3M was showing its latest 55″ procap display which was offering support for 60 touches and can recognise touches in 10ms with refresh rates of the touch in the range 100-120Hz. The display uses 3M’s metal mesh films to support this size of display. The unit was being shown in a table format and the company told us that this needs “active” cooling. Running a display vertically allows convection cooling, but running it flat means careful thermal management, especially if you want to keep the surface cool enough for touching fingers to be comfortable and with a cool surface. The surface of the 4mm glass on the panel has an etch so that it is not easy to damage or show wear and the display can be used with active or passive pens. Inputs are HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort and VGA.
Pricing is listed at $7,500 and the product is available globally, with orders being taken now.
AG Neovo was highlighting its 65″ “UltraHD ready” monitor which can accept an UltraHD signal and can scale down to FullHD to match the panel. The company also had a dual-sided monitor based on 55″ LCD technology (the company said it was a single panel, which we assume means a single backlight) and with infrared touch on one side. Applications are expected to be mainly in retail.
Baanto was happy as it had a public design win with Toshiba to announce for its ShadowSense technology (watch out for more news, soon!). Like others, the company was keen to confirm that it can meet the HID requirements for Windows 10 by recognising pens, fingers and erasers automatically.
Procap technology is beginning to look as though it could start to attack optical technologies, such as Baanto’s, and the company told us that now that it is in production, it is working hard to reduce the depth of the bezel. This is getting easier now that it has partners to work with. The firm has worked with Christie to make a system for Microtiles and has also developed a simple modular system that is designed to work with video walls, based on 55″ modules. The smaller sections make service easier, with no need to disassemble the whole frame for service, which helps in rental & staging as well as in ‘pop-up retail stores’ where flexibility is key. Baanto has also announced that it is working with TSI Touch and it is developing a clip on glass solution.
BlackMagic Design was showing its range of monitors for UltraHD. New at the show was the MultiView 16, which is a controller that supports 16 SDI inputs and can output at P30 to UltraHD monitors, including its own rack-mount unit. The controller is listed at $1,495. The company also had a small camera-mounted monitor which can also capture UltraHD content via HDMI for cameras that can’t do that. The cost is a very good $495.
BrightSign was talking about its new firmware (version 6.0) which improves the performance of its HTML 5.0 rendering. This helps the company in applications such as supporting social media feeds and HTML-based catalogues. The firm told us that it has already sold around 20,000 of its UltraHD media players.
