SmartAVI unveils video wall management tool

BURBANK, Calif. — SmartAVI announced the availability of Xpander, a hardware/software bundle that can power video wall matrices of four to 64 screens. At the heart of the new technology is enhanced video processing and transmission hardware that can deliver high definition, multimedia presentations to displays located up to 1,000 feet from a computer console. Computer monitors or wide-screen HDTVs can be arranged in video walls of two to eight screens wide by two to eight screens high. With the Xpander software, any Windows XP or Vista PC or Server NT 4.0 or 2000 Server can manage the video wall or serve as an Internet gateway through which the video wall may be managed remotely via the Internet over TCP/IP. Additions or deletions of multimedia content can be made to video presentations on-the-fly; last-minute announcements for an in-store sale or promotion may be made within minutes by simply inserting the advertiser's pre-edited messaging into the continuous loop. The entire video wall can display one large presentation, or each individual screen can contain its own messaging. Presentations may expand, contract or move to any location or size on the video wall, which can also contain live RSS feeds from the Internet, during a continuous-loop presentation.