Planar recently introduced the Planar^® Komodo Series, a premium family of ultra-fine pixel pitch Chip-on-Board (COB) MicroLED video wall displays engineered for exceptional indoor visual performance and long-term reliability for applications as diverse as corporate, meeting spaces, video production, private cinema and other environments that demand the ultimate visual performance. 

Available in 0.7, 0.9 and 1.2 millimeter pixel pitches, the Planar Komodo Series represents the new flagship of Planar’s fine pitch LED portfolio, delivering exceptional image quality and reliable performance for the most visually-discerning indoor applications. The new solution features a striking DCI-p3 color gamut for professional-grade color reproduction and 1,000 nits of brightness to support dynamic image reproduction in any indoor environment. 

The Planar Komodo Series is powered by Megapixel’s award-winning HELIOS^® LED Processing Platform, supporting cutting-edge video standards and delivering modular and flexible inputs to allow for endless creativity. Developed from the ground up by Planar and Megapixel, Planar Komodo Series features LED display cabinet electronics specifically designed to fully leverage the Megapixel platform.

HELIOS^® is a powerful and secure LED processing platform offering support for 8K inputs and output with a small one RU size. Featuring multiple advancements in video and color handling with high bandwidth architecture, the system is ideal for applications as diverse as corporate settings, control rooms, video production and private cinema.

In addition to 100 Gbps (G) ST2110 capability, a standard developed by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) to define professional media over an IP network, Planar Komodo Series features an upgradable design to support future standards and can be configured to meet customer application needs.

Delivering a range of pixel pitches and multiple cabinet sizes, the new flagship COB product family allows users to achieve more industry standard resolutions and formats compared to conventional LED platforms. The Planar Komodo Series is designed to support today’s most in-demand formats, including 16:9 and 21:9. With the ability to build video walls from native Full HD and 4K to 8K and ultra-wide 5K, the flagship COB LED family delivers scalable, future-ready visual performance.

In corporate and education applications that benefit from ultra-wide 5K resolution, the Planar Komodo Series is ideal for conferencing, unified communications and hybrid collaboration. For applications demanding expansive or panoramic viewing experiences, it delivers an immersive, cinematic-scale seamless display that maximizes visual impact.

Planar Komodo Series features the latest advancements in COB technology, including improved color accuracy, high pixel density, sharper imagery and deeper blacks.

Customers also benefit from exceptional durability as well as energy efficiency. 

In addition to an advanced manufacturing process that sorts and pairs only uniform LEDs together, eliminating abnormalities, Planar Komodo Series uses an alternating LED orientation to produce improved viewing angles and color uniformity. This helps ensure the highest quality viewing experiences, while enhancing the inherent benefits of COB technology.

The launch of Planar Komodo Series follows Planar’s introduction of the Planar^® DirectLight^® Essential Series in May and rounds out the industry leader’s portfolio of COB displays. Baseline, mid-tier and premium offerings are now available, each delivering enhanced image quality, durability and energy efficiency to meet the widest range of customer needs.

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