At the end of last year, H&M unveiled its newly redesigned flagship store on London’s Regent Street, featuring cutting-edge, generative artwork displayed on a double 4k resolution LED screen from Leyard Europe. One of Europe’s largest indoor LED screens, it was installed by London-based LEDTek Solutions. The LED screen, which frames a set of escalators […]

Leyard has announced a new addition to the company’s portfolio of outdoor LED display solutions with the release of a fine-pitch, high-bright outdoor LED video wall designed for up-close viewing. The Leyard Luminate Ultra Series LED video wall display features coated LEDs to deliver ruggedness and exceptional image detail for high-ambient light environments. Designed to […]

Leyard and Planar announced Tuesday the companies are releasing the VS Series of LEDs. Available in 2.5-, 3.9- and 4.8-millimeter pixel pitches, the new Leyard VS Series joins the Leyard CarbonLight LED Displays for Leyard and Planar’s solutions for rental applications. At fewer than 62 pounds (28 kilograms) per square meter, the Leyard VS Series […]

Leyard and Planar announced the addition of two showrooms in Irvine, California and Oakland, California, further expanding the company’s U.S. presence by providing 10 North American showrooms. Leyard and Planar are also bringing their latest advanced display technologies to customers and partners across the U.S. and Canada at Video Wallapalooza 2019. This year the company’s event series […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM LEYARD AND PLANAR  It’s that time again. Leyard and Planar’s popular Video Wallapalooza Roadshow is back for a fourth year, hitting the most U.S. hot spots in the history of the show for its 2019 tour. The series began in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 23, 2019, and will […]

Today, Leyard and Planar introduced four new offerings to the company’s Planar VM Series line of LCD video wall displays. Featuring the industry’s smallest bezels and a new 49-inch size, the new models broaden the Planar VM Series offering and add state-of-the-art tiled bezel performance. The expanded Planar VM Series product line offers customers looking […]

Leyard and Planar demonstrated ongoing leadership in the LED display market by showcasing their widest range of award-winning LED display solutions, including the new Leyard TVF Complete, along with other display innovations, at the Leyard and Planar InfoComm 2019 booth #3143. “Our comprehensive portfolio of cutting-edge LED display solutions offers something for every customer, including […]

At InfoComm 2019, Draper is concentrating on AV mounts and structures with several universal solutions for LCD displays and custom structures for LED video walls. The Video Wall Mount is a cost-effective and simple way of building a video wall or mounting several screens in a row. Simply choose as many mounts as you need. […]

Leyard and Planar are introducing Planar LookThru Transparent OLED Display, which leverages the latest in transparent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology to provide a self-emitting transparent display for true see-through installations without the need for backlighting or enclosures. The new Planar LookThru display builds on the frameless glass design of the original version, enabling customers […]

Today, Leyard announced an array of display technologies it will showcase at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019 this week in Amsterdam. This marks the first time Leyard and its companies, Planar, eyevis and Teracue, are attending ISE together, demonstrating its comprehensive portfolio of LED, LCD, rear projection and image processing solutions. Leyard will launch its […]

Leyard and Planar today announced a strategic partnership with Lighthouse Technologies to target the sports and entertainment market. Lighthouse brings a product line and years of implementation in the sports market with LEDs. They have installs in professional venues in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Dallas, Seattle, Philadelphia and Atlanta and a major presence at Times Square […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM LEYARD PLANAR Leyard and Planar today introduced the Leyard VVR Series, a family of indoor and outdoor LED video wall displays aimed at both the rental and staging and install AV market — designed for quick install and alignment. The Leyard VVR Series features magnetically-attachable cabinets for easy access […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM LEYARD PLANAR Leyard and Planar plan to visit 11 U.S. locations with its third annual Video Wallapalooza event series during the fall 2018 season. The road show plans to bring the latest in ultra-fine pitch and standard pitch LED video wall technology from Leyard. Planar LCD video walls, 4K […]

Leyard says it’s earned the No. 1 market share position in the $4.5 billion LED video display market, and the No. 1 position in the fastest growing $1.6 billion narrow pixel pitch LED video wall segment, according to two reports by Futuresource Consulting. The analyses, which compared the 2017 performance of all major video wall […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM LEYARD PLANAR I’ve been telling mount manufacturers for years that they needed to make monitor and projector mounts out of carbon fiber. I’ve talked to either the president or VP of marketing for Premier, Peerless-AV and Chief Manufacturing about the advantage of carbon fiber and how, one day, a […]

Leyard and Planar announced new integrated video processing at InfoComm 2018. The Leyard DirectLight X LED Video Wall System and the Clarity Matrix G3 LCD Video Wall System are video wall solutions that incorporate the latest in 4K video standards, advanced video processing and web-based control that enable dynamic, multi-source video walls, right out of […]

Leyard and Planar today introduced the Leyard DirectLight X LED Video Wall System, adding unrivaled video processing and management capabilities into the product. The Leyard DirectLight LED Video Wall System, introduced in late 2016, was unique at the time as it was one fo the first to offer front-mounting, thin profile, front service access, low […]

Leyard and Planar today announced Leyard WallSync, a set of technologies integrated into the Clarity Matrix G3 Video Wall System, which address a range of common video synchronization needs and make it easier for video playback across entire video walls without manual configuration. Leyard WallSync claims to solve many of the common video synchronization challenges […]

Today Leyard and Planar announced that they have completed the acquisition of eyevis, which includes the company Teracue. In line with the announcement earlier in April, Leyard and Planar have completed the acquisition process. Through this geographic expansion, the companies will better serve customers in EMEA with combined marketing, sales, installation support and customer service. “We are pleased to welcome eyevis and Teracue […]

Today Leyard and Planar announced the intent to acquire eyevis, a manufacturer of visual display solutions. Through this geographic expansion, the companies will better serve customers in EMEA with combined marketing, sales, installation support and customer service. eyevis, a German manufacturer of large screen systems, is a provider and integrator of visualization systems for professional applications in control rooms, broadcast, virtual reality […]

Leyard and Planar announced the Planar Simplicity Series 4K, expanding the Planar Simplicity Series line of LCD digital signage displays to include five new 4K models. The displays are designed for retail, museums, corporate communications, quick serve restaurants and small companies with a limited budget that would like to capitalize on the benefits of digital signage. The Planar Simplicity Series 4K features: Wide variety of sizes (43”, 55”, […]

Leyard and Planar today introduced the Leyard VersaLight Series, a modular line of indoor and outdoor LED digital signage displays from 2.5 to 8 millimeters. The Leyard VersaLight Series makes it easy to turn creative design ideas into spectacular video walls — with a self-contained modular structure that can be modified to fit users’ unique needs. The compact displays can be combined into […]

Leyard and Planar announced the third generation Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System, which combines the industry’s thinnest profile ultra-narrow bezel LCD with improvements to video processing, installation, management and off-board electronics. The new Clarity Matrix G3 LCD Video Wall System advances nearly every aspect of the unique Clarity Matrix architecture. It features a new, off-board video controller that offers unrivaled video […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST Leyard Planar has kicked off its 2nd Annual Video Wallapalooza road show – a 12-city tour showcasing the latest Leyard and Planar products, most of which were launched at this year’s InfoComm. If you weren’t able to make it to InfoComm 2017 or to the Leyard Planar booth, this roadshow […]

Today Leyard Planar launched the Leyard LED MultiTouch, the industry’s first seamless LED touch-enabled video wall. This proprietary multi-touch solution revolutionizes interactivity for narrow pixel pitch LED video walls without the disadvantages of front glass — offering a seamless, lightweight and durable LED touch surface enabled by their patent-pending Leyard PLTS (Pliable LED Touch Surface) technology. The Leyard LED MultiTouch brings advanced interactivity […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST Leyard and Planar’s 2017 Product Tour starts in Los Angeles, moves to Dallas and then finishes up in Washington DC this and next month — space is limited so you need to register ASAP! The LED video wall market is exploding and, if you aren’t already specifying them, you will […]

Planar Leyard surprised everyone at ISE with a 0.7 millimeter LED wall at ISE — it was in there booth as well as in the LANG stand. This is a big deal as the previously smaller working LED was 0.9 millimeter. And, 0.7 millimeter represents nearly the same resolution as direct-view LCD. In addition, Leyard […]

Planar Systems, a Leyard company, announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire NaturalPoint, a company that’s in the optical tracking and motion capture solutions markets, for $125 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition brings Planar closer to strategic opportunities in augmented and virtual reality and in other market […]

Last week we attended the New York Digital Signage Week, which included a number of events throughout the city that focused on the fast-growing digital signage market. rAVe [Publications] attended a number of events and, in order to bring to you the latest news, shot videos in some of the open houses and showcases that […]

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 14, 2016 –Leyard, a global leader in visualization products, today announced the finest pitch LED display in the industry with its launch of the 0.9mm Leyard® TWA Series LED video wall display—delivering a breakthrough pixel pitch of just 0.9 millimeters (mm). The pixel pitch of an LED display is the distance from […]

Leyard just launched a 0.9-millimeter TWA Series LED video wall display. As you likely know, the pixel pitch of an LED display is the distance from the center of an LED cluster to the center of the next LED cluster, measured in millimeters. The Leyard TWA Series 0.9mm joins the existing Leyard TWA Series line […]

Last year, Leyard, China’s largest LED manufacturer, acquired Planar and now the company has the largest family of LED displays in the world. At InfoComm 2016, the newly combined company launched the next-generation Leyard TWA Series – a low power, uniquely-designed flat panel LED video wall line. Leyard (and PLANAR) are showing it all off […]