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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On the other hand, you can get a pair of
20” LCD displays capable of 1600x1200 each for $2500 (in case you decided
to go high res for some reason).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Nolan, Kevin [NCSUS]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> <st1:date Year="17" Day="17"
Month="4" ls="trans" w:st="on">Thursday, <st1:date Year="17" Day="17" Month="4"
ls="trans" w:st="on">April 17, 2003</st1:date></st1:date><st1:time Minute="13"
Hour="5" w:st="on"> 5:13 AM</st1:time><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Jay Beavers; Jonas Talandis;
Frank Sweetser; Maat, Steve<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> AG-Tech (E-mail)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jay - </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We have
two type's of plasma brands in our lab - </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1)
The Sony 42inch Plasma - which is costly once you start adding the option cards</span></font>
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<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>2) We have been using the NEC
Plasma Syncs - they come in many versions and we have the PlasmaSync - 42MP1
and 50MP1. These work great with native and HD sources. You could
have 2 640X480 pictures no problem.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kevin</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: Jay Beavers [<a
href="mailto:jbeavers@microsoft.com">mailto:jbeavers@microsoft.com</a>] </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: <st1:date Year="16" Day="16"
Month="4" ls="trans" w:st="on">Wednesday, <st1:date Year="16" Day="16" Month="4"
ls="trans" w:st="on">April 16, 2003</st1:date></st1:date><st1:time Minute="57"
Hour="23" w:st="on"> 11:57 PM</st1:time></span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: Jonas Talandis; Frank Sweetser;
Maat, Steve</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cc: AG-Tech (E-mail)</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Subject: RE: [AG-<st1:stocktickeruk
w:st="on"><st1:stocktickerca w:st="on">TECH</st1:stocktickerca></st1:stocktickeruk>]
PIG Specifications</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We have
the need of a plasma screen for a "back wall display" in one of our
nodes. Does anyone have a recommended brand & model?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>We only
need it to display a single site's video, so it doesn't have to have high
resolution, but it needs to be large enough to allow reasonable viewing from
about 20' away (image stretched to maximum 4x3</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>size) and
bright enough to be seen in a room in which lighting is high to support good
image capture of the entire audience.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Would you
recommend a different model if I wanted to display 2 or 3 640x480 native
resolution streams?</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-----Original
Message-----</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From: owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov [<a
href="mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov">mailto:owner-ag-tech@mcs.anl.gov</a>]
On Behalf Of Jonas Talandis</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sent: <st1:date Year="16" Day="16"
Month="4" ls="trans" w:st="on">Wednesday, <st1:date Year="16" Day="16" Month="4"
ls="trans" w:st="on">April 16, 2003</st1:date></st1:date><st1:time Minute="53"
Hour="14" w:st="on"> 2:53 PM</st1:time></span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>To: Frank Sweetser; Maat, Steve</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cc: AG-Tech (E-mail)</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I embrace
the use of plasma screens. We have used them in several nodes,</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the image
quality is superb and you have the option of adding an </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>interactive whiteboard, without the
noise and overhead mounting of </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>projectors. If the aspect ratio
bothers you can use the 4:3 mode or spec a </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>smaller display. The limiting
factor is the image size needs to be </span></font><br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>appropriate to the size of the
room. The viewers need to be within 8-10 feet.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>At 03:43
PM <st1:date Year="2003" Day="16" Month="4" ls="trans" w:st="on">4/16/2003</st1:date>,
Frank Sweetser wrote:</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>On <st1:date Year="16" Day="16"
Month="4" ls="trans" w:st="on">Wed, <st1:date Year="16" Day="16" Month="4"
ls="trans" w:st="on">Apr 16, 2003</st1:date></st1:date> at 04:33:09PM -0400,
Maat, Steve wrote:</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> > Is a Plasma screen
appropriate or would a projector be better?</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>></span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>Personally I'd try and avoid
plasma screen, unless you can convince</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>your</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>video display to do the right
aspect ratio. Standard video resolutions</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>on a</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>16:9 ratio plasma end up
looking way too stretched out.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>></span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>--</span></font> <br>
<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>>Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu</span></font>
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<font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><st1:stocktickeruk w:st="on"><st1:stocktickerca
w:st="on">WPI</st1:stocktickerca></st1:stocktickeruk> Network Engineer</span></font>
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