Christie expands its Mirage Series of high-performing 2D and 3D projectors with the launch of the Christie Mirage WQ-L, an LED-based 1-chip DLP projection system with WQXGA (2560 by 1600) resolution and 800 ANSI.

Offering a solid-state LED light engine rated at 60,000-hours (approx. 6.5 years) life cycle, the Christie Mirage WQ-L includes Christie ArrayLOC for synchronised colour and brightness management, which reduces calibration requirements.

Christie Mirage WQ-L is designed for a wide range of markets, from aerospace and automotive to oil and gas, government, academia, and entertainment.

Christie adds a 46” LCD cube to its line with the FHD461-X, a 1920×1080 resolution direct LED-lit LCD that’s specified at 4000:1 contrast ratio and with a brightness of 700 nits (cd/m2).

The bezel on this LCD is only 0.13” (3.4 mm) — top/left — and 0.08” (2.0 mm) — bottom/right. Inputs include two HDCP-compliant HDMI ports, VGA, DisplayPort and DVI.

This is an Energy-Star compliant display that only uses 0.5 watts in standby. It can be mounted horizontally or vertically in a video-wall application.

In addition, the Christie FHD461-X uses a true commercial-grade LCD panel and has an anti-glare coating. One unique feature is that you can control up to 25 panels through single RS232 using Christie’s Video Wall Toolbox software on a remote PC. It’s less than 3.75? deep.

Go Christie FHD461-X

We’re sure it broke a few hearts at Panasonic. Internally there was much support for the plasma display business—but this is a time of hard decisions for Japan’s big brands.

Most other makers already shied away from PDP and Panasonic gave it a heroic effort.

Panasonic will end sales of Plasma TVs and PDP related products for commercial use (such as Interactive Plasma Displays) with the end of their fiscal FY 2014 (March 31st, 2014).

Plasma has fans that will be unhappy but from now on they will have to meet in the internet forums with the Betamax fans, and HD DVD supporters.

Go to the Official Panasonic Statement

The text underneath their logo carries the company’s tagline: Changes for the Better. We hope so.

Mitsubishi Electric withdraws from the front-projection and public display markets, consolidating the division's remaining European display wall business in the Netherlands. Technical support, operating separately from the VIS division, will continue to be provided locally.

Mitsubishi Electric projectors and public display monitors will still be available for purchase until the end of the year while stocks last. All products will remain fully supported with spares and technical support until March 2019.