Grant's Perspective on ... unique video wall configuration at the Crestron booth.
Crestron was another company showing creativity with their video display at InfoComm 2011. The previous blog was the Samsung video towers and now I wanted to post images of the unique monitor configuration in the Crestron booth.
Here are pics of the main signage display at the Crestron booth. I was intrigued by how they used the monitors tilted and interlocked. Impressive!
You can see two logos starting to appear
the logo has grown
I took a handful of pics of various displayed images. In the second pic you can see a logo in the centers, then it got larger until it filled the entire screen. Imagine what it takes for the video wall processors to accomplish this.
In the next blog I’ll show how creative the producers at Sea World got with their video displays. Should be inspiring!
Grant
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Grant's Perspective on ... the green Laser Phosphor Display.
A few years ago the popular buzz word was "Green". Green this and green that to save energy for a better planet. Lots of chatter but not a tremendous amount of substance. But after the 2011 InfoComm I feel confident that some new products really are green.
Prysym video walls – see photo of the huge video wall – the technology is lasers and the entire wall operates with less power than a regular hairdryer.
I wish everyone a happy Canada Day and look forward to the July 1 long weekend. After the weekend I'm going to start packing my office as we are moving into a new building in July. Grant
Grant's Perspective on ... the Sharp PNV601 video wall monitor bezel mirror.
I was sent a link to a video made on the floor of the Digital Signage Expo 2011. I had earlier posted on how impressive this monitor is for video wall applications with the "world's thinnest" bezel. Sharp has added a mirror bezel which reflects the image from the monitors so that at a distance the bezel is nearly invisible. How cool is that!
Below is a screen capture from the video with a close up of the mirror. Click through to have a look at the entire 1 minute video.
Grant's Perspective on ... applications for the Sharp PNV601 video wall.
I wanted to expand on last week's post that talked about the Sharp demonstration of the PNV601 video wall monitor. This 60" monitor has the world's thinnest bezel and has a really bright yet even image.
What video wall applications are there?
1 - Utility Control Centers require very large screen viewing areas so that they can visually monitor their pipeline or transmission lines over a very large geographical area. Perhaps a 2 monitor high x 5 monitor wide display would provide the aspect ratio required to display the very important information. Or a 3 high x 5 wide and with the addition of a video processor would accommodate many video sources and provide a mix of various video windows placed where and when required.
2 - Shopping Malls can use a video wall to inform shoppers about mall events, entertain them with a feed of important cultural events (think back to the Vancouver gold medal hockey game) and it is a revenue generating opportunity as stores can advertise. A 5 x 5 (25 monitors) wall would work well in this application to provide one giant live video screen for live events like fashions shows, multiple images for advertising, and a combination of the two where part of the screen is live video and surrounding smaller images for advertising.
3 - Corporate Reception Foyers could configure a 1 x 2 video wall as a part of their digital signage solution.
4 - Trade Displays that incorporate a video wall as a part of their booth would really attract attention! A simple 2 x 2 while fitting within the booth is not only flashy to get attention but also practical to present idea’s or display media materials.
5 – Clubs – someone somewhere will utilize a video wall for the dance floor to blow away that Saturday Night Fever system. Probably already done somewhere…..
Below is a video shot at a trade show showing the video wall and the video floor. At the 1:21 mark a person walks onto the monitors.
If you can think of other applications (theme parks, smaller arenas), feel free to add a message to this post!
Grant's Perspective on ... the new Sharp PNV601 monitors in a video wall application
This week I had a SHARP experience. ( www.thesharpexperience.com ) LOL. I was invited to the Introduction of Sharp’s PNV601 Ultra Slim Bezel LCD Monitor event at Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. in Mississauga.
Most of the event revolved around creating video walls and was very interesting to a guy like me who has tolerated the older technologies used in video walls. I’m glad the days of CRT monitors, 3-gun projection cubes, and fluorescent backlit LCD monitors are done.
Sharp is a world leader in LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). Their LCD panels are used in many products everywhere including the displays in new automobiles. The reason I mention this is Sharp has been the first to do many things; LED backlighting in LCD monitors. Sharp arranged LED elements in an array directly behind the LCD to create uniform brightness across the entire panel. In addition, the lens over each LED has been developed to improve light output and increase the dispersion of the light to also improve the brightness uniformity. Here’s a illustration of a monitor that had the LCD panel cutaway to expose the LED array.
This is very important in video wall applications as the screen brightness of each individual monitor needs to be uniform from edge to edge as the monitors are all butted up against each other. Otherwise non-uniform brightness will show even more and make the wall look cheap.
For example if you’ve ever seen an LCD type video wall where the brightness isn’t consistent, it’s probably because those monitors use CCFL (Cold cathode fluorescent lamps) – fluorescent tubes basically – they’re notorious for not being able to illuminate from edge to edge.
The Sharp PNV601 monitors used in the wall I saw have the World’s Slimmest Bezel Width of 6.5 mm. When the monitors are butted up against each other the gap between them is minimal, creating almost seamless display for a more desirable and impressive wall.
Add in the ability of Sharp products to create a fantastic picture. The images are clear and sharp and the scaling of the video is just great. In fact I’ve designed systems where I utilize the electronics processing inside the Sharp instead of using a 3rd party controller.
And talk about bright! Holy crap – everyone was making jokes about needing sunglasses
There are more factors that contribute but these are the main ones. For any facility that wants to do it up right, this is the way to go.
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:
othe world's thinnest bezel - making it a great choice for video wall applications.
oFull 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.”
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