How to select the best video wall for your business?

 

It is essential for organizations, especially those in retail, sports, entertainment and hospitality, to create a good and lasting first impression for brand recognition.     Positive brand recognition and creating a memorable brand experience is essential to business growth as it converts potential clients into paying customers. Today, the use of advanced display technology is a vital part of creating memorable first impressions and converting leads into customers. Unfortunately, many business owners, are still hesitant and often unaware of how to use the right technology to promote their brand and their message. So many are still using static messaging, whereas dynamic video content has been proven to have much better results and a video wall is the best way to achieve that.

In this article, you will learn more about how you can get the best video wall controller for your business.

Why is a video wall controller important?

A video wall controller offers a reliable and simpler way to integrate technology with advertising. You will easily be able to manage 1080p or 4K displays with beautiful imagery for your advertisement. You can do this on multiple screens at a time on a video wall, which is simply a combination of multiple screens configured as a single large surface. To easily and effectively manage various content sources on a single video wall and simultaneously display various messages, you will need a video wall controller. It is the best way to maximize your display surface with different messages that would capture a wider range and more diverse audience.

Video wall controllers have undergone significant development and technology advancement in the last decade. Today, they provide all the essential features to easily and quickly display all kinds of content on video walls more efficiently.

How should you choose a good video wall?

Typically, it is recommended that you start with a video wall that has a minimum of four screens in a 2x2 configuration. Of course, the more screens the better, depending on your space. However, a 2x2 set up is often sufficient in many scenarios such as a corporate or hotel lobbies, and offers a dynamic perspective to your business. Other considerations, such as bezel size (the space in between the screens), pixel pitch, resolution and weight may also be important. Today, a bezel-less solution, such as an LED video wall, is also gaining great popularity.

Conclusion

A video wall should be based on the size of the venue, the number of simultaneous viewers, and the type of content that will be displayed. For optimum results, consult video wall professionals at VuWall, to help you with the right video wall design for your needs. You should also consider good video wall control software to efficiently and seamlessly manage your content.

NETGEAR and VuWall Partner To Enable Next-Generation Video Wall Deployments

Original Source: https://vuwall.com/netgear-vuwall-partnership-simplifying-avoip/

Mission-critical control rooms, crisis management centers, government agencies and corporate AV environments globally, will benefit from integration and interoperability certification of NETGEAR’s AV line of switches with VuWall’s unified visualization and video wall control solutions

San Jose, CA – July 14, 2021 – NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), the leading provider of networking products that power businesses both large and small, today announces a partnership with VuWall, a global technology leader in video wall control systems and unified visualization solutions. Certification of NETGEAR’s M4250 and M4300 line of AV switches with VuWall’s video wall control technology will reduce integration time and lower the cost of video wall deployments. The NETGEAR and VuWall partnership is accelerating the AV over IP transition in the Professional Audio Visual market by simplifying deployments and eliminating complexity.

NETGEAR’s M4250 and M4300 line of AV switches are certified to operate seamlessly with VuWall’s line of VuScape controllers, VuStream encoders and decoders and the TRx Centralized Management Platform. VuWall software and NETGEAR’s AV switches comprise the core of an enterprise’s IP video wall network. Together, the companies provide the ideal building blocks for a scalable and worry-free AV over IP deployment by ensuring interoperability between all the different devices that share the same network, enabling multiple brands to work together harmoniously.

With an interoperable platform built on an open architecture, VuWall provides a versatile solution with powerful features that simplify multi-surface display management. NETGEAR’s Pro AV line of network switches comes pre-configured to handle the complex multicasting of AV signals with the capability of managing huge amounts of data in high-traffic environments. Together, NETGEAR and VuWall provide the ideal combination of software and hardware to facilitate network configuration, source management and content distribution across multi-displays and video walls in an AV over IP network.

Managing AV over IP networks that typically carry large amounts of data traffic is a known industry challenge. VuWall and NETGEAR are simplifying the configuration and control of the various AV devices and the routing of AV signals originating from a multitude of sources, in different source formats, to multiple displays throughout an organization. The VuWall TRx management platform along with the M4250 and M4300 line of AV switches provide an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface connecting any source to any display, for simplified configuration and control that anyone can use, without the need for any programming.

“Partnering with VuWall was a natural fit as we share the common goal of helping the AV integrator community succeed in their AV over IP deployments. In addition to our integrated AV-focused technology offerings, we are committed to educating and providing the integrator community with project design support,” said Laurent Masia, Director, Managed Switches and ProAV Engineering Services at NETGEAR. “VuWall and NETGEAR bring simplicity and modularity that the market is seeking, while leveraging the latest technology developments in graphics, video processing, and IP-based AV networking.”

“We are thrilled to be partnering with NETGEAR. Investing in integration and extensive interoperability testing helps our customers deliver projects on schedule and within budget,” said Paul Vander Plaetse, founder and CEO at VuWall. “Like many other manufacturers, we are leveraging the flexibility of AV over IP for performance and flexibility, but NETGEAR and VuWall have gone the extra mile to develop solutions that are focused on the simplification and usability of today’s AV over IP infrastructure, facilitating project deployment and increasing productivity.”

To learn more about the NETGEAR and VuWall Solution, watch our webinar on demand: “Selecting the Right Building Blocks to Simplify Complex AV over IP Deployments” by clicking here: vuwall.com/netgear-webinar-vod

About NETGEAR

NETGEAR® (NASDAQ: NTGR) has pioneered advanced networking technologies for homes, businesses, and service providers around the world since 1996 and leads the industry with a broad range of award-winning products designed to simplify and improve people’s lives. By enabling people to collaborate and connect to a world of information and entertainment, NETGEAR is dedicated to delivering innovative and advanced connected solutions ranging from mobile and cloud-based services for enhanced control and security, to smart networking products, video over Ethernet for Pro AV applications, easy-to-use WiFi solutions and performance gaming routers to enhance online game play.

The company is headquartered out of San Jose, Calif. with offices located around the globe. More information is available from the NETGEAR Investor Page or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR: Twitter, Facebook, Facebook for NETGEAR Business, Instagram and our blog at NETGEAR.com.

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Samsung Certifies VuWall VuScape Video Wall Controller Ensuring Seamless Interoperability and an Optimized Visualization Experience with The Wall

Samsung’s new video wall processing certification program verifies seamless video wall integration and operations with its MicroLED technology, The Wall, in control rooms

Read the complete press release issued by Samsung HERE

 

LONDON, UK – July 21, 2021 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. the global leader in display technology, today announced a new video wall processor certification program, naming VuWall, a global technology leader in video wall control systems and unified visualization solutions, as the first video wall processor manufacturer to attain the certification.

The certification program, developed by Samsung to ensure interoperability with the company’s revolutionary MicroLED technology, The Wall, verifies that VuWall’s VuScape video wall controller is optimized to operate with The Wall. The program aims to facilitate control room design, deployment and operations to provide seamless integration and operation, while delivering a fully optimized visualization experience.

“We’re excited to collaborate with VuWall, an industry-leading partner in video wall control systems,’’ said Simon Jackson, Vice President at Samsung Electronics Europe Display. “Control rooms are an increasingly integral element of many industry sectors. By combining our market-leading display technology with VuWall’s innovative video wall processing solutions, we are pleased to provide our partners with the tools they need to get the job done”.

Samsung and VuWall are bringing a new concept to the Command and Control Room market, guaranteeing cutting-edge picture quality with superior visualization and operational experiences. This offering includes the next-generation MicroLED The Wall display, redefining video wall technology for 24/7 mission-critical control room and crisis room environments.

Developed by Samsung, the certification process tests critical functions and integrations, providing peace of mind when selecting a certified video wall processor with The Wall. Consultants and integrators will benefit from a simple integration experience and user-friendly control over The Wall, consistently providing their clients with ideal picture quality so operators can stay focused on their mission.

Throughout the certification process, Samsung and VuWall have focused on the simplicity of the design and deployment of video wall projects, offering integrators a “control room in-a-box” solution. In addition to signal compatibility, the certification also verifies the ability to manage non-standard resolutions, aspect ratios and communications with The Wall, while maintaining outstanding picture quality and control over image parameters such as brightness and contrast.

“We commend Samsung for launching such a valuable program and are honoured to be the first manufacturer to earn a certification with The Wall,” said Paul Vander Plaetse, Founder and CEO at VuWall. “As we continuously thrive to simplify control room design for our integrators and control room operations for our end users, this program takes us a step further by offering guaranteed out-of-the box interoperability between our video wall controllers and Samsung’s The Wall displays.”

Samsung’s The Wall is a proven next-generation MicroLED display that is redefining the industry with a one-of-a-kind visual experience. With The Wall’s superior color purity with innovative color enhancing Ultra Chroma Technology, a perfect black presentation with Black Seal Technology LED HDR and HDR 10+ support for optimum peak brightness and accurate grayscale expression, The Wall is a game changer for control rooms.

VuWall’s high-performance VuScape video wall processor provides an easy way to control and distribute a hybrid array of content sources to any display or video wall with flexibility and full-featured management software. Designed for mission-critical applications and big data visualization, a single VuScape can power up to 96 displays, capture up to 40x 4K sources, mix baseband & IP sources such as IP cameras, websites, RSS feeds, or desktop applications, stream up to 160 HD IP streams simultaneously, display an unlimited number of windows per screen, encode HDMI inputs or an entire 4K video wall, and process 24-bit true colour images at full frame rates.

Samsung and VuWall offer local pre-sales and post-sales support throughout Europe, helping integrators and customers deploy successful projects, together.

Visit our European Executive Solution Center in Frankfurt, Germany and Paris, France where you will experience a fully integrated solution between Samsung’s The Wall and VuWall’s VuScape video wall processer.

For more information, visit vuwall.com/samsung-control-room-solutions.

About Samsung Electronics Co.,LTd.

Samsung inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies. The company is redefining the worlds of TVs, monitors, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network systems, and memory, system LSI, foundry and LED solutions. For the latest news, please visit the Samsung Newsroom at http://news.samsung.com.

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5 Winning Characteristics That Will Simplify Complex AV over IP Deployments

Original Source: https://vuwall.com/5-winning-characteristics-that-will-simplify-complex-av-over-ip-deployments/

It all starts from the ground up. Selecting the right building blocks for your next video wall project is the first step to a successful AV over IP deployment. We recently held a joint webinar with John Henkle and Laurent Masia from NETGEAR, called “Selecting the Right Building Blocks to Simplify Complex AV over IP Deployments“. We also issued a press release together entitled “NETGEAR and VuWall Partner to Enable Next-Generation Video Wall Deployments“, which sheds light on the most important aspects required for successful and worry-free AV over IP deployments. Our partnership with NETGEAR primarily benefits IT and AV professionals who design and install video walls and audio-visual equipment.

Reducing project risk and deployment time with a scalable, hybrid and interoperable approach

The joint press release highlights NETGEAR’s recent certification of VuWall’s video wall control systems, namely the VuScape line of video wall controllers, VuStream encoders and decoders, and TRx centralized management platform with NETGEAR’s M4250 and M4300 line of AV switches. Together, we ensure interoperability between all the different devices that share the same network, enabling multiple brands to work together harmoniously. Organizations struggle with the plethora of technology on the market, trying to make it all work together. Selecting the right interoperable technology that can support any AV and IT infrastructure will simplify deployments thus reducing project risk and deployment time.

Read the complete press release here: vuwall.com/netgear-vuwall-partnership-simplifying-avoip/

Our partnership with NETGEAR is accelerating the AV over IP transition in the Professional Audio Visual market by simplifying deployments and eliminating complexity, especially in mission-critical control rooms, crisis management centers, government agencies and corporate AV environments.

Together, we provide the ideal combination of software and hardware to facilitate network configuration, source management and content distribution across multi-displays and video walls in an AV over IP network. Managing AV over IP networks that typically carry large amounts of data traffic is a known industry challenge. VuWall and NETGEAR are simplifying the configuration and control of the various AV devices and the routing of AV signals originating from a multitude of sources, in different source formats, to multiple displays throughout an organization.

Overcoming the AV over IP Challenges with 5 Winning Characteristics

The transition from traditional AV distribution methods is accelerating. Who’s going AV over IP? Just about everyone in just about every industry from sports stadiums, entertainment venues, and education facilities to surgical control rooms, corporate and retail signage – all of these are considered applications for Pro AV. But this transition does not come without its challenges.

The Challenges

After getting feedback from so many of our customers, we’ve been able to categorize their challenges into 4 main categories:

1. Network Configuration & Existing Standards
2. The Unknown
3. Various Brands and Formats
4. Latency

Are you identifying with any of these yet? Some of these on the network side, some on the control side and some, that we don’t yet know about. There are always surprises in the field. Things happen that are not always predictable. This is why it is so important to start building your project with the right pieces for the get-go.

The Solution – The 5 Key Elements

The solution that addresses all of these challenges must have all of the following characteristics:

1. Hybrid: Technology that supports AV, IP and IT systems.
2. Flexible, Central Unified Platform: Manage all your sources, displays and routing from a single, user interface.
3. No Programming: A solution that can configure devices, send any source to any display and can create customer control panels, all with easy drag-and drop operations.
4. Interoperable – Open Architecture – Scalable: Avoid proprietary technology to manage your AV distribution and video wall control. An interoperable solution will allow you to work with your existing legacy systems and scale with new technology that may not even be out on the market yet.
5. Dedicated to AV over IP: Select a solution that is specifically designed for AV over IP applications and offers dedicated pre-sales and post-sales support.

Sounds impossible? It’s not. It does exist and it’s called TRx. TRx is powered by the unique hybrid technology, VuTrex, making it the only single platform for AV distribution and video wall management. Watch this 90 second video and learn the power of VuTrex and how it works.

Selecting the Right Building Blocks to Simplify Complex AV over IP Deployments

Learn more on how you can reduce project risk and deployment time, while increasing operational efficiency with a scalable and interoperable approach by watching our webinar with NETGEAR. It includes a live video wall management demo, an on-screen network switch configuration, a use case design and a round table discussion with live Q&A presented by the most season AV and IT experts. The webinar will guide you on how to design a worry-free AV over IP project. It’s easier than you think! Request your free access to this one hour session here: vuwall.com/netgear-webinar-vod/

A Sneak-Peak into the Webinar Demo

Here’s the actual workflow set up of the demo that you will see in the webinar. Notice the flexibility! Any source to any display. Blend AV, IT and IP sources. Control KVM computers and switches. Manage remote video walls and multiple video walls. All from a single platform.

Quotes from our Experts

“VuWall and NETGEAR bring simplicity and modularity that the market is seeking, while leveraging the latest technology developments in graphics, video processing, and IP-based AV networking,” said Laurent Masia, Director, Managed Switches and ProAV Engineering Services at NETGEAR. “… and we are both committed to educating and providing the integrator community with project design support.”

“Investing in integration and extensive interoperability testing helps our customers deliver projects on schedule and within budget,” said Paul Vander Plaetse, founder and CEO at VuWall. “Like many others, we are leveraging the flexibility of AV over IP for performance and flexibility, but have gone the extra mile to develop solutions that are focused on the simplification and usability of today’s AV over IP infrastructure.”

Additional Resources

• TRx Webinar: includes complete demo
• BLOG – The Hybrid Approach for the AV over IP Transition
• NETGEAR Switches Designed for AV over IP
• ARTICLE by AV Technology: Preparing for AV-over-IP in Control Rooms
• PRESS RELEASE: NETGEAR and VuWall Partner to Enable Next-Generation Video Wall Deployments

Reach out for help with your video wall project!

VuWall and NETGEAR both offer project design services to help integrators and consultants design projects right the first time. Our teams of video wall and networking experts are always here to help. Contact us anytime or request a demo today!