The dnp Supernova STS is a unique front projection screen with a built-in Fresnel lens structure — an optical technology that is used to focus projected light — and is aimed at applications using ultra-short-throw-projectors. The STS Screen is optimized for Ultra-Short-Throw-Projectors with a lens-throw between 0.21 and 0.27:1.

Compared to traditional white front projection screens, dnp claims the Supernova STS Screen provides better contrast and color saturation, thanks to its built-in lens technology. The dnp Supernova STS Screen offers a sophisticated lens structure, which comprises six optical layers, joined by UV-molding and aluminum evaporation processes. At the heart of the screen lies a half-circular Fresnel lens that reflects the light beam from the projector and sends it forwards at a right angle towards the viewers. dnp says its highly efficient light-transmission enables the screen to have darker black levels, without losing significant brightness in the white, which effectively results in higher image contrast.

Shown in USA at InfoComm, Epson’s new PowerLite 4000-Series includes three new projectors specified for large venue applications.

The PowerLite 4650, 4750W and 4855WU projectors claim 5,200, 4,200 and 4,000 lumens and offer XGA (1024?768), WXGA (1366?768) and WUXGA (1920?1200) resolutions, respectively.

Integrated with Faroudja DCDi video processing, a centered lens design and up to two times optical zoom with lens shift, all three projectors have analog (VGA) and digital (HDMI) video ports, as well as a Display Port input.

All three of these projectors have DICOM Simulation Mode for specialized imaging uses standardized grayscale to reproduce medical images, such as x-rays, for medical training and education.

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RGB Spectrum's new SuperView 4K is aimed at multi-windowing "Ultra HD" (aka 4K) monitors and projectors. The company says it can handle resolutions up to 3840x2160, so it can display up to eight HD graphic or video windows on a single Ultra HD-resolution display device.

Features include window sizing and positioning, input grouping, panning and zooming, custom borders and titles, HDCP support and programmable presets. Images can be arranged anywhere on an Ultra HD display - in any size, with or without overlaps, and with any desired priority. For control applications, the SuperView 4K multiviewer offers SinglePoint KVM control of computer sources.

Connectivity is either single-link or dual-link DVI and control is via RS232 or the system's Web Control Panel (WCP) via a Web browser.

Here are all the specs: http://www.rgb.com/products/SuperView4k/?c=n

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Christie pushes the display envelope at InfoComm 2013 with the introduction of the next generation of Christie JumpStart, the Christie FHD551-XG with Corning Gorilla Glass, and the company’s first turnkey multi-touch video wall solution.

An industry first with the smallest image-to-image gap of any bonded LCD panel, the Christie Multi-touch Video Wall Solution comprises a 4-unit wide by 1-unit high row of portrait-mounted 55” LCD panels with bonded Gorilla Glass, Christie Interactivity Kit, Christie JumpStart, and the mounting hardware for a wall-mounted or freestanding display.

Quad Full-HD resolution, high pixel density and LED backlighting combine to provide a visually stunning display with the smallest bezels of any bonded video wall. Christie says it is “the first and only manufacturer to offer a complete, fully integrated, multi-touch video wall solution from a single source.”

Thanks to HTML5 technology, Philips Signage Solutions brought to InfoComm its IP-addressable LED displays for digital signage, the QL series.

The idea smacks of Cloud and basically removes the signage player from the equation, taking the model of consumer content distribution technology (such as Apple TV, Google TV, and other Smart TV.) and applying it to “IP signage.”

Shown as a prototype at DSE earlier this year, Philips got feedback from integrators-- and now they are heading to production for Q3 delivery.

Integrators can still use any kind of digital signage software they want. The software resides on and is controlled by a computer, and then pushed to individual displays via their IP addresses. It works via the Internet, or closed Intranet (Philips demo’d the displays at InfoComm using its own Intranet.)

Other specs on the displays include 350 nits brightness, edge-lit LEDs, an internal HTML 5 browser and a LAN port. They are also ENERGY STAR rated for low power consumption, and will be available in 32″, 42″, 46″ and 55″ sizes.

Philips hasn’t officially set pricing, but did suggest at InfoComm the QL Series will be priced on the “lower end” of its display pricing structure.

The slogan Philips used at the show was the Future of Display Technology Arrives at InfoComm. For Philips Signage Solutions, the future means fewer media players. 

Check out the Philips Signage Solutions’ infographic about its IP addressable displays.

Go Philips Signage Solutions’ infographic

Delta’s MiNiCON processor is a fully real-time, lossless and embedded display wall controller for arrays of projectors, video wall display units and flat panel displays.

Employing embedded computing technology and a switch fabric architecture, the MiNiCON processor offers up to 150Gbps of bandwidth which can support multiple high-resolution RGB/video signals and monitors with 32 bits per pixel at a solid 60 frames per second.

Delta's MiNiCON builds on the DVCS (Distributive Vision Control System) platform.

Laser phosphor display technology company Prysm brings out its next generation of its LPD videowall tile.

The new tile boosts resolution to 427 x 320 (compared with 320 x 240) and that’s a 78% increase in resolution per tile. An HD native-resolution display now requires a 5 x 4 array of the new tile, with a 117in diagonal (compared with 6 x 5 array and 150in diagonal for the original).

The new tile is shipping now, and will be displayed at InfoComm in a 10 x 4 and a 10 x 5 videowall display.

Meanwhile, Prysm is showing off what they call “one of the largest videowalls in the world,” a 36.57m wide by 3m high (120 ft. x 10 ft. high) Prysm videowall at IAC.

IAC is a leading media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products.

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At the European Sign Expo, BrightSign will launch the BrightSign XD Smart Menu Board, an all-in-one, integrated digital menu board solution for fast food outlets, coffee shops and restaurants.

The BrightSign XD Smart Menu Board is simple and inexpensive to implement, and even easier to update with the free iPhone / iPad App. 

Says Jeff Hastings, BrightSign’s CEO. “By packing all the necessary components into an affordable, easy-to-implement solution, our new XD Smart Menu Board is the perfect solution for any restaurant that’s resisted the urge to go digital due to the cost and complexity associated with other less-than-elegant or overly complicated digital menu board offerings.”

XD Smart Menu Board is a package that includes everything a restaurant needs to easily convert to a digital menu board system, including:

• Full HD, commercial-grade LG display, available in 42- or 47-inch configurations
• BrightSign XD digital signage media player professionally mounted on the display
• Free BrightSign App to easily make content updates via iPhone/iPad
• Content templates developed with HTML5 and tailored to the restaurant’s brand 

The BrightSign XD Smart Menu Board package is based on their new XD player, a solid-state digital signage media player with PC-class.

BrightSign is partnering with Red Dot Digital Media to offer customers templates that work seamlessly with the BrightSign App for menu updates, and are easily adapted to match the company’s brand and restaurant motif. The restaurant simply supplies Red Dot with logos and other corporate ID assets and Red Dot creates a customised, branded menu system. Once deployed, the restaurant can update menu content via the BrightSign App on iPhone/iPad.

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