Christie wants to re-define content management for the control room with the Christie Phoenix, an open content management system designed specifically for fast-paced command and control centers with highly mobile and dispersed work forces (such as public utilities, government, security and surveillance, transportation and telecommunications).

A network streaming solution at its core, Christie Phoenix allows users to seamlessly access and control information, in virtually any location, for collaboration, synthesizing of information and decision-making in critical environments.

Based on a single streaming appliance, the Christie Phoenix node, and a PC user software environment, Christie Phoenix systems are designed to be simple and cost effective to configure, deploy and manage, simultaneously, all from one box.

Christie Phoenix nodes can be combined to create synchronized display walls of virtually any size, or can be used as a desktop processor to augment a single user’s operating environment. PC software offers access and control of Christie Phoenix streams anywhere a user can connect to a network. As a network streaming device, Christie Phoenix nodes are compatible with the majority of existing network cameras and surveillance systems, as well as a number of third-party video encoders.

The Christie Phoenix node is a 19” rack mount unit that comes standard with DVI, KVM and audio input and output connectors (which can all be used simultaneously). A Christie Phoenix node can encode up to two and decode up to 12 high definition signals. Multiple Christie Phoenix nodes can be combined and synchronized to create a display wall of up to 128 outputs.

Inputs, each up to 1920×1080 resolution, are encoded and placed on the network – while simultaneously allowing keyboard and mouse (KVM) control of those inputs over the network. Where access to output connectors is not possible, Christie Phoenix offers software-only VNC and RDP implementations for direct access to encode, stream, control and display content.

The desktop software included with Christie Phoenix features a drag-and-drop interface that can manage content on multiple display walls simultaneously. It can also display Christie Phoenix content locally on a user’s desktop while sharing content with other Christie Phoenix users across the network, all of whom can view and control the content.

Phoenix features include:

• A system consisting of one or many hardware nodes and PC software that operates on a standard Ethernet network to encode, decode and display simultaneously, all from the same box
•  Based on secure, industry-standard H.264 media encoding and decoding
• Easy to install and configure and can be scaled up or down at anytime
• Up to 2560×1600 resolution per output
• Support for 2560×1600 (overlay mode using output connectors)
• From 640×480 to 1920×1080 encoded to H.264

Here are all the specs: http://www.christiedigital.com/en-us/video-walls/video-wall-solutions/video-wall-controllers/pages/christie-phoenix-network-streaming-platform-video-processor.aspx