How to turn a PC into a Video Wall Controller

Turn a PC into a Video Wall Controller

How to turn a PC into a Video Wall Controller

Video wall opportunities and challenges

There is a rapidly growing demand for high-quality video walls

In the first half of 2015, shipments of ultra-thin bezel displays are up 31% to 558,000 units according to research provider, HST.

However, until now, video wall controllers for public display, control rooms, artistic style video walls and other high end video wall applications continue to be expensive and complicated

Customers want the big impact but can't afford the price tag

Complexity and costs continue to be drags on video wall adoption

How it works

Userful designed a unique solution for extreme simplicity and flexibility

Video wall delivered from one core i7 PC/server appliance in the server room

To learn more, download Userful's technology white paper

Use a PC: Userful software and zero clients

Userful software is installed on a single PC (Core i7 4th Gen/Haswell) that turns the PC into a

video wall controller.

Option to add one or more HDMI input cards to capture content for the video wall (content
can also be played locally or via one of several integrated CMS's)

Each display has a low-cost zero client player

Supports one or multiple video walls (up to 25 screens)

4k source resolutions on video, Flash, HTML5, 3D and 3D games.

Supports screen rotation and non-standard artistic layouts

Centrally configured and managed through a web browser

Supports interactive video walls outputting desktops with native browser or virtual machines

Supports Live TV

Solution managed through the browser

Simple set up & management

The Userful Network Video Wall dramatically simplifies video wall set up and management, eliminating the need for expensive IT support.

Set up in minutes, not hours or even days, unlike other video wall solutions

GUI supports angled rotation of displays as well as mix of display sizes as in this screen shot.

Back up fail-over server can be added to network

Solution managed through the browser-based control center with an intuitive video wall builder. Enables virtually anyone to set up a video wall and manage content sources.

Click here to try our demo yourself.

Variety of content sources for public display

Web pages

Live content streaming in via HDMI via webcast and with v8, broadcast TV

Desktops and dashboards

Managed content (from a CMS)

Pre-set zones intermix a variety of content

Userful can now support preset zones, allowing a mix of content to play in preset zones within the video wall.

In the image below, it's a mix of live TV, real-time web content and managed content from
a CMS

The browser-based Userful Control Center makes it easy to set up zones and switch content between them.

Also supports control rooms andartistic mosaic video wall

Control room feature makes it easy to display multiple content sources for control rooms and visualization applications

Any angle rotation of individual displays as well as support for a mix of different display types and sizes

Click here to watch...

Thank You!

For more information about the Userful Network Video Wall,
please visit userful.com/videowall/

We're here to support you. Contact us any time:

Daniel [email protected]: griffin.daniel250-381-5335

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