From government officials looking to enhance monitoring and response capabilities to high-end boardrooms facilitate engaging meeting experiences for remote and in-person participants, fine pixel pitch LED and MicroLED allows for better overall contrast, deeper blacks and more true-to-life colors that present compelling viewing experiences.
Today, Planar offers displays with MicroLEDs less than half the size of the smallest standard LEDs. In addition to delivering up to three times more brightness, MicroLEDs are more energy efficient and facilitate the highest resolution for LED, resulting in ultra-fine pitch LEDs. This high resolution, paired with narrowing pixel pitches, is yielding the most stunning and unbelievably realistic visuals. The award-winning Planar® DirectLight® Ultra™ Series offers the finest pixel pitches, outstanding color uniformity and a proprietary self-adjusting alignment technology designed to help combat issues such as vibration or thermal expansion that can cause LED modules to shift and disrupt a seamless visual experience.
As MicroLED manufacturing efficiency and volume continues to increase, Planar partners and customers will see us incorporating the technology into more Planar video wall products.
Extra Fine Emergency Preparedness
In Texas, the City of Arlington’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) needed to improve their monitoring and response capabilities to ensure the health and safety of its residents as well as safeguard against potential natural and human-caused disasters. With the installation of a nearly 16-foot-wide, 4.5-foot-high Planar DirectLight Ultra Series MicroLED video wall with a 0.6 millimeter pixel pitch, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) operators benefit from a mission-critical display used to visualize data and optimize decision making. In addition to supporting close-up viewing, the Planar DirectLight Ultra Series LED video wall offers the EOC the flexibility to select sources and display them in the most optimal way, which is crucial for better coordinating responses with agency partners during emergencies.
Capturing the Essence of NASCAR
Now, step away from the EOC and picture sitting next to a 16-foot-wide by 7-foot-high fine pitch LED video wall for a front-row seat at a presentation or video conference presented in incredibly bright, crystal clear images. Enter the Bill France boardroom on the eighth floor of NASCAR’s International Motorsports Center and you’ll be greeted by a Planar DirectLight Ultra Series LED video wall in a 1.2 millimeter pixel pitch portraying a feed of the Daytona International Speedway. When the video wall replaced existing windows at the end of the boardroom, NASCAR mounted a camera on the outside of the building to replicate the same view visitors saw out of the window previously. In addition to meetings, NASCAR finds the video wall useful for hosting hospitality events and recognizes that the addition of Planar’s video wall technology not only helps the well-known racing company create a truly immersive experience, but ultimately helps convey the color, imagery and sound that is NASCAR.
As with other Planar DirectLight Ultra Series customers, both NASCAR and City of Arlington’s EOC benefit from total assurance and reduced lifetime cost of ownership of their video wall purchase with the unparalleled Planar® EverCare™ Lifetime Limited Warranty.
Ideal for close viewing distances and high-precision visual images and video, premium Planar DirectLight Ultra Series fine pitch LED video wall displays are available in 0.6, 0.7, 0.9 and 1.2 millimeter pixel pitches with built-in processing and off-board power supply. Installation versatility and easier access are possible with the solution’s front installation and serviceability. For added convenience, check out the Planar® DirectLight® Ultra Complete™ line of pre-packaged LED video wall displays, which are built to reduce the time, complexity and cost of 4K or 8K MicroLED video wall deployment.
Designed to deliver always-on, high resolution display experiences for the most refined applications, Planar DirectLight Ultra Series is well-equipped to support precise viewing beyond the boardroom and emergency center. From high-end theaters looking to elevate a film or game watching experience to global headquarters wanting to attract talent and customers, the Planar DirectLight Ultra Series delivers big performance and is ready for you.