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Munich Airport deploys 72-display flight info system

The airport deployed 72 NEC displays driven by Matrox graphics cards to create one of the largest digital signage flight information displays in the world.

December 12, 2014

The Munich Airport has leveraged Matrox M-series multidisplay graphics cards to power a 72-display digital signage flight information display system, Matrox Graphics Inc. has announced.

Installed by local system integrator InoNet, Matrox M9148quad-monitor and M9188 octal-monitor boards are used to drive high-definition flight and departure information on a 19meter-wide by 2.30-meter-high FIDS video wall — which the company says is one of the largest of its kind.

To run the installation, InoNet uses an M9148 and M9188 board pairing within six of their Magnius-2 video wall controller systems. Each workstation's 12 displays have been combined to form an 18x4 matrix, outputting to 72 NEC X463UN displays at individual resolutions of 1920x1080. With the NEC display's slim 5.7mm bezel design, the resulting video wall enables a nearly 180-degree viewing platform on which all 72 displays are completely visible from any front-viewing position. A configured failsafe mechanism on the displays also ensures continuous operation with minimal downtime and IT intervention, the announcement said.

"The aim of the installation was to present razor-sharp content across the entire display. There is no scaling via daisy chaining on the 72 displays, where each monitor is individually supplied with full-HD content," said Susanne Gomez, key account manager for digital signage at InoNet, in the announcement. "Using Matrox M-Series, we were able to realize the requirements quickly and easily."

Matrox will be demonstrating its latest multidisplay graphics cards live at ISE in Amsterdam (Feb. 10-12) and DSE in Las Vegas (March 11–12).