World’s first Extreme Dynamic Range Display

The picture is analysed 60 times per second and the brightness value for every LED in the array is dynamically adjusted from zero light (0 cd/m²) right up to 4,000 cd/m², and everything in between. BrightSide call this technology Individually Modulated LED, or IMLED. This is the foundation of BrightSide’s core Intellectual Property. A full 8-bits of the display are dedicated to this luminance channel which, when combined with the 8-bits of information going to the LCD panel, gives a display capable of receiving and displaying 16-bits per colour channel.

This is looking very impressive. I am thinking that something like this would have to give you a headache after a while. If you are outdoors and the sun is bright, it could easily give you a headache after a while. Either way, this is interesting technology and will be cool to see in production. Check out the very in-depth look over at Bit-Tech.