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Jun 22, 2017

What Makes a Quality LED Display?

An LED display’s quality is judged by a long list of marketable specifications, like perceived image performance or reliability. But it’s hard to know exactly how these specifications are being calculated when reading a specification sheet or brochure from a manufacturer. Consider this: fine pitch (or narrow pixel pitch) LED displays have been on the market for about seven years and the lifetime of an LED may be upwards of 100,000 hours, which is equal to more than 11 years. If LED displays have been sold for less than their average lifetime, how can we be assured that we are investing in quality display components? There are three key aspects to More…

LED , LED Video Wall , direct view LED

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Jun 15, 2017

InfoComm Show in Five Words

Tradeshows are an exciting time to show off jaw-dropping new innovations and flawless installations of the products that our customers already know and love. This week at InfoComm 2017, we're showcasing the industry’s first seamless 196” LED touch-enabled video wall and groundbreaking 0.7mm pixel pitch LED display, along with trailblazing augmented reality and custom LED solutions. It's the perfect time to get everyone in the industry together under one big roof. Jennifer Davis, CMO of Leyard and Planar, a Leyard company, has compared industry tradeshows to giant family reunions. If you can image what that's like in this digital era, you can image More…

infocomm , AV Industry , tradeshow

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Jun 08, 2017

What Do You Mean by LED?

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are versatile, energy efficient, and durable. It’s no surprise they’re gaining popularity among a variety of products on the market today. You might be wondering how the LED lights that you see in your kitchen light fixture can possibly be the same lights as the ones that make up your digital signage application. While both applications are referred to with “LED” in the title, the lighting technology is quite different. There are three main types of LEDs that you see in commercial products that are often confused: LED Backlight In so-called LED TVs (really a misnomer—they are LCD displays with LED backlights), the LEDs More…

LED , direct view LED , LED Video Walls

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Jun 01, 2017

How Long is 100,000 Hours?

The typical lifetime of LEDs used in Leyard and Planar’s LED display solutions is 100,000 hours. That means that if you turn on a Leyard DirectLight LED video wall right now, the LED display will run for 100,000 before it achieves half-brightness (and will continue to run beyond that, of course). Let’s put it all into perspective: 100,000 hours is over 11 years 100,000 hours is over 595 weeks 100,000 hours is over 4,000 days What could you do in 100,000 hours? You could watch over 66,666 soccer matches. You could drive from Los Angeles, California to New York, New York 2,439 times. You could have 5,660 Star Wars movie marathons (watching More…

lifetime , Brightness , Leyard DirectLight

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May 25, 2017

Calling the US Home

For over 30 years, Planar, a Leyard company, and now Leyard International, has continually ran US manufacturing operations in service to North American and global customers. We and other companies who are headquartered or have major operations in the United States are innovating technologies, manufacturing products, and servicing local customers. I recently sat down with our vice president of operations, Rob Baumgartner, to talk about what makes the company USA Proud and the reasons why Planar and Leyard, and other brands, continue to invest here. Describe your US operations. We have offices and a factory in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. We have More…

Clarity Matrix , Planar Dire , Planar UltraRes , Charity , USA Proud

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May 18, 2017

NewscastStudio judges award NBC Olympics Studio in Rio Top Honors for Special Event Set Design

The NBC RIO Olympics set took home top honors in the international category from Newscast Studio for its vibrant design that combined references to Brazilian architecture and geography and used a wide range of materials to create an eclectic but sleek look. Leyard provided three Leyard® TVH Series LED video walls for the NBC Olympics set within the International Broadcast Center and one Leyard TVH Series LED video wall for NBC’s outdoor set in Brazil. The Leyard video walls included a 13-foot wide by 13-foot tall video wall comprised of 169 displays, as well as an 8-foot wide by 7-foot tall video wall made up of 56 displays, both with a 1.9mm pixel More…

Leyard TVH Series , LED Video Wall , case studies

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May 04, 2017

How much does an LED video wall cost?

This is a frequent question we are asked. Especially after people see the visual impact of a seamless video wall at one of our trade shows or at one of our installations. Like all the great questions of life, the answer requires some explanation. The cost of an LED wall is a function of its physical size, the number of pixels packed into the wall, the quality of the LED components, and other value-added features. So many decisions affect the final price and it is useful to explore them all before selecting a product for your application. We’ll begin with the physical size of the wall. The size of the wall is measured generally in square meters or in More…

LED Calculator , LED Video Wall , Cost

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Apr 27, 2017

What questions should customers be asking their display vendors?

We had a chance to connect recently with Marques Girardelli, our manager of electronics platforms at Planar and Leyard and I asked him “What should customers be asking their integrators and display vendors?” and here were some of the ideas that topped his list. These are all great questions that will help you specify the right display for your next project. Rather than just asking about HDMI 2.0 support, ask about what features are supported What is the max resolution? What color sub-sampling rates are supported, and at what resolutions? What color depth is supported? Is HDCP 2.2 supported? On which connectors? What are the max cable More…

displays , customers , vendors , advice

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Apr 13, 2017

Why Cables Matter

As a display manufacturer, we typically don’t talk about cables in our marketing and probably leave undiscussed one of the biggest sources of incompatibility and image quality degregation in the market. HDMI cables come in five different performance categories: Standard HDMI cable Standard HDMI cable with Ethernet Standard Automotive HDMI cable High Speed HDMI cable High Speed HDMI cable with Ethernet The primary difference between Standard HDMI cables and High Speed HDMI cables relates to the video timing formats that can be supported. Standard HDMI cables can support up to 720p or 1080i, whereas High Speed HDMI cables support 1080p and More…

Cable , hdmi , ethernet

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Apr 06, 2017

5 Reasons to Participate in Our Content Developer Program

Leyard and Planar’s Content Developer Program aims to be a high-quality resource for the vibrant digital signage industry of capable content developers, marketing agencies, experience design firms, motion graphics studios, interactive application developers, and other consultants prepared to help clients deploy engaging digital signage installations. It takes collaboration from hardware, software, and service vendors to create a high-quality solution for our customers. Below are the top 5 reasons the Content Developer Program could benefit your business: Event PartnershipsLeyard and Planar exhibit at major industry tradeshows all around the world More…

Content , digital signage , Partnerships

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