Integrated Systems Europe, an exhibition for high-end AV and system integration professionals, took place in Barcelona from February 4 to February 7, 2025. With a total of 1,605 companies participating, the event serves as a platform for unveiling the latest products and market trends, attracting significant global attention. TrendForce provides on-site coverage and analyses, focusing on LED video wall, LED, driver IC, and controller technologies, along with key market dynamics.

Samsung Electronics

1. By cooperating with ARRI and Realtime Development, Samsung offers comprehensive virtual production solutions with LED video walls, controllers, image processors, panel lighting, and cameras. Specifically, the Samsung P1.6 and P2.1 The Wall presented on site feature a refresh rate of 12,288 Hz, 170° and 155° (respectively) viewing angles, and the Black Seal technology. Both perfectly demonstrated color uniformity, contrast, and high molding uniformity, effectively meeting the needs of film, television, and broadcast end-users.
2. Samsung announced its Zero Pixel Defect repair and replacement services for P0.84 / P1.2 The Wall models (IWC) within the one-year warranty period.
3. Micro LED transparent display is tiled using 16.1-inch transparent Micro LED panels, offering endless creative possibilities for the Retail & Exhibition market.

LG Electronics
LG has partnered with numerous companies including mo-sys, ARRI, Analog Way, UJIFILM, and RED to develop the virtual production market, aiming to expand its customer base in filmmaking and broadcasting. At ISE 2025, LG announced its P1.2 virtual production display for close-up shot.

Unilumin

1. Upanel II: On display was primarily the P1.2 LED display, which employs MiP (0404 LED) technology and black resin molding. The product utilizes AI image enhancement to optimize visual quality.
2. UpadIV: Catering to the rental market, Unilumin mainly focuses on outdoor fine pitch displays for its UpadIV, offering pixel pitches of P1.5 / P1.9 / P2.6, and incorporates a variety of LED technologies such as MiP, SMD, and 4-in-1 Mini LED.
3. Unatural: The Unatural Texture Screen redefines display art by offering custom texture processing (Seamless Mapping) that achieves naturally integrated transitions, effortlessly blending with industrial, Japanese, or other design aesthetics.

Leyard

1. MG2: Leyard launched its new COB-based MG2 series of Mini LED displays in 2025. While the VDS series primarily targets mid-range display needs, the MG2 series is positioned for high-end display requirements. The product line includes P0.7 / P0.9 / P1.2 / P1.5 / P1.8 models, with the P0.7 display featured on site.
2. DirectLight Pro: As the mainstream product series, DirectLight Pro offers options with P0.9 / P1.2 / P1.5 / P1.8, with the P0.9 and P1.2 models being particularly popular in the market.
3. MOK: Designed for outdoor fine pitch display applications, the MOK series is ideal for street furniture and bus shelter displays. It offers models with P1.2 / P1.5 / P1.8 pixel pitches. At the event, a 75-inch P1.5 outdoor fine pitch display was showcased.

Absen

1. Absen continues to enhance its product competitiveness by proactively entering overseas markets such as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. With strategies like offering a 10-year warranty for LED outdoor displays and modular mechanical components for user friendly interface, Absen’s efforts and achievements are recognized worldwide. The company leads the industry by introducing the 136-inch 4K P0.78 and 163-inch 4K P0.9 all-in-one LED displays, both utilizing Mini LED COB technology.
2. KLCOB1.2: Absen has partnered with Turkish-American media artist Refik Anadol to feature digital art using the KLCOB1.2 video wall. By integrating LED display technology with AI, this collaboration breaks through traditional artistic boundaries to deliver a completely new art experience to the audience.
3.  A0625: For outdoor displays, product reliability is paramount. Modular mechanical components allow for the simple installation and maintenance of display modules, frames, and power supplies, ultimately extending product lifespan and enhancing the owner’s return on investment. Absen further explained that by increasing the number of air valves to balance internal and external temperatures, both the front and back of the display can achieve an IP66 protection rating.

ViewSonic

1. Foldable All-in-One LED Display: The third-gen138-inch 2K P1.5 all-in-one foldable LED display, with foldable and mobile capabilities, creates immersive visual experiences for large exhibitions and meetings. The product comes with a built-in stand, requiring only 10 minutes for on-site assembly. A control box is integrated with the electric stand, achieving a 99% screen-to-body ratio. Additionally, the display features sleek wiring design, offering a minimalist display aesthetic.
2. 136-inch All-in-One LED Display: The LDM series features the Glue-on-Board (GOB) protection technology, a preset 16:9 aspect ratio, and a detachable control box with build-in speakers. The product line delivers immersive audiovisual experiences through an intuitive, user-friendly interface, making it an ideal solution for a wide range of commercial and educational applications.
3. All-in-One System Control Box: The whole-new control box comes with a 4U rack-mount design that can be seamlessly integrated into rack cabinets. This feature overcomes the installation challenges posed by the bar-shaped design of conventional all-in-one system control boxes in customers’ existing rack cabinets. With integrated power, control, image splicing, and display systems, the control box simplifies setup without additional electrical installation costs. This product enables centralized system operations and power integration for IT specialists, enhancing management efficiency, reducing energy consumption, and lowering operational costs.

Philips / TPV

1. As a globally renowned manufacturer of LED and LCD commercial displays, Philips showcased a range of LED display solutions, including all-in-one foldable LED displays and modules for both indoor and outdoor use at ISE 2025. Its OEM partner, TPV, provides ODM designs for many prominent commercial display brands. Under its 2025 strategic plan, Philips is set to more aggressively promote LED video walls, offering customers the choice between COB and SMD technologies within its 6000 series. The event’s main visual features the 6000 series P1.56 display, which presents high-end display effects inspired by a collection of museum artworks. The COB technology product line also includes P1.56, P1.25, and P0.93 models.
2. Additionally, Philips launched a 136-inch 2K P1.5 all-in-one foldable LED display that utilizes COB technology. Leveraging its proprietary True Performance Solution—which has achieved PANTONE certification—the display excels grayscale performance at in low-brightness, delivering stunning color quality that left the audience truly impressed at ISE 2025.

BOE

1. BOE focuses on its new direct-view product line for the MLED business, the BYH-COB series, which features a 14.5-inch large PCB to effectively reduce the number of seams and enhance screen integrity. This series is widely applied in conference rooms, commercial displays, exhibition halls, and other settings. Among the lineup, the BOE-BYH ULTRA is positioned as a high-end, customized BOE MLED COB model. By leveraging its proprietary optical film packaging technology and self-developed high-end anti-glare reflective film, it achieves an impressive contrast ratio of up to 20,000:1 under 10 lux ambient lighting. According to TrendForce, the product also features a lower surface temperature and can reduce power consumption by up to one-third.
2. BOE’s MLED business division also demonstrated a self-built virtual production studio, comprising a unique MLED screen capable of flexibly switching between flat and curved configurations. The P2.6 / P1.9 models feature a refresh rate of up to 7,680 Hz and a brightness of 1,800 nits, effectively meeting the demands from the virtual production market.

INFiLED

1. All-in-One LED Display: At ISE 2025, INFiLED debuted a 136-inch all-in-one LED display system utilizing COB technology, complete with touchscreen functionality. The COB technology significantly enhances display performance in terms of contrast and viewing angles.
2. MVmk2: Targeting the outdoor fixed display market, this series offers pixel pitches of P10.4, P6.9, and P3.9, with the P3.9 and P6.9 models showcased on site.
3. RS/ARmk2: Aimed at the high-end rental market, the RS and ARmk2 series- where RS emphasizes lightweight design—were also on display, featuring the RS 2.5 and ARmk2 3.9 models.

Christie

1. Christie is a world-renowned commercial projection and direct view display manufacturer. It demonstrated the P0.75-P1.25 LED display, MICROTILES, at ISE, adopting flip-chip Mini LED. The product has perfect color uniformity, contrast, and high molding uniformity), and fine grayscale.
2. Christie indicated that the company will continue to receive recognition from government and enterprises in the North American, Indian and other regional markets. The company will also leverage its resources to expand into the entertainment market in the future.

QSTECH

1. The 162-inch (4K) and 135-inch (2K) all-in-one LED displays come with the 0606 LED and COB technologies, respectively. The company also stated that its 162-inch 4K all-in-one LED display debuted in 2025 targets at home theater applications.
2. QSTECH’s LED cinema wall has obtained DCI-P3 certification. Measuring 10.56 x 5.4 m and featuring standard 4K resolution with brightness levels ranging from 40 to 300 nits, the screen boasts high brightness, wide color gamut, superior image quality, and excellent detail reproduction. It has been installed in cinemas across Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Qiqihar in China.

Sony
VERONA (P1.5 / P2.3) is designed to meet the market demand for virtual production, boasting an impressive refresh rate of up to 7,680 Hz and a wide color gamut reaching 98% DCI-P3 / 88% Rec.2020, making it ideal for background and ceiling displays. Additionally, the VERONA virtual production display is compatible with the controllers from Brompton and Megapixel, providing a comprehensive solution for end users.

Harvatek
The COBsidian series addresses the three major issues of traditional COB: insufficient color consistency, overly visible seams, and difficult maintenance. Harvatek employs advanced wafer level testing equipment to pre-sort LED chips through a CxCy binning process, thereby addressing the root cause of color inconsistency. Additionally, COBsidian utilizes a market-leading large PCB manufacturing process (300×168mm, 250×250mm), which not only effectively controls module flatness but also reduces the number of physical seams in display modules. Finally, by employing semiconductor manufacturing equipment, the company has made significant strides in both die attachment and maintenance.

At ISE 2025, Harvetek showcased matte and semi-matte COB modules. Depending on customer requirements for reflected light, brightness, and contrast, the company implemented various surface treatment processes to produce the desired modules. Furthermore, Harvetek introduced its latest HOB structure rental cabinet. Through the MiP-COB hybrid process, the module surface exhibits a granular texture that further reduces the surface reflections and glare of LED modules, as well as the prominence of in-between seams- representing the latest surface treatment technology for rental products.

Retop
Retop specializes in the outdoor display market, including outdoor rentals, street furniture displays, bus shelter displays, and stadium advertising displays, while also providing OEM services for well-known display manufacturers. Outdoor displays are required to be anti-UV, waterproof, and offer high brightness and high heat dissipation functionalities, hence the requirement for high reliability. At the event, Retop’s stadium display meets the requirements of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and features an exceptionally advanced heat dissipation design.

Macroblock

1. MBI5292 (32-scan / 0.4-20mA / 16-channel): The MBI5292 is Macroblock’s flagship LED driver IC, incorporating the four key features of the DaVinci series. It notably integrates PWM technology to achieve true 19-bit grayscale and combines it with PAM to deliver low-gray, high-refresh effects, significantly elevating LED display image quality. This driver IC is ideal for high-end virtual production- including innovative concerts, virtual production (VP), extended reality (XR), and upscale indoor displays- setting a new performance benchmark. Additionally, the MBI5292 features low knee voltage paired with a new energy-saving design that reduces cabinet power consumption by 25% during display operation.
2. MBS7264 (64-scan / 0.5-30mA / 16-channel): Inheriting the virtual production advantages of MBI5264, MBS7264 additionally boasts the ability to maintain low-grayscale uniformity in applications with 32 and higher scans. This design enables high-scan displays to deliver visuals that meet professional virtual production standards.
3. MBI5756 (64-scan / 1-18mA / 16-channel): As indoor display quality demands increasingly mirror those for outdoor applications- especially with the surge in 3D outdoor advertisements and large-scale outdoor live events- LED video walls have once again emerged as a powerful marketing tool. The MBI5756, essentially the common-cathode version of the MBS7264, offers enhanced energy efficiency and a cold display effect. It is well-suited for installations closer to the audience, such as in-store advertising displays for luxury retailers, corporate meeting rooms, museums, classrooms, outdoor billboards, and more, delivering not only superior visual performance but also an improved user experience.

Chipone

1. ICND3289: This common-cathode driver IC enables ultra-fine pitch display at P0.39. It integrates 384 constant-current output channels that support 128 RGB physical pixels and 96 RGBX virtual pixels, and it is compatible with 1-90 scan-line applications. The 18-bit grayscale, blending PWM and PAM dimming algorithms, offers more accurate color reproduction while achieving a visual refresh rate of up to 15,360 Hz and a low-gray, high-refresh mode enhanced up to 16 times to improve display stability. Also on display was the ICND2270, a 48-channel / 90-scan common-cathode driver IC that has become the company’s flagship product.
2. ICND7301: The AEC-Q100-certified ICND7301 is used in automotive communication displays. With integrated MOS components, two driver ICs can be aligned to support up to 16 scan lines (or 1-96 scanning). An ICND7301 can control 256 pixels (16×16). At ISE 2025, an automotive communication display was showcased with a 64×32 resolution, requiring only six driver ICs.
3. ICND6620 / ICND6603: In response to the display demands for controllers and image processors, Chipone introduced the ICND6603 control chip alongside the ICND6620 image processing chip. With 4K resolution capabilities and HDMI 2.0 transmission, the ICND6620 can downscale video to 2K, while the ICND6603 functions as the transceiver control chip.

Xm-Plus
Xm-Plus’s driver ICs are mostly highly integrated common-cathode models, offering leading performance in energy efficiency, low power consumption, low current, precise PWM, and high frame rate applications. The product lineup includes the XM11202, XM10480, XM11206, and ASIC, which are used by many well-known LED video wall manufacturers.

NovaStar / TBSilicon / DECO

1. NovaStar: (1) The Adaptive Thermal Compensation solution has been upgraded to 3.0, featuring automatic control of the LED screen’s color temperature and accuracy, real-time estimation of thermal property changes in the cabinet, and dynamic adjustment of the compensation coefficient. The solution effectively addresses issues such as color temperature deviations and red stripes caused by uneven temperature distribution or varying spatial positions of the screen and cabinet. It also addresses bluish tints resulting from the layout of internal power supplies and ICs. In doing so, the solution ensures that the cabinet’s color and temperature are precisely maintained, which effectively resolves calibration challenges for Mini LEDs, chromatic aberration in transparent displays, hollow and non-hollow spaces, and the differences for the long-term use. (2) In response to the demand for higher resolution and faster transmission speeds, NovaStar introduced the MAX2000 Pro 5G transmission solution, which allows two sets of 4K displays to operate with just two 40G interfaces and 16 cables- simplifying display assembly and wiring for customers.
2. TBSilicon: As NovaStar’s LED driver IC subsidiary, TBSilicon offers a full range of driver ICs built on a PWM+PAM design. The TBS5266 / TBS5267 are 16-channel models that deliver an average brightness increase of 20% and energy savings of 30% compared to competing solutions. The TBS5367 (48-CH /20-Scan) driver IC achieves the first grayscale refresh rate of 240 Hz and brightness on the first grayscale of 0.0058 nits, providing exceptional grayscale performance.
3. DECO: In collaboration with NovaStar, DECO showcased wireless transmission chips designed for seamless operation between the LED display’s hub board and modules- and even between cabinets- by enabling connection when they are in close proximity with just one chip. This solution handles all connectivity needs with interfaces including wireless Ethernet and HDMI. By eliminating the need for wires, floating connectors, or fixed connectors between the cabinet’s light board and control card, it significantly simplifies the installation, removal, and maintenance processes and costs, aligning with the trend toward integrated and smart LED display systems.

Colorlight

1. Integrated Conference Solution: Colorlight exhibited Visual World’s all-in-one LED display at the booth, equipped with its CM4KS transmitter module at the bottom. The AX08 conference system, based on the CM4KSmodule, enhances entertainment features and offers a user-friendly interface by processing 8K video to output two 4K displays.
2. Three-in-One Solution: Combining the hub board, receiving card, and power supply, this solution targets the fine pitch display market by offering higher integration and advanced image processing to simplify display assembly.
3. Receiving Card: The RV5000 features high integration and a Type C interface. The company is currently in collaboration with Unilumin and Leyard.

Seoul Viosys
Seoul Semiconductor / Seoul Viosys is actively promoting the MC02 (0202 LED) under its Micro LED display division. This product features larger chips that enable the vertical stacking of RGB LED chips, which not only reduces the packaging size but also simplifies the overall packaging process. According to TrendForce, the MC02 (0202 LED) entered mass production in 2023. So far, the company’s Micro LED products have been integrated into the supply chains of LED video wall brands in North America, Japan, and South Korea.

The MC02 employs a single-chip Micro LED display technology that is no-wire, no-package, and no-lens. It uses the world’s first full-color, triple-chip vertical stacking technique, in which vertically stacked RGB LEDs form a single pixel capable of emitting different colors. Because the pixel’s composite color is presented externally, the display maintains its consistency without distortion regardless of the viewing angles (top, bottom, left, or right). Moreover, this technology boosts Micro LED brightness to 6,000 nits and is implemented in both LED video walls and automotive communication displays. At the event, Seoul Viosys showcased outdoor advertising displays, demonstrating WOB’s ability to deliver superb visual performance. (Note: WOB means WICOP on Board)

Kinglight
For rental displays, display LEDs require elevated brightness- exceeding 4,500-5,000 nits outdoors and over 1,000 nits indoors. In response to high-end rental market demands, Kinglight has introduced diverse LEDs with continuously improved brightness. The 1820 LED now offers a black leadframe package that boosts brightness to 3,500-6,000 nits. For indoor rental applications, Kinglight launched the QFN1212 and Black Crystal 2424, featuring larger electrode pads for improved reliability.

Author: Joanne, TrendForce

TrendForce 2025 Global LED Video Wall Market Outlook and Price Cost Analysis
Release Date: 30 September 2024
Language: Traditional Chinese / English
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