The great LED outdoors

摘要

Like the technology itself, the prospects for outdoor LED have never been brighter, particularly in sport. "Football clubs were early adopters of LED for replay screens," says Damon Crowhurst, head of display at Samsung. "But the technology has moved on significantly in brightness, image quality and affordability, and there's great potential for upgrading to bigger screens - especially with new regulations in football and rugby requiring high-quality replay screens for refereeing decisions. Image quality is improving, too, with typical pixel pitch in outdoor moving to 10mm, compared with 16-25mm in the past." Ribbon displays around the stands are increasingly popular, not just in football but at cricket grounds. "In the last six months we've won contracts at Lancashire, Northants and Ageas Bowl in Southampton - typically using our entry level XAJ product for scoreboard screens and our Premier Prismview XAF product for ribbon displays and sight screens," says Crowhurst.