[AG-TECH] PIG Specifications

[Brian Corrie]

Hello all,
 
One word of caution with respect to Plasmas. Beware the "burn in" effect if
you use the Plasma in 4:3 non-stretched mode. If you run a plasma in that
fashion, the plasma will not be used on the left and right edges and
eventually will lead to discontinuities in color in those areas. If you then
got to 16:9 and use that protion of the screen, you will notice differences
in the color and will still be able to see a ghost of the area of the screen
that was unused in non-stretched mode...
 
Cheers,
 
Brian
 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Todd Needham [mailto:toddn at microsoft.com] 
	Sent: Thu 4/17/2003 8:21 AM 
	To: Nolan, Kevin [NCSUS]; Jay Beavers; Jonas Talandis; Frank
Sweetser; Maat, Steve 
	Cc: AG-Tech (E-mail) 
	Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] PIG Specifications
	
	

	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).

	 

	
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	From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
Behalf Of Nolan, Kevin [NCSUS]
	Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 5:13 AM
	To: Jay Beavers; Jonas Talandis; Frank Sweetser; Maat, Steve
	Cc: AG-Tech (E-mail)

	 

	Jay - 

	We have two type's of plasma brands in our lab - 

	1)  The Sony 42inch Plasma - which is costly once you start adding
the option cards 
	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.

	Kevin 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Jay Beavers [mailto:jbeavers at microsoft.com] 
	Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 11:57 PM 
	To: Jonas Talandis; Frank Sweetser; Maat, Steve 
	Cc: AG-Tech (E-mail) 
	Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] PIG Specifications 

	 

	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?

	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

	size) and bright enough to be seen in a room in which lighting is
high to support good image capture of the entire audience.

	Would you recommend a different model if I wanted to display 2 or 3
640x480 native resolution streams? 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
Behalf Of Jonas Talandis 
	Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:53 PM 
	To: Frank Sweetser; Maat, Steve 
	Cc: AG-Tech (E-mail) 

	I embrace the use of plasma screens. We have used them in several
nodes, 

	the image quality is superb and you have the option of adding an 
	interactive whiteboard, without the noise and overhead mounting of 
	projectors. If the aspect ratio bothers you can use the 4:3 mode or
spec a 
	smaller display. The limiting factor is the image size needs to be 
	appropriate to the size of the room. The viewers need to be within
8-10 feet. 

	At 03:43 PM 4/16/2003, Frank Sweetser wrote: 
	>On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 04:33:09PM -0400, Maat, Steve wrote: 
	> > Is a Plasma screen appropriate or would a projector be better? 
	> 
	>Personally I'd try and avoid plasma screen, unless you can convince 
	your 
	>video display to do the right aspect ratio.  Standard video
resolutions 
	on a 
	>16:9 ratio plasma end up looking way too stretched out. 
	> 
	>-- 
	>Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu 
	>WPI Network Engineer