NEC Display Solutions Europe today announced that its NEC InfinityBoard, the company’s collaborative display solution for meeting rooms, is now available throughout the EMEA region. NEC InfinityBoard is an all-in-one solution for a meeting room touch-screen for presentations, brainstorming, reviewing, video conferencing and collaboration. NEC InfinityBoard is available in 65” or 84” format, includes a 120° wide angle Huddly videoconferencing camera, 40W […]

NEC Display Solutions Europe today launched the PX1004UL laser phosphor projector. Offering maintenance-free operation for up to 20,000 hours and spec’d at up to 10,000 ANSI lumens brightness, the PX1004UL completes NEC’s Solid State Light (SSL) source line-up of projectors with 5,000, 6,000, 8,000, 10,000 and 12,000 ANSI lumens. Using Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology […]

Projector Training Solid State Light Source Technology Presented by NEC’s Rich McPherson To view or download the the presentation click here. Projector Training – Solid State Light Source Technology from rAVe [Publications]

Humor me for a minute. Imagine you own a cherry company that has a cherry orchard and makes cherry pie.  The upside is that people like the pie, they recognize your brand, and they buy it frequently. There is a problem though.  It costs a lot to grow your own cherries.  In fact, you have […]

“This church market — it’s kind of a thing now, eh?” This is how the A/V/L industry sees the church market. Manufacturers and systems integrators are highlighting their House of Worship (H.O.W.) market products and installations more than ever before. The emphasis is directly correlated with the increase of sales into churches, which are starting […]

Gary caught up with Rich Ventura, Vice President Product Marketing and Solutions with NEC, this morning and he gave rAVe the scoop on everything that NEC is launching at the Digital Signage Expo in two weeks in Las Vegas. The three must-sees that he told us about were the company’s new 80″ multi-touch, its 55″ […]

NEC Display just added a 65-inch model to its Touch-Integrated V Series. The commercial-grade panel and components promote extended use and deliver superior touchscreen capabilities for digital signage and video wall applications in education, corporate, retail and restaurant environments. NEC’s V652-TM display offers digital signage users interactive capabilities with full-HD resolution at a cost-conscious price. […]

The Challenge As the newest and biggest building at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Jon M. Huntsman Hall is the center of Wharton’s culture, bringing together learning, community, teamwork and innovation. The design of the building — from its cutting-edge technology to new classroom designs — is tailored to Wharton’s innovative curriculum and interactive […]

        To see a list of all the awards we are giving as part of our 2013 rAVe Best of InfoComm awards, click here. To see all our of InfoComm 2013 coverage, click here. Best New Overall Digital Signage Product: NEC X841SR NEC sort of had this product hidden in its booth […]

        To see a list of all the awards we are giving as part of our 2013 rAVe Best of InfoComm awards, click here. To see all our of InfoComm 2013 coverage, click here. Best New Display for Retail Applications: NEC E654 The 65” NEC E654 is an LED direct-lit, commercial-grade display […]

NEC Display just debuted its newest LED-backlit E Series commercial-grade displays — the 4th generation in this series. The 42-inch E424, 46-inch E464, 55-inch E554 and 65-inch E654 displays are aimed at educational institutions, corporations, quick-service restaurants, healthcare facilities and fitness centers. These displays are affordable and come with a three year warranty. All 1920x1080p […]

NEC Display announced today its latest addition to its commercial-grade V Series, the V463 display, which offers an LED-backlight, slimmer cabinet depth and an OPS-compliant expansion slot. The V463 includes the following features: LED backlighting technology for reduced power consumption Commercial-grade LCD panel and components, which enable extended run times 1920 x 1080 full HD […]

NEC Display added two super-slim displays to its specialty X Series portfolio in the form of the 46-inch X462S and 55-inch X552S. NEC is calling these “industrial-strength.” Using LED backlighting and a mere 1.8 inches deep, the X462S and X552S are not only super-slim and ultra light, but they also deliver a brightness of 700 […]

NEC announced today the 42-inch V423 LCD display, an addition to its commercial-grade V Series that utilizes LED backlighting for improved power consumption and a slimmer cabinet depth. NEC says the V423 offers a 46 percent decrease in power consumption while maintaining its brightness (450 cd/m² maximum brightness). The edge-lit LED backlight enables a slimmer […]

TouchSystems has integrated the NEC X401S display with Dispersive Signal Technology (DST). The interactive display enlarges the X Series, which previously consisted of large-format touch screens ranging from 46 to 55 inches. The new display widens the range to 40 to 55 inches. TouchSystems’ X40 (X4050D-U1), with LED backlighting and full HD LCD display, boasts […]

Last week TFCinfo announced the completion of its “Projector Brand Customer Perception and Preference Study 2013.”  This report marks the 12th year that this annual projector brand benchmarking study has been conducted. This research measures projector brand strength among experienced projector users and purchasers in the five most important market segments in the AV industry: […]

NEC has added two new models to its commercial-grade V Series, a 55-inch and 65-inch. The V552 and V652 offer LED backlighting to reduce the product’s depth, weight and power consumption when compared to their predecessors. Each 1080p (1920×1080) display also features built-in 10-watt speakers and an Open Pluggable Specification (OPS)-compliant expansion slot. Additionally, video, […]

NEC Display Solutions announced today an addition to its high-end IT desktop line, the MultiSync EA Series, with the 24-inch EA244WMi. This monitor is LED-backlit and ideal for corporate environments. This widescreen model features IPS panel technology with wide viewing angles (178° horizontal/vertical) and ergonomic adjustability. The LED backlighting of the EA244WMi allows for a […]

NEC Display just launched the new UM Series of ultra-short throw LCD projectors, starting with two 3,300-lumen units: the UM330X and UM330W. Both offer interactivity options via integration with eBeam. A complete interactive projector solution can be created using the optional NP02Wi eBeam interactive system (http://www.necdisplay.com/p/NP02Wi), which connects between the USB port on the eBeam module […]

NEC Display announced today the launch of VUKUNET, an ad serving platform for Digital out-of-Home (DOOH) networks, in the European market. All that the VUKUNET platform requires to transform screens into advertising media is an Internet connection. The new solution from NEC connects DOOH network providers to media agencies to simplify the entire working process […]

NEC has introduced the new MultiSync MD211C2 and MD211C3 medical-grade displays for diagnostic imaging in healthcare organizations. These 2- and 3-megapixel medical diagnostic displays are designed to meet the needs of healthcare facilities requiring consistent and accurate medical imaging using Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). NEC says that the MultiSync MD Series models are […]

NEC Display has introduced the VE281 and VE281X mobile projectors, which are aimed at small meeting rooms, schools and conference room installs. Both projectors are specified at 2,800 lumens, offer auto power on and quick startup/shutdown, an Eco Mode, a carbon savings meter and extended filter life. They also have energy-saving features such as NEC’s […]

NEC Display will debut a 19-inch, mercury-free, LED-backlit monitor in the form of the AccuSync AS192WM. This is not only aimed at desktop users, but also at small digital signage applications. Using 33 percent less power than a CFL-based 19″, this display is ENERGY STAR 6.0 and TCO 6.0 certified, is EPEAT Silver rated and […]

NEC Display announced today the addition of 10 Digital Signage/Content Creation Solutions. These product bundles introduce customers to the digital signage industry with easy-to-use solutions that include everything needed to run content on a single digital screen. Available in digital screen sizes up to 65 inches, each bundle includes an NEC V, P or X […]

Everything going on in New York City is well chronicled. It’s terrible. Hurricane Sandy has crippled Manhattan — regardless of what you may have heard from others. In that light, NEC has canceled its participation in the CETW Show next week, which is still going on as planned. Peerless-AV also canceled its plans to appear at […]

rAVe founder Gary Kayye will present a new keynote at the NEC Showcase roadshow in New York City on Oct. 17 called Creating Creative Presentation Environments. It focuses on creating immersive environments — ones that use projectors to completely “immerse” clients in the meeting, the classroom, the museum, the restaurant, the retail store, or the […]

For nearly 15 years, Pacific Media Associates (PMA) has collected monthly sell-through data from leading North American projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. The company’s Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers sell-through data and analysis on unit sales, true volume-weighted street prices, and inventories of front projectors for these channels. Each month, Pacific […]

Gary Kayye talks to Clark Brown, Sr. Vice president of Sales of NEC Displays to get the word out about NEC high-brightness projectors and video walls. Show Links: rAVe: NEC PH1000U Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

NEC Display debuted a third generation of its commercial-grade E Series monitors this month in the form of new 32-inch (E323), 42-inch (E423), 46-inch (E463) and 55-inch (E553) models. The entire E Series displays is targeted at affordable display options for educational, commercial AV, retail stores, quick-service restaurants, healthcare waiting rooms and fitness centers. Using […]

NEC’s new SB-03TM ATSC digital tuner module enables HD broadcast capabilities for digital signage applications and is included in the X401S-AVT, X461S-AVT and X551S-AVT models. Not much else to say other than it has an RF-based ATSC input port and, when inserted into one of NEC’s DS monitors, gives the monitor the capability to receive […]

NEC’s Interactive Software gives displays SMART Technology-like features for classroom instruction. It’s used in conjunction with all NEC projectors that have networking capabilities and is compatible with Apple’s iPad. It’s been about a year since it’s been shipping and now they’ve added more features, such as: Record all annotation and audio from a presentation for […]

Dubbed the PH1000U, NEC’s 3-chip DLP projector uses three 0.96″ WUXGA (1920×1200) resolution DMDs to garner a brightness spec of 11,000 lumens and 2000:1 contrast ratio. It uses a 400-watt lamp and has a 320-watt Eco-mode for low light environments. NEC says the PH1000U uses Integrated Device Technology HQV, a video processing and scaling system […]