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InfoComm14: Panasonic showcases new displays, projectors

June 20, 2014

Earlier this week at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas, technology solutions provider Panasonic announced the launch of new projectors, displays and accessories. The Panasonic booth at the show featured the new products in action, along with a range of other AV offerings.

Also at the booth, Panasonic highlighted the applications for select products, including a projection mapping installation and a rotating projections display, as well as a dual-projector museum display.

"People today are more inundated than ever with demands for their attention, and our customers need to fight to capture engagement with consumers, students and other constituents," said Art Rankin, senior director of AV technologies, Panasonic System Communications Co. of North America, in an announcement. "Our technologies are pushing the limits to be brighter, more dynamic and more flexible, allowing more users to apply them in new and exciting ways."

At the booth, the company highlighted a wide range of display products including its latest 4K professional displays and introduced a trio of new display options:

• TH-55LFV70 LED Video Wall Display – With a 0.14-inch (3.5-mm) bezel and 700 cd/m² brightness, the 55-inch display is intended to be ideal for a multitude of digital signage and command-and-control applications. It features flexible installation and maintenance with DIGITAL LINK, a technology based on HDBaseT technology, as well as a "failover-and-failback" function that maintains continuous signal distribution even when some inputs are accidentally disrupted.
• TH-47LFX6N Professional Outdoor LED display – The IP55-rated 47-inch TH-47LFX6N operates efficiently in harsh environmental conditions such as heat, humidity and extreme cold, intended for outdoor digital signage applications. The display features a full 1,200 cd/m2 of brightness and a wide IPS viewing angle for high visibility even in direct sunlight from nearly any angle, the company said.
• LFE7 Series – Previously only available as a 65-inch model, the LFE7 backlit LED Series adds the 50-inch TH-50LFE7 and 42-inch TH-42LFE7 to its lineup. These professional thin bezel LED displays with 350 cd/m2 of brightness aim to fill the market need for high quality displays at a competitive price for basic digital signage and mid-sized conference room applications.

Panasonic also announced several new projectors and lenses at InfoComm 2014:

• PT-VZ570 Series – The PT-VZ570 Series is an ultra lightweight, high-brightness WUXGA portable LCD projector. With a high contrast ratio of 5,000:1 and daylight view technology, the PT-VZ570 Series projectors range from 4,500-5,500 lumens, and reduce total cost of ownership for business and educational institutions with up to 7,000 hours of maintenance-free operation.
• PT-EZ580 Projector and ET-ELW22 Lens – Designed with mid-sized classrooms and corporate boardrooms in mind, the PT-EZ580 is a high brightness, 5,000-6,200 lumen LCD projector. The PT-EZ580 also comes with a new optional short throw zoom lens, the ET-ELW22 lens, which facilitates flexible installation in limited spaces, the company said.
• ET-D75LE90 Lens – This lens can maximize tight spaces yet retain a super-high brightness, the company said, making it a fit for a variety of large venues such as theaters, houses of worship, auditoriums and museums. The ultra short throw lens is built for three-chip DLP 5K-plus lumen projectors, such as the flagship 20,000 lumen PT-DZ21K Series. The ET-D75LE90 lens enables 200-inch diagonal image projection at a throw distance of just five feet from the screen.