Digital Display Technology Blog | Planarhttps://www.planar.com/blog/https://www.planar.com/images/logo_planar.pngDigital Display Technology Blog | Planarhttps://www.planar.com/blog/75fc7b0f-cd65-4674-97d2-89c2979e3f13https://www.planar.com/blog/2024/2/14/illuminating-generosity-planar-video-walls-up-level-donor-appreciation/Illuminating Generosity: Planar Video Walls Up-Level Donor Appreciation<p>Education institutions need continuous funding from alumni, boosters, community partners, local businesses to continue operations. Visual, public expressions of gratitude toward these major benefactors has always been important for schools as it instills a sense of pride in many donors and encourages continued giving. But the banners, bulletin boards and small displays of yesteryear are no longer an appropriate reflection of the importance of these critical contributions.</p> <p>Here are some examples of how schools can elevate donor recognition by using modern wall display technology, turning spaces into successful showcases of the generosity that fuels the college or university.</p> <p><strong>Duke University’s Immersive Interaction with Alumni</strong></p> <p>The Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center at Duke University demonstrates the transformative power of immersive technology in fostering a profound connection with alumni. It features an impressive 24’ x 7’, multi-point touch, fine pixel pitch Planar LED video wall. Visitors come and explore Duke’s narrative, history, its visionary future, and compelling stories featuring noteworthy alumni, donors, and students.</p> <p><img style="float: right; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/23ndwlyj/duke-2.jpg?rmode=max&amp;width=383&amp;height=250" alt="" width="383" height="250"></p> <p>Duke not only uses the interactive video wall to personalize the visitor experience with nimble digital signage that further makes alumni feel they are right at home at Duke, but it can also highlight key donors.</p> <p>People can approach the video wall with an app open on their smartphone and the software will recognize the proximity and display personalized content on the video wall specific to that person. Imagine being a donor and walking up to the wall, only for it to change to a ‘thank you’ message with your name and likeness on screen. The feelings that kind of experience can evoke are what the university likes to call the “Forever Duke” spirit, and invites people to leave as lifetime ambassadors for Duke.</p> <p><strong>Mount Sinai Hospital’s Big Recognition </strong></p> <p>While not a university, Mount Sinai Hospital's donor wall is another example to emulate. The Toronto hospital wanted to make a big and bold statement in its lobby that demonstrated how much it values the philanthropy it receives.</p> <p><img style="float: left; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 18px; padding-bottom: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/2cphhhnc/msh-gif2.gif?rmode=max&amp;width=397&amp;height=222" alt="" width="397" height="222"></p> <p>After initially using a tiled LCD video wall, the hospital transitioned to a seamless 36’ x 6’ fine pixel pitch LED video wall which elevated visual aesthetics and eliminated issues of bezels interfering with on-screen text. The hospital lists donors, presents messages, shows graphics and videos and can quickly react to something or change the content that is displayed. According to Vince Rozas, Director of Design and Production at the Sinai Health Foundation, when they want to welcome a donor or call attention to a major gift announcement, they highlight those with a full takeover on the LED surface with clean animations and bright colors that are very eye catching.</p> <p>The video wall is an impressive canvas for the foundation to recognize its donors.</p> <p><strong>West Virginia University Deepens Donor Bonds</strong></p> <p>West Virginia University’s Milan Puskar Center is home to Mountaineer football and features state-of-the-art LED display technology to engage fans and donors, transform athlete experiences and provide the football program a fresh and competitive edge for recruiting with state-of-the-art amenities.</p> <p><img style="float: right; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/sn1bzu03/image.jpg?rmode=max&amp;width=376&amp;height=248" alt="" width="376" height="248"></p> <p> The centerpiece of Puskar Center’s <em>Hall of Traditions</em> is a 38-foot-long, 9-foot-high Planar LED video wall that can easily change content from showcasing historic highlights to amplifying fundraiser events, serving as a powerful tool for appreciating and attracting new donors, fostering deeper connections, and inspiring increased contributions to support WVU's athletic endeavors.</p> <p><strong>Give and Receive</strong></p> <p>Acknowledging those who give is important for higher education institutions. Doing so in a memorable, high-profile way like graphics on a large or unique video wall not only instills school pride but can also entice more giving.</p> <p>Are you ready to learn more about the various roles Planar display solutions play in education? Visit <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/markets/education/" target="_blank" title="Education">www.planar.com/education</a> and discover how they can illuminate your campus and shape your institution's visualization future.</p>5f230b7b-c909-4dc2-998d-f14317e77a8ahttps://www.planar.com/blog/2023/11/28/elevating-athletic-recruitment-with-planar-s-display-solutions/Elevating Athletic Recruitment with Planar’s Display Solutions<p>In today's college and university athletics landscape, signing and retaining top-tier athletic talent has become increasingly challenging. With new NCAA Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) policies allowing student-athletes to make money from their personal brand, and new rules making it easier for athletes to transfer schools and retain their athletic eligibility, student athletes have more choices about what school they’ll attend and play for. For universities to remain competitive in landing recruits, they must be able to speak to the desires and interests of today’s athletes and do whatever they can—within the rules— to stand out from the other school down the road.</p> <p>Modern display technology that helps provide unforgettable, jaw-dropping experiences has become a pivotal differentiator and advantage for many schools. Conversely a lack of modernization proves a significant disadvantage for schools that don’t deliver what today’s recruits expect.</p> <p>Imagine being 17 and stepping into an arena where the energy is palpable, and the walls themselves become dynamic storytellers of victory, heritage, and indomitable team spirit. Clips featuring the school’s legends and wins for the ages are proudly displayed on a huge video wall, never to be forgotten. Just then, a towering digital image of you, donning the team’s sleek new uniform appears beside those legends of the game, and you see some of your best highlights appear on that same digital canvas.  It’s electric and you can’t help but imagine yourself becoming a part of the school lore.  </p> <p>Let's take a look at how some universities have enhanced their athletic facilities to drive excitement and engagement that helps them recruit, retain and hype up athletes.</p> <p><strong>University of Oregon's 'O-Hub': A Circle of Inspiration</strong></p> <p>Within the bustling atmosphere of the Ducks’ Matthew Knight Arena and outside the home locker rooms exists the ‘O-Hub,’ where three hallways join in a distinctive space that mimics the curvature of Oregon’s “O” logo.</p> <p><img style="float: left; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" class=" alt=" src="https://www.planar.com/media/11vpg2cn/for-use-3.gif?rmode=max&amp;width=366&amp;height=195" alt="" width="366" height="195"></p> <p>Before going out on the court, the team gathers with fans from the student section in the O-Hub and forms a circle to chant, completely surrounded by their likeness and other digital content designed to hype them up.</p> <p>The O-Hub was transformed with the installation of high-resolution <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/carbonlight/cli-flex/" target="_blank" title="CLI Flex">Planar® CarbonLight™ CLI Flex™ Series</a> LED video walls that bend to the uniquely curved space. This visual upgrade enriches the pre-game huddle experience for the basketball and volleyball teams, amplifying the team’s excitement in the arena while doubling as an innovative recruitment tool to showcase the university's commitment to cutting-edge facilities and team traditions.</p> <p>Outside of game time, the video walls switch to 'Beyond Oregon' mode, which narrates the success stories of past athletes, demonstrating the university's legacy of fostering talent that excels beyond collegiate sports.</p> <p><strong>West Virginia University's Tech-Transformed Tradition</strong></p> <p>At the Milan Puskar Center, Mountaineer football’s storied legacy is celebrated on Planar LED technology.  Enhanced locker rooms feature five immersive, fine pixel pitch video walls, creating an electrifying atmosphere with synchronized lighting and music—perfect for recruiting or for generating pre-game energy. </p> <p><img style="float: right; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" class=" alt=" src="https://www.planar.com/media/kpwobcyp/for-use-2.gif?rmode=max&amp;width=378&amp;height=210" alt="" width="378" height="210"></p> <p>The new locker room also affirms the university's commitment to providing premier facilities for attracting elite football talent. </p> <p>The history and passion of Mountaineer football are celebrated in the Hall of Traditions where nostalgia and school spirit come to life on stunning 38’ x 9’ and 8’ x 9’ <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-tvf/" title="Planar TVF">Planar® TVF Series</a> LED video walls. The video walls serve as a museum of sorts and are complemented by towering displays in the lobby that captivate recruits, donors, and guests. </p> <p><strong>University of Kentucky's Interactive Tribute</strong></p> <p>Kentucky Wildcats basketball has a rich history that prospective Wildcats can experience using interactive <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/large-format-lcd-displays/" target="_blank" title="Large Format LCD Displays">Planar® UltraRes™ Series</a> 4K displays. Content not only honors legends of the past but also invites recruits to visualize their potential impact within the program. </p> <p>This level of engagement is crucial in making athletes feel valued and is a testament to the university's dedication to an unparalleled collegiate experience.</p> <p><img style="float: left; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/yt5fgtun/university-kentucky-basketball-4_1920x1282.jpg?rmode=max&amp;width=361&amp;height=231" alt="" width="361" height="231"></p> <p>A curved <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/carbonlight/" target="_blank" title="CarbonLight">Planar® CarbonLight™</a> LED ribbon above the lockers in the circular locker room offers a 360-degree “wow” experience with each player’s information above their locker, inspirational messages, videos and even “thank you” messages to visiting donors. In the team lounge, Kentucky fosters camaraderie in front of a 13’x 8’ <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/clarity-matrix-lcd/" target="_blank" title="Clarity Matrix LCD">Clarity® Matrix® LCD Video Wall S</a><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/clarity-matrix-lcd/" target="_blank" title="Clarity Matrix LCD">ystem</a> specifically designed to promote relaxation and team interaction crucial for translating into on-court success. Together the displays create a dynamic, immersive environment that not only impresses recruits but also serves as a central point for players to unite and strategize, and fulfill their commitment to continuing a winning team culture.</p> <p><strong>Are You Ready?</strong></p> <p>Visually compelling experiences can do wonders for your school's athletic recruitment and fan engagement. </p> <p><img style="float: right; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/hloohsql/for-use-3.gif?rmode=max&amp;width=361&amp;height=201" alt="" width="361" height="201"></p> <p>With Planar’s leading-edge display solutions, the potential is limitless. Think of the stories you could tell, the hype you could build and the history you could honor. If your institution is poised to revolutionize athletic engagement and connect recruits and fans with your teams through innovative display technology, we're excited to help you explore the possibilities and step into the future.</p> <p>Are you ready to learn more? Visit <a href="https://www.planar.com/markets/education/" title="Education">www.planar.com/education</a> and explore future with Planar.</p>7664b5af-206f-49f7-8e51-084719f6dc1fhttps://www.planar.com/blog/2023/5/23/illuminating-outdoor-viewing-experiences/Illuminating Outdoor Viewing Experiences<p>Historically, enjoying a movie in the park, observing a restaurant’s menu or even navigating an outdoor mall’s digital directory in direct sunlight can hinder visibility. Today, it’s possible to bring the same level of image detail that’s typically experienced indoors to an outdoor setting. And with protective coatings delivering increased ruggedness and weather protection, users can rest assured that they can find a solution that will shine no matter the weather conditions. To create pleasant and memorable viewing experiences outside, today’s companies should consider high bright, fine pitch outdoor LED solutions that allow for increased visual contrast and help combat glare.</p> <p>Imagine being the coach of a collegiate swim team whose home meets take place in an outdoor pool in the middle of the day when the sun is brightest. Competitors need to see the clock and stats in crisp detail and at the same time, spectators want to watch instant replays and see the action unfold without impaired visibility. <img style="float: left; padding: 20px;" class=" alt=" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443399/illuminating-blog-tamp-600x401.jpg" alt="" width="349" height="231" /> For the <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/university-of-tampa/" target="_blank" title="University of Tampa">University of Tampa</a> (UT), a 5,000-nit brightness 16-foot by 10-foot Planar LED Video Wall with a 3.9 millimeter pixel pitch was the perfect addition to their expanded Benson Alex Riseman Fitness and Recreation Center.</p> <p>Originally exploring a digital scoreboard, the university preferred the versatility Planar’s video wall, which also provides a platform for digital signage, student communications and events such as movie nights. In addition to displaying a name and score during swim meets, the video wall presented an opportunity to showcase videos and bios of each athlete to create more impactful viewing experiences for fans. Now, UT benefits from an LED solution that is not only bright, crisp and easily visible from multiple angles, but one that may also play into their recruiting efforts in the near future.</p> <p><strong>Something Unique</strong></p> <p>Futuresource’s 2022 Global LED Display Report confirmed a 26.4 percent growth to $2.80 billion for global outdoor sales in 2021 and predicted a 24.5 percent growth for the market to $43.49 billion for 2022. This can be attributed to a spike in outdoor gatherings resulting from the pandemic. In fact, Futuresource reports that some members of the public prefer to attend outdoor venues such as zoos, museums and gardens.</p> <p><img style="float: right; padding: 20px;" class=" alt=" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443400/illuminating-blog-ohso-600x399.jpg" alt="" width="349" height="231" /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.32px;"></span></p> <p>The open-air location of <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/ohso-brewery/" target="_blank" title="O.H.S.O Brewery">O.H.S.O. Brewery</a> in Gilbert, Arizona dubbed “The Park” provides a different atmosphere than most brewhouses, offering amenities like a dog park, a giant playground for adults kids and dogs, and VIP cabanas. Like a more traditional indoor facility there’s also a full bar, games and sports and movie viewing on a big screen, only O.H.S.O offers it under the stars or the sun. The venue shows video and digital signage content on a 15-foot-wide and nearly 9-foot-high <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-luminate-pro/" target="_blank">Planar® Luminate™ Pro Series</a> outdoor LED video wall. The 4.8 millimeter pixel pitch video wall has quickly become the centerpiece of the space due to its size and 5,000-nit brightness that clearly delivers sports and movies to anyone in "The Park," even in direct Arizona sunshine. It is robust with an IP65 protection rating, a critical feature for high-traffic, outdoor areas with extreme weather, energetic dogs and flying cornhole beanbags.</p> <p><strong>First Impressions</strong></p> <p><img style="float: left; padding: 20px;" class=" alt=" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443894/morongo-casino-install_600x401.jpg" alt="" width="349" height="231" /><span style="letter-spacing: 0.32px;"></span></p> <p>For a more dynamic valet entrance experience, premier destination <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/morongo-casino-resort-and-spa/" target="_blank" title="Morongo Casino Resort &amp; Spa">Morongo Casino Resort &amp; Spa</a> in Southern California turned to custom Planar outdoor LED columns, which were paired with moving elements, to create a dramatic presentation with illumination, color and video. The artistic piece is composed of a sculpture with metal flapper-panel walls that respond to wind currents, simulating rolling waves and a total of 14 freestanding Planar LED columns placed in four groupings in front. The columns can run content independently or as part of a larger set, adding energy and excitement to the guest arrival. Planar’s LED pillars not only perform very well in the desert temperature conditions, but achieve high brightness levels and near-seamless edges on 90-degree corners to impress day or night.</p> <p><strong>Get Closer</strong></p> <p>For up-close outdoor viewing, fine pixel pitch LED video walls are the answer. The newest addition to our portfolio of outdoor fine pitch LED display solutions, the <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-luminate-ultra/" target="_blank">Planar® Luminate™ Ultra Series</a> features 1.2, 1.5 and 1.9 millimeter pixel pitches for comfortable viewing from as close as 7 feet. It has 3,500-nit brightness and nearly 140-degree visibility.</p> <p>The LED video wall displays feature coated LEDs to deliver ruggedness and exceptional image detail in high-ambient light environments, regardless of weather conditions, dust and water.</p> <p>Explore our portfolio of <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/outdoor-led-solutions/" target="_blank" title="Outdoor LED Solutions">outdoor LED solutions</a> to illuminate your outdoor viewing experience today. Featuring fine pitch, lightweight, versatile, high bright solutions and innovative features to support durability, quick installation and simplified maintenance, we have something for every outdoor application.</p>65ae88d0-9fd3-4515-902e-4a46f9e99352https://www.planar.com/blog/2023/4/4/lower-scan-means-higher-performance-for-on-camera-led/Lower Scan Means Higher Performance for On-Camera LED<p>When using an LED video wall for in/on-camera backgrounds, virtual production or extended reality there are many variables to consider. It is important to think about the type of content and colors on screen, shooting distance and angles, lighting, reflections and more.</p> <p>When deciding on a particular LED video wall, many people focus on pixel pitch—the physical distance between the centers of adjacent LED pixels—because the finer the pixel pitch the closer a person (or camera) can be to the video wall without noticing individual pixel outlines. This is an important consideration, depending on the size of the studio and director’s preferred filming style and the clarity of the on-screen content.</p> <p><img style="width: 200px; height: 215px; float: left; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443607/scan-rate-2.png" alt=""><img style="width: 200px; height: 215px; float: left; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443604/scan-rate-1.png" alt="">But another specification that should not be overlooked is scan ratio. Unlike a static background, LED video walls are dynamic with millions of constantly changing and flashing LED lights. LED driver integrated circuits (ICs) control Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) for lines of pixels as well as pixel refresh rate, telling them when and how long to be lit. The more lines of pixels one driver IC controls, the slower it is to process. Even though it all happens very quickly, it simply takes longer to illuminate 30 lines than 8. The number of lines the driver IC controls is called the scan ratio—or sometimes called scan rate or simply, scans.</p> <p>In technical jargon, a display designed with a lower scan ratio has more time available to increase the LED refresh rate and/or increase the number of PWM bits—either of which will result in reduced camera artifacts, especially for low luminance content. Figure 1 at right shows an instantaneous snapshot of a 1:16 scan ratio display with only one line (out of every 16) of the LED cabinet’s pixels lit. Figure 2 shows the same LED cabinet as the eye would see it. Because the scans happen so quickly, the human eye and mind piece it together.</p> <p>Cameras also have shutter speeds. As much as it may appear that video cameras are recording constantly, they are like super-fast flip books, letting in light with high-speed shutter pulses that capture periods in time. When the camera shutter opens its sensors capture the LED pulses. The more lines of LEDs the driver IC has to cover, the longer it takes and the camera sensors can pick it up. For dark content where the LED refresh rate effectively decreases, some sections of the camera sensor might catch four LED pulses while other sections might catch only three pulses, resulting in artifacts that look like dark bands. These band artifacts disrupt the desired visual effect and remind the audience that what they’re seeing in the background is not, in fact, real. They are not viewing aliens on a distant, red-skied planet with three moons, but a studio set in Hollywood.</p> <p>To reduce these kinds of artifacts LED video walls need lower scan ratios with driver ICs that scan fewer lines, and therefore leave fewer opportunities for camera sensors to catch LED pulse variations.</p> <p>We’re Doing It with <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/carbonlight/cli-vx/" title="Planar CarbonLight VX Series">Planar CarbonLight CLI VX Series</a></p> <p>It’s becoming increasingly common to use LED video walls for cinematic virtual production, where it’s arguably most important not to show camera artifacts. This growing market is evolving, and just as directors learn new strategies and tactics for virtually transporting audiences in movies, TV and corporate or educational video, technology needs to adjust as well. Scan ratio is one of the things that is increasingly important that didn’t necessarily seem to be in the early days, so we’re improving it.</p> <p style="float: right;"><img style="width: 200px; height: 215px; float: right; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443548/image2.gif" alt=""></p> <p><img style="width: 200px; height: 215px; float: right; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443547/image9.gif" alt=""></p> <p>Planar has been on the forefront of display technology for 40 years, pushing and expanding the boundaries of possibility to deliver visual experiences that exceed current needs. To continue this trend and deliver a camera-ready product that is even better for in/on camera, we’ve upgraded the camera-ready Planar® CarbonLight CLI VX 1.9 to feature a high-performance 1:8 scan ratio. Along with boosting its IC drivers so that they scan only 8 lines, shortening the time that the LEDs are powered off. We’ve also increased the brightness to 1,500 nits.</p> <p>With these changes we expect the Planar CarbonLight CLI VX 1.9 to be an even more viable option for moviemakers who are conscious of camera artifacts and want more vibrant background content for their shots. As time goes along and on/in camera LED becomes even more prominent, we expect to discover more ways that we can upgrade our LED video displays solutions to increase their effectiveness for this unique market.</p>9087398d-628d-4df6-a650-15f63a23e547https://www.planar.com/blog/2023/3/7/forty-years-of-powering-diverse-next-level-education-experiences/Forty Years of Powering Diverse, Next-Level Education Experiences<p>Whether delivering lecture hall presentations in bright, crisp detail to connect with remote or in-person students, deploying interactive displays to engage visitors in student centers or adorning athletic facilities with uniquely-shaped video wall installations to recruit athletes and excite fans, schools and universities continue to raise the bar on display technology-powered experiences. In addition to delivering experiences today’s tech savvy students expect, institutions are embracing the innovation and flexibility today’s products offer to revolutionize the way teachers instruct. These tools are expected to continue to change learning, teaching and assessment. Three learning institutions recently upgraded their on-campus visualization</p> <p><strong>Leading the Way</strong></p> <p><img style="width: 322px; height: 215px; float: right; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443435/asuthunderbird-loop-2.gif" alt="">To ensure its new global headquarters were outfitted with best-in-class display solutions, <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/thunderbird-school-of-global-management/">Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (Thunderbird)</a> selected Planar as its display technology partner. It started display enhancements with a nearly 9-foot diameter <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/carbonlight/cli/">Planar® CarbonLight™ CLI Series</a> LED ring display with a 1.9mm pixel pitch at the front entrance of the building, which is integrated with a steel Thunderbird logo sculpture featuring the names of Thunderbird’s new founders.</p> <p>Near the building’s ground-floor entrance, the Digital Global Forum is a dynamic round rotunda built to host a variety of events and presentations like roundtable discussions and TED-style talks. Visitors are surrounded by smoothly curved LED displays. From video walls with motion-responsive technology to continuous LED video ribbons, Planar’s solutions allow users to make gestures in front of the LED video wall to control content or participate in presentations and live camera feeds during events or high-profile meetings.</p> <p>In addition, a curved, 30-foot-wide <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/carbonlight/cli-flex/">Planar® CarbonLight™ CLI Flex™ Series LED</a> video wall powers the third floor Global Decision Theater, providing a spectacular presentation and broadcast background for the room as well as offering flexibility to support an extended reality surround stage to engage any person or class around the world.</p> <p>The entire Thunderbird building also contains hundreds of Planar monitors and LCD displays for digital signage, wayfinding, presentations and support for instruction and collaboration in nearly every classroom and meeting space. Collectively, Planar’s spectacular array of display solutions gives Thunderbird new ways to instruct, collaborate and visualize data.</p> <p><strong>Engaging with History</strong></p> <p><img style="width: 322px; height: 215px; float: right; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443437/fresno-loop.gif" alt="">Planar visualization solutions also appear in <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/fresno-county-athletic-hall-of-fame/">Fresno State University’s Save Mart Center</a>, where the men’s and women’s basketball teams play their home games. Interactive and digital display technologies, along with sports banners and memorabilia cases, decorate a 5,000-square-foot wing of the arena designed to inspire youth and honor past accomplishments of great Fresno County athletes. A handful of Planar display solutions highlight the array of digital technologies in the facility. Serving as the key focal point of the space, an overhead, 33-foot-diameter <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/clarity-matrix-lcd/" title="Clarity Matrix LCD">Clarity® Matrix® G3 LCD Video Wall System</a> halo comprised of 18 side-by-side displays l streams action graphics, photos and statistics of athletes and coaches enshrined into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame.</p> <p><img style="width: 327px; height: 255px; float: right; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443436/texasam-loop.gif" alt="">Heightening Performance Beyond classrooms and athletic facilities, college performance venues are turning to video wall technology to add visual enhancement and engage students, employees and members of the community. For the <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/performing-arts-center-texas-am-university-corpus-christi/">Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi Performing Arts Center</a>, a retractable, hanging, 28-foot-wide by 16-foot-high Planar® CarbonLight™ CLI Series LED video wall provided the best balance in terms of ease of installation, weight and versatility for video-enhanced orchestra performances and film screenings, as well as academic lectures and presentations.</p> <p><strong>Educational Incentives</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.planar.com/markets/education/planar-educare-program/" title="Planar EduCare Program"><img style="width: 265px; height: 233px; float: right;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443197/planar-educare-logo-full-color.png?width=265&amp;height=233&amp;mode=max" alt=""></a>If it’s time to tackle your learning institution’s overdue display technology upgrade or challenge, explore the new <a href="https://www.planar.com/markets/government/education/planar-educare-program/">Planar® EduCare™</a> Program. Registered education customers receive exclusive pricing, technical pre-sales support, priority post-sales technical support and access to private training courses via Planar Academy. Backed by Planar’s decades of experience deploying remarkable display technology installations for education facilities worldwide, this program is designed to bolster customers’ display technology investment and address challenges learning institutions face most frequently.</p> <p>Are you ready to learn more? Visit <a href="https://www.planar.com/markets/education/" title="Education">www.planar.com/education</a>. With decades of experience powering next-level teaching, learning and recruitment experiences for academic environments, we promise you’re in good hands.</p>dd49378c-6767-49d2-b985-908d3be54309https://www.planar.com/blog/2023/2/15/elevating-guest-experiences-with-planar-video-walls/Elevating Guest Experiences with Planar Video Walls<p><span data-contrast="none">Hospitality venues and tourist destinations regularly seek tools that take the guest experience to the next level. In addition to welcoming visitors in unique ways, venues want to deliver personal, impactful and one-of-a-kind experiences that leave guests wanting to come back for more. Modern display technology from Planar helps venues deliver just the kind of experiences they are looking for.  </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">In the cases of the national museum gallery, mountain-top visitor center and nostalgia-inducing casino highlighted below, each deployed award-winning Planar video walls to modernize their environments and engage visitors with powerful, elevated visual elements.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><strong>Inviting Inside </strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The entrance to the </span><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmarketingapi.planar.com.mcas.ms%2Fmedia%2Fve3mwtag%2Fplanar-installation-profile-molina-family-gallery-7-2022.pdf%3F_ga%3D2.8718901.1680385722.1669669073-578027752.1528328332%26McasTsid%3D20892&amp;McasCSRF=f9013cee2bcad114d88034f0e5676ee1c25f5b4dd7ef18e204d7cda92615dba6"><span data-contrast="none">Molina Family Latino Gallery of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, offers guests a prelude of the exhibits inside and invites them to explore the larger role that Latinos have played in the American narrative using a </span><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planar.com.mcas.ms%2Fproducts%2Fled-video-walls%2Fplanar-tvf%2F%3FMcasTsid%3D20892&amp;McasCSRF=f9013cee2bcad114d88034f0e5676ee1c25f5b4dd7ef18e204d7cda92615dba6"><span data-contrast="none">Planar® TVF Series</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> measuring nearly 14-feet-long by 8-feet-high and leveraging a fine 1.2 millimeter pixel pitch. The video wall serves as the ‘Meet Us’ wall, which welcomes guests with one of six virtual Latino greeters who are triggered by motion sensors. Motion graphics in bright, vivid colors encourage visitors to follow the chronological layout of the gallery, fostering a dynamic, multidisciplinary exhibition and immersive learning experience.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><img style="float: left; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;" class=" alt=" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443366/route66-lop-002.gif?width=349&amp;height=231&amp;mode=max" alt="" width="349" height="231" /></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The Planar TVF Series also shines at </span><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmarketingapi.planar.com.mcas.ms%2Fmedia%2Fve3mwtag%2Fplanar-installation-profile-molina-family-gallery-7-2022.pdf%3F_ga%3D2.8718901.1680385722.1669669073-578027752.1528328332%26McasTsid%3D20892&amp;McasCSRF=f9013cee2bcad114d88034f0e5676ee1c25f5b4dd7ef18e204d7cda92615dba6"><span data-contrast="none">Route 66 Casino</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> Hotel</span><span data-contrast="none"> just outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The themed gaming facility uses a 32-foot-long, 9-foot-high LED video wall as a canvas to promote games and encourage more guests to come play inside its “Routes to Riches” gaming area. In addition to promotions, the casino uses the video wall for digital signage, to air sports games and play advertising reels. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Route 66 Casino players also enjoy a unique viewing experience with the </span><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planar.com.mcas.ms%2Fproducts%2Fled-video-walls%2Fcarbonlight%2Fcli-flex%2F%3FMcasTsid%3D20892&amp;McasCSRF=f9013cee2bcad114d88034f0e5676ee1c25f5b4dd7ef18e204d7cda92615dba6"><span data-contrast="none">Planar® CarbonLight™ CLI Flex™ Series</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> column wrap</span><span data-contrast="none">, which stars in the Route to Riches area. The award-winning line of pliable LED video wall displays are installed in a halo array above progressive slots, displaying a central jackpot that increases each time a game is played until someone wins. Planar CarbonLight CLI Flex’s bendable LED modules make it ideal for curved applications, such as halos, without compromising visual performance or causing color shift. It can support fully curved installations or flat walls with curved sections, helping organizations like Route 66 Casino draw attention like never before.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><strong>Just a Touch </strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Hospitality is also gravitating to interactivity. Grand View Research </span><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grandviewresearch.com.mcas.ms%2Findustry-analysis%2Finteractive-video-wall-market%3FMcasTsid%3D20892&amp;McasCSRF=f9013cee2bcad114d88034f0e5676ee1c25f5b4dd7ef18e204d7cda92615dba6"><span data-contrast="none">reports</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> that global rapidly-increasing adoption of interactive video walls in hospitality and corporate sectors is likely to drive market demand and that declining cost is expected to directly, positively impact demand in the near future. For museums in particular, Grand View Research suggests the market will grow considerably as video wall installation eases and products get more immersion-related features.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><img style="width: 322px; height: 215px; float: right; padding: 10px;" class=" alt=" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443365/pikespeak-loop-002.gif" alt="" /></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Colorado’s </span><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fmarketingapi.planar.com.mcas.ms%2Fmedia%2Fgp0griwp%2Fplanar-installation-profile-pikes-peak-5-2022-1.pdf%3F_ga%3D2.17229241.1680385722.1669669073-578027752.1528328332%26McasTsid%3D20892&amp;McasCSRF=f9013cee2bcad114d88034f0e5676ee1c25f5b4dd7ef18e204d7cda92615dba6"><span data-contrast="none">Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> draws nearly one million visitors each year. Today, guests are surrounded by a collection of interpretive exhibits that cover the history and geography of the summit. This is powered by a </span><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planar.com.mcas.ms%2Fproducts%2Flcd-video-walls%2Fclarity-matrix-lcd%2F%3FMcasTsid%3D20892&amp;McasCSRF=f9013cee2bcad114d88034f0e5676ee1c25f5b4dd7ef18e204d7cda92615dba6"><span data-contrast="none">Clarity® Matrix® MultiTouch LCD Video Wall System</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> measuring nearly </span><span data-contrast="auto">28-feet-long by 2.5-feet-high, offering an interactive platform for users to explore historical images and photo panes of previous summit visitors. Guests can also leave their mark by uploading pictures of their visit to the video wall, which will be included in a world map showcasing visitors’ origins. This personalized experience is enhanced with the award-winning </span><a href="https://mcas-proxyweb.mcas.ms/certificate-checker?login=false&amp;originalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planar.com.mcas.ms%2Fproducts%2Flarge-format-lcd-displays%2Fultrares-x%2F%3FMcasTsid%3D20892&amp;McasCSRF=f9013cee2bcad114d88034f0e5676ee1c25f5b4dd7ef18e204d7cda92615dba6"><span data-contrast="none">Planar® UltraRes™ X Series</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, which offers visitors the opportunity to scroll through a year’s worth of time-lapse footage of the summit. The Planar UltraRes X Series, which is also available in a touch model, draws guests with 4K resolution, HDR, high 700-nit brightness and a wide color gamut for high-impact visualization. Now, Pikes Peak’s visitors can spend more time at the summit enjoying the views and learning about the mountain. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Have you considered the next-level engagement your facility could create for visitors with interactive display technology? Touch-enabled solutions such as the Clarity Matrix MultiTouch are go-to solution for hospitality customers who want more than just eye candy, thanks to pin-point accurate, multi-point touch for simultaneous use by multiple people.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><strong>Are You Ready? </strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Whether you’re taking guests on a personalized tour of an art gallery with a towering LED video wall or creating jaw-dropping visual experiences the moment guests arrive at a premier resort destination, Planar’s wide range of award-winning display technologies offer something for every hospitality venue’s needs, from A towering, fine pitch LED video wall that informs and entertains, or an interactive video wall that can engage visitors and offer them an opportunity to be a part of your facility’s story can take your guest experiences to the next level. Get in touch with us today to learn how we’re constantly innovating to facilitate customer demands and help you deliver even more impressive and inspiring guest experiences.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>c55dbfb0-7a41-48a8-a807-81e49040ec9bhttps://www.planar.com/blog/2023/1/24/led-creates-the-perfect-lobby-centerpiece/LED Creates the Perfect Lobby Centerpiece<p>Who travels through your organization’s lobby on a day-to-day basis and what kind of impression are you trying to make? Do your employees need a tranquil or energetic environment to foster a more productive workday? Are you looking to advertise your company’s services to prospective customers or highlight an award-winning project you recently completed with industry partners? We’re seeing more businesses deploy lobby LED video walls to display messages and updates, deliver digital art experiences and broadcast presentations, conferences and other special events. A significant number of large corporations are using LED displays externally as well as in lobbies and other public spaces to help draw employees and customers back to the workplace after COVID-19, suggests Futuresource’s 2022 Global LED Display Market Report.</p> <p>No matter the application,<a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/"> Planar’s lineup of fine pixel pitch LED video walls</a> provides the visual excellence any customer needs to make a statement. And, with features like pixel pitches as fine as 0.6 millimeters and front service accessibility, 16:9 aspect ratios for beautiful Full HD and 4K content, and ADA-compliant profiles less than 4 inches they offer flexible options to help customers find the perfect solution for their individual needs. Two of the award-winning lines, Planar® DirectLight® Ultra™ Series and Planar® TVF Series, also include the unrivaled <a href="https://www.planar.com/support/planar-evercare-lifetime-warranty/">Planar® EverCare™ Lifetime Limited Warranty</a>, covering the entire product from controller to sub-pixel and every component in between to deliver total assurance for customers while reducing their lifetime cost of ownership.<img style="width: 307px; height: 205px; float: right; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443255/kpmg-4_1920x1282.jpg?width=307&amp;height=205&amp;mode=max" alt=""></p> <p>For Los Angeles-based <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/kpmg-center/?_ga=2.150427062.1218938912.1670276568-578027752.1528328332" data-anchor="?_ga=2.150427062.1218938912.1670276568-578027752.1528328332">KPMG Center</a>, a 74-foot-wide by 11-foot-high Planar TVF Series LED video wall serves as a massive digital art canvas covering a wall of the building’s two-story lobby. In search of a digital experience that would work well with the architecture and support the building’s vision for the reimagined workspace, the design flexibility of the Planar TVF Series proved to be a useful feature for a video wall this big. A key challenge of the project involved installing such a massive LED display across an irregular wall surface marked by three elevator foyer openings. Now, with a combination of thematic scenery and custom digital artwork, KPMG guests and tenants benefit from a beautiful, breathtaking lobby that creates an immersive, calming atmosphere for people to visit and unwind.</p> <p><img style="width: 322px; height: 215px; float: left; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443256/one65main_1_1920x1282.jpg?width=322&amp;height=215&amp;mode=max" alt="">When residential development <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/one65-main/?_ga=2.113139332.1218938912.1670276568-578027752.1528328332" data-anchor="?_ga=2.113139332.1218938912.1670276568-578027752.1528328332">One65 Main</a> was looking for a way to display public transit information and encountered an architectural limitation that triggered the need for a new video display design, they explored a solution that would not only work with the architecture, but also have a higher visual impact on the space. Wrapping one of the 90-degree lobby corners is a nearly 8-foot-long by 5.5-foot-high, 1.2 millimeter pixel pitch Planar LED video wall. The building can split content between different facing sections of the video wall, with one side showcasing display transit information required by the city, and the other displaying curated content ranging from news and weather to digital art, social media and daily quotes. The eye-catching video wall also offers One65 Main the flexibility to configure the display to showcase content across one seamless canvas wrapping the corner. In addition to being the attention grabber of the space, the video wall helps One65 Main make the lobby a more welcoming setting for anybody walking in and supports the building’s focus of creating a sense of community and engagement.</p> <p>Visitors to <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/mcdermott-will-and-emery/?_ga=2.78069396.1218938912.1670276568-578027752.1528328332" data-anchor="?_ga=2.78069396.1218938912.1670276568-578027752.1528328332">McDermott Will &amp; Emery‘s</a> New York City office and 67th floor lobby are also met with Planar TVF Series video wall technology. Two large video walls measuring nearly 26-feet-long by 11-feet-high and 22-feet-long by 11-feet-high are located on either side of the elevator bank, both with a 1.2 millimeter pixel<img style="width: 338px; height: 226px; float: right; padding: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443257/mcdermott-will-and-emery-1_1920x1282.jpg?width=338&amp;height=226&amp;mode=max" alt=""> pitch, adding impact and highlighting the company’s culture, which emphasizes employee happiness. Plus, with the addition of a Zoom Rooms application, McDermott Will &amp; Emery, one of the largest grossing law firms in the U.S. and globally, can display digital artwork or content for live events, presentations, digital conferences and special celebrations in a variety of screen configurations.</p> <p>It’s possible that you’ve identified a fine pitch LED video wall as the very attraction your lobby needs today, but don’t know where to start. If that’s the case, let’s chat. With entry-level, mainstream and premium fine pitch LED video wall lines, Planar can accommodate an array of designs and needed features, and we’re here to help you find the perfect setup for your environment. Are you tasked with an irregularly-shaped wall, limited on space or looking to create comfortable viewing and improve visibility for hundreds of spectators in a large, open space no matter their location? We’re up for the challenge.</p>a4a36384-e8f9-4fc6-9198-cef6243ecf90https://www.planar.com/blog/2022/12/6/advancing-auditorium-research-and-presentations-with-planar-tvf-series/Advancing Auditorium Research and Presentations with Planar TVF Series<p>Delivering the brightest, most vivid colors and highest resolutions, today’s LED video wall technology has a lot to offer world-class research labs, facilities and universities who are looking to present the latest discoveries in sharp, crystal-clear visual performance. Plus, when no two auditoriums share the same needs, LED video walls offer the flexibility to adapt to unique surroundings and challenges. Delivering visual excellence for every application and a front service, cableless, stackable design that gives new meaning to multi-functionality, the award-winning Planar® TVF Series fine pitch LED video walls proved to be the perfect solution for <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/arizona-state-university-health-futures-center/" title="Arizona State University (ASU)’s Health Futures Center">Arizona State University (ASU)’s Health Futures Center</a>, <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/north-carolina-biotechnology-center/" title="North Carolina Biotechnology Center">North Carolina Biotechnology Center</a> and <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/university-of-montana/" title="University of Montana">University of Montana</a>.</p> <p>Delivering fine pixel pitches ranging from 0.9 to 1.8 millimeters and superior visual performance for every application, Planar TVF Series remains a popular choice for customers in corporate, healthcare, broadcast, higher education and beyond.</p> <p>When ASU’s state-of-the-art facility for interdepartmental research and collaborative programs was looking to create a flexible, comfortable setting for presentations in its 300-person, theater-of-the-round designed auditorium, they turned to four Planar TVF Series LED video walls. Measuring nearly 16-feet-wide by 9-feet-high, the video walls were designed in concave shapes to conform with the auditorium’s curved walls. The video walls not only bring presentations on the latest developments in healthcare, medical education and public programs to life, but also help ensure that data and scientific details are sharp, clearly visible and can be comfortably viewed from any perspective in the room. This is true for both in-the-round or wedge seating formations the auditorium offers.</p> <p>Visitors to University of Montana’s main campus will also find Planar TVF Series video walls included in the school’s renovated underground lectures halls. An upgrade from the rooms’ previous projection equipment, the Planar TVF Series video walls bring a wow factor to the North Underground Lecture Hall and Urey Lecture Hall – the university’s largest with 400 seats. Measuring nearly 18-feet-wide by 10-feet-high with a 1.8 millimeter pixel pitch, the video walls provide abundant and clear visibility for all auditorium visitors from all vantage points in the lecture halls. This includes presentations, recruiting efforts and class lectures, along with other academic activities and events. Plus, when combined with the university’s recently-added control equipment and cameras, the Planar TVF Series LED video walls allow the university to embrace a more hybrid type of learning environment.</p> <p>A study by enterprise level workspace solutions leader Condeco reported that <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2022/04/13/report-85-of-employees-want-a-hybrid-work-model/">85 percent of U.S. employees polled expressed interest in a hybrid work model</a>. With today’s hybrid work and learning comes increased demand for web conferencing and live streaming. For North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC), Planar TVF Series presents a stunning canvas for such events, in addition to supporting corporate meetings, educational symposiums, seminars, sales kickoffs and product announcements in the life science economic development organization’s 170-seat auditorium. Now, Planar TVF Series establishes a whole new level of quality for the organization, helping NCBC accelerate life science technology-based economic development.</p> <p>Plus, with Planar TVF Series video walls customers benefit from the unprecedented <a href="https://www.planar.com/support/planar-evercare-lifetime-warranty/" title="Planar EverCare Lifetime Warranty">Planar® EverCare™ Lifetime Limited Warranty</a>. This offers comprehensive product coverage from controller to sub-pixel and every component in between. For added support, Planar TVF Series also includes Planar® TVF Complete™ Video Wall displays, packaging everything customers need into one complete solution to reduce the time, complexity and cost of designing and installing LED video walls. And, for customers who are looking for video walls outside of the 109 to 219-inch size range offered, custom models are available. This means customers who are looking to add an industry-leading LED video wall product to their auditorium, another environment or possibly even both, can find the perfect solution that addresses their exact needs.</p>15663237-c312-46ca-b7e0-8b463e5a332fhttps://www.planar.com/blog/2022/11/15/microled-brighter-more-efficient/MicroLED: Brighter & More Efficient?<p>When Planar launched our first MicroLED <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-directlight-ultra/" title="Planar DirectLight Ultra">Planar® DirectLight® Ultra™ Series</a> video wall models, many people’s eyebrows were raised. Not only did it offer our finest pixel pitch to date—0.6mm between the center of adjacent pixels—but it was the first truly mass-produced MicroLED video wall with immediate availability. The new premier product line featured some other technical advancements of interest, like proprietary self-adjusting alignment technology to keep video walls seamless, but the most fascinating elements for many people were certain specifications that stood out as peculiar. In particular, Planar DirectLight Ultra Series’ MicroLEDs deliver significantly higher maximum brightness and do so with greater energy efficiency.</p> <p>Here’s an example. The 0.9mm pixel pitch model of the <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-directlight-x/" title="Planar DirectLight X">Planar® DirectLight® X Series</a>, our previous-generation flagship LED line, used standard-size LEDs. These video walls deliver 800-nit maximum brightness and use 140 watts (max) for each 27” display cabinet to deliver that brightness. Contrast that with the 0.9mm pixel pitch model of the Planar DirectLight Ultra Series, which uses MicroLEDs. The Planar DirectLight Ultra Series also uses 140 watts (max) per 27” cabinet, but delivers 1,600-nit brightness. Double the brightness: same power output! Plus, if an organization doesn’t need to use all that 1,600-nit max brightness for its application and instead sets the video wall at 800 nits, they use much less energy.</p> <p><strong><img style="width: 350px; height: 944px; float: right; padding: 25px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/443143/planar-brightness-efficiency-graphs_350x-944.png" alt="">How it Compares</strong><br>Planar LED experts looked at a lot of internal and competitive data and found that across the Planar LED portfolio and the product lineups of other manufacturers, the MicroLED Planar DirectLight Ultra Series delivers the most nits of brightness per watt used, per meter squared. This can get a bit in the weeds, but the per square meter matters because not all LED video wall cabinets have the same physical dimensions, which means directly comparing brightness and power consumption specifications can be misleading.</p> <p>Going back to our 0.9mm model example, the Planar DLX-0.9 delivers 1.16 nits/watt/m<sup>2</sup> while the Planar DLU-0.9 delivers a whopping 2.31 nits/watt/m<sup>2</sup>. From a competitive perspective recent data from the 0.9mm-class model of another prominent LED video manufacturer shows only 0.96 nits/watt/m<sup>2</sup> and it only offers 500-nit continuous max brightness. So, while it’s decently efficient, it’s not nearly as bright (see figure 1). In fact, you have to go all the way up to 1.68mm pixel pitch for a competitive product model that reaches similar nits/watts/m<sup>2</sup> and it’s still darker at 1,000 nits continuous max brightness. These models aren’t anomalies either; nearly all the non-MicroLED video walls we looked at offered between 500 and 1,000 nits and still had lower efficiency.</p> <p>Planar is committed to the advancement and education around MicroLED, and as we continue to discover exciting benefits and advantages for this leading-edge technology, such as its proclivity for lower power usage and more vibrant content, we’ll share them so we will agree, MicroLED is the future.</p>6dec6550-5325-4657-b842-259c5ecb1c85https://www.planar.com/blog/2022/11/2/upgrading-display-technology-to-create-modern-seamless-viewing-experiences-at-an-attractive-price-point/Upgrading Display Technology to Create Modern, Seamless Viewing Experiences at an Attractive Price Point<p>It’s fair to say that price point remains a key concern for anyone who is in the market for implementing or upgrading video display technology. While an investment, demand for LED video walls continues to climb and with this comes more affordable solutions with enhanced capabilities. As the global market leader for LED video displays and narrow pixel pitch LED, Planar recognizes that not every customer has an uncapped budget and remains committed to helping them find the perfect solution based on their individual needs. This includes fine pitch LED video wall solutions that elevate viewing experiences without breaking the bank.</p> <p>Cue the <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-mgp/" title="Planar MGP Series">Planar® MGP Series</a>. Available in 1.2, 1.5, 1.8 and 2.5 millimeter pixel pitches, Planar MGP Series indoor fine pitch LED video wall displays offer seamless, front-service, high resolution visual experiences at a value similar to tiled LCD video walls. Planar MGP Series is also ideal for traditionally budget-conscious markets and customers who are new to seamless LED technology. The attractive price point allows customers to upgrade from legacy tiled LCD technology to large, seamless LED canvases offering similar resolution and brighter images, without the bezels.</p> <p>A <a rel="noopener" href="https://omdia.tech.informa.com/OM018772/Competition-for-allinone-LED-video-displays-drives-growth-among-the-1199mm-pixel-pitch-category" target="_blank">2021 Omdia report</a> discussing rising demand for all-in-one LED video displays notes the rising demand for all-in-one LED video displays eliminates the cost and complexity that surrounds a custom installation typically associated with this type of solution. The Planar MGP Series family continues Planar’s history of reducing the complexity and expense of video wall customization. With Planar® MGP Complete™ LED Video Wall solutions, customers receive a package complete with everything they need for successful video wall deployment. This includes LED display cabinets, cables, spare modules, wall mounts and a video controller.</p> <p><strong>Moving from LCD to LED</strong></p> <p>Based in Irvine, California, <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/century-business-solutions/" title="Century Business Solutions - Success Story">Century Business Solutions</a> is an integrated payments company that specializes in developing custom payment solutions for a range of industries. Century Business Solutions wanted to create a more comfortable, appealing lounge for their employees to use at work. When they began their search for video wall solutions, they were initially set on a standard LCD installation until coming across the Planar MGP Series. After comparing an LCD video wall option with the Planar MGP Series, the award-winning LED solution checked all of the boxes and hit the mark perfectly for Century Business Solutions. The move from a standard LCD option to Planar’s LED video wall not only fulfills the company’s goal of providing good viewing experiences in the employee lounge, but also offers them a new platform to support employee training and partner visits.</p> <p>In the case of the <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/monticello-motor-club/" title="Monticello Motor Club - Success Story">Monticello Motor Club</a> (MMC), the Planar MGP Series proved to be the perfect solution for replacing four 75-inch consumer televisions included in the private country club’s large meeting space for member events and conferences. The MMC had a problem with the way the sunlight directly hit the conference room, making it very disruptive during their meetings. With the addition of a nearly 12-foot-wide by 7-foot-high Planar MGP Series LED video wall with a 1.2 millimeter pixel pitch, MMC and its visitors no longer battle bright sunlight, benefitting from ultra-sharp content any time of day as a result of the solution’s clarity and brightness. In addition to dramatically enhancing the presentation value of the space and offering MMC the flexibility to split the screen into multiple sections, the Planar MGP Series made the advantages of LED technology a reality for MMC’s available budget – something which was not previously accessible.</p> <p>Fine pixel pitch LED video walls are demonstrating their value in markets spanning corporate, higher education, government, healthcare, hospitality and more. What once seemed out of reach for companies with limited budgets looking to make a significant upgrade is becoming more realistic. Add breathtaking, uninterrupted seamless viewing experiences today with the affordable Planar MGP Series. We’re ready to help bring your vision to life and excited to work with you every step of the way. </p>1099060e-cc0e-4f29-a76d-c31d8dfd6ee7https://www.planar.com/blog/2022/10/4/what-microled-means-for-pixel-density/What MicroLED Means for Pixel Density<p>When we launched the <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-directlight-ultra/" title="Planar DirectLight Ultra Series">Planar® DirectLight® Ultra™ Series</a> video wall displays in 2021, it marked the introduction of several new and exciting technology advancements that are pushing the industry forward and separating Planar from the LED manufacturing pack. Chief among those advancements is the implementation of mass-produced MicroLED. MicroLED wasn’t really available previously, even though it had been demonstrated a handful of times and experts agree it is the future of the industry for a variety of reasons. But what makes MicroLED different and, frankly, better? Among other things, the simple fact that it’s smaller.</p> <p><strong>Going Micro</strong></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 225.21551724137933px; float: right; padding: 15px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/442973/microled-v-standard-diagram.jpg?width=500&amp;height=225.21551724137933" alt="MicroLED vs. Standard LED" vspace="10">MicroLED, miniLED and Standard LED are defined by the size of the individual red, green, and blue diodes (die) that comprise the LED pixel. These can be very small; measured in micrometers or sometimes called microns. Definitions can vary, but most experts tend to agree that anything using die larger than 200 microns qualifies as Standard LED, anything 100 – 200 microns is miniLED and anything smaller than 100 microns is considered MicroLED.</p> <p><strong>More Pixels, Same Space</strong></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 286.07723577235777px; float: right; padding: 15px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/442972/more-pixels-same-space.jpg?width=500&amp;height=286.07723577235777" alt="MicroLED Enables Finer Pitch">Just like marbles in a jar, the smaller the LED, the more one can fit in any given area. Using Standard LED, the highest pixel density typically available on an LED video wall is 0.9mm pixel pitch—the distance from the center of one LED pixel to the center of the adjacent pixel. It becomes difficult to get pixels closer together and displays looking good because of the physical die size. But, there always seems to be demand for higher pixel density— for more resolution in a given area, to clearly display more detailed or subtle visual information and to support up-close viewing distances. Regardless of the video wall size, more pixels mean greater potential for a better, more compelling viewing experience.</p> <p><strong>High Resolution ≠ High Pixel Density</strong><br>Content ranging from command and control data to movies looks better with higher resolution. Getting more resolution comes one of two ways: by increasing the area of the video wall display or by increasing its pixel density with a smaller pixel pitch. The physically larger the video wall, the more resolution you get from the same pixel pitch. Unfortunately, the wider and/or taller the video wall with the same pixel pitch, the farther away the audience will need to be to view the content comfortably; and most conference rooms cannot fit a 300” display. More resolution also enables creation of wider video walls. Many rooms are limited in height but have additional width they could use for content. More pixel density opens the possibility to multiple content pieces presented on a display without scaling.</p> <p>With MicroLED, like those we use in the Planar DirectLight Ultra Series and <a href="#" title="Planar Luxe MicroLED">Planar® Luxe MicroLED</a>, we can create video walls with even finer pixel pitches. The 0.6mm pixel pitch, the finest we currently manufacture, has 56% more pixels than our previous best at 2,560,000 LED pixels/m<sup>2</sup>. Because the pixels take up so little space and are so close together our 0.6mm models can pack 4K resolution into a 108” diagonal screen size and an eye-popping 8K at just 217”. These video wall sizes are much more conducive to up-close viewing and smaller spaces.</p> <p>With the MicroLEDs taking up less real estate than ever before, there’s potential for even higher pixel density. We’ll see where that leads us.</p>108198e1-27a8-47a2-9f74-ceb4999f195ehttps://www.planar.com/blog/2022/9/6/microled-mastery/MicroLED Mastery<p>Planar, the longtime global leader in fine pixel pitch LED display technology, is making it easier to choose a leading-edge microLED video wall, by significantly lowering our suggested retail pricing on the premier <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-directlight-ultra/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=microled-dlu&amp;utm_id=blog?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=microled&amp;utm_id=blog" title="Planar DirectLight Ultra Series" data-anchor="?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=microled&amp;utm_id=blog">Planar® DirectLight® Ultra™ Series</a>.</p> <p>In a time of generally increasing costs across the board, these price changes may seem unusual, so we want to provide some explanation. First, we believe in the promise and benefits of microLED technology. We’ve supported that belief with significant investments in all aspects of the technology’s research and development, which has helped us to create them more efficiently and economically, without sacrificing quality.</p> <p>Not only are microLEDs physically much smaller than Standard LEDs allowing for higher pixel density—or resolution—but they can also be brighter, allow for deeper black levels, and use less energy at any given brightness level. A lower price point puts these benefits within reach for more customers and more applications.</p> <p>Second, global demand for higher resolution LED products that serve viewers who are closer to the screen, including those using microLED, has grown significantly in recent years. As demand has increased, what were potential cost advantages in microLED have become real cost advantages. Organizations implementing finer pitch can realize benefits such as greater resolution and content clarity in the same physical area, comfortably supporting a wider range of viewing distances to get more “good seats” from a particular space, and LED display technology can be used in new creative applications that don’t look as good with larger pitch displays. It is a strategic goal of Planar’s to make finer pitch affordable for more applications and more customers, so we are also lowering the price on our popular <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/tvf/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=microled-tvf&amp;utm_id=blog" title="Planar TVF Series" data-anchor="?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=microled-tvf&amp;utm_id=blog">Planar® TVF Series</a> 0.9mm model.</p> <p>“When we began mass producing microLED displays last year, we understood the potential of the technology both in terms of immediate performance gains, but also longer-term cost savings.” said Steve Seminario, vice president of product marketing at Planar. “While this technology is still in early days with much potential ahead, it’s gratifying to see adoption rising to a point where we can already make meaningful price reductions for our customers.”</p> <p>The microLED price reduction is not intended to be temporary, and we hope it will help drive greater adoption of microLED technology.</p>cffe763b-3249-46a7-90d2-1e5525b90d24https://www.planar.com/blog/2021/10/11/enthrall-digital-signage-audiences-with-naked-eye-3d-content/Enthrall Digital Signage Audiences with Naked Eye 3D Content<p><em>by Peter Lawrence, Director, Planar Custom Solutions Group</em></p> <p>As large outdoor LED screens compete for viewers’ attention, advertisers and video content developers seek ever more effective ways to stand out. We’ve all seen wonderful videos circulating on social media of giant building-side LED displays with animals or space ships appearing to come right out of the building. It has viewers both in-person and online completely spellbound and captivated.</p> <p>It may appear magic, but it is really just an optical illusion that required careful planning and execution. In fact, the magic is in the creative combination of display hardware, content and viewing position. This kind of 3D viewing experience is often referred to as “anamorphic content” or “naked eye 3D”.</p> <p>This is not the same 3D experience you’ve seen at the movies or on a 3D TV, which is called stereoscopic 3D. In those cases special active 3D glasses are required to merge two different overlaid images. Human eyes see an image from two different perspectives which gives you depth perception (binocular vision). Active 3D video content feeds your brain two different perspectives so you think you’re seeing depth. If you look at it without the glasses, it just looks blurry.</p> <p>There is such a thing as a stereoscopic LED display but it requires special hardware, software and content plus active 3D glasses. Typically the even-numbered rows of pixels display the image for one eye and the odd-numbered rows display the image for the other eye. This technology is most often used for 3D simulation and scientific research.</p> <p>Naked Eye 3D allows you to see a 3D effect with the naked eye; no glasses required. The definition of the word anamorphic includes “intentional distortion along perpendicular axes” but the bottom line is that your eyes are being tricked. Therein lies the magic. How is it done, you ask?</p> <p>The first thing to understand is that the 3D effect is the result of the content, not the display itself. Some manufacturers might make you think their screen is special, but the screen itself is not 3D. You do need a high-quality outdoor LED display with high brightness and contrast and support for wide viewing angles. The bigger the screen, the better. You also want the screen to go around the exterior corner of a building, square or round.</p> <p>With anamorphic content, the best 3D effect comes from a very specific audience perspective or viewing zone. The content must be developed and optimized for viewers inside this zone. Viewers outside the zone will see a distorted image, thus the magic is revealed. The most effective content seamlessly integrates into the display’s physical environment. The content around the perimeter of the display is made to match the building exterior, so the viewer can’t tell where the building ends and the display begins.</p> <p>Good anamorphic content makes the viewer think they are looking into an interior space with some subject like a person or animal on the inside. When this subject breeches the visible boundary of the display (not the physical one) it appears to be coming out from the interior space. It can also look like the subject is getting closer to you. When well executed, it has a jaw-dropping impact.</p> <p>Now you know the secret behind the magic of anamorphic video content. It creates a powerful audience attraction for public art, entertainment and advertising applications, and there’s no better delivery vehicle than a large outdoor LED corner display.</p> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 20px;">Here's an example of Naked Eye 3D in action:</h3> <div style="padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/626592020?h=414ca1e9c8&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>4715118e-cab3-41e6-9c91-63fa0e5362aehttps://www.planar.com/blog/2021/4/6/the-growing-accessibility-of-fine-pitch-led/The Growing Accessibility of Fine Pitch LED<h2 class="red-accent" style="font-size: 1.7em;">Finding the Next Big Thing</h2> <p>For a long while organizations have searched for a very large visual solution that could show large groups of people multimedia content for business, digital signage, events, education, command and control, house of worship and a variety of other applications. While several options have surfaced over the years, each had its own challenges, limiting its effectiveness.</p> <h3>Projection</h3> <p>As recently as 15 years ago high-end digital projectors were just about the only way to get massive bezel-free imagery to large groups of people. They were ideal for darker environments like theaters and dimmed lecture halls, but other applications struggled with projectors for multiple reasons:</p> <ul> <li>Lamp burnout and replacement costs</li> <li>Shadows from objects and people</li> <li>Color saturation and lack of black</li> <li>Fading brightness over time</li> <li>Challenging installation</li> </ul> <p>While projected images look great in the right circumstances and filled the need for a large image many people sought to overcome its hurdles.</p> <h3>Large Format LCD</h3> <p><img style="float: right; max-width: 400px; margin: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/440121/large-format-lcd.png" alt="Large Format LCD">For environments with more ambient light, LCD displays work really well, and still flourish today in smaller areas like huddle spaces, lobbies and small to mid-size conference rooms. But they too have challenges, primarily not being quite physically big enough for events. For example, the 100" <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/large-format-lcd-displays/ultrares-x/" title="UltraRes X">Planar® UltraRes™ X Series</a> 4K HDR display is really large and looks magnificent, if you're sitting in first three rows at a keynote talk. While very large displays are popular, transporting and handling them is also difficult.</p> <h3>LCD Video Walls</h3> <p><img style="float: right; max-width: 400px; margin: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/440120/lcd-video-walls.png" alt="LCD Video Walls">Planar has thrived for decades with tiled LCD video walls, including our current <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/clarity-matrix-lcd/" title="Clarity Matrix LCD">Clarity® Matrix® G3 LCD Video Wall System</a>, enabling organizations to show huge, bright content. These video walls are comprised of several large LCD displays professionally combined to showcase one large or many different content sources simultaneously. They remain very popular in certain applications such as control rooms where ultra-high resolution is essential.</p> <p>The challenge with tiled LCD video walls has always been the bezels. Each tiled display has a narrow bezel, creating tic-tac-toe lines that some people find distracting, especially if they want to use the wall for one large content source. Bezels have been shrinking for years, but even with the smallest tiled bezels in the industry at less than 1mm, some people just can't unsee the lines.</p> <p>That's where LED came in…</p> <h2 class="red-accent" style="font-size: 1.7em;">Seamless, Shine &amp; Size</h2> <p>Fine pixel pitch, direct view LED video walls entered the market about 11 years ago. They were huge, bright, offered no visible seams or shadows, and featured LEDs close enough together to look good from nominally close viewing distances. Their construction baffled viewers, who wondered how the on-screen image could remain when someone literally took out a portion of the display, called a module. The light from the LEDs wasn't reflected off a wall and when someone walked by no shadow was cast, like a projector. There were no lines on the screen to distract viewers like LCD video walls. And they could be as big as you wanted them to be. LED video walls drew eyes and “oohs" as people realized this technology might just solve their most challenging AV needs that existing technology simply could not.</p> <h3>The Cost of Early Adoption</h3> <p><img style="float: right; max-width: 400px; margin: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/440119/cost-of-early-adoption.jpg" alt="The Cost of Early Adoption">The first consumer car phones were essentially reserved for those who regularly traveled in limousines or high-end convertibles. Similarly, in the early 1980s parents everywhere spent entire paychecks for middle-of-the-road, carry-on-your-shoulder VHS camcorders to record their childrens' birthday parties. Now, most people carry better, and less costly, phones and video cameras around in their pockets. When those seemingly ancient technologies were new, they cost a lot more than they did as the technology matured. Why? Being an early adopter is a high risk, high reward proposal. They get to have the latest, greatest thing to use and show off, but the technology doesn't always pan out. Newer technologies take time to prove their viability and not everyone is brave enough to make the financial commitments required to be an early adopter. Instead many people, and the organizations they run, wait to see if the technology sticks, because some don't; just ask the folks who invested in LaserDisc, MiniDisc and Zune players.</p> <p>As new technologies prove they're here to stay, demand and production increases and costs come down, making them more accessible to those who couldn't afford to spend on something that might end up a bust.</p> <p>Like other technology, this trend has continued with direct view LED video walls. While people recognized LED is the future a decade ago, it has taken some time for LED video walls to become mainstream due to a variety of design and manufacturing challenges when working with LEDs the size of pinheads. And let's face it, they've been costly, often attainable only for mission-critical organizations or those with big budgets who wanted to make a big impact on viewers who may not have seen content in such a way before. Not anymore.</p> <h3>Unveiling Planar MGP Series</h3> <p><img style="float: right; max-width: 350px; margin: 10px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/440118/unveiling-planar-mgp-series.png" alt="Unveiling Planar MGP Series">The fine pitch LED video wall market, of which Planar has been the leader for several years running <a href="https://www.planar.com/news/2019/8/20/planar-named-no-1-global-leader-in-narrow-pixel-pitch-led-video-wall-and-broader-led-markets/" title="Planar Named No. 1 Global Leader in Narrow Pixel Pitch LED Video Wall and Broader LED Markets">according to Futuresource</a>, and LED products have matured to the point that we've worked out the kinks. With strong, award-winning, proven LED video wall products like <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-tvf/" title="TVF">Planar® TVF Series</a>, and long-established manufacturing processes, local professional services and support, extended warranties and service plans, the early adoption time is over and we're bringing fine pitch LED to the masses. Planar is making it more attainable with the new <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-mgp/" title="MGP">Planar® MGP Series</a> and its pre-packaged counterpart <a href="#" title="MGP Complete">Planar® MGP Complete™</a>, entry-level LED video walls in 1.2, 1.5 and 1.8 millimeter pixel pitches that cost about the same as tiled LCD video walls. They are ideal for the historically budget-conscious organizations in markets such as higher education, House of Worship and SMB that can't afford to miss the shift to direct view LED.</p> <p>Planar MGP Series is designed for viewing from as close as 7' and has a slim, ADA-Compliant mounted profile of less than 4", making them great options for use in retail signage and lobby art. Its 16:9 aspect ratio means it's perfect for popular resolution Full HD and 4K content, which is common in churches, conference rooms and classrooms. They look great on camera, making them a solid option for smaller-market broadcast TV station sets.</p> <p>Fine pitch LED isn't going anywhere. It's now a proven technology that is only getting better with enhancements and innovations happening regularly. And now, you can afford it, too.</p>1a8377b3-a9fa-47f0-a113-f07aae21579ehttps://www.planar.com/blog/2020/10/19/introducing-a-lifetime-warranty-on-led-video-walls/Introducing a Lifetime Warranty on LED Video Walls<p>Exceptional warranties get people excited. Why? Because people are smart: they know that companies wouldn’t offer big warranties if the company knew the product wouldn’t hold up; it would cost them too much. So people know a car with a 100,000 mile bumper-to-bumper warranty is going to last.</p> <p>Fine pitch LED video walls haven’t been around for that long, and unfortunately due to some other manufacturers’ missteps and cut corners, some LED walls don’t have the best reputation for durability. That’s not Planar. We created the <a href="https://www.planar.com/support/planar-evercare-lifetime-warranty/" title="Planar EverCare Lifetime Warranty">Planar® EverCare™ Lifetime Limited Warranty</a> to show that we stand behind our LED products.</p> <p>You read that right; lifetime warranty. People might ask, “Lifetime!?” How can Planar offer that on LED? And why would we? These are good questions, because not every company would, or even <em>could</em> offer a true lifetime warranty. But we are, because we have the right products and the right North America-based infrastructure to pull it off.</p> <p>We understand why people might be skeptical, but the Planar EverCare Lifetime Warranty is pretty simple. It’s complete coverage of the entire video wall from the day you purchase it to the day you stop using it. It covers every pixel and every component, including the controller, for life.</p> <h3>Yeah But, Why Though?</h3> <p>We’ve been delivering video walls and other display solutions since 1983, and have served many customers for decades, since video walls were made out of projectors. This history means we know what these customers need, and we want to serve those needs.</p> <p>They need their video wall to look good, for a long time. It is simple enough to understand, but extremely difficult to deliver in the current LED video wall industry. In fact, to the best of our knowledge, no video technology, and no visualization company, has <em>ever</em> successfully delivered on that simple need. They might make a great looking product, or one that lasts for quite a while, but not both. There are three big challenges manufacturers face that, to date, they can’t hurdle.</p> <ol> <li>They need a product that is designed and built to last</li> <li>They need local manufacturing and repair facilities that have the right products and parts readily available without overly long timelines</li> <li>They need product experts, service and support who are geographically close enough to the customer to be onsite capably and quickly</li> </ol> <p>Planar hurdles each of these challenges.</p> <h3>How Do We Do It?</h3> <p>We introduced Planar EverCare on our award-winning, best-selling <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/planar-tvf/" title="TVF">Planar® TVF Series</a> and <a href="#" title="Planar TVF Complete">Planar® TVF Complete™</a> video walls. There are hundreds of Planar TVF Series video walls deployed around the world. It’s a product that looks great and works well in all types of applications. We believe in it, and built it to last.</p> <p>Additionally, Planar engineers design, validate and test Planar TVF Series LED video walls in Oregon. Planar has dozens of in-house service technicians, and hundreds of trained integration and service partners, throughout North America. Planar has the product, the local production facilities, and the people it takes to deliver a true lifetime warranty.</p> <p>So when people ask Lifetime? How? Why? The answer is simple: because our customers need it, Planar can deliver it, and nobody else can.</p> <p>Learn more about the Planar EverCare Lifetime Warranty at <a href="https://www.planar.com/support/planar-evercare-lifetime-warranty/" title="Planar EverCare Lifetime Warranty">planar.com/evercare</a>.</p>a709117d-b804-4357-aea3-ab0a9a45aa1ahttps://www.planar.com/blog/2020/4/2/keep-it-clean-disinfecting-your-planar-display-solutions/Keep it Clean: Disinfecting your Planar Display Solutions<p>The old idiom says cleanliness is next to Godliness. While Planar takes no formal position on anything related to deity, we certainly agree that keeping your Planar displays and video walls clean is smart, especially when something nasty like the novel coronavirus is going around.</p> <p>With COVID-19 dominating the news, business logistics, revenues, and—most importantly—people’s health, we’ve all been reminded that it’s important to do more than simple rinsing or dusting. We must disinfect. People are rightly scrubbing their hands and covering their coughs more effectively. Unfortunately, that doesn’t stop 100 percent of our germs from spreading, often to the devices we’re touching or near. Our <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/desktop-touch-screen-monitors/" target="_blank" title="Desktop Touch Screen Monitors">desktop monitors</a>, collaboration <a rel="noopener" href="#" target="_blank" title="MultiTouch">touchscreen video walls</a> and even LED <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/markets/digital-signage/" target="_blank" title="Digital Signage">digital signage</a> displays have surfaces where bacteria and viruses can live.</p> <p>The good news is you can disinfect Planar’s LCD and LED displays in only a few simple steps. Here’s how:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Turn it Off</strong><br>If you’re new to electricity, you may not know that it doesn’t generally mix well with water. As our recommended cleaning method involves water and we’ve not yet invented electricity-free displays, turn off your video walls, large-format displays and desktop monitors and disconnect them from power before anything else.<br><br></li> <li><strong>Create the Solution<br></strong>The Center for Disease Control recommends many products that can effectively disinfect, but we recommend keeping it simple. The best, and easiest product to disinfect your Planar displays can be found in most households. No, it’s not bleach, which we actually recommend avoiding as it can degrade the look and performance of the displays. Instead, find a spray bottle and mix 30 parts distilled water with 70 parts isopropyl alcohol, sometimes called rubbing alcohol. The CDC says a solution with at least 70% alcohol disinfects best. This solution can be used on all Planar LCD or LED displays.<br><br></li> <li><strong>Wipe</strong> <br>If you have eye glasses, a smartphone or a TV, you’re probably familiar with microfiber cloths. They work great for smudges, and they’re also what we recommend using to wipe the disinfecting solution onto your Planar display. You can and should wipe it on the screen and any exposed surface including bezels, metal and plastic. Make sure the cloth is lint free, then dampen it with the solution and wipe, starting at the top of the display and working your way down. Don’t spray the solution directly onto the display surface like Windex on a mirror.<br><br>If you’re disinfecting an LED display, wipe gently, almost dabbing. Pushing hard isn’t going to get it any cleaner. And be sure to wipe vertically or horizontally as wiping diagonally or in a circular motion is more likely to dislodge pixels.<br><br></li> <li><strong>Air Dry</strong><br>Once you’ve fully wiped down your display, carefully navigating tiled bezels and pixel gaps, let it dry at room temperature. Hopefully you haven’t soaked it, so it shouldn’t take long. There’s no need to fan it with palm leaves or use a blow dryer, just go get a drink and let nature do it. Given LED Video Walls have a rough surface area caused by individual pixel gaps, they may take a little longer to dry; be patient.<br><br></li> <li><strong>Power it up!</strong><br>When you’re sure your Planar display is fully dry, you’re ready to plug it in and turn it back on.<br><br>If you have an LED display and want to be extra sure it’s disinfected, you can power it up, set the display brightness at 100% and a fully white screen. The LEDs will get too hot for any bacteria or viruses to live. But only do this after applying the cleaning solution and letting the display fully dry.</li> </ol> <p>We want our customers to be healthy, and are confident that disinfecting your Planar display solutions will help. Of course we cannot guarantee these efforts will fully eliminate any virus or pathogen, but they won’t hurt either.</p>0f833ebc-54fb-4b00-9aa1-411d869851fdhttps://www.planar.com/blog/2019/8/15/reaching-the-21st-century-student-with-display-technology/Reaching the 21st Century Student with Display Technology<p>Every year, colleges, universities and trade schools face the challenge of recruiting a new class of students. This means finding creative and effective ways to connect with a new batch of college-aged learners, who may think differently than those who came before. As prospective students look for the right institution to invest in for their future, universities must increase their appeal to meet enrollment goals. </p> <p>Younger generations entering college have grown up in a digital world. To better reach these increasingly tech-savvy students, more universities are turning to the tools that these young people already understand. An expanding approach includes the use of upgraded display technologies that excite the 21<sup>st</sup> century learner. Such solutions can help institutions of higher learning grow credibility with recruits by demonstrating that it is on the leading edge of technology trends.</p> <p>The use of digital solutions to reach the 21<sup>st</sup> century student extends to other areas beyond the recruitment space. Leading-edge display technologies are also being used on higher education campuses to improve the student experience and enhance learning in the classroom.   </p> <h3><strong>Making a lasting first impression </strong></h3> <p>As a component of college recruitment strategies, interactive video wall installations are being employed in welcome and visitor’s centers to impress prospective students making campus visits.</p> <p>In Troy, Alabama, Troy University completed a $2 million renovation of its Adams Administration Building, creating a technology-driven welcome center to appeal to a younger generation of technically inclined students. The cornerstone of Troy’s approach is an eye-catching 24-foot-long, 4.5-foot-high <a href="#" title="MultiTouch">Clarity® Matrix® MultiTouch LCD Video Wall</a>—an interactive, digital solution to captivate visitors and student recruits.</p> <p><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438319/troy-u-1.jpg" alt=""></p> <p>The Clarity Matrix MultiTouch serves the dual purpose of creating a “wow factor” in the new welcome center and fulfilling the strategic benefit of increasing enrollment, according to Dendy Moseley, associate director of enrollment management at Troy University. “Students are consumers and we want to grab their attention immediately,” he said. “Upon walking in and seeing the video wall, they instantly become immersed in the visitor experience we want them to have.”</p> <p>The video wall displays event and promotional information but shifts into interactive mode when the surface is touched, allowing prospective or new students to simultaneously explore content about the university including its history, athletic and academic programs, student life and more.</p> <p>To further connect with students, Troy also uses the video wall with social media. Visitors can select a mode that allows them to take a ‘selfie’ photo with a Troy-themed backdrop and tag their pictures on Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms. </p> <p>“We want every visitor to realize that Troy University can be a great fit and the video wall really allows potential new students to connect with the campus and the people,” Mosely said. “The quality experience provided by the video wall sets the tone for the quality of our institution.”</p> <p>Similarly, at Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business a nearly 12-foot-long, 7-foot-high <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/twa/" title="TWA">Planar® TWA Series LED video wall</a> greets lobby visitors and provides bezel-less digital signage and multimedia for gatherings and events. A second installation included a <a href="#" title="CLA">Planar® CarbonLight™ CLA Series LED video wall</a> that is custom designed in a ribbon configuration as a stock ticker—adding a Wall Street aesthetic fitting with the school’s business environment.</p> <p><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438315/spears-osu-4.jpg" alt=""></p> <h3>Elevating the student experience</h3> <p>Around the world, more campus facility renovations and new structures are being built with the student experience in mind. State-of-the-art designs feature auditoriums, student lounges and flexible spaces to encourage collaboration and group learning. Enhanced technology upgrades are also being added, including video walls and custom display installations.</p> <p>One very unique custom installation was recently completed in a newly built modern facility at the <em>Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. </em>Suspended over two floors in a large open atrium is the center attraction of QUT’s new Education Precinct building<em>—a giant 16.4-foot diameter LED globe composed of </em>1040 individual panels and 12.7 million individual LED lights. Built by Linso, a Leyard company, the Sphere is a first-of-its-kind installation that offers QUT’s Faculty of Education a cutting-edge research tool to advance teacher training.</p> <p>The Sphere—which is complemented by a Planar TWA Series LED MultiTouch video wall—allows the Faculty of Education to infuse technology and innovation into their teaching to better prepare graduates who will be teaching in the classrooms of tomorrow.</p> <p>“The reason for the Sphere is that we need to inspire and engage our emerging teachers, including researchers and others who are helping realize new digital work,” said QUT Visualisation and eResearch Manager Gavin Winter. “The design and technical configuration of the Sphere provide a high-impact resource for teaching, engagement and showcasing QUT’s research. From school children up to business and government, we want to offer opportunities to collaborate and develop content applications of all kinds in a loosely curated setting.”</p> <h4><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438316/46301453705_b82c6a4aeb_z.jpg" alt=""><br><em>Photo Credit QUT</em></h4> <p>Another example includes a 16-foot-long, 9-foot-high <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/clarity-matrix-lcd/" title="Clarity Matrix LCD">Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System</a> that was installed in the atrium of the new Martin D. Jenkins Behavioral and Social Sciences Center on the Baltimore, Maryland campus of Morgan State University. A component of the Center’s numerous high-tech designs which are intended to support the school’s focus on the 21<sup>st </sup>century learner, the Clarity Matrix video wall fits within a building-wide strategy that encourages communication and collaboration. </p> <p>Creston AirMedia equipment was integrated with the Clarity Matrix so that students can connect through a wireless application to display and share content—enabling a collaborative experience. The flexibility of the Clarity Matrix also enables faculty to use the display to support overflow viewing for a lecture hall located nearby on the atrium floor.</p> <p>“Today’s students are digital learners—they’ve had electronic devices in their hands since they were small, and this is how they tend to communicate and learn,” said Julie Wilson, Morgan State University design and construction project manager. “The atrium video wall gives us the flexibility to convey information and important messages to students, but also allows for students to communicate among themselves.”</p> <h3><strong>Boosting classroom learning </strong></h3> <p>As versatile technologies, digital displays have proven effective in the classroom as interactive tools to enhance learning. In Toronto, Ontario, the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University is using a Clarity Matrix MultiTouch LCD Video Wall to create an interactive virtual classroom and a collaborative learning environment. </p> <p>Lassonde’s ‘future classroom’ concept is based on the vision of Professor Spiros Pagiatakis, associate dean for research &amp; graduate studies at the Lassonde School of Engineering, along with faculty who understand the influence that technology and collaboration can have on improving higher education.</p> <p><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438317/lassonde-york-2.jpg" alt=""></p> <p>The Clarity Matrix MultiTouch provides a range of advanced capabilities to Professor Pagiatakis’s class, allowing students to edit Word documents or pdf files in real time, connect to web pages, or enlarge or reduce the size of a presentation. Students can also seamlessly move between different mediums, such as blackboards, whiteboards, PowerPoints and video presentations.</p> <p>With built in video conferencing, students from anywhere in the world can tune in to lectures—enabling a virtual classroom. “We can have guest speakers from around the world and because of the technology it feels like the person is right in front of us,” Pagiatakis said.</p> <p>Breaking ground with the virtual classroom has both changed the way that concepts are delivered to students and how students participate in their learning, according to Pagiatakis. “We have to adapt to how the younger generation approaches learning,” he said. “Understanding that the impact of technology will be profound for these students and their careers gives purpose to our work.”</p> <p> </p>667af5c3-c525-4947-a7e6-688a10dc3f8fhttps://www.planar.com/blog/2019/6/21/led-video-walls-to-facet-or-to-curve/LED Video Walls: To Facet or to Curve?<p>Picture yourself at the coast, staring out at the horizon. In front of you there’s endless blue skies, churning sea and white surf. Even while staring straight ahead, you see sand stretching for miles with your peripheral vision. It’s an enveloping, immersive experience. Curved LED video walls can create a similar immersive experience—minus the salty air and ocean scents—because flexible LED modules can form very smooth convex and concave curved walls. Curved LED is trending in corporate, broadcast and control room environments because the video walls can bend and curve around people, capturing their peripheral vision, figuratively taking viewers somewhere else.  Flexible modules, while impressive, tend to have a premium price tag that doesn’t suit everyone.</p> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4" style="margin-bottom: 10px; float: right;"><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438258/cli-leds-through-jewelers-loop_680x978.jpg" alt="LED diodes through Jewler's Loop"> <div class="clear"></div> <span style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">RGB diode configurations as seen through a jeweler’s loop</span></div> <p>There’s another solution that may not carry as high a cost, and can deliver a similar immersive experience: faceting flat cabinets. Faceting, which consists of placing rigid LED modules beside one another at slightly different angles, can form a very nice curve effect, depending on the radius of the curve. Too much, and faceting can negatively impact the view.</p> <p>Why does curve radius matter? Due to the configuration of red, green and blue (RGB) diodes, our eyes perceive LED displays differently, depending on our viewing angle (see image 1). We experience a “color shift” when viewing the video wall from different positions. The entire video wall may appear more red from one side, and more blue from the other. This is the primary reason we can’t use the same LED cabinets in both landscape and portrait orientation. Color shift becomes more obvious as the LED cabinet-to-cabinet angle increases, accentuating the seams between columns of LED cabinets for a less desirable viewer experience (see image 2).</p> <p>To minimize color shift, we recommend calculating the cabinet-to-cabinet angle from the curve radius. An <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.handymath.com/cgi-bin/arc18.cgi?submit=Entry" target="_blank" title="Circluar Arc Calculator">online calculator</a> can do this easily. Simply enter the length of the radius plus the width of the LED cabinet (width of arc, or chord length) and the calculator will yield the cabinet-to-cabinet angle (angle subtended by arc). For faceted curves, Planar recommends keeping this angle below three degrees for the best visuals. Angles between three and six degrees often look great depending on viewing position and content. If the angle is greater than six degrees, use a flexible LED module.</p> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6" style="margin-bottom: 10px; float: right;"><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438257/example-of-led-color-shift-at-off-angles_730x973.jpg" alt="Color Shifting on Faceted Video Wall"> <div class="clear"></div> <span style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">An example of color shift caused by off-angle viewing</span></div> <p>Planar offers several approaches to creating curved effects with LED video walls. Most LED cabinets can be faceted using a custom mounting frame. It’s possible to use some LED modules independent of cabinets to form smaller facet angles, or to modify the cabinet width and/or height. <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/carbonlight/cli-flex/" target="_blank" title="CLI Flex">Planar® CarbonLight™ CLI Flex™</a> LED modules are designed to form smoothly-curved video walls with tight-radius curves. This includes LED column wraps with diameters as small as 1.5 meters. We offer Planar CarbonLight CLI Flex as a custom solution through the Planar Design Team.</p> <p>To learn more about curved and faceted LED video walls, contact your Planar account manager or email the Planar Design Team at <a href="mailto:designteam@planar.com" title="DesignTeam@planar.com">DesignTeam@planar.com</a>.</p>09a47188-1eee-41fa-8ac2-369c2aab7e07https://www.planar.com/blog/2019/6/5/transparent-oled-displays-offer-new-medium-for-digital-content-applications/Transparent OLED Displays Offer New Medium for Digital Content Applications<p>As the sheer amount of digital surface continues to grow, advertisers, marketers and endusers are seeking new approaches in order to stand out in an increasingly busy electronic landscape. Likewise, designers are eager for new mediums of creativity that offer imaginative ways to present digital content and engage audiences.</p> <p>A new option that is available includes transparent OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays—an innovation in digital signage where dynamic content is transmitted onto a transparent surface, allowing people to view what is shown on the display while still being able to see through it. This allows designers to overlay digital images and video content onto physical objects or scenes placed behind the glass. A transparent OLED display eliminates the need for a backlight or enclosure, making it possible to create truly see-through installations in a virtually frameless glass design.</p> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438206/lookthru-ghq-openhouse-wwt_365x547.jpg" alt="lookthru GHQ Open House WWT"> <div class="clear"></div> <span style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">Transparent OLED displays eliminate the need for a backlight or enclosure. Users can view content on the glass display and are also able to see through it.</span></div> <h3>How does transparent OLED technology work?</h3> <p>OLEDs are used in mobile devices, televisions and lighting fixtures, and offer high-quality imagery and vivid colors. The technology that generates transparent OLED displays features self-lighting pixels that are partially clear. Each pixel is made up of four sub-pixels. Three of them are red, green and blue, which, when combined, create color. The remaining sub-pixel is clear, which drives the transparency.</p> <p>Transparent OLED technology is based on a direct relationship between resolution and transparency. If a transparent OLED display contains a higher portion of active (color) pixels, less space will be available for clear pixels, resulting in a display that is less see-through. Full HD resolution represents an advantage with transparent OLED displays as both transmission and resolution are optimized. Black or dark content in a transparent OLED display is clear while white or bright content is opaque.</p> <p>Just like any glass surface, the amount of ambient light affects the perceived transparency of a transparent OLED display. In other words, the greater the illumination, the more transparent the screen becomes. As an example, a transparent display in a dark room will appear opaque, but in a bright room with objects or scenes behind the display heavily lit, the display will appear like transparent glass.</p> <div style="margin-bottom: 30px;"><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438200/lookthru-boat-car_730x267.png" alt="lookthru boat car"> <span style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">(Left) White or bright content will be opaque and shine from the screen and appear in the foreground. (Right) Black or dark (or off-state) content will be see-through.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 30px;"><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438201/lookthru-girl-grass_730x268.png" alt="lookthru girl grass"> <span style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">(Left) No uplight. Display looks more opaque. (Right) Plant is uplit. Display looks more transparent.</span></div> <h3>Broad color gamut of OLED makes content appear brighter</h3> <p>OLED technology is recognized for its robust color performance. Compared to best-in-class LCD displays which achieve around 72% NTSC dolor space (a measure of the number of colors the display is cable of showing), OLED can achieve greater than 100%. This translates to brilliant reds, vibrant greens and vivid blues. The color performance of OLED technology combined with the peak brightness characteristics of the emissive display generates imagery that appears to be much brighter than what it actually is. That’s because the human eye translates color as brightness. In a side-by-side comparison with a “brighter” display, the transparent OLED display will look more vivid.</p> <div style="margin-bottom: 30px;"><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438205/lookthru-red-head_730x548.jpg" alt="OLED display Greater than 100% NTSC"> <span style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">Greater than 100% NTSC</span></div> <h3>Lifetime considerations</h3> <p>The content selection for a transparent OLED display is an important consideration that directly affects image performance, power usage and product lifetime. With OLED technology, black pixels are at rest (low power, longer life) and blue color represents the highest energy use (and blue ages faster than other primaries). Therefore, it follows that the more pixels are at rest (by using black content), the less power will be used and the longer those pixels will last—ensuring the display remains transparent for a longer time.</p> <p>Lifetime is related to hours of life for each pixel, so it is recommended that agencies, content developers and endusers keep content mostly black, ensure that the content is active and moving, and avoid content that is static so as not to damage the display with image retention.</p> <h3>What is possible with transparent OLED displays?</h3> <p>Since transparent OLED is quite clear, the fine details—such as text on objects—are easily legible behind the display. The ample clarity allows retail merchandisers and museum exhibit designers to place transparent OLED displays in front of products or artifacts without obscuring the view. In fact, the visibility through a transparent OLED display is a clear enough to see objects in the background distance. A person with 20/20 vision could look through such a display and easily read a sign over 30 feet away.</p> <p>Viewers who look through the display from the back side will see content in reverse and observe that the brightness and contrast are lower. Objects or scenes located on the back side of the display become reflected on the screen when looking through the display from the reverse side. However, the reflected objects or scenes do not fully obscure content or the view through the display. As such, with a nearly 360-degree viewing angle possible, new opportunities in two-way display applications are possible.</p> <div style="margin-bottom: 30px;"><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438202/lookthru-lipstick_730x473.jpg" alt="The view through a transparent OLED display from the back side"> <span style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">The view through a transparent OLED display from the back side reveals that content is reversed, and brightness and contrast are lower. Objects or scenes placed on the back side of the display are reflected on the screen but do not fully obscure content or the view through the display.</span></div> <h3>A new world of design possibilities</h3> <p>With striking new creations possible that previously were only seen in science fiction movies, transparent OLED displays allow designers to expand their imaginations—and extend their ideas beyond the digital canvas. For example, when another electronic display is placed behind a transparent OLED display, a unique 3D layered effect is created, offering a wide range of exciting potential. Transparent OLED displays enable never-before-possible applications in digital signage that can be integrated into any environment where glass is used, such as room dividers, glass conference rooms, storefront windows, glass counters, museum exhibits, or ticket booths.</p> <p>When specifying a transparent OLED display, the limitations of the technology are just as important to consider as the benefits. The best performance will be achieved when content developers, artists and programmers work closely with integrators to ensure that content utilizes high amounts of black in every frame (for maximum transparency and lifetime), is highly dynamic (no static logos or words), and makes use of ambient or spot lighting that can be orchestrated with screen content to create the most interesting effects.</p> <p>With thoughtful design, transparent OLED displays offer limitless potential to modernize interiors with impactful color, striking graphics and text, and a wow-effect that can draw customers to engage. Whether used in stand-alone configurations or integrated into larger video wall arrays, the possibilities are boundless.</p> <h3>Planar LookThru Transparent OLED Displays</h3> <p>In 2015, Planar became the first to demonstrate and market a transparent OLED display line of products. The <a href="#" title="Planar ERO-OLED">Planar® LookThru™ Transparent OLED Display</a> allows both portrait and landscape modes and can be table-mounted, ceiling-mounted or built into custom fixtures using a straight flush-mount design. Available in a 55-inch display, the Planar LookThru offers vibrant colors at 120 percent NTSC performance and includes wide viewing angles with no off-axis contrast or brightness limitations. Full HD resolution delivers beautiful graphics and full-motion video.</p> <div style="margin-bottom: 30px;"><img src="https://www.planar.com/media/438203/lookthru-man-standing_730x493.jpg" alt="The Planar® LookThru™ Transparent OLED Display"> <span style="margin-top: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">The Planar LookThru Transparent OLED Display features 6mm bezels on the top, right and left edges of the display, allowing for tiling.</span></div> <p>The design flexibility and thin edges of the Planar LookThru enable tiling to create video arrays that meet the requirements for larger applications. The displays feature small bezels of only 6mm on the top, right and left edges for a nearly seamless solution.</p> <p>To facilitate tiling, a range of accessories are available including four tiling components that protect display intersections as well as base plates for securing the displays to ceilings, tables and walls. To achieve the full experience, the video wall should be accompanied by a multi-channel video processor which can play back one video or content selection across multiple monitors assembled into a video wall.</p> <p>The Planar LookThru utilizes proprietary<a href="#" title="ERO"> Planar® ERO-OLED™</a> (Extended Ruggedness and Optics) technology featuring Corning Gorilla Glass. This high-durability surface can withstand the rigors of high-traffic environments. It also improves perceived contrast by more than 300 percent, making the display more readable and impactful even in bright public venues.</p>0eb412ac-924b-4a2d-8193-692dec447544https://www.planar.com/blog/2019/3/11/video-art-installations-foster-immersive-experiences-and-stronger-connections/Video Art Installations Foster Immersive Experiences and Stronger Connections<p>Today’s leading-edge display technologies offer much more than digital signage. As integrated technologies have progressed and the visual performance and adaptability of display systems have improved, video walls are now being employed as compelling mediums for displaying works of video art and creating artistic immersive environments.</p> <p>By integrating original content, interactive software and responsive interfaces, as well as film, animation and storytelling, video art installations act as platforms for creating dynamic and engaging presentations.</p> <p>“Designers are increasingly looking at video walls as flexible, digital canvases that offer boundless configurability,” said Jeremy Sternhagen, technical marketing manager with Planar. “LED systems provide the biggest advantage in this regard with seamless image scalability and a nearly infinite number of canvas dimensions and orientations. And, as costs for video wall systems become more competitive, designers are opening their imaginations and not viewing technology as a barrier, but rather a tool.”</p> <h3>A platform for social impact</h3> <p>In the heart of New York City at a busy corner of Times Square, 12 ground-level windows of the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal have been transformed into a large interactive video wall installation that serves as a public platform to display cultural content, create social impact and deliver works of responsive art to mass audiences. The installation, called <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/coolture-impact-at-times-square/" title="Coolture Impact">COOLTURE IMPACT</a>, is engineered with motion-responsive technology that allows people to make the video art installation come alive with their own movements. A wave of the hand is translated onto the display as a creative rendering that captures the person’s gestures.</p> <p>COOLTURE IMPACT is designed with an interactive framework software system developed by NoirFlux and a ZED 3D depth and motion sensing camera from Stereolabs. Specific responses to COOLTURE IMPACT’s featured artwork programming are presented in real-time through <a href="#" title="TVH">Planar® TVH Series fine pitch LED video walls</a> with a 2.5 millimeter pixel pitch (TVH2.5) from Planar.</p> <p><a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/coolture-impact-at-times-square/"><img style="width: 100%; height: auto;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437989/coolture-timessquare5.jpg" alt="COOLTURE IMPACT"></a></p> <p>“Unique video wall projects like COOLTURE IMPACT that infuse technological and cultural elements can create deeper connections with the audience—a bond that is rarely achieved with mainstream digital signage solutions,” said Ana Calvo de Luis, founder and managing director at Coolture, a firm specializing in cultural and branding events in emblematic spaces and the driving force behind the project. “The public has gotten used to the large digital signs that surround us in our daily interactions. Digital surfaces present a tremendous amount of information and tend to bombard us with all kinds of advertising. We are super connected, but that type of intense connectivity can certainly numb the audience into apathy and disinterest.”</p> <p>What sets a video art installation apart is the genuine experience that can be inspired with the audience. “In addition to triggering emotions, this digital art canvas with an interactive component presents the opportunity to develop a dialogue with the audience,” said Calvo de Luis. “It’s a new form of communication, one that creates engagement.”</p> <p>Digital art projects bring together a multidisciplinary group of artists and professionals for collaboration. To create COOLTURE IMPACT, produced by non-profit Cultural Semiotic Alliance, Calvo de Luis assembled a team of video artists, filmmakers, interactive designers, software developers and engineers.</p> <p>COOLTURE IMPACT functions as a platform for different presentations of dynamic, artistic content. The first featured presentation, called “The Now,” offers a journey into magical worlds, hidden spaces and participatory environments. Created by Laia Cabrera &amp; Co., an award-winning team of film, animators and visual artists, in collaboration with immersive interactive artists NoirFlux and Karan Parikh, “The Now” holds animated stories that are waiting to be told. With their motions, people can visually engage the various storylines, moving narratives forward through interaction.</p> <p>The space in front of the Port Authority Bus Terminal was an ideal setting for the project, Calvo de Luis noted, because of the sheer amount of activity—more than 250,000 commuters and up to 200,000 potential tourists pass by the area each day. “This is a very busy and raw urban location. The project represents a way to bring positive light to the area,” she said.</p> <p><a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/coolture-impact-at-times-square/"><img style="width: 100%; height: auto;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437988/coolture-timessquare.jpg" alt="COOLTURE IMPACT"></a></p> <p>The positive impact of the project has been substantial. “We can proudly say that the Port Authority, visitors to the site and especially neighbors in the area all speak highly of the installation,” Calvo de Luis said. “The project also received 13 minutes of coverage on national TV, with 20 million viewers. And, after being placed on Google Maps, we had over 43,500 searches in three months, and over 62,500 in the last trimester.”</p> <p>To create a compelling video art installation and provide around-the-clock operation in a public space, a high-quality video wall was essential. “The Planar video wall has the brightness for visibility during the day and at night the installation looks simply incredible,” she said. “As we continue to explore the boundaries of technology, cultural display, social interaction and branding content, we see many more opportunities for creating these unique kinds of interactive platforms. Art is the language and technology is the medium for communicating it.”</p> <h3>Creative placemaking</h3> <p>Another example of how digital wall technology and video artwork can combine in a beneficial and impactful way is a 60-foot-long, seven-foot high video wall installation at the <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/the-baker-center/">Baker Center</a> in downtown Minneapolis. Installed in the lobby of the commercial office and retail complex as part of a $25 million facility renovation, the installation features a <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/clarity-matrix-lcd/" title="Clarity Matrix LCD">Clarity® Matrix® LCD Video Wall System</a> in a 15x3 configuration that is dedicated to video artwork.</p> <p><a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/the-baker-center/"><img style="width: 100%; height: auto;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437986/baker-center-1.jpg" alt="Baker Center"></a></p> <p>During the planning phase of the video wall, the design team toured high-end media wall installations in New York City to develop a strategy for how the installation could be best utilized. Hans Okerstrom, general manager of the Baker Center and director of property management for the Minneapolis office of Transwestern, the Baker Center’s property management group, said the tour enabled them to realize that a video wall at the Baker Center needed to be more than a media advertising billboard.</p> <p>“Instead, we wanted an installation that could be utilized as a digital art canvas for enriching the lobby environment and providing outreach to the public,” Okerstrom said.</p> <p>This approach is akin to ‘creative placemaking,’ which leverages arts, culture and creativity to serve a community’s interest while building character and quality of place, according to Paul Krumrich, president of audio-visual designer and integrator Spye, which managed all aspects of the media wall project.</p> <p><a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/the-baker-center/"><img style="width: 100%; height: auto;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437987/baker-center-5.jpg" alt="Baker Center"></a></p> <p>Spye, which maintains an internal creative division, produced a video art concept to show for the unveiling of the new video wall. The video portraiture, called “Faces,” highlights the cultural diversity of Minneapolis and features up-close footage of residents from a variety of ethnic backgrounds who react to different stimuli. Planar technology proved to be instrumental for supporting the intended effect of the digital artwork, with the clarity of the video wall allowing the intimate sense of each person’s personality to come through, Krumrich said.</p> <p>Since dedicating the new media wall to video art, further content opportunities have begun to emerge through promising collaborations with Minneapolis’s art community. “Treating the media wall as a public art canvas has been very beneficial in terms of forging connections with the city’s art institutes and galleries,” Okerstrom said. “We see tremendous potential for developing programs to feature digital artwork and really celebrate the creative talent we have here locally.”</p>41bfb5de-0a52-408f-860b-10331df5c6a9https://www.planar.com/blog/2018/11/20/design-your-next-video-wall-project-with-the-next-generation-calculator/Design Your Next Video Wall Project with the Next-Generation Calculator<p>When trying to determine what video wall technology or models best fit, manufacturer’s video wall design tools have become a necessary. Since 2014, Planar has been leading the way in developing and delivering industry-leading free, easy-to-use online Video Wall Calculators that simplify the video wall selection process by enabling users to easily configure video walls, preview it and download the results – complete with specification data, installation diagrams and custom renderings.</p> <p>Planar recently launched the <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/video-walls/calculator/" target="_blank" title="Calculator">Next-Generation Video Wall Calculator</a> that builds upon the success of Planar’s Clarity Matrix and LED Video Wall Calculators, with new important new features and enhancements including:</p> <ul> <li>Ability to design and compare <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/" target="_blank" title="LED Video Walls">LED</a> and <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/" target="_blank" title="LCD Video Walls">LCD</a> products in a single Calculator</li> <li>Incorporation of Augmented Reality (AR) to visualize designs in real spaces by simply uploading a photo</li> <li>Mobile-friendly for easier use on tables and smart phones</li> <li>Improved and more modern user interface</li> </ul> <p>Planar understands the value of these design tools and are committed to leading the industry in developing video wall design tools that simply, The new Video Wall Calculator includes key Planar LCD and LED video wall product lines, with more LED product lines coming in early 2019.</p> <p>Check out a video demonstration of the Next-Gen Video Wall Calculator or <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.planar.com/products/video-walls/calculator/" target="_blank" title="Calculator">try it out now</a>!</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/279706793?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>e6e147b1-a466-4993-b1c3-67dcf5664afbhttps://www.planar.com/blog/2018/8/14/incorporating-avixa-ansi-audio-visual-standards-into-your-projects/Incorporating AVIXA & ANSI Audio Visual Standards Into Your Projects<p>Current building designs include more complex audio visual technology than ever before, and this increases the burden on designers to elevate their IQ in AV. There can be large repercussions to AV design problems or specifying the wrong technology. Fortunately, tremendous resources are available and a great deal of work has been done to develop standards to guide the AV design process.</p> <p>The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) facilitates voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems to assure the safety and health of consumers and the protection of the environment. ANSI oversees the creation, promulgation and use of thousands of norms and guidelines that impact business in nearly every sector, including AV.</p> <p>AVIXA (formerly InfoComm) is the leading resource for AV performance standards. The AVIXA Standards Committee along with over 700 volunteers support development of these standards. According to AVIXA, <em>“These standards support technology design and procedures that focus on reliability, competency and success. This collection will help you access new markets, reduce cost, decrease project complexity, be more productive, and reduce risk.”</em></p> <p>There are several published AV standards that architects and consultants should be aware of and utilize in the design process. The list includes such topics as AV-specific architectural drawing symbols, guidelines for systems design and coordination processes, AV systems energy management, and standards for display size and projected image system contrast ratio. There are numerous active task groups developing new standards for topics such as AV rack design, AV network security, and videoconferencing lighting.</p> <p>AVIXA also offers resources such as AV best practices, BIM parameters, documentation samples, and various AV / IT handbooks. They even offer quizzes on standards to keep you sharp. The AVIXA ANSI Standards are available for purchase, and discounts are available to AVIXA members.</p> <p>As AVIXA members, Planar encourages designers to familiarize themselves with the AVIXA ANSI Standards and put them into practice. They represent ANSI’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus and due process, so you know you can rely on them. Using these standards is also good for your bottom line. Using these standards is also good for your bottom line and <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://standardsboostbusiness.org/default.aspx" target="_blank" title="Standards Boost Business">boost business</a>. </p> <p><em><strong>AVIXA ANSI Standards – Useful Links:</strong></em></p> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.avixa.org/standards" target="_blank" title="AVIXA AV Standards Page">AVIXA AV Standards page</a></li> <li>Benefits of AV Standards Video</li> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://view.flipdocs.com/html5/?id=10001172_396277&amp;P=0" target="_blank" title="2018 Catalog of AV Standards">2018 Catalog of AV Standards</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.avixa.org/standards/current-standards" target="_blank" title="Complete List of AVIXA Standards">Complete List of AVIXA Standards</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.avixa.org/standards/get-involved" target="_blank" title="Join a Standards Task Group">Join a Standards Task Group</a></li> </ul>c76baac8-038e-4c53-9551-8007b68417c6https://www.planar.com/blog/2018/6/27/top-4-digital-signage-display-trends/Top 4 Digital Signage Display Trends<p>Digital signage displays are delivering the promise of higher engagement in various industries from advertising, transportation, entertainment, education, healthcare, and more. The industry's growth is rapidly evolving due to technological advanced in displays and declining hardware costs. According to ReportBuyer, Asia is expected to have the highest growth rate from 2017 to 2022, partly due to increasing incomes, internet penetration, and urbanization.</p> <p>With the digital signage global market set for continued growth, here are some insights and analysis of current top digital signage trends.</p> <h3>Interactive Multi-touch</h3> <p>Simply defined, interactive multi-touch displays allow multiple users to simultaneously interact with the video wall without affecting others. Interactive multi-touch displays can help deliver immersive physical environments with digital signage for several users at the same time -- either interacting with content individually or in collaboration.</p> <p>An examples of use cases include business presentations and educational environments such as classrooms and museums. Planar has recently installed an interactive multi-touch display at Seattle's Space Needle to augment user engagement.</p> <p>Considerations for interactive multi-touch:</p> <ul> <li>Look for a display with up to 32 simultaneous touch points. Currently, this is the trending industry maximum.</li> <li>Select a solution with innovative response time and optical recognition system, which can tell how many people (users) and guess how many are male or female.</li> <li>Consider a vendor who can scale to support the specific display wall size you need.</li> </ul> <h3>Durable Digital Displays</h3> <p>Another trend worth noting is the increase of durable digital displays, which are displays that were created to withstand environmental elements (i.e. outdoors) or have a tough impact screen.</p> <p>Durable digital displays have been recently deployed as outdoor displays in airport, bus and train terminals. Use cases include informational displays as well as advertising, but overall, these displays were designed to be more rugged. A recent design trend is that these durable digital displays may also feature technology to be bright enough to stand out among bright environments.</p> <p>When considering durable digital displays, ask the vendor about:</p> <ul> <li>IP rating</li> <li>Weather protection</li> <li>Temperature ranges</li> <li>Level of ruggedness for impact resistance</li> <li>Optical characteristics of the ruggedized material</li> </ul> <h3>Creative Installation</h3> <p>Display ubiquity is the industry trend of finding creative ways to install digital signage displays; for example, some displays have been installed on ceilings, floors, hanging and outside of windows.</p> <p>A possible driver of this trend -- besides creative thinking of where to install the display -- is that the technology is making displays more moveable and lightweight, which is ideal for hanging and placement in unique areas. Display manufacturers are also creating displays that curve, can wrap around columns or come in vertical or horizontal "ribbon" shapes.</p> <h3>Larger Wall Display Sizes</h3> <p>Today, we are seeing the trend of large seamless video walls. What's driving this trend? We see that LED is one of the main reasons for powering this technology and advancing this trend. Overall, large wall display sizes are augmenting the "Wow!" factor.</p> <p>Considerations when selecting a vendor:</p> <ul> <li>Look for a provider that has the experience and expertise with seamless, ultra-fine pitch direct view LED video walls</li> <li>Select a solution with the narrowest LCD bezels with the slimmest installation depths</li> <li>Ask the provider about image quality</li> <li>Ask the vendor if the display is energy/power efficient</li> </ul> <h3>Conclusion</h3> <p>These are just a few of the digital signage trends we see making an impact on the market. Our industry is at an exciting time and Planar is looking forward to innovating not only for our customers and partners, but to push the industry forward. Looking for more information and examples on the trends covered? Be sure to <a href="#" title="Contact">contact Planar today</a> for more insights!</p>ea304385-5a9e-4cd2-ab3a-ff46e1b78d0bhttps://www.planar.com/blog/2018/5/29/interactive-whiteboards-for-the-classroom/Interactive Whiteboards for the Classroom<p>An interactive whiteboard is a powerful instructional tool, allowing content to be displayed and manipulated on a touch screen. Virtually any form of media can be incorporated into presentations to create a collaborative space for presenters and the audience. As a teaching instrument, an interactive whiteboard allows for visual, auditory and tactile learning. Presentations featuring interactive whiteboards are thus compelling ways to facilitate knowledge absorption and skills application for all types of learners. Interactive whiteboards can be used in any instructional setting, such classrooms, boardrooms, work groups, training sessions or coaching presentations.</p> <h3>How An Interactive Whiteboard Facilitates Learning</h3> <p>An interactive whiteboard is an extremely flexible tool that allows multiple users to interact with different types of media at once. Practically limitless in instruction opportunities, some of the key innovative elements of an interactive whiteboard include:</p> <ul> <li>Drawing over particular elements in a presentation</li> <li>Adding notations or labels to visuals</li> <li>Taking notes during brainstorming sessions</li> <li>Swiping through, zooming in on or moving images</li> <li>Demonstrating software</li> <li>Using applications or browsing the web</li> <li>Playing or recording video and audio</li> <li>Saving work for dispersal</li> </ul> <p>In practice, a presenter illustrating software, for example, can run the program and interact with it by touching the board to highlight and annotate its features. Or during a medical lecture, the instructor can display anatomical photographs and add in labels and other notes to emphasize certain body parts. The images and notes from the presentations can then be saved and uploaded to a virtual classroom or printed out in hard copy.</p> <h3>Campus and Business Applications</h3> <p>Large format LCD touch screens are essentially large interactive whiteboards, and are part and parcel to a technology-centric, forward-looking campus. Featured in classrooms, auditoriums or collaborative learning spaces, LCD touch screens transform how information and ideas are presented to students and shared between faculty members. Interactive touch screens can also serve public interface purposes, highlighting important information about the university or college to visitors. As a tool that promotes dynamic research and learning on campus, a large format LCD touch screen helps attract talented students and faculty.</p> <p>Similarly, LCD touch screens in business applications enhance and ease the way groups communicate. This technology can be harnessed to clarify a company’s message, motivate the audience, and improve brand image. Whether the setting is an internal company meeting or a presentation to investors or other collaborators, a large format touch screen encourages participation, information-retention, and quite simply, has a certain wow factor.</p> <h3>Innovative Large Format LCD Touch Screens</h3> <p>Touch screens vary considerably in the marketplace, particularly in their resolution and touch capabilities. Planar, an industry leader in touch screen technology, offers cutting-edge large format LCD touch screens with exceptional image quality and multi-touch capabilities for multi-user applications.</p> <p>Planar’s commercial large format LCD displays include <a href="#" title="UltraRes">UltraRes Touch 4K Series</a>, <a href="#" title="QE">QE-Series</a>, <a href="#" title="EP">EP-Series</a>, and <a href="#" title="PS">PS-Series</a>. The models range in size, price, functionality, and features; yet, each are designed with thin mounting depths to complement spatial requirements, and built to meet demanding applications and performance needs. Additionally, the stunning visual quality of the displays make an incomparable visual experience.</p> <p>Some key features available on all or some of these models include:</p> <ul> <li>Ultra HD resolution</li> <li>Superior 4K video performance and compatibility</li> <li>Landscape and portrait flexibility 24/7 continuous operation design</li> <li>Fanless, whisper-quiet power source with back-up power redundancy</li> <li><a href="#" title="MediaPlex">Planar MediaPlex™ Plus</a> processing for simultaneous multi-source viewing in various layouts, including saved configurations for quick recall</li> <li><a href="#" title="ERO">Extended Ruggedness and Optics™ (ERO)</a> featuring an optically-bonded glass front for added protection and enhanced image clarity</li> </ul> <h3>Case Studies of Planar Whiteboard Technology</h3> <p>To give you a sense of how Planar whiteboard technology can be applied to your university or business environment, below are recent case studies.</p> <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/mentor-automotive-lab/" target="_blank" title="Mentor Automotive Lab Case Study">Mentor Automotive</a> – four 84” Planar UltraRes Touch 4K LCD displays are featured in a demonstration room where employees can give presentations and visitors can engage with educational and marketing content.</p> <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/university-of-oregon-hatfield-dowlin-complex/" target="_blank" title="University of Oregon Case Study">University of Oregon</a> - more than 60 Planar displays and monitors are used in various athletic spaces, including athlete’s lounges, locker rooms, and coaching classrooms. Planar EP-Series, Planar PS-Series and 70-inch and 80-inch Planar UltraLux LCD displays, many with touch and multi-touch capability, are implemented throughout the area.</p> <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/clemson-university/" target="_blank" title="Clemson University Case Study">Clemson University</a> – in the four-story Watt Family Innovation Center, Planar displays can be found on nearly every level of the building, including the main lobby, the building’s command and control center, the brand center, an emergency response room, classrooms, the main auditorium, breakout rooms and collaboration spaces, and the facility’s board room. Nearly 200 Planar displays are featured, including the Clarity® Matrix™ MultiTouch LCD Video Wall, the Clarity® Matrix 3D LCD Video Wall, Planar UltraRes Series 4K LCD displays and Planar PS Series HD LCD displays.</p> <h3>Speak to an Interactive Whiteboard Specialist Today</h3> <p>Is your organization ready for state-of-the-art interactive whiteboard technology? If so, <a href="#" title="Contact">contact us</a> to receive a quote or have your questions answered by our team of interactive video wall specialists.</p> <p> </p>4513ef78-f560-4050-b6ad-7a27b26e195ehttps://www.planar.com/blog/2018/5/25/featured-case-study-amazon-understory-at-the-spheres/Featured Case Study: Amazon Understory at The Spheres<p>Amazon is now the third most valuable company in the world, and as comes with the territory of being a disruptor with a lot of money, they’re doing some very interesting things with their newest corporate headquarters addition; The Spheres. Aptly named, the building is essentially three inter-connecting spheres, but the catch is they house over 40,000 plants from all over the world.</p> <p>Clearly needing a way to exhibit this radical new space, Amazon teamed up with local Seattle companies to design a corporate visitor center called Understory. Understory is a free, public space where people can come and learn about the science, engineering, and plants behind The Spheres.</p> <p>The central media installation in Understory is comprised of a large, 18 foot by 10 foot LED Video Wall, surrounded by 11 three foot by 10 foot LED Columns; all of which are made up of <a rel="noopener" href="#" target="_blank" title="CarbonLight CLA Series">Planar® CarbonLight™ CLA Series</a> LED. CarbonLight CLA Series is a line of fine pitch LED which supports curved installations in concave, convex, or wave formations. These LED Video Walls provide a markedly immersive 360-degree experience for guests who are eager to learn more about The Spheres.</p> <p>In addition to the Video Walls, five modular exhibits around Understory feature Planar® PT3290PW 32-inch touch screen monitors alongside a physical interactive to teach guests about additional topics related to Amazon, The Spheres, and Understory.</p> <p>See more pictures and read the full Amazon Understory at The Spheres Installation Profile.</p>433f60ce-c435-4158-b290-2e2918fc3d1ehttps://www.planar.com/blog/2018/5/10/featured-case-study-troy-university/Featured Case Study: Troy University<p>Troy University is a state school in Troy, Alabama. As is common for Higher Education institutions these days, one of their biggest problems is how to appeal to incoming students. As incoming freshman get younger and younger (okay, who am I kidding, it’s really just the rest of us getting older and older), their familiarity with digital devices is skyrocketing; as of 2016, the average child gets their first smartphone when they’re just 10 years old!</p> <p>As part of a $2 million remodel of their Welcome Center, Troy University wanted to make sure they were offering an engaging, high-end technology experience. In order to deliver a wow factor that would appeal to the social-media, digital-entrenched younger generation, the highlight of the new design is a large, 6x2 <a href="#" title="MultiTouch">Clarity® Matrix® MultiTouch LCD Video Wall System</a>.</p> <p>The multi-touch capable LCD Video Wall is used to show event information and other promotional content about the University, but can also split into three interactive screens for visitors to explore a host of content and information about the university’s history and current programs.</p> <p>The Video Wall also has a focus on social media, allowing prospective students to take a ‘selfie’ and share it on their social media platform of choice.</p> <p>“We want every visitor to realize that Troy University can be a great fit for them and the video wall really allows potential new students to connect with the campus and the people,” said Dendy Moseley, associate director of enrollment management. “The quality experience provided by the video wall immediately sets the tone for the quality of our institution.”</p> <p>See more pictures and read the full <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/troy-university/" title="Troy University Case Study">Troy University Installation Profile</a>.</p>0dec9c43-1c04-445e-a9c5-737db40520abhttps://www.planar.com/blog/2018/4/26/create-the-ideal-conference-room-setup/Create The Ideal Conference Room Setup<p>A conference room is where innovations are developed, ideas are shared, and deals are brokered. With a well-designed layout, a meeting room optimizes learning among participants, makes them comfortable, and sparks collaboration. Most importantly, the right conference room setup supports the purpose of a meeting.</p> <p>When determining your conference room setup style, a first concern is the meeting’s objectives. For example, brainstorming sessions will benefit from a different layout than a presentation with limited attendee participation.</p> <p>Some basics common to all conference room layouts regardless of meeting purpose include:</p> <ul> <li>Seating arrangements</li> <li>Video displays</li> <li>Power supply</li> <li>Lighting</li> <li>Acoustics</li> <li>Furniture, such as storage space or lecterns</li> <li>Art and decor</li> <li>Branding objectives</li> </ul> <p>The first three in this list - seating arrangements, video screens and power supply - are the key facilitators of meeting room communications, and are arguably the most important. We’ll take a closer look at these below.</p> <h2>Seating Arrangements</h2> <p>Seating configurations help direct audience attention to certain focal points, and encourage or discourage audience interaction. Your conference room setup style will depend on audience size and their relationship to each other and the presentation. Five popular seating configurations are:</p> <ol> <li>Boardroom style – This formation puts a single table in the middle of the room with attendees seated at all sides. This setting is suited for interactive sessions that require workspace for participants and a clear visual line between participants to encourage communication. It is also frequently used as a video conference room layout.</li> <li>U-Shape – Placing tables in a U formation with chairs placed on the outside of the table is ideally suited for for smaller audiences of 25 or less. This setup style is ideal for discussion groups with a presenter and video presentation.</li> <li>Classroom style – When attendees will be working on laptops or taking notes, a classroom configuration is usually preferred. Rows of tables and chairs are lined up facing the front of the room. A classroom configuration also facilitates dialogue between the presenter and audience.</li> <li>Theatre style – Usually reserved for larger groups listening to a presenter, this configuration involves simply lining up chairs in rows facing the front of the room without tables. Attendees typically do not need to interact or take notes.</li> <li>Banquet style – Events with seated dining can benefit from a banquet setup that allows participants to divide their attention between each other and a presentation. This configuration has rows of tables running parallel with each other and perpendicular to the front of the room. In this way, attendees are mostly focused on each other, but can easily see and hear the information being presented.</li> </ol> <h2>Video Displays</h2> <p>Given its essential uses for information-sharing, collaboration, and integration with teleconferencing systems, a video display is a requirement in most meeting spaces. Screen size is one of the first decisions to make when determining your display needs and will largely be based on the dimensions of the room. A <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/large-format-lcd-displays/" title="Large Format Displays">large format LCD display</a> can effectively communicate information and enhance the ambience of a smaller conference room. Alternatively, <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/" title="LED Video Walls">LED</a> or <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/" title="LCD Video Walls">LCD</a> video walls can fill a large conference space, delivering seamless, high-quality images that look great from any seat.</p> <p>Video displays and walls are available in a range of functionality and features. Consider the following when selecting your video display or video wall:</p> <ul> <li>Enhanced image clarity that provides an exceptional visual experience for the audience</li> <li>Touch models that support audience interactions</li> <li>Thin installation and flexible mounting depths that make the most of spatial requirements</li> <li>Demanding application designs to support virtually any presentation need</li> <li>Lasting durability for years of reliable use</li> <li>Smart power management that ensures continuous operation</li> <li>Designs that make installation, servicing and monitoring simple</li> <li>Video walls with embedded video processing for scaling across part or all of the wall</li> </ul> <p>Leyard and Planar, industry innovators in video display and walls, offer a series of models that incorporate these and other characteristics to facilitate conference room communication in way that is streamlined, dependable, impressive, and stylish.</p> <h2>Power Supply</h2> <p>Power supply is a crucial but sometimes overlooked part of the conference room setup puzzle. Fewer things are more frustrating during a meeting than when it is held up due to an avoidable power supply oversight. To be prepared, ensure that the power supply to your video display is as close to fail proof as possible. Leyard and Planar video display and wall models are available with power redundancies to help ensure continual operation. Additionally, many models are designed with superior thermal control, allowing for ultra-quiet operation without fans and reduced points of failure. For mission-critical uses, other Leyard and Planar models, such as <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/lcd-video-walls/clarity-matrix-lcd/" title="Clarity Matrix LCD">Clarity Matrix G3</a>, rely on Remote Power Supply (RPS). RPS features n+1 hot-swappable redundant power supplies, redundant AC input circuitry, minimized thermal stress, and status monitoring capabilities.</p> <p>Besides the video display power supply, there should be enough electrical outlets available for the presenter and attendees. Multiple outlets may need to be added for appropriate power distribution in the form of desktop outlets or surge protectors that are placed strategically in the room. Securing and hiding cables from foot traffic is a good idea too. Cable protectors and wire looms are two ways to bundle and protect cables and wiring, while creating a safer and neater environment for attendees.</p> <h2>Speak to a Video Conference Room Layout Specialist Today</h2> <p>If you are looking for more information on how a Planar or Leyard video display or video wall can take your meeting room to the next level, <a href="#" title="Contact">contact us today</a>. A video conference room layout specialist can answer your questions or give you a quote on a model that works in your meeting space.</p>8d21fb89-54cd-4ea9-ba6a-325e472f0080https://www.planar.com/blog/2018/4/12/featured-case-study-rtl-tele-letzebuerg/Featured Case Study: RTL Tele Letzebuerg<p>To coincide with our participation in NAB 2018, this week’s featured case study is an excellent installation of fine pitch <span style="font-weight: 400;">Leyard® TVH Series</span> LED Video Walls at RTL Télé Letzebuerg’s new broadcast facility in Luxembourg. The remarkable facility includes multiple soundproof radio and sound studios as well as new state-of-the-art television studios.</p> <p>Along with other cutting-edge technical equipment, two video walls of fine pitch Leyard TVH 1.6mm pixel pitch LED, one 12.8 x 1.8 meters and one 2.0 x 1.8 meters, were integrated to be used as backdrops for multiple daily programmes. You can see for yourself, they look great and the whole studio has a very futuristic, technical aesthetic.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.planar.com/media/437569/_dsc8153-pano.jpg" target="_blank" title="RTL Tele Pano"><img style="align: middle;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437569/_dsc8153-pano.jpg?width=500&amp;height=184.63541666666669" alt="RTL Tele Letzeburg Video Wall" align="middle"></a></p> <p>Leyard TVH is a perfect fit for broadcast studios due to its unique matte black mask, which prevents any reflections off of the video walls from studio lighting. Additionally, the 1.6mm pixel pitch was chosen to prevent the moiré effect you’ve probably seen when filming digital displays. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, bust out your camera phone and point it at the monitor you’re reading this on (unless you’re reading this on your phone, in which case, bust out your second cell phone and point it at your first). See those odd sort of geometric patterns? That’s the moiré effect, which is obviously not something any broadcast studio wants to see on their set.</p> <p>You might also have noticed the LED walls curve relatively sharply in a couple places. The small 19” diagonal of the fine pitch Leyard TVH cabinets allowed integrator SIGHT to install the LED video walls seamlessly along those curves so they can be filmed from multiple angles.</p> <p>See more pictures and read the full <a href="https://www.planar.com/case-studies/project/rtl-tele-letzebuerg/" title="RTL Télé Letzebuerg Profile">RTL Télé Letzebuerg profile</a>.</p>c77e20fd-7fd0-4b00-b952-6b920952d364https://www.planar.com/blog/2018/2/28/displayport-14-vs-hdmi-21/DisplayPort 1.4 vs HDMI 2.1<h3>A closer look at both DisplayPort 1.4 spec, and the newly ratified HDMI 2.1 spec to see the difference between them</h3> <p><img style="float: right;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437407/displayport-vs-hdmi.png" alt="DisplayPort 1.4 vs HDMI 2.1">Both HDMI and DisplayPort can send high-definition digital video and audio from a source device to a display. Each format has had various updates and versions over time, but with the introduction of HDMI 2.1, it’s a good time to provide an update on the current standards involved in both.   We will be taking a closer look at both DisplayPort 1.4 spec, and the newly ratified HDMI 2.1 spec to see the difference between them.</p> <p>The HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) specification was conceived over 10 years ago by a consortium of Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, and Toshiba. Any device manufacturers who include HDMI ports on their products must pay a royalty for each to <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.hdmi.org/" target="_blank">HDMI Licensing, LLC</a>.</p> <p>The DisplayPort specification was developed in 2006 by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), a large consortium of manufacturers to replace the much older VGA and DVI standards used primarily for computer displays. DisplayPort is a royalty-free product.</p> <p>HDMI connectors have 19 pins and are most commonly seen in three sizes: Type A (standard HDMI), Type C (mini HDMI), and Type D (micro HDMI). Of these, Type A is by far the most common. Most HDMI connectors use friction to keep the plug inserted into the socket, but some vendors have developed proprietary locking mechanisms designed to prevent the cable from pulling loose.</p> <p>DisplayPort connectors have 20 pins and are available in two sizes: DisplayPort and Mini DisplayPort. Though most full-size DisplayPort connectors have a locking mechanism that prevents them from being disconnected accidentally, the official spec does not require that feature.</p> <p><img style="float: right; width: 300px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437408/cables.jpg?width=300" alt="Cables">Turning our attention to cables, we see a distinct difference between HDMI and DisplayPort. HDMI has had 5 different standards for cables over the years it has been available. Today, the typical HDMI cable is manufactured under the “High Speed” HDMI certification, and then labeled with the HDMI spec the cable is capable of. Sadly, there are many issues with mislabeling, adherence to standards, and poor manufacturing quality. This can lead to problems including visual and audio glitches, artifacts, and audio/video synchronization problems. HDMI doesn’t define a maximum cable length, rather a performance specification that de-facto defines a cable length to meet. HDMI signals can also be run over CAT 5 or CAT 6 cable (for distances of up to 164 feet), over coaxial cable (for up to 300 feet), or over fiber (for more than 328 feet), according to HDMI Licensing LLC. Using technologies like HDBase-T can enable extension of HDMI up to 100m using category cable.</p> <p>DisplayPort simplifies it by having just two cable types, standard and mini. Like HDMI, DisplayPort can also carry multichannel digital audio. Unlike HDMI, DisplayPort can’t carry Ethernet (for data networking), and the standard doesn’t have an audio return channel (often abbreviated as ARC). With DisplayPort, adapters are your friends! You can connect a DisplayPort source to a VGA display with a simple adapter. You can also connect a DisplayPort source to a single-link DVI or HDMI display with adapters. A passive copper DisplayPort cable can support extremely high data rates (a video resolution of up to 3840x2160) over a length of 6.5 feet. If you need to run the cable up to 50 feet, the standard says you’ll be limited to 1080p resolution—but the spec is conservative, and in practice that 50-foot cable can carry enough data to support resolutions as high as 2560x1600. Using an active copper DisplayPort cable, drawing power from the DisplayPort connector to operate a signal amplifier embedded in the connector, it can carry video with a resolution of 2560x1600 over a 65-foot cable. Of course, fiber DisplayPort cables can be hundreds of feet long.</p> <p>Looking at video streams, HDMI can handle a single video and audio stream, so it can drive only one display at a time. For single display use that is fine, but many people use more than one display such as a videowall. On the other hand, a single DisplayPort interface can support up to four monitors at 1920x1200-pixel resolution each, or two monitors at 2560x1600-pixel resolution, with each display receiving independent audio and video streams. And since some GPUs can support multiple DisplayPort interfaces, you can daisy-chain compatible monitors to connect as many as six displays to one source.</p> <p>HDMI was designed primarily for consumer-electronics applications: Despite the confusing cable specifications, it does things that DisplayPort can’t. Meanwhile, VESA designed DisplayPort to be the ultimate display interface for computers, so it complements rather than replaces HDMI.</p> <h3>DisplayPort 1.4</h3> <p><img style="float: right; width: 300px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437404/displayport-cable.png?width=300" alt="DisplayPort 1.4 Cable diagram">The most recent version of the DisplayPort standard that has been published by VESA is 1.4. This is the first major update since version 1.3 was released back in 2014. This is the first version to take advantage of VESA’s Display Stream Compression (DSC) technology. DSC version 1.2 transport enables up to 3:1 compression ratio and has been found to be visually lossless.</p> <p>Being a packet-based extensible protocol for transporting video and audio data, DisplayPort’s flexibility has enabled its adaptation into embedded displays, and incorporation into other connectors like the new reversible USB Type-C interface and Thunderbolt. Its Multi-Stream Transport (MST) capability enables high-resolution support of multiple monitors on a single display interface.</p> <p>DP 1.3 increased the maximum link bandwidth to 32.4 Gbps, this was a 50-percent increase over the previous DP 1.2a specification. The new link rate increased the uncompressed display resolution support up to 5K x 3K (5120×2880), and upped the MST resolution, enabling simultaneous use of two 4K UHD monitors, each with a pixel resolution of 3840×2160, when using VESA Coordinated Video Timing.</p> <p>In DP 1.4 the use of video transport compression enhances the ability to take advantage of the USB Type-C connector, enabling both high-definition video and SuperSpeed USB, while also facilitating High Dynamic Range (HDR) and 8K video across the DisplayPort or USB-C connector. Examples of increased display resolution with the new standard include 8Kp60Hz HDR deep color and 4Kp120Hz HDR deep color.</p> <p>Other key new features include:</p> <ul> <li>Forward Error Correction – FEC addresses the transport error resiliency needed for compressed video transport to external displays.</li> <li>HDR metadata transport, inherent in the DisplayPort standard, provides support that is useful for DP to HDMI 2.0a protocol conversion. It also provides a flexible metadata packet transport for future dynamic HDR standards.</li> <li>Expanded audio transport – This spec extension covers capabilities such as 32 audio channels, 1536kHz sample rate, and inclusion of all known audio formats.</li> </ul> <p>According to VESA Board Chair Alan Kobayashi, “New applications are demanding displays with better resolution, wider color gamut, and increased dynamic range. Consumers and others are also recognizing the value and ease-of-use associated with running multiple displays on one interface, which is another area we addressed in this new release with MST improvements. We believe the tools provided in this new DP standard release will enable a quantum leap forward in display quality, which leverage DSC compression along with transport of high-quality audio and video content.”</p> <h3>HDMI 2.1</h3> <p><img style="float: right; width: 300px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/437405/hdmi-cables.png?width=300" alt="HDMI 2.1 Cable">The most recent update of the HDMI specification is version 2.1, and it has forward thinking implications beyond our common requirements today.  It supports a range of higher video resolutions and refresh rates including 8K60 and 4K120, and resolutions all the way up to 10K. Significantly, dynamic HDR formats are also supported, and bandwidth capability is increased up to 48Gbps.</p> <p>To facilitate the 48Gbps bandwidth is the new Ultra-High-Speed HDMI Cable. This ensures high-bandwidth capability is delivered including uncompressed 8K video with HDR. The cable features low electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and reduces interference with nearby wireless devices. The cable is backwards compatible and can be used with the existing installed base of HDMI devices.</p> <p>HDMI Specification 2.1 highlights include:</p> <ul> <li>Support for higher video resolutions and faster refresh rates including 8K60Hz and 4K120Hz for “immersive viewing and smooth fast-action detail”. There is also support for resolutions up to 10K for future use in commercial AV and specialty applications. <ul> <li>Supported resolutions and frame rates: <ul> <li>4K50/60</li> <li>4K100/120</li> <li>5K50/60</li> <li>5K100/120</li> <li>8K50/60</li> <li>8K100/120</li> <li>10K50/60</li> <li>10K100/120</li> </ul> </li> <li>Dynamic HDR support ensures the transference of proper values on a scene-by-scene or even a frame-by-frame basis for depth, detail, brightness, contrast and wider color gamuts including BT.2020 with 10, 12, and 16 bits per color component.</li> <li>The Ultra-High-Speed HDMI Cable supports 48G bandwidth for uncompressed video and features low EMI in the process. The cable is also backwards compatible and can be used with existing HDMI devices. Cable length depends on the cable manufacturer. It is likely the maximum lengths for passive cables will be approximately 2 to 3 meters.</li> <li>Compression: The specification supports both uncompressed and compressed modes. Manufacturers can implement either or both modes. The specification incorporates VESA DSC 1.2a link compression, which is a visually lossless compression scheme. VESA DSC 1.2a also can be used to obtain higher resolutions than 8K60/4:2:0/10-bit color, such as 8K60 RGB, 8K120 and even 10K120. VESA DSC 1.2a also supports 4Kp50/60 with the benefit of enabling operation at much lower link rates. <ul> <li>The designations are: <ul> <li>4K120A – supports uncompressed mode</li> <li>4K120B – supports compressed mode</li> <li>4K120AB – supports both</li> <li>8K60A – supports uncompressed mode</li> <li>8K60B – supports compressed mode</li> <li>8K60AB – supports both</li> </ul> </li> <li>Enhanced refresh rate support provides an added level of smooth/seamless motion and transitions for all types of video. They include: <ul> <li>Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) reduces or eliminates lag, stutter and frame tearing</li> <li>Quick Media Switching (QMS) eliminates the delay that can result in blank screens before content is displayed.</li> <li>Quick Frame Transport (QFT) reduces latency for smoother no-lag gaming, and real-time interactive virtual reality.</li> <li>Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) allows the ideal latency setting to automatically be set allowing for smooth, lag-free and uninterrupted viewing and interactivity.</li> </ul> </li> <li>In terms of audio, eARC ensures full compatibility between audio devices and upcoming HDMI 2.1 products. It simplifies connectivity, ease of use, and supports the most advanced audio formats to provide the highest audio quality.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Version 2.1 of the HDMI Specification is backward compatible with earlier versions of the specification and is available to all HDMI 2.0 adopters.</p> <p>One thing we must add, is that adherence to the HDMI specification does not necessarily imply that a given product supports all features of that spec. Manufacturers have the choice on whether to support each part of the standard. You could have an HDMI 2.1 compliant product, which would imply 4K support… but the actual device may not support 4K at all. This is true of many of the features within the HDMI spec. This means that you must be very cautious when selecting equipment using HDMI and verify that it has the support you need, from resolution, refresh, color, HDR, and audio.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong></p> <p>HDMI was primarily designed for consumer-electronics applications. For those applications it simply does some things that DisplayPort can’t, notwithstanding the confusing cable specifications and options.</p> <p>On the other hand, VESA designed DisplayPort to be the ultimate display interface for computers, so in some senses it complements rather than replaces HDMI. The fact that DisplayPort supports multiple displays and its ability to connect to nearly any other type of monitor with an inexpensive adapter give it greater flexibility than HDMI possesses especially for commercial applications. The locking feature on the full DP connector is also a big plus for some.</p> <p>Begin by understanding both DisplayPort and HDMI and their differences and then look for better displays, desktop PCs, and all-in-one PCs that will support DisplayPort in addition to HDMI. This give you latitude and the best of both worlds.</p>17c2b503-e175-41c2-9c38-ceaccfacd869https://www.planar.com/blog/2018/2/23/what-is-pixel-pitch-and-why-does-it-matter/What is Pixel Pitch and Why Does It Matter?<div class="col-2"> <h3>What is pixel pitch?</h3> <p>Pixel pitch describes the density of the pixels (LED clusters) on an <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/" title="LED Video Walls">LED display</a> and correlates with resolution. Sometimes referred to as pitch or dot pitch, the pixel pitch is the distance in millimeters from the center of a pixel to the center of the adjacent pixel. Since pixel pitch indicates the amount of space between two pixels, a smaller pixel pitch means there is less empty space between pixels. This equates to higher pixel density and improved screen resolution.</p> </div> <div class="col-2"> <h3>Key Takeaways:</h3> <ul> <li>Pixel pitch refers to the density of pixels</li> <li>A smaller pixel pitch indicates higher pixel density and higher resolution</li> <li>Pixel pitch is important because it influences viewing distance</li> <li>The smaller the pixel pitch, the closer the viewing distance</li> <li>The optimal viewing distance of your screen informs the pixel pitch value</li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <h3>Why is pixel pitch important?</h3> <p>Pixel pitch is important because it influences the optimal viewing distance for your display. An image achieves smoother borders and finer detail with lower pixel pitch values. This allows the viewer to stand closer to the screen and enjoy a clear image without the distraction of discerning individual pixels. When determining viewing distance and pixel pitch, the rule of thumb is that a smaller pixel pitch allows for a closer viewing distance. Conversely, a higher pixel pitch elongates the minimum viewing distance. So, a 1.2mm screen will have significantly higher resolution and a closer optimal viewing distance than a 16mm .</p> <p>While higher pixel density delivers improved visual quality, it is not the ideal option for every situation. Additional pixel density is intended for a closer viewing distance. At a greater viewing distance, higher pixel density loses its visual advantages and simply increases the cost of the display.</p> <h3>What is the right pixel pitch for my needs?</h3> <p><img style="float: right; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://www.planar.com/media/436470/fine-pixel-pitch_500x500.jpg?width=300" alt="LED video wall pixel pitch example">Smaller pixel pitch universally provides greater resolution, but is more expensive. Materials and production costs are higher for smaller pixel pitch since more LED clusters are required to create a higher pixel density.</p> <p>Consumers can get the best value for their LED screen by determining the optimal viewing distance of their screen. The optimal viewing distance is the point where image fidelity is retained, but if the observer moved much closer, the image quality would decrease or the screen would appear pixelated.</p> <p>For example, a display with interactive touch solutions will need a low pixel pitch to produce crisp images for the nearby audience. On the other hand, an <a href="https://www.planar.com/products/led-video-walls/" title="LED Video Walls">LED screen</a> displayed above viewers, like one hung in an arena, could get away with a higher pixel pitch. The short answer is that a smaller pixel pitch will always give you better quality image, but the investment will not be fully appreciated if the screen is not seen from a sufficiently close enough distance.</p> <h3>There are three methodologies used in the industry to determine acceptable viewing distance:</h3> <ul> <li><strong>10x Rule</strong> - this is a shorthand method for calculating an approximate estimate of the Visual Acuity Distance.<br><em>The calculation is:</em> Pixel Pitch x 10 = Approximate Viewing Distance in Feet</li> <li><strong>Visual Acuity Distance</strong> – also known as retina distance, this is a formulated calculation of the distance a person with 20/20 vision must move away from an LED screen to see a coherent image that is not pixelated.<br><em>The calculation is:</em> Pixel Pitch x 3438 = Visual Acuity in Millimeters. </li> <li><strong>The Average Comfortable Viewing Distance</strong> – this is an estimate of what would be a comfortable viewing distance for most people. This is a subjective estimate and will take into account variables like a person’s eye sight, resolution of content and type of content.</li> </ul> <p>While these methodologies are useful guides, there is no correct answer in determining viewing distance. A screen’s viewing distance is ultimately whatever the owner of the screen finds comfortable.</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Pixel Pitch<br><span style="font-size: .7em;">(millimeters)</span></th> <th>Visual Acuity Distance<br><span style="font-size: .7em;">(feet / inches | meters)</span></th> <th>Average Comfortable Viewing Distance<br><span style="font-size: .7em;">(feet / inches | meters)</span></th> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>0.75mm</p> </td> <td> <p>8ft 6in | 2.58m</p> </td> <td> <p>4ft 3in | 1.29m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>1.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>11ft 3in | 3.44m</p> </td> <td> <p>5ft 8in | 1.72m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>1.25mm</p> </td> <td> <p>14ft 1in | 4.30m</p> </td> <td> <p>7ft 1in | 2.15m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>1.50mm</p> </td> <td> <p>16ft 11in | 5.16m</p> </td> <td> <p>8ft 6in | 2.58m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>1.75mm</p> </td> <td> <p>19ft 9in | 6.02m</p> </td> <td> <p>9ft 11in | 3.01m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>2.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>22ft 7in | 6.88m</p> </td> <td> <p>11ft 3in | 3.44m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>2.25mm</p> </td> <td> <p>25ft 5in | 7.74m</p> </td> <td> <p>12ft 8in | 3.87m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>2.50mm</p> </td> <td> <p>28ft 2in | 8.60m</p> </td> <td> <p>14ft 1in | 4.30m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>2.75mm</p> </td> <td> <p>31ft 0in | 9.45m</p> </td> <td> <p>15ft 6in | 4.73m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>3.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>33ft 10in | 10.31m</p> </td> <td> <p>16ft 11in | 5.16m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>4.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>45ft 1in | 13.75m</p> </td> <td> <p>22ft 7in | 6.88m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>5.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>56ft 5in | 17.19m</p> </td> <td> <p>28ft 3in | 8.60m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>6.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>67ft 8in | 20.63m</p> </td> <td> <p>33ft 10in | 10.31m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>7.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>78ft 11in | 24.07m</p> </td> <td> <p>39ft 6in | 12.03m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>8.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>90ft 3in | 27.50m</p> </td> <td> <p>45ft 1in | 13.75m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>9.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>101ft 6in | 30.94m</p> </td> <td> <p>50ft 9in | 15.47m</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>10.00mm</p> </td> <td> <p>112ft 10in | 34.38m</p> </td> <td> <p>56ft 5in | 17.19m</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h3>Contact Planar for More Information</h3> <p>Are you planning a digital signage project? <a href="#" title="Contact">Contact us</a> to get a quote or get any questions you may have answered by our team of signage specialists. </p> <p> </p>