Flexible and cost-effective media distribution
Growth in A/V extension
Video extension technology is increasingly being used to power digital signage such as plasma display panels, LCD displays, and kiosk stations. This enables the advertiser to replace and enhance traditional media, and replace static content with high impact moving video. Furthermore, the advertiser now has the power to make quick and centrally updated changes to content. A/V extension is also commonly used in large audience presentation and educational applications.
Choices for A/V extension
Fiber optic extension may be used for long distance and high bandwidth applications. But it is restricted to point to point and can be very expensive. CAT 5 extension is relatively inexpensive, flexible and supports multipoint operation. However, it suffers distance limitations and in some cases physical cabling installation can be complex. Driven by flexibility and performance advantages, wireless technology is now being used for many A/V extension applications.
Applications
Retail digital signage
According to the Point of Purchase Advertising Institute, more than 70 percent of shoppers make their purchasing decisions while they are in the store. Also, the addition of graphics, animation and video can increase point-of-sale purchases by 107 percent.
Avocent professional A/V solutions enable you to dynamically present constantly-changing, computer-generated information to attract attention and deliver informational content to impact buying decisions.
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Education
Lessons that combine a variety of mediums including print, graphics, video and audio keep students engaged and alert. Now with a few very simple solutions from Avocent, your multi-media lesson content is easily viewed at the front of the classroom on a screen, monitor, LCD or plasma display and even directly at a student’s desk.
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Courtroom
Storing critical documents, photographs, sketches, video and audio files on a computer makes it easier to manage and organize exhibits. It also serves as a central repository for transmitting evidence to every location in the courtroom.
The Avocent Professional A/V solutions surmount that challenge with wireless alternatives for extending data from a central location to remote destinations. This makes it possible for older courtrooms to have the same access to technology as the newer and more modern facilities.
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Implementing wireless A/V extension
Key factors to be considered when implementing a wireless A/V extension solution include distance extension requirements, security, video quality and whether point-to-point or multipoint operation is required.
Point-to-point and multipoint video streaming
The Avocent LongView® LV3500W, LV4500W, and AutoView® AVW3500 wireless extenders are point to point and point to multipoint wireless A/V extension solutions, and can transmit audio, analog video and PC content from a source computer to a display device up to 1,500 feet away line-of-sight.
The Avocent Emerge™ EWMS1000 wireless media streamer broadcasts high-quality, full motion, streaming video from a source computer to multiple display devices up to 1,000 feet away without wires. The Emerge EWMS1000 wireless media streamer can be used for point-to-point video extension or for point-to-multipoint broadcast applications; the only difference is the number of receivers connected to the output devices. Multiple device types can be connected to a single transmitter.
