Planar, a global manufacturer of visualization technology, has announced the Planar DirectLight Pro Series of products.
The Portland, Ore.-based company states that its latest product line represents a ground-up designed LED video wall platform that is set to debut at the upcoming InfoComm 2023 show. The company boasts that its new display solutions leverage key advantages of its highest-selling LED platforms, while raising the bar on versatility and lifetime value.
The cutting-edge LED platform uses a high-bandwidth video transport and delivers high brightness, high levels of image performance and a range of popular pixel pitches down to sub-1 millimeter.
“Planar has taken the best characteristics of our most popular LED displays and created the next level fine pitch LED platform using innovative, new technology,” says Steve Seminario, vice president of product marketing at Planar.
“The Planar DirectLight Pro Series is designed to more precisely meet different application requirements while delivering years of high performance operation.”
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Planar DirectLight Pro Series Supports a Range of Applications
The Planar DirectLight Pro Series is offered in popular Planar Complete display configurations, including 109-inch, 137-inch,164-inch, 198-inch and 219-inch. The product line is also designed to be deployed efficiently in custom video wall dimensions and resolutions through the use of two cabinet sizes and a 5G video architecture. In addition to enabling faster deployment, the 27-inch and 36-inch cabinets allow for precision and simpler, more easily supported video walls.
The newest addition to Planar’s portfolio of fine pitch LED video wall platforms are also backed by the Planar EverCare Lifetime Limited Warranty, increasing lifetime value and covering Planar DirectLight Pro Series from controller to sub-pixel and every component in between.
Planar emphasizes the products deliver up to 1,000-nit brightness in constant operation and model choices such as 0.9-, 1.2-, 1.5- and 1.8-millimeter pixel pitches. Through these technologies, along with the displays’ HDR compatibility, the West Coast manufacturer says that viewers will benefit from vibrant colors and greater image detail, including higher ambient light environments.
The new Planar DirectLight Pro Series’ design also provides the flexibility to accommodate installations requiring front tilts, 90-degree corners and faceted curves to enable the series to reach an even wider set of applications.
The company says the product line is also available with the Planar ERO-LED (Extended Ruggedness and Optics) protective coating for safety in high traffic areas, and provisions to support 32-point touch for interactive applications. With support for a range of video controllers, Planar DirectLight Pro can be further tailored to different application needs, both on and off-camera. The new LED video wall platform is well suited for conference and boardrooms, lobby displays, control rooms, on-camera broadcast studios, education environments and beyond.
The company explains the Planar DirectLight Pro Series was developed to support today’s video system installations and future installations. The line’s 5-times higher bandwidth architecture streamlines large video walls, and it helps to reduce cable counts, while simplifying custom-sized video walls.
In addition, with its support for multiple controller options, Planar DirectLight Pro Series offers features and functions to suit a wide range of applications and environments. Supported controllers include the Planar WallDirector Video Controller, ColorLight’s range of controllers and Brompton’s specialized controllers.
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