Aoto usually has a very good looking display and this show was no exception. The company was highlighting the CLD range of cabinets which have a 16:9 aspect ratio and have no cables. They are available in pixel pitches down to 1.2mm.
Aoto is developing monolithic LED displays. Image:Meko
Asukanet of Japan was showing its Aska3D ‘non-touch’ touch systems, but had nothing that we have not already reported from the Retail Digital Signage Expo in London last month (Aska3D is not ‘Just Pepper’s Ghost’)
BenQ showed us the RP750K, which we had previously seen at BETT. The LCD is due to ship in July in the US. The company highlighted its XSign CMS which now supports UltraHD and which ships with 100 pre-designed templates.
We reported on the Flip-disc system developed by Breakfast of New York a few months ago. At Infocomm it was attracting a lot of attention with the system which uses a similar concept for driving as LED displays. The company said, however, that power consumption is just 20W per panel and there is a matrix of 28 x 28 pixels. At the show, a configuration of 24 panels was being demonstrated – with a cost of around $150,000. The system was monitoring user movement to replicate it on the display – which was part of the attraction – and the sound of the discs flipping helped!
The company is also interested in rentals as well as sales.
Flip disk is availalble in blue and other colours. Image:Meko
Brightsign recently announced its new bi-directional Bluetooth system which supports beacon technology but also allows communication from the signage players in its latest series 3 players. As we understand it, the systems can push apps to devices so that no internet connection is needed – the connection is point to point.
Casio was showing its first UHD installation product, the XJ-L8300HN which uses a TI 4K DLP chip and has 5,000 Ansi lumens of output with 3840 x 2160 resolution. Contrast is quoted at 20,000:1 with a 1.5X manual zoom. The light source is laser/phosphor rather than the laser/LED hybrid source that the company uses on its smaller projectors. Inputs include VGA, dual HDMI and there is an HDBaseT input. The HDMI and HDBaseT can both display 3840 x 2160. Casio told us that it is very strong in schools in the US and it hopes to sell these units into larger rooms. Pricing is around $12,000.
