Dimensions of the Head Office wall is approximately 3025mm by 2550mm.
Got quotes from Samsung and Philips Australian suppliers. Samsung offers 46" and 55" commercial LCD panels designed to be operational 24/7. The Philips supplier offers a 49" commercial LCD panel. The Samsung monitors are fairly significantly better quality but also more expensive. The Philips 49" is $2,500/screen compared to the Samsung 46" which is $2,650 for a smaller screen. Once you go to a 55" screen, both models jump to around $4,000/screen.
The Reef Terminal software can feed these screens as a networked media source. The functionality available in the LCD screens as these are commercial grade screens leaves opportunity for creating more advanced tools for displaying and selecting videos.
Each of these monitors weigh around 20Kg and fitted onto a special mounting frame that enables you to adjust the matrix. The monitors are "Daisy-Chained" meaning that each monitor is connected to the next and self-manage the syncronisation of video frames allowing you to play a single video/image across all monitors as if it was a single screen.
Even with a special mounting frame, the RT headoffice wall will need some additional support. Talked with Freddie about this and we have come up with a solution supporting the LCD frame.
Option 1 - 2 x 2 Video Wall using 49" monitors.
This option uses 4 x 49" Philips LCD Panels (2x2). Dimensions of this sign is approximately 2156mm by 1216mm. The overall pixels across the width of the screen is 3840px.
My only concern with this configuration is that the video wall looks smallish on the wall. One solution is to put and additional 2 x 49" screens under the 2x2 matrix creating a 2x3. Run the main content on the top 2x2 to maintain 16:9 ratio and then run individual video content with alternating logos on the bottom two screens.
Availabilty: 2-3 weeks
Cost: $12k including delivery plus cost of installation and Networked Signage player.
Option 2 - 2 x 2 Video Wall using 55" monitors.
This option uses 4 x 55" Samsung LCD Panels (2x2). Dimensions of this sign is approximately 2430mm by 1368mm. The overall pixels across the width of the screen is 3840px.
These 55" are high quality commercial LCD screens. The price jumps significantly from around $2,500/panel for 49" to $4,000/panel for 55".
Availabilty: 2-3 weeks
Cost: Estimated $20k including delivery excluding cost of installation and Networked Signage player.
Option 3 - 3 x 3 Video Wall using 46" monitors.
This option uses 9 x 46" Samsung LCD Panels (3x3). Dimensions of this sign is approximately 3066mm by 1728mm. The overall pixels across the width of the screen is 5760px. This is slightly wider than the wall and the video wall would need to be "raised" from the wall slightly.
These 46" are high quality commercial LCD screens at @ $2600/panel.
Availabilty: 2-3 weeks
Cost: Estimated $25k including delivery excluding cost of installation and Networked Signage player.
Option 4 - 2 x 3 Video Wall using 49" monitors.
This option uses 6 x 49" Philips LCD Panels (2x3). Dimensions of this sign is approximately 2156mm by 1824mm. The overall pixels across the width of the screen is 3840px.
This is a slightly unusual configuration but allows RT to use more of the wall. This wall could run 3 different sets of independent content at any one time. Perhaps allow main content on top and leaving bottom screens available for passengers to select RT media and play on-demand.
Availabilty: 2-3 weeks
Cost: Estimated $17k including delivery excluding cost of installation and Networked Signage player.
