Mitsubishi continues to promote its cube solutions as we have reported and is getting nearer to starting to ship the very good looking narrow pixel pitch LEDs that it has been previewing for some time. The company is aiming these at its established control room market and they will be available initially from October in this year. Next year, the company will extend the pitches offered down to 1.2, 1.5mm and 2.0mm.
Nanolumens said that it is able to support infrared touch on its LEDs using a coating or film. Although touch can be added to LEDs, using glass or plastic overlays, these cause problems with heat build up and make maintenance very tricky. Nanolumens said that (like Leyard Leyard/Planar Has Just 12 Panels of 0.7mm LED) it can supply a film to protect the LEDs.
PrimeView is one of many companies showing LED display so to differentiate itself it is offering LED ‘posters’. These are designed to be used in multiple display configurations and have internal scaling. That means that a single FullHD signal can be sent to the first unit and it will be automatically split across the units which are daisy-chained together. The units have 2.5mm pitch, 1,000 cd/m² of output and cost ‘less than $10,000’. Each poster is 224 x 756 pixels and inputs and outputs are HDMI, although SDI is available via an external box. They are fitted with a diffusion film so that they can be used for broadcast, without having to worry about moiré issues. ‘Later’, the company plans to make outdoor versions of the posters.
Prime View is doing well with LED Posters which can split an image. Image:Meko
Seemile was exhibiting with SnoWhite Screens and had a 4,500 Ansi lumen UST DLP projector with FullHD resolution that looked as though it was pretty good quality. The light source is laser phosphor and colour performance is 115% of Rec. 709 and contrast is claimed at 15,000:1. The lens has a throw ratio of 0.25:1 and the projector has an integrated Android system. We got some details, but in digging around to try to find more, we found a video from Infocomm last year in which the company said that it was entering the US market and ‘go to our website for more info’. Which may be a good idea if you read Chinese! Hmmm… Marketing 101.
Seemile’s L/P UST projector looked good. Image:Meko
We met with Shenzen Chip Optech at ProLight & Sound last year and at this show, the company was highlighting its support for retail applications. The company covers both fixed and rental LED systems and claims to have been one of the first in the category, having been making LED displays for 16 years. The system at the show was based on a 500mm x 1000mm cabinet that has won an IndustrieForum (IF) award in Germany. The company was highlighting the easy replacement of the PSUs on their LEDs.
Shenzen Chip Optech has won an IF Award for its LED cabinets. Image:Meko
