Sound & Video Contractor Feature Articles On Displays and Mounts for the Audio/Video Industry

Small LCDs Growing at Video’s High End Too

From location video shoots to edit suites to zoos, small LCD panels are turning up ever more widely these days, but there are wide disparities in the capabilities of these screens, the criteria on which they are bought and of course, in their prices....

Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank Adopts the Power of Digital Signage

Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank is ambitious in its plans for the future: Apart from maintaining 10 percent market share, (together with Slavonska Banka d.d. Osijek) its objective is to remain among the five leading banking institutions in the Croatian market. POS Marketing, a Scala Certified Partner in Croatia, installed the first InfoChannel network in Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank in Croatia. Fujitsu 42in. plasma screens are installed in four locations around Croatia (Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, and Osijek), and are centrally managed from Zagreb. ...

Small Displays Compete for Big Screens’ Thunder

These days, it seems as if big screens get all the ink. From the monsters unveiled at major trade shows to the even larger plasma, LCD, and RPTV models on display at consumer electronics stores, larger-than-ever video displays seem to be all the rage. But sometimes a job calls for a small display, often one that is even smaller than most desktop monitors. Small displays are an often-overlooked product category that offers both challenges and opportunities for creativity. ...

Nomination Process, Categories Revamped for 2005 Display of the Year Awards

The nomination process for the 2005 Society for Information Display (SID)/Information Display Magazine Display of the Year Awards (DYAs), the most prestigious awards in the display industry, has undergone a facelift with the hope of opening up the competition to as many segments of the display business as possible. Now in its 11th year, the 2005 DYAs will be announced and presented at the 2006 SID International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, which will take place in San Francisco from June 4-9. ...

Picture This: Displaying at NAB

By Jeff Sauer

On the one hand, the broadcast industry's biggest annual trade show, NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), is a logical place for display manufacturers to offer products to a targeted audience. After all, video professionals have some of the most discerning eyes in the business and a clear need for display products. And, over the last few years, many display ...

Highest HD spec--1080p--highlights complexity of display choice

For many corporate AV users, and the content creators who support them, the choice among today’s unprecedented array of display tools goes hand in hand with a commitment to a specific level of image resolution. Increasingly, 1080p video resolution (a progressive-scanned image of 1080 vertical lines) is seen as the final destination in the years-long evolution of digital video and television. “1080p is the highest spec of HD, and eventually people are going to want it,” says Steve Sechrist of Insight Media. People already considering buying systems that support 720p display will often think, “Why not spend a few more dollars and be ready for 1080p when it arrives?” Sechrist says ...

Displays at InfoComm 2004

It goes without saying that InfoComm is the annual showcase for bigger, better, and brighter professional AV panels and better, brighter, and smaller projectors. This year was no different, with a plethora of Moore’s Law–type advances and typical specs wars one-upsmanship. ...