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The global videowall industry is experiencing renewed growth, with the market on track to reach 380,000 unit sales in 2012, equating to year-on-year growth of 60 per cent, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting.

Parmjit Bhangal, market analyst, Futuresource Consulting said: “Since 2009, LED backlight solutions have been integrated into rear projection displays, negating the costs of bulb replacement and maintenance. However, LCD super narrow bezel displays – SNBs – have been the real game-changer, finally offering a viable alternative to rear projection devices and plasma screens, allowing vendors to drive new revenue streams from new markets, most notably retail and public display, as well as defending their positions in video-based verticals.

“These technological advancements have created a huge amount of industry buzz, dominating trade show floors and commanding the interest of industry press, and now we’re seeing all this potential start to convert into real sustainable revenues.

There are four key markets for video walls: control room; retail and public display; corporate and exhibition; and broadcast.

• Control room is a key market for rear projection displays, accounting for more than 85 per cent of global sales last year and also seeing growing demand for SNB. The choice of technology depends upon the sub-vertical, with mission-critical applications – like utilities and command and control – tending to favour rear projection, whereas the more video-based applications of surveillance and traffic management favour SNB.
• Retail and public display are both dominated by SNB and accounted for the majority of SNB sales last year. Digital signage is a key driver for growth in this category as network owners look to create high impact displays to inform, communicate and advertise to customers. Retail and Transport sub-verticals are both key adoption areas.
• Corporate and exhibition verticals both provide growth for rear projection, though SNB is clearly the dominant technology. Reception areas, lobbies, boardrooms, exhibition and equipment rental are all important drivers.
• The broadcast space still demands both rear projection and SNB products. Rear projection is heavily skewed towards the Asia Pacific region, though still has relevance in developed markets.

“Moving forward, we’re going to see strong double digit growth over the next three years, reaching sales of close to one million units in 2015".

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Article courtesy of AV Interactive.

The X463UN is another addition to NEC's public displays with direct LED backlights as a light source, 1920 x 1080 resolution and a stunning 5.9mm bezel (content to content). NEC's vast experience in the LCD video wall market accumulates in this product delivering unique features helping to reduce cost, making installations efficient and a video wall made of X463UN a powerful communication tool.

The X463UN employs direct white LED backlighting to improve brightness uniformity. It also contains no mercury to reflect the consideration towards minimising the impact on the environment. The TileMatrix function allows you to create multi-screen configurations of a maximum of 10 x 10 displays for a large-screen size of up to 460 inches. These displays are also easier to transport and install to existing buildings for multi-screen configuration than bigger displays of 100 inches or more. The X463UN is equipped as standard with DVI-D and DisplayPort output terminals, and supports digital signal transmission via daisy chain connections. High quality digital signals can be transferred to up to 30 displays connected with DisplayPort cables in multi-screen configuration.

Being the best in class LCD video wall product, X463UN is an ideal solution for retail signage as well as control room applications, installations in airports, train stations and the rental market.

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According to reports released on June 18, 2009 by DisplaySearch, Samsung is currently ranked as the number one supplier in the world digital signage market, with 13 percent and 14.2 percent of total volumes and revenues, respectively.

Samsung demonstrated its growth both in developed and developing countries, with its market share of 17.9 percent in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (in revenues), 12.2 percent in North America, and 17.4 percent in China, 23.6 percent in Asia Pacific, and 28.3 percent in South America. Furthermore, Samsung has positioned itself as a true premium brand in high-tech flat panel display market and also ranked first in average street prices (ASPs) with USD 1,282, around USD100 higher than competitors.

Targeting the global video wall market, Samsung recently released the 460UTn super-thin LCD display with a bezel of just 6.7mm. The company also launched an innovative advertising display solution which, with its use audience measurement technology, can automatically recognise the gender and age of the audience and deliver tailored advertising.

Jinhwan Kim, Vice President of Visual Display Division at Samsung Electronics, said: “Samsung Electronics has become the number one brand in visual displays including displays, TV sets, and digital signage.”

"In particular, becoming number one in digital signage is an historical event, because this proves that Samsung is successfully moving from hardware manufacturer to a value-added solution provider,” he added.