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News Release from: Sharp Microelectronics Europe | Subject: 108in LCD monitor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 March 2008
Monster monitor is LCD sign of the times
With the introduction of the 108in screen, Sharp is further extending its strong position in the rapidly growing e-signage market.
The electronic poster is now a reality with the release of the world's largest liquid crystal display With a screen diagonal size of 2.75m (108in), Sharp has now overtaken the dimensional range of current citylight posters
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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As thanks to Sharp's own in-house developed Advanced Super View (ASV) technology, these 108in displays offer an extremely wide viewing angle of 176 degrees in all directions.
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With the introduction of the 108in screen, Sharp is further extending its strong position in the rapidly growing e-signage market.
The product portfolio now includes displays with 46, 52, 65 and 108in screen diagonals, with full HD resolution.
As a developer and manufacturer of system solutions, Sharp offers all e-signage displays, from the simple LCD panel through to the finished monitor.
As installing conventional landscape liquid crystal screens larger than 60in in portrait mode normally results in a severe reduction in service life, for its 65in displays Sharp provides a separate portrait model with a background lighting unit specially designed for vertical installation.
Portrait models are already under development for other display sizes as well.
In addition, 65in monitors are also available with a touchscreen for interactive signage applications.
Sharp's comprehensive e-signage portfolio offers many opportunities for system integrators and users such as shop and restaurant chains, airports and department stores to integrate information screens into their individual interior designs.
The differing vertical ranges of manufacture of the products - from the simple LCD panel through to the complete monitor - provide additional scope for the creation of user-specific e-signage solutions.
As part of a comprehensive system solution, an integral component of the e-signage product portfolio is easy-to-use content-management software provided by software partners, which allows the various monitors on a digital signage system to be individually controlled and programmed.
Split-screen tools also make it possible to define individual areas on the monitor and to fill these with a variety of contents, for example films, flowing text strips and animated graphic images and photos.
Large-format e-signage monitors, with this applying above all for 108in screens, naturally impose entirely new requirements in terms of logistics.
To ensure ease of handling for its partners, Sharp offers numerous services.
The range of these includes accessories such as protective glass and wall mounting brackets, logistics, installation, network integration and maintenance.
In this way Sharp provides systematic support for the implementation and operation of e-signage systems, thus allowing users to devote their entire concentration to their core business.
108in monitors are scheduled to go into series production in Q3 2008.
All other e-signage displays are already available in Europe from Sharp sales offices and distribution partners.
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