Prysm’s collaboration system can be controlled from any Windows touch system
Prysm was continuing its pivot away from being a display maker to being a collaboration company and was showing multi-display collaboration systems that can support complete video walls. The company has developed software that allows control of the collaboration system using any Windows-compatible touch display. Up to five sites are supported and can share content. It supports up to 12 inputs (HDMI only) and can mirror on up to ten video walls simultaneously.
A complete 4k system costs around $400,000
Our reporter said “The user interface is very intuitive and if you ever used a tablet you will feel right at home. Moving and scaling is accomplished with your fingers, just as it is on your smartphone or tablet”.
SBC is a Chinese LED maker and was claiming a world first of a “cable less” LED system. Like Unilumin, it does have cable connections at the end of one “column” of LED tiles. The company said that its modules are serviceable from the front or rear and it claims to have “human-oriented” design.
Silicon Core was at the show and was showing its 1.2mm LEDs which are in mass production already. The company had shown us this display at NAB, recently. (SiliconCore Shows Fine-Pitch LED Video Walls) The company remains a leader in brightness, with 2,000 cd/m², even at 1.2mm, whereas most vendors are at 800 to 1,000 as a maximum. The company can also exploit its driver technology to drive just 100 cd/m² peak brightness and the firm is working on bringing this down to 50. The company can also get low brightness in the 3200ºK colour temperature that is desired in TV studios, where the company’s anti-moiré technology also helps.
SK Telecom from Korea has revealed a new lifestyle brand, United Object, and was showing the latest version of its micro projector at the show under the name “UO Smart Beam Laser”. The device is just into mass production and will be available in July. It produces 60 lumens and has a two hour battery life. It is based on laser light sources and is a cube of 5.5cms and was developed in collaboration with Korean projector manufacturer Cremotech. It uses an LCOS imager and produces 1280 x 720 images at up to 8′ (2.5M) which gives an image size of 150″.Video input is by HDMI/MHL, Miracast or AirPlay. The company is looking for distributors and partners. Check http://www.uobeam.com
Tovis, which made its name by cutting up LCDs and is responsible for quite a lot of “stretch” displays started by showing us its latest 65″ procap touch monitor, which supports UltraHD resolution. The monitor uses metal mesh technology for the touch electrodes and remains “expensive” still, although it won’t be in mass production until the end of Q3 or Q4. There was also a dual-sided LCD with a single BLU. An UltraHD 75″ monitor has four inputs for video wall replacement.
After establishing our credentials as display specialists, Tovis showed us into the “inner sanctum” of its booth where it was showing both convex and concave LCDs as well as a portrait mode monitor that was vertically curved. The convex model was a 55″ with a 600mm (very tight) curve that meant that the display is bent over 72º, so that five can form a completely circular display.
Czech collaboration display maker, Triumph Board, was showing its latest software, upgraded since we reported on the company at BETT in February. It has a range of new features including a floating toolbar (so you don’t have to keep going to the edge of the screen), the integration of Google search, QR code support and a cool measurement feature. The company has developed video conferencing add-ons which go up to a system that includes a PTZ camera at the high end.
