Sharp PN-L601B 60" Touchscren Updated

Grant's Perspective on ... the Sharp 60" touchscreen update includes dual touch capabilities.

I first reviewed the PN-L601B in February when the 60" touchscreen was featured at our Open House event. Sharp has now announced several upgrades:

•  Sheets can be scrolled with two fingers to change the sheet
•  Screen can be enlarged or reduced by dual touch
•  A background image can be added
•  Yellow and white pen colours have been added
•  Functions like eraser speed, sheet scrolling and enlarging have all been improved.

Contact us for more information.

The Winnipeg office of Inland AV is moving today and tomorrow and then it's vacation time so I will be taking the next week or so off.

Grant

ECP3000 Old School Projector

Grant's Perspective on ... old rental projectors.

As we (Inland AV) are preparing to move to our new location we have been busy packing and one of my co-workers passed on some photos from a rental show back in 1991. Below are two stacked ECP 3000 data/video projectors and a 15' x 20' rear projection screen. I'm not sure how many ANSI Lumens each ECP projector put out but it must be close to 150!

I remember how heavy these 3 tube projectors were and how you had to converge the tubes every time you set them up. Things sure have changed with today's projectors coming in at a fraction of the weight and 100 times as bright.

BTW - I'll try and post the next few weeks but may be too busy moving!

Grant

SeaWorld Video Monitors

Grant's Perspective on ...the video wall at SeaWorld.

While attending InfoComm in Orlando recently, I attended educational courses, private product training and walked miles on the trade show floor. We decided to visit SeaWorld the day before the show. I loved their video wall system!

Here are pics of the main stage at Sea World.  There are four very large screens that will combine, split, rotate, move across the stage.  Real cool!

After this I ate sea food exclusively for the rest of the week.

I hope everyone enjoyed seeing these displays.  Hopefully someone was inspired or I triggered some new ideas.  We receive requests for video walls all the time and I expect we’ll be seeing more requests for the creative style of displays.

Grant

Crestron InfoComm Booth Monitors

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

Video Towers At Samsung InfoComm Booth

Grant's Perspective on ...the cool video towers at the Samsung InfoComm booth.

InfoComm 2011 displayed some impressive creativity put into various video displays.  I’d like to show some examples in my next few posts.  

Here are pics of the video towers at the Samsung booth.  It looked impressive from all sides, all views.  You couldn’t miss it!

I took a handful of pics of various displayed images so you can better see how cool this is.  Keep in mind these are still shots so I can’t show the movement, but you’ll get the idea.  It’s cool to see the video wall processors work their magic.

In the next blog I’ll show how Crestron uses the video monitors at an angle and interlocked with each other.   After that, the video displays at Sea World!

Contact us at Inland AV if you’re looking for displays for that wow factor impression.

Grant

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

70" Sharp Monitor At InfoComm

Grant's Perspective on ... the new  Sharp LC-70LE732U LED LCD TV

One of the new products that generated big buzz at Infocomm was the 70" monitor at the Sharp booth. I left with the specifications but what stood out in my mind was 70" LED monitor for MSRP of $3899.00 Canadian! See the photo below that I took at the show and the Sharp YouTube advertisement.

 

 

I will post more pictures from InfoComm next week!

Grant

AMX Introduces 20" Touch Screen AV System Controller

Grant's Perspective on ... the widescreen touchscreen for controlling boardroom audiovisual systems.

I'm down in hot and humid Orlando as a part of the Inland AV contingent attending InfoComm 2011.

One of the items that caught my eye was the new AMX  20.3" Modero X Series Panoramic Table Top Touch Panel. This looks like a great solution for a boardroom requires a control system to include videoconferencing screens and lots of other control screens open simultaneously. Below is a photo I snapped at the AMX booth.

I was also intrigued by the Hitachi stacked projectors. They were promoting the idea of using two 4,000 Lumen projectors instead of one 8,000 lumen projector.

I will follow up with more detail once I return home to Winnipeg.

Grant

U2 360 Tour A Riggers Dream

Grant's Perspective on ... U2 360 Tour is a rigger's dream.

Last week I posted a photo of the U2 stage set up for the Winnipeg concert. I attended the show and snapped a couple of photos that would be of interest to riggers. Riggers are the people that mount audio systems and video screens into ceilings and truss. Riggers play a major role in setting up rock shows and are also an important part of Inland AV's staff.

The photo below shows 3 follow spot operators being hoisted into a leg of the "Claw" about 20 minutes before the show. Once they were in place they were hardly noticeable.

The next 2 photos below show a foot from the "Claw", one taken out in the parking lot and the second with it set up, supporting the "Claw". It’s a good indication of how huge this structure really is.

 

 

The last photo captures the video screen expanding so that it almost touches the stage. You can see the band under the screen to provide an idea of the size of the stage and video screen. A lot of people did not see that coming (the video screen expanded like an accordion)and as a result the fans were blown away. Now that's a cool use of technology.

BTW - With the U2 show finished I am looking forward to InfoComm!

Grant

U2 360 Tour Setting Up In Winnipeg

Grant's Perspective on ... the rock-n-roll circus stops in Winnipeg.

One could not help but notice that the U2 360 Tour is in Winnipeg this Sunday.  Early this week a huge convoy moved into the parking lot at Canad Inn Stadium.

They have been hard at work setting up what I'm sure will be a very impressive stage. It is amazing the amount of work it takes to design and build the set, never mind the organization and work that it takes to set up in every city of the tour.

While the U2 tour is far removed from the corporate boardroom, they do have much in common. The audience in both environments expect to be able to clearly hear and see the presentation. The PowerPoint presentation and videoconference needs to happen as quickly and smoothly as Bono and the boys put on their extravaganza.

I remember TV commercials that were 1 minute long before the advent of MTV and newspapers had articles that were long.  The expectations are much different today. Everyone demands that the visuals are bright and crisp. The audio must be clear. Transitions must be quick and flawless.

The boardroom and training facility audiovisual system has to be well designed, user-friendly and perform on demand just like my expectations for a spectacle that U2's 360 Tour will bring to Winnipeg this weekend.

Here is a time lapse video of the same stage being set up.



Grant