Transparent displays make for eye-catching smart showcases in stores, but they have problems: low pixel density, low brightness, and (worst of all) low transparency. Display manufacturer BOE says it has found a way to solve these problems with its new MLED technology.
MLED displays have a transmittance greater than 65% (i.e. 65% of all light behind the display passes through it). Apparently the company built a 16 “panel using this new technology and it’s also extraordinarily bright: 1,000 nits (and capable of contrast ratios of 100,000: 1).
The area between the pixels actually has a transmittance greater than 90%. The BOE team used a clever arrangement of the pixel wiring and pixel structure to achieve an average transmittance of 65+ percent for the entire panel.
The greater the space between the pixels, the more transparent the display will be. But that’s a problem if you want a high-quality image, not just transparency. BOE’s optimized layout seems to have solved this as well as the aforementioned 16-inch panel has a resolution of 2.5K.
To put this in context, earlier this year LG was talking about OLED displays with 45% transparency, which were placed on a futuristic bus touring Suwon, South Korea.
Either way, the BOE panel is apparently being tested by TÜV Rheinland for its Eye Comfort certification (which measures things like blue light emitted, reflectivity, contrast, flicker, and more). BOE did not say when the first MLED displays will be on the market.
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