Display maker NEC-Mitsubishi has unveiled two new LCD displays and new video display configuration software for the higher-end video and graphics display space, at Comdex in Las Vegas USA.
Among the new features is what the company calls Tilematrix, a feature that allows channel partners to integrate multiple displays into a single graphics or video board to spread a single image or display across a grid of multiple LCD monitors.
It has the effect of turning nine or 25 separate displays, for example, into one large video or signage board running out of the same CPU. It can also support additional custom-signage applications.
'It's a cost-effective way of doing a public display application,' said Andres Maldonado, director of product marketing for NEC-Mitsubishi. The Tilematrix application provides a user interface and dialogue box that can walk users through tying several displays into a common image.
The Tilematrix feature works with two of the company's new displays, which it also announced at Comdex: the NEC Multisync LCD2080 UX , a 20-inch display, and the 21-inch LCD2080UX. The displays will ship next month, with the LCD2080UX priced at US$1,499 and the LCD2080UX priced at US$1,549, the company said.
Maldonado downplayed any impact his company would see from rival Dell's recent entry into the large-screen LCD space. Earlier this week, Dell began shipping a 30-inch LCD TV, and two weeks ago a 17-inch LCD that is compatible with media center applications and Windows.
'What we've tried to do is demonstrate our commitment to the channel,' Maldonado said. 'And we'll be doing more programs in the next year to help build loyalty.' He said the company is reviewing its existing channel offerings such as lead sharing, availability of demonstration units and a program for system builders and may extend those efforts in 2004.
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