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Samsung 52″ Digital Information Display at SID 2008

Samsung 52″ Digital Information Display (DID)
Size: 52″
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Brightness: 700 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: >2,000:1
Viewing Angle: 180/180 (wow)
Other: Dual Orientation (landscape, portrait), Narrow Bezel Technology

Samsung showcased a 2×4 video wall composed of eight 52″ digital information displays. Considering each 52″ LCD has 2.07MPs the entire video wall has a total of 16.59MPs! I [...]

AUO 42″ Dual-Sided Portrait LCD for Digital Signage at SID 2008

AUO 42″ Dual-Sided LCD
Size: 42″
Aspect Ratio: 9:16
Pixel Format: 768 x 1366
LCD Technology: Advanced Multidomain Vertical Alignment (AMVA)
Color Saturation: 72% NTSC
Viewing Angle: 178/178
Brightness: 550 cd/m2 (each side)
Contrast Ratio: 1,500:1 (dark room)
Response Time: 8ms
Backlight: Portrait direction CCFL
Power Consumption: 350W
Dimension: 1106 x 580 x 57mm
Weight: 15kg

AU Optronics (AUO) showcased a 42″ dual-sided portrait LCD for digital signage [...]

Shinoda Plasma: Flexible Plasma Wall

Shinoda Plasma unveiled a working prototype of a 1mm-thick 125″ flexible plasma wall. The plasma wall is being called a plasma tube array (PTA) where 3 screens are seamlessly integrated. The pixel format is a bit limited as the 125″ yields just 960 x 360 but put enough of these together and you’ll eventually get [...]

Samsung 46″ Digital Signage LCD Brightest in the World

Samsung 46″ Digital Signage LCD
Size: 46″
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1366 x 768
Brightness: 1500 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 3000:1
Viewing Angle: 178/178
DigiTimes is reporting that Samsung is currently volume manufacturing a 46″ digital signage LCD panel that the company claims is the brightest in the world. At 1500 cd/m2 it is certainly bright. Is it the brightest 46″ digital [...]

Sharp PN Series LCD Monitor: Commercial Grade

Sharp PN Series LCD Monitor
Size:

65″ PN-G655E Landscape

65″ PN-G655RE Portrait

52″ PN-525E Landscape/Portrait

46″ PN-465E Landscape/Portrait

LCD Panel: Advanced Super View (ASV) Black Anti Glare Low Reflection (AGLR)
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080 (landscape), 1080 x 1920 (portrait)
Brightness: 450 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio:

65″ PN-G655E/PN-G655RE: 2000:1

52″ PN-525E: 1800:1

46″ PN-465E: 1700:1

Response Time: 6ms
Viewing Angle: 176/176
Backlight: Four-wavelength spectrum backlight
Input: DVI-D with HDCP, VGA, Component, RS-232C
Pricing:

65″ [...]

ING Direct Cafe Concept

For a bank, ING Direct is “thinking different”. The largest direct bank in the US has developed a Cafe concept. The Cafe concept allows customers to conduct banking transactions, meet friends and drink a cup of coffee surrounded by LCDs and plasma displays. ING Direct is working with Rise Vision to install digital signage solutions [...]

NEC MultiSync LCD5220

NEC MultiSync LCD5220

Size: 52″
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Brightness: 700 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 2000:1
Response Time: 8ms
Backlight: U-shaped CCFL
Other: 19mm (0.7″) bezel, RoHS compliant
Price: $8,149.99
Availability: April 2008

NEC Display Solutions of America announced on February 27 the MultiSync LCD5220. The LCD5220 is a 52″ LCD geared toward digital signage, corporate boardrooms and education applications. None of the display specifications [...]

Heathrow Airport’s Fifth Terminal: 206 FPDs

BAA, the owner of Heathrow Airport, will open a new and fifth terminal this month with 206 flat panel displays (FPDs). Just as a quick comparison, LAX has just 34 FPDs in the entire airport while JFK has 40, according to JCDecaux, a Paris-based advertising firm. JCDecaux was tapped to design and sell all of [...]

Microsoft Surface Computing

Facts: Microsoft began work in 2001 and after 6 years of the company’s hardware divisions working with Microsoft Research (MSR), Steve Ballmer announced a new computing interface based on multi-touch technology at the D: All Things Digital conference: Surface Computing. The unit pictured above uses a Digital Light Processing (DLP) projection system. The display is [...]

Syntax-Brillian and AEG: Digital Signage

AEG and Syntax-Brillian Corp., a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS™ HDTVs and digital entertainment products, announced a marketing partnership that feature the company’s Olevia™ brand [...]