Large Format Signage on Display at Digital Signage Expo

The Digital Signage Expo just ended at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Planar exhibited some amazing large format digital signage displays in our booth #1254.

If your display requirements call for deployment in retail environments, Planar's 42" digital signage might be the ticket. And, we offer displays ranging from 37" to 65" to meet other size requirements. Touchscreen integration makes it easy for your customers to interact with your digital content. The 46" outdoor digital signage includes an optically bonded IR/AR filter for superior sunlight-readability, along with a wide viewing angle and custom cooling design which requires no A/C. This display is perfect for extreme environments where outdoor conditions can impact viewing.

Also on display in Planar's booth was the Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall. If you're in need of a seamless video wall and uninterupted operation for your control room operations, the Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall, with its ultra-thin bezel, provides outstanding tiled visual performance.

Planar's customization display experience has been applied to numerous projects that need a tailored solution. Let us know what your large format digital display needs are.

Windows 7, Gestures, Embedded Touch screens, and You

Windows 7 hits the streets for real on Thursday. This will be a huge release for consumers and business IT users. I’ve been using the RC version for a few months now and really like it for my home PC. I’m sure I will like even more for my work PC’s when that time comes. But what about those embedded applications, kiosks, and displays that currently use Windows XP-Pro? We’ve heard or seen demo’s of Windows 7’s new features for multi-touch and gestures? Can we start using those features right away? Can we experiment with them?

I’ve had a chance to do some experimenting with Windows 7 and touchscreens. To utilize Windows 7 gestures and multi-touch features, you will need a HID compliant touch screen, that also reports itself as a HID-Digitizer and not a HID-Mouse or other proprietary device. Unfortunately this means that most if not all existing touch screens will NOT be able to take advantages of these
built in Windows 7 features. These existing Touch screens (HID, Serial or USB-Driver) WILL work with Windows as single touch devices (with existing WinXP drivers), but Windows 7 will not
recognize these devices as digitizers and make use of all those cool gestures and multi-touch
features available to that display. Most likely existing touch screen hardware will not be field
upgradable either. New hardware and firmware will be required to ensure that touch data is
properly and accurately reported back to Windows 7 as a HID-Digitizer device.

To be clear, if you have an existing touch screen with drivers. The drivers and the touch screens
will work with Windows 7, just as it did with Windows XP. Furthermore if you have a HID compliant touch screen or embedded display it too will work with Windows 7, just as it did with Windows XP. Only touch screens that are multi-touch capable AND report to Windows as a HID Digitizer will be able to take advantage of the native multi-touch and gesturing of Windows 7.

Windows 7 will be a great tool for use in industrial display applications, we just have to get
new touch screens to market to make that happen.

What Touch Technology Should I Use?

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