Spend enough money on ergonomic chairs, keyboards and computer screens, and you can kiss your company's repetitive-strain injuries and related productivity losses goodbye. Or so the conventional wisdom goes.

Hoping to gain more attention for its expanding line of medical display products, the Beaverton display technology company last year slashed prices in half on its high-end medical monitors.

An interview with Erik Peterson, vice president and general manager of Planar's Commercial Business Unit

Web sites and in-store Internet kiosks allow retail customers to have it their way

Planar's Retail Signage Solution is designed for managing large digital signage networks (DSNs) and enabling targeted scheduling and distribution of content for DSNs and retailers.

Planar's DS15 was installed in 2004 at Niketown stores in major markets, with four to eight devices at each store.

Planar has released a line of touchscreen-equipped panels for OEMs, integrators, and VARs serving a variety of markets.

Broadband networks enable centralized digital signage; revenue generation justifies it

Planar Systems has announced that independent software vendor GO!Network is utilizing Planar’s DS15i, a hardware platform for interactive kiosks, for its clients’ consumer marketing efforts at tradeshows, shopping centers and sports venues.

“We are at the start of a large trend toward investment in storefront display-based technologies, where customer-facing display systems are critical to attract, interact, and transact with customers.”

The Robot Doctor story appeared in BusinessWeek, March 28, 2005 and aired on CBS Evening News on March 31, 2005. The clip below appeared on KCAL Channel 9 News, Los Angeles. The broadcast segment appeared 53 times across the US.

Planar's Integrated Marketing Solutions combine hardward and software and allow interactive content to be scheduled.

Planar's pricey PX212M delivers solid image quality and a useful array of multimedia and connectivity options to users who need a large display. Rated 8 out of 10. Tied for top rated display.

With TiVo impacting traditional TV advertising, CPG (consumer packaged goods) advertisers' new approach leaves retailers seeing green.

Dual monitors add a huge leap in productivity, but clearing the desk space for two monitor stands can be tough. There's a happy solution, though: two monitors mounted on a special stand.

"...telemedicine, has long been promoted as a cost-effective way to make up for nursing staff shortages, connect specialists with distant patients and provide immediate assistance to patients in rural or hard to reach places."

Plenty of extras and above-average image quality make this monitor a good deal for businesses

Diamond Touch integrates touch screens, printers and other hardware with software produced in-house into a complete package for pizzerias. Diamond Touch uses Planar’s displays because they can stand up to the demands of the pizzerias.

"If you need to view aerial photographs in 3D, Planar Systems has the monitor (SD1710) for you."

Planar designed the SD1710 for geoscientists and cartographers, but the company hopes this 3D monitor and its StereoMirror technology could open new vistas in medical imaging, architecture, and molecular modeling.

Technology trends lead to 3-D innovations.

Want to save energy, reclaim desk space and see crisper images? Flat-panel-monitors are at an alltime low, quality at an alltime high.

...17-inch Planar touchscreens serve as the consumer design center for the Hot Wheels Custom Car Factory Kiosk.

“Touchscreen technology provides an exciting way for consumers to interact with the Hot Wheels brand, allowing them to develop their own customized product,” said Doug Wadleigh, vp, Hot Wheels marketing.

Planar’s touchscreen monitors use 3M technology that can withstand the rigors of the retail environment.

Planar has a 3D LCD display that only requires the user to wear a pair of polarized glasses that have neither a connection to the monitor or a power supply, which makes seeing the 3D images easy with light and maintenance free glasses.

Falling prices, the proliferation of thin, low-power-consuming LCD screens, and public acceptance have combined to fuel adoption of the touch screen interface well beyond their long-established hold in markets including restaurant POS and gaming.

At New York's FAO Schwarz, a Hot Wheels Custom Car Factory kiosk will give kids, or gift givers, the opportunity to add special colors, designs and wheels using a touch-screen monitor by Planar Systems.

The easy-to-use Planar touchscreens are used to create custom Hot Wheels.

"... touch screen technology, provided by Planar, a Beaverton, OR-based touch-screen manufacturer, lets kids choose a car design and make it their very own."

Planar Systems flatpanel displays equipped with touch-screen technology serve as the consumer design center for Hot Wheels Custom Car Factory Kiosk.