NEC was first to the market in announcing their bezel-less LCD with the X461UN.  Everyone decided to order it and it’s one of the hottest products not quite yet on the market today.  Enter Barco.  Last month, Barco entered the field with their NSL-4601 and they claim they are days away from shipping.  Then comes […]

Contrary to popular belief (and rumors abounding on the Internet), NEC is staying in the 30+ inch LCD display market.  With their eyes squarely aimed both the Digital Signage and the ProAV markets, NEC has a comprehensive strategy that they unveiled to rAVe recently.  Although we are not able to talk about it, yet, we […]

InfoComm and Rental & Staging Systems named NEC’s 65-inch MultiSync LCD6520 the best plasma/LCD display introduced during 2007. The awards recognize products that are specifically designed for rental and staging. Winners were determined by a reader poll conducted by the magazine. NEC says the panel includes more than 30 features and functions specifically designed for […]

NEC continues its focus on education with the introduction of the VT700. This new projector, shown at InfoComm, is specified at 3000 lumens and XGA resolution and has wall color correction so that users can project on whiteboards, blackboards and other colored walls. It also has automatic vertical keystone correction, DVI-I input and five watt […]

NEC announced new commercial large-screen LCDs in 40- and 46-inch sizes as part of the new 20 Series. The 40-inch MultiSync LCD4020 and 46-inch LCD4620 use new chevron-shaped pixels for twice the contrast of traditional PVA panels. NEC says this technology also increases brightness and viewing angles. These are specified at 1366 x 768 resolution, […]

rAVe Europe reports that, although it’s not yet on the market, NEC’s new NP1 mini-projector with LCD technology offered a glimpse of the future at CeBIT. At only 8.5 cm wide, 15 cm long and 3.5 cm thin (that’s roughly 3.3” x 6” x 1.3”), this gadget fits inside any shirt pocket or handbag and […]

NEC brought a new projector to both CeBIT and NSCA tradeshows this month. The NP4000 has more versatility than most for the price point. This 5000-lumen DLP lets installers choose between a user-changeable four or six segment color wheel, so you can select which is best if your customer is displaying presentations versus video. It […]

NEC’s new NP60 projector is small – just 3.5 pounds – and has specs usually found in much larger enclosures. This is specified at 3000 ANSI lumens, 1600:1 contrast ratio and XGA resolution. This is priced at only $1,299 (the other models in this series are the NP40 and NP50, priced at $899 and $1,199). […]

NEC Corporation plans to merge the company’s projector and desktop and large-screen LCD and plasma businesses as of April 1. Yoshiaki Tsuda has been named as the President of the new NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. It appears the new business will use the NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. moniker. It makes sense, since front […]

NEC announced two TAA, trade-compliant AccuSync LCD monitors. TAA, the Trade Agreement Act of 1979, requires certain products be manufactured or significantly altered in the U.S. or designated countries to be eligible for government purchase. NEC Display Solutions is offering two LCD monitors – the 17-inch ASLCD72VX-BK-TA and 19-inch ASLCD92VX-BK-TA specified at resolution of 1280 […]

NEC Display Solutions of America announced a 57-inch LCD display specifically designed for the commercial market. The MultiSync LCD5710, specified at 1920 x 1080 and 900:1 contrast ratio, has NEC’s Digital Signage Technology Suite, which has more than 30 signage-specific features. The new display accepts up to 1080p signals through a variety of PC and […]

Not many details are yet available about the new VT Series projectors from NEC, but we do know the prices. They range from a low of $699 to a high of $999. The VT series projectors have quick start up, plug and play setup and operation, color-coded connections and ‘Autosense’, which intuitively syncs the projector […]

The one product story that jumps out at me this month is the $500 projector from Ben-Q. This is a major milestone for our market – heck, I remember when Clint Hoffman and I were sitting around a bar one night at InfoComm talking about the day when projectors might be under $1000 and what […]

NEC is soon shipping the new 60XM5, a 60-inch plasma that is specified at 1365×768 WideXGA resolution and 350 percent greater contrast ratio than the previous model (but we can’t find the exact contrast ratio anywhere on the website!). Still this is a nice panel for the price — $7,999 – since the input panel […]

In attempt to TRY and catch up to Christie Digital’s MASSIVE lead in in-theater advertising projection, NEC announced availability of the company new line of digital projectors, the NP1000 and NP2000, with NEC’s ADVASuite In-Theatre Advertising system. The NEC NP1000 and NP2000 are specified at XGA 1024 x 768 resolution and 3500 and 4000 ANSI […]

NEC has done its share of shifting divisions over the past years, and here comes another. But it makes a lot of sense. The newly-formed NEC Corporation of American comprises IT, networking, and visual displays, creating an IT-AV convergence model. The new company is located in Irving, Texas. Company officials tell rAVe the visual solutions […]