. It is Lotte Cinema's seventh LED venue.

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Samsung’s new Onyx cinema display is available in four sizes: 16 feet, 33 feet, 46 feet, and 66 feet. It features 4K resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, supports HDR, and has a peak brightness of 300 nits. Samsung also offers an auto calibration tool that allows theatres to easily calibrate the display.

Many cinemas around the world have deployed Samsung's first-generation Onyx display. We expect the same to be the case with the second-generation model. Lotte Cultureworks' Senior Manager at Operations Innovation Team, Jinha Jeong, said: “Samsung Onyx enables sophisticated color expression and reproduces true blacks, earning highly positive feedback from audiences.“

Abid Iqbal Shaik - Writer

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