The DirectLight Essential Series extends Planar's industry-leading DirectLight family, offering a broader range of high-performance, ultra-fine pitch LED video walls tailored for customers who demand premium visuals within budget-conscious parameters. Available in 27-inch cabinets with 0.7, 0.9, 1.2, and 1.5 millimeter pixel pitches, the series achieves deeper blacks and sharper visuals through a 30,000:1 contrast ratio and a 3,840Hz high refresh rate. It is fully compatible with the Planar^® WallDirector™ Video Controller and LED controllers from ColorLight, ensuring seamless system integration and flexibility.

Every display undergoes a precise LED sorting process that ensures uniform brightness and color, while a proprietary driver integrated circuit enhances COB performance by controlling power and data delivery with exceptional precision. Designed with Chip-on-Board (COB) LED technology, the Planar DirectLight Essential Series delivers high pixel density, energy efficiency, and exceptional durability, making it ideal for high-traffic environments such as lobbies, retail spaces, hospitality venues, classrooms, conference rooms, and regional broadcast studios. This advanced engineering improves color consistency and brightness uniformity while reducing energy consumption and supporting reliable performance for interactive touch applications.

"We're very proud to add COB technology to the Planar DirectLight family of leading-edge LED solutions for the first time,” said Robert Detwiler, senior director of product management at Planar. “This significant addition provides our customers with the benefit of COB with lower cost, added durability, and vibrant imagery, while also stepping up the performance to be a next-level COB that delivers improved visuals and brightness to power performance to further diversify the flagship Planar DirectLight family." (Planar News 2025)

Featuring front serviceability for simplified installation and maintenance, it is also available in pre-configured Planar^® DirectLight^® Essential Complete™ display configurations in 109-inch diagonal Full HD, 136-inch diagonal Full HD, and 163-inch diagonal 4K sizes. These configurations include everything needed for deployment, cables, trim, wall mounts, spare modules, a video controller, and a remote, reducing setup time and complexity.

Planar DirectLight Essential Series video walls also integrate with the industry-leading Planar^®Planar^® WallDirector™ Cloud web-based monitoring application, enabling remote system monitoring and management. Through a web-based interface, users can oversee performance, assess system health, and address issues in real time.

With the introduction of the DirectLight Essential Series, Planar expands its COB capabilities to deliver enhanced image performance, greater durability, and increased efficiency, further strengthening the DirectLight Series' position as a leader in LED video wall technology.

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About Planar Systems

Planar Systems, founded in 1983 as a spin-off from Tektronix, is an American digital display manufacturer headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon. The company specializes in a wide array of display solutions, including LED and LCD video walls, large-format LCDs, and touchscreen monitors, catering to diverse markets such as broadcast, education, healthcare, and retail.