Mitsubishi still has a big booth at ISE and although we were told “it’ll be heaving at 5:00pm!” (on account of the free beer), actually, the booth was busy, but not full, even with that attraction. The company has had the same booth space for a number of years, but the range of products being shown has shrunk since the company abandoned front projection. Now, the emphasis is mainly on rear projection cubes. Although the company sells narrow bezel LCDs, it’s clear from the way they are talked about that the company doesn’t like selling them, if it can sell cubes instead.
A new feature of the cubes is the disappearance of the “centre screw” that the company has traditionally had, and there is a new clip that can be fitted to allow maintenance from the front of the unit. There is a new 120 series 1920 x 1200 engine and Mitsubishi told us that all its cubes now have 100K hours of lifetime. The latest cubes use cross lenticular screens to improve viewing angles and are available in 62″ (with a 72″ option). There is also an option of a redundant power supply, a new feature for Mitsubishi.
Of course, there was a demonstration of the L55P2 video wall monitor which is a 3.5mm class product. We heard that the firm is still nervous about specifying LCDs for 24/7 operations, especially where there are larger configurations (such as 3 x 3) where one unit is surrounded by other panels. The L55P2 has inputs including an HDMI port, DVI-D, DisplayPort x1.2a and an OPS Slot. The monitor has integrated scaling for simple 2 x 2 configurations using DisplayPort. The monitor measures the brightness of each unit every 10 seconds and automatically balances the displays. Brightness is 700 cd/m² and contrast is 3,500:1. The monitor has just become available.
Mitsubishi was also showing a demonstration of a 1.5mm pitch LED display, but this was a technology demo, with no definite date. The company is also re-entering the security market and had new cameras.
Analyst Comment
In the past, Mitsubishi has shown an interesting concept display based on passive OLED elements, but we heard at the show that development of this concept has been abandoned. (BR)
Duthie still sees DLP cubes as the best solution for control rooms. Image: digitalavmagazine
