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Iiyama adds two all-new high-brightness displays


This quarter, Iiyama is adding two high-brightness displays to their professional digital sig- nage range that can really han- dle the heat! The two displays can be installed in sunny shop windows and other very bright environments without worry as they are equipped with special IPS M+ LED panels. These have a brightness up to 3000 cd/m2 and a light sensor that automatically adjusts the dis- plays brightness depending on the light intensity.


Both displays are sunlight read- able which means that even when the sun light falls directly on the display customers can still clearly see what is being shown on the display. The IPS M+ LED panels are blackening effect free, which allow them to withstand temperatures up to 110° C without blackening. “With these two new models, ii- yama’s professional Digital Sig- nage display range continues to grow; offering businesses two new high-quality and cost-ef- ficient signage displays espe-


cially designed for use in bright and sunny environments.” The most remarkable feature of the LH5510HSHB is its very low power consumption of 175W. The power consumption is 50% lower than industry average for high-brightness displays. This makes the LH5510HSHB-B1 an ideal display for brands that value energy efficient solutions without having to sacrifice vis- ibility.” says Jeffry Pettinga, Sales Director Europe. The 55” LH5510HSHB-B1 has a Full HD resolution (1920x1080) and a 2500cd/ m² brightness and comes with VGA, DVI, HDMI, Dis- playPort signal input and a slim metal housing. The 75” LH7510USHB-B1 features a 4K UHD (3840x2160) res- olution with a 3000 cd/m² brightness and comes with DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort signal input. Both displays have a 24/7 op- erating time, a RS232C control connector and can be installed in both landscape and portrait orientation.


Iiyama is adding two high-brightness dis- plays to their profes- sional digital signage range. These have a brightness up to 3000 cd/m2 and a light sen- sor that automatically adjusts the displays brightness depending on the light intensity.


Signagelive redesigns and enhances their Marketplace


As the use of digital signage ex- plodes, there is an ever-increas- ing requirement for companies to keep screens fresh and em- ployees or customers watching with engaging content. To ad- dress this requirement, we have redesigned


the Signagelive


apps Marketplace whilst adding new apps and third-party inte- grations.


The update to the Signagelive Marketplace includes: • Making the Marketplace much easier to navigate and visually much more appealing with more prominent large and bold icons.


• New and featured Apps are displayed upfront so that users can find new releases much quicker.


• The Marketplace is now much easier to find within the Playlist Creator as we have added a link directly to the Marketplace at the top of the list of Playlist folders. • The Marketplace still in- cludes over 500 pieces of content including our recently launched apps such as News, Noticeboards, Google


Slides


and Google Sheets as well as existing Apps such as Calen- dars, Room Booking, Menu boards and YouTube. • The Marketplace also dis- plays all our Partner Services available, such as the Seen- spire Social Media Wall ap- plication, ScreenFeed and AdMobilize surement.


Audience Mea- or downtime.


Ever since the introduction of Rear-Projection Cube (RPC) video walls in the late 1990s, they have been the preferred display technology for use in 24/7 control rooms. Barco has been supporting partners and customers in over 15,000 critical decision-making en- vironments. In the past 20 years, however, RPC technol- ogy has evolved. The intro- duction of new illumination technologies—first LED and more recently RGB Laser— have proven an important step in both performance, TCO and longevity. It is therefore logical that customers feel the need to upgrade their legacy RPCs to more recent models. Traditionally, replacing a vid- eo wall is a very tedious task. Because it is typically a large construction that takes up a lot of space in the control room, replacing it means a very rad- ical step with a lot of archi- tectural


impact—and many


days of downtime. Barco’s upgrade kits now give custom- ers the opportunity to renew RPC technology without any operational downtime. All of the cube construction and the screens remain in place, while the projection engines and in-


to a lowest possible TCO. Addi- tionally, RGB Laser light-sourc- es also offer much higher brightness with improved con- trast levels and reproduce more colours than ever before, allow- ing the video wall to be used in daylight environments, which is favourable for operator ergo- nomics.


Next to the obvious business advantages, there is also the environmental aspect. This maintain and prolong option for video walls is an excellent ex- ample of circular management. Upgrading a video wall not only minimises waste – after all the bulk of the RPC remains in place – but also strongly re- duces power consumption and heat dissipation. Both LED and laser technology need less en- ergy to produce the similar light output. Additionally, the light sources last a lot longer (up to 100K hrs. in eco mode so the lamps, which often qualify as hazardous waste, don’t need to be replaced anymore) and there is no rotating colour wheel that is susceptible to wear – which further reduces the waste pile.


Upgrade your video wall to RGB laser


Barco has announced the launch of its latest generation RGB Laser video wall upgrade program. This allows custom- ers owning a Barco lamp- or LED-illuminated, rear-projec- tion cube video wall to up- grade to the latest RGB Laser technology. The benefits in- clude many years of addition- al service (more than 10 years in 24/7 mode) and highly im- proved image-quality and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), with- out any architectural or physi- cal impact on the control room,


put boards are upgraded to the newest RGB Laser technology. This can be done one cube at a time, while the rest of the video wall remains operational. Barco offers customers the op- portunity to upgrade to either LED or RGB Laser technology depending on cube size, life- time expectations and budget- ary targets. Both types offer higher resolutions, greatly ex- tend the lighting-source life- time and bring a great saving in power consumption & heat dis- sipation of up to 50%—leading


Barco has announced the launch of its latest generation RGB Laser video wall upgrade program. This allows customers owning a Barco lamp- or LED-illuminated, rear-projection cube video wall to upgrade to the latest RGB Laser technology.


Future influences on mobile workforces and their devices


When asked to rate the impor- tance of technology trends for use by their mobile workforce, buyers rated Big Data (52%) the most important, closely fol- lowed by IoT (51%) and Sensor technologies (41%), including atmosphere, temperature and biological sensors. The main drivers for the technologies were improved business effi- ciency and productivity. Unsurprisingly, the mobile de- vice buyers thought that the IT Department would benefit most within the organisation from every technology trend. However, looking at the second department to benefit most threw up some interesting in- sights. Respondents believe business management would benefit from Big Data, the IoT and Wearable technology. Sales would benefit from virtual re- ality developments. Logistics from drone technology and Re- search and Development would benefit from augmented reality, sensor technology, blockchain and artificial intelligence. Looking further into the future, over the next three years, buy- ers could clearly see the impact on their mobile workforces of Big Data to improve service of- ferings, improve processes and reduce costs. With IoT, they saw the mobile workforce ben- efits as improving processes, improving service offering and helping to improve the func- tionality of mobile devices. Considering how mobile devic- es will need to change over the next five years to take advan- tage of these new technologies, buyers prioritised improve- ments in device and data se- curity (43%), processing power (31%) and communications for faster data transfer (31%).


Mobile device buyers also pre- dicted the increasing impor- tance of foldable tablets over the next five years and the con- tinued rise of rugged devices as critical tools for mobile work- forces.


However, the largest


group of buyers did not expect to change the type of mobile devices they were buying until two-to five years out. However, the adoption of smart technologies for mobile work- forces already looks well un- derway. Many buyers said that the implementation of smart watches, wrist bands and drone use had already been complet- ed or was imminently planned for mobile workforces. Cost (27%) and reliability (19%) were the biggest issues preventing organisations from adopting new technologies faster.


“Although a wide range of ex- citing future technologies are being watched closely,


there


is clear evidence from this research that businesses are adopting and looking to cap- italise on the benefits of Big Data, IoT and Sensor technol- ogy for their mobile workforc- es,” said Jan Kaempfer, Gen- eral Manager for Marketing at Panasonic Computer Product Solutions. “As these technol- ogies are deployed, we move ever closer to the age of Edge Computing, where processing power is required at the edge of the network, much closer to where data is collected. This means the role of the mobile workforce computing device becomes even more critical in the gathering, analysis and communication of data, and the provision of services and in improving productivity.


ViewSonic Europe launches projector upgrade tool


ViewSonic Europe announces the availability of its new pro- jector software update tool. This enables users to down- load and upgrade to the latest projector firmware without the need to visit a service centre – saving them time and money. As AV software evolves and the use of projectors continues to grow – in both education and home cinema environments – users need the flexibility to be able to complete firmware up- grades easily and efficiently. Accessed


online ViewSonic website, via the


ple two-step process involves users downloading the


the sim- latest


projector update and connect- ing the hardware to a laptop via the Mini USB cable to allow the update to take place. The upgrade function has already been rolled out across many of ViewSonic’s projector ranges – featuring both lamp and laser models.


Accessed online via the ViewSonic website, the simple two-step pro- cess involves users downloading the latest projector update and con- necting the hardware to a laptop via the Mini USB cable to allow the update to take place.


Tony White, AV Sales and Marketing Director at View- Sonic Europe comments: “End users rely on our projectors to continue to deliver high quality visual performance through- out the life of the product. We developed our new software upgrade tool to not only save them money but ensure they can continue to enjoy an im- mersive viewing experience by easily upgrading to the latest software.”


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