Sharp 60" Touchscreen At Inland AV Winnipeg Show

Grant's Perspective on ... touching the Sharp 60" monitor.

At last week’s New Wave of AV event (Inland AV’s annual Open House) one of the products featured was the Sharp PN-L601B 60" Touchscreen.

This item is a 60” LCD monitor with built in touch screen – a fantastic tool for interactive communication.  It is designed for presentations, meetings, training seminars, videoconferencing, etc, etc, etc.

Pictured below is Mr. Joe Ng from Sharp doing a product demonstration of this unit.  

 

I noticed there was a lot of interest and many questions. It quickly became a common topic of discussion throughout the event.  Some of the topics, in no particular order of popularity, were:

• Everyone liked that it’s a monitor and touch screen all-in-one.
• The unit looks really good and it’s not bulky.
• It’s impressively large yet everything is within arms reach.
• The image quality is amazingly sharp (no pun intended).
• Very bright!  “It’s bright enough to work in our boardroom with the blinds open!”  And on that note, this unit is Mercury Free – no fluorescent tubes. think Green.
• People took note of the energy savings – cool how so many attendees are concerned about this.  This is accomplished by the backlighting (where these units get their light from) done with a full array of LED’s.  That’s where the energy saving comes in as LED’s use way, way, way less energy
• Everyone liked the technology involved in the interactive abilities. There are multiple infrared sensors that detect one infrared LED light in the pen.  This means the system can precisely detect detailed touching points. It also works with your finger!
• Everyone liked the simple and intuitive user interface.  Some mentioned that the folks back at their office would be able to use it with ease, and therefore be more effective in their presentations.  In the photo, on Joe’s left, you can see that Joe moved his selection of favourite tools to the left side of the board.
• It was asked if this unit was shipping now, and it is!

So definitely a winner product – and a one of a kind in the market place.

Thanks to Joe for his stamina with answering all the questions all day.

Grant

Sharp 60" LCD Monitor With The World's Thinnest Bezel

Grant's Perspective on ... InfoComm and the Sharp video wall.

I was really impressed with the Sharp booth that featured a great looking video wall. It featured the new 60" PN-V601 professional LCD monitors.

·         These SHARP monitors contain:

o   the world's thinnest bezel -  making it a great choice for video wall applications.

o   Full array LED-backlighting

§  provides a bright image in virtually any lighting condition

§  uniform colours (the monitors all look the same) and very even brightness across the screen (there isn’t that darker video area near the edges).  Note below the photo provided by SHARP and the photo I took of the display at the SHARP booth.  The proof is there!

§  LED also provides for low power consumption – a must for video walls that run 24/7 as that is a significant power consumption time. 

·   With the 60-inch screen size, a large wall can be created with fewer monitors. The PN-V601 enables a 13’ x 7’ video wall with the use of just nine monitors, while it would require sixteen 46-inch competitive monitors to produce the same 100 square foot video wall.  And the 3x3 configuration that SHARP uses in this example looks better in my opinion as only 9 monitors appear less cluttered.

“As digital signage and display applications continue to evolve, customers are looking for more energy-efficient products and thinner bezel designs that enable nearly seamless images to be displayed in large video wall configurations,” said Ed McLaughlin, president, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. “The introduction of this ultra-slim bezel, LED-backlit LCD monitor rounds out our comprehensive line of professional displays and offers superior image quality and improved compatibility to serve the needs of the commercial market. The large 60-inch class monitor allows larger size video walls to be created utilizing fewer LCD panels, resulting in increased energy efficiency and lower operating costs.”

Grant