Discover the Samsung Onyx unveils groundbreaking LED cinema standards at CinemaCon 2025, elevating the moviegoing experience.
The newest Onyx (ICD model) cinema LED screen was unveiled by Samsung Electronics today at CinemaCon 2025, ushering in a new age of cinema display technology. With unparalleled picture quality, industry-leading dependability, and expanded screen scalability, Samsung is expanding on its history as a cinema LED pioneer, which started in 2017, and setting new benchmarks to satisfy the changing demands of theaters around the globe.
Brighter, Bolder and More Immersive: The Future of Cinema Is Here
The first DCI-certified cinema LED display, the Samsung Onyx, delivers an unsurpassed cinematic experience with its color accuracy, infinite contrast ratio, and genuine black depths. The screen supports 4K 120Hz frame rates for fluid action and fine details.
Each theater has different specifications for screen size, and each auditorium has its own measurements. Onyx provides four basic sizes and several customizable scaling options to meet this need, enabling theaters to make the most of their available space and screen movies in the biggest format without sacrificing image quality:
- Perfect for boutique and smaller-format theaters, this 5 m (16 ft) piece has a 1.25 mm pixels.
- For high-end theaters, 10 meters (33 feet) is the industry standard (Pixel pitch: 2.5mm).
- 14 metres (46 feet) – A flexible format that produces a striking, expansive cinematic experience (Pixel pitch: 3.3mm)
- This 20-meter (66-foot) large-format option is ideal for high-end auditoriums (pixel pitch: 5.0mm).
With inherent compatibility for both scope (2.39:1) and flat (1.85:1) aspect ratios, Samsung Onyx theater LED screens guarantee that movies are shown in their original forms without the need for extra tweaking. Content can expand proportionately without distortion when scaling beyond typical sizes because Onyx maximizes the screen size while maintaining both aspect ratios.
Richer details in shadows, more vivid highlights, and improved color fidelity across the spectrum are guaranteed by Onyx’s increased brightness, in contrast to standard projectors, which can appear dull in larger theaters and suffer with washed-out colors in bright scenes. Even the brightest details can be seen clearly with Onyx’s peak brightness levels of 300 nits (87.6fL), which are six times brighter than typical movie standards and powered by Samsung’s HDR technology. As a result, high-brightness settings retain their full impact rather than appearing washed out or overexposed.
Onyx’s industry-leading brightness and accuracy enable vivid playback of alternative content like live sports, concerts, gaming, and business presentations in bright environments. Theatrical experiences may go beyond showing movies.
Built for Reliability and Seamless Integration
Long-term performance is the hallmark of Onyx, which sets a new standard for cinema display technology dependability with the first and longest 10-year warranty in the industry. This expanded coverage guarantees theater owners a future-proof investment and lowers the total cost of ownership.
Samsung offers an auto-calibration technology that makes it simple for theaters to maintain the best possible picture quality while doing routine maintenance and installation.
With Onyx’s seamless integration design and compatibility with both Dolby and GDC media servers, theaters may more easily switch from conventional projection systems. As a result, theater networks can benefit from smooth content playback and effective administration.
Dolby Atmos, Meyer Sound, QSC, and custom-designed sound systems are just a few of the top cinema audio options that Onyx is fully compatible with, giving theaters the freedom to tailor their sound experience to their own requirements. In order to guarantee optimal audio performance, Onyx also provides seamless integration for theaters that use HARMAN’s JBL surround sound technology.
A Proven Legacy With Global Recognition
A new benchmark for high-end cinema display technology, the Samsung Onyx is one of the most extensively used LED displays in theaters across the globe. As it grows, Onyx keeps demonstrating its unparalleled dependability, adaptability, and capacity to improve the cinematic experience.
At one of the most recent installations, Onyx was chosen to improve the upscale cinematic experience at one of the most aesthetically spectacular theaters in the world at Paris’s Pathé Palace.
According to Laure de Boissard, Managing Director of Pathé Cinéma France, ” Samsung at Pathé are dedicated to providing patrons with the best possible cinematic experience.” “It can create breathtaking images with outstanding contrast and brightness with Samsung Onyx, which guarantees that every movie is shown precisely as intended.”
By working with the film industry, Samsung Onyx is also changing the way people watch movies. As an illustration, Samsung collaborated with Pixar Animation Studios to master movies including “Elemental,” “Inside Out 2,” and this summer’s “Elio” in HDR for Onyx. As a result, the movies were screened with remarkable color accuracy, brightness, and contrast. By working closely with filmmakers, Onyx keeps pushing the limits of display technology and making sure that imaginative ideas are realized with unparalleled clarity and precision.
Samsung at Pixar think that going to the movies can be a wonderful, communal event where friends can create memories and stories seem bigger than life. Dominic Glynn, Senior Scientist at Pixar Animation Studios, stated, “They are motivated to introduce something genuinely novel to the big screen with groundbreaking HDR-1 theatrical releases.” The ONYX screen technology rises to the challenge, providing incredible brightness, clarity, and color as well as a consistent, clear image that enhances every scene of the narrative. There is a noticeable change even for the average moviegoer. The aim is to create a memorable “Wow!” experience that serves as a reminder of why movies are and should always be unique.
CinemaCon 2025 dates
CinemaCon attendees can see the next-generation Onyx at Samsung’s Caesars Palace exhibit. From March 31 to April 3, Las Vegas hosts CinemaCon, the largest film theater business convention. It brings together international studio executives, filmmakers, theater owners, and other industry experts.
