A Point-Of-Sale Digital Signage Solution…

…That Does Double Duty As An Industrial/Commercial Display with Touchscreen Option

Searching for a point-of-sale digital signage solution?

Looking for mountable displays with touchscreen for your kiosk design?

Look no further…

Apollo Displays’ POS-Line is an industrial series of monitors with touch option and various controllers like an integrated AD converter, PC or media player. Suited for machine control, kiosk and POS applications.

Apollo Displays’ POS-Line industrial monitor shown with wall mounts

Apollo’s POS-Line monitors are particularly suited for:
• Industrial monitoring and control
• Interactive applications in kiosk systems
• Digital signage and interactive applications at the point of sales

Apollo’s POS-Line monitor shown with mounting frame

Please watch this video – it gives a fantastic overview of Apollo Displays’ POS-Line monitors.

Available as open frame monitors (or with optional bezel), as standard monitor for VESA desk stands or wall mounts, POS-Line displays offer the utmost flexibility. All the base POS-Line monitors are designed as open frame chassis for rear  mounting. The standard Video version is equipped with an integrated graphics controller board with VGA, HDMI (DVI via HDMI) and DisplayPort interface. The IQ version has an integrated PC, the VideoPoster III version has an integrated  network media player. The ultra slim design of the monitors makes them ideal for the installations where size is important. To adapt the monitors to individual project and design requirements, various options are available. The open frame chassis can be complemented by various frames, bezels or protection glasses. For interactive applications, different fitted touch technologies are offered. All monitors, including the graphics controller board and the media player are developed  and manufactured in Germany according to highest industrial standards with built-in reliability to ensure long product life.

POS-Line monitor with optional VESA desk stand

POS-Line Monitor Features:

• Metal chassis
• Solid state drive for PC versions
• Various touch technologies available
• Accessories like bezels and wall mount
• High quality LCD panels with LED backlight
• True-flat protection glass and touch as options
• Graphics controller board , PC or network media player integrated
• Standard VESA mount 400 x 400 mm (all)/ 200 x 200 mm (31.5 inch)

Rear view of our POS-Line monitor with optional VESA desk stand – also displays are the in-wall mounts

Front bezel is an accessory for the open frame chassis. A monitor with front bezel requires a wall mount. A combination of front bezel and touch or safety glass is possible.

Safety glass is an accessory for the open frame chassis and front bezel. It protects the panel from vandalism without increasing the monitor depth.

Accessories:
Multiple options for touches, bezels and protective glasses are available to offer utmost flexibility. Each monitor can be complemented with one or more accessory. For other hardware and software accessories please ask our
sales team. All monitors can be adapted according to your requirements. For other options in hardware, software, design modifications and customized design our sales team is ready to support you.

Various accessories are available for POS-Line monitors. If your project requirements cannot be fulfilled with these standard monitors and options, please let us know.

Remember, we’re always ready to help and  only a click or call (631-580-4360) away.

Case Study: Using the Force – How Apollo Displays Enhanced Star Wars and Indiana Jones Exhibitions

Sometimes, those of us here at Apollo like to have fun and act like big kids – that’s why we were so excited when we were asked to provide TFT displays and controllers to not one, but two, incredible projects just north of the border in Canada.

The first project, titled Star Wars^TM Identities: The Exhibition, was installed at the Montréal Science Centre last year, before being taken on the road for a 12-city world tour. Produced by X3 Productions and made possible by Lucasfilm Ltd., the exhibition is a sensational event that explores the amazing nature of human identity through the magic of the Star Wars universe and its legendary characters.

According to George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, “Since Star Wars takes place in a fantasy world, the characters need to be identifiable so that the audience can connect to them. These larger-than-life characters come complete with friends, enemies, values, and beliefs. This exhibition examines how the Star Wars characters are like us, what we may have in common, and what makes up our individual identities.”

In addition to offering an impressive collection of some 200 objects from the Lucasfilm Archives, STAR WARS Identities is a highly interactive, character-driven adventure into the fascinating subject of human identity, based on the latest scientific research. As visitors travel through the Star Wars universe, they rediscover their favorite characters in a whole new light. And through the magic of cutting-edge multimedia, they will be able to create their very own Star Wars character by combining elements of their own identity with those of their favorite fictional characters. Science-based video clips explain influences about identity. To achieve this multimedia interaction, Apollo Displays was asked to provide over 80 displays, many integrated with touchscreens, to the Exhibition, including; 10.4″, 15″, 22′, 26″ and 40″ Inline industrial chassis mount video monitors, many integrated with either Zytronic or DMC projected capacitive (PCAP) touchscreens, and controlled by our Prisma family of TFT controller boards.

Check out this video for the Star Wars exhibition for a glimpse at some of Apollo’s Inline monitors at work:

STAR WARS Identities will be presented in 12 world-class exhibition venues over the next six years. Last year, the Exhibition opened in Canada (Montreal followed by Edmonton), it will also travel to Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific region.

And the fun for Apollo didn’t end there.

We were also asked to supply displays and controllers for Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology, a world-touring exhibition presented by the National Geographic Society. The exhibition uses the Indiana Jones^TM film series as both a starting point and a backdrop for an exciting and entertaining introduction to the real science of field archaeology. It is sure to enthrall visitors as it takes them around the world in the footsteps of Indiana Jones to 14 sites around the world he explored during his adventures.

Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology is designed to transport visitors into the universe of Indiana Jones while shedding light on the true nature of field archaeology.

To help convey the sense of adventure and wonder, Apollo Displays supplied 18 of our 40″ Inline industrial chassis mount video monitors with PrismaECO-II controller boards that would appear at “archeological zones” spread throughout the exhibit.  Among the highlights  are a collection of gold artifacts from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, in ancient Mesopotamia; a series of nine beautifully decorated bowls and vessels from Nasca, Peru; the world’s oldest known map; and the world’s oldest known evidence of wine-making. The exhibition also features an extensive collection of Indiana Jones movie props, including the Ark of the Covenant, a life-size sarcophagus from the Well of Souls, Mutt’s motorcycle, a crystal skeleton from Akator on its throne, the remains of Francisco de Orellana, the costumes of the leading ladies of all four Indy movies, and the costume of Indiana Jones himself, complete with hat and whip. Each “archeological zone” in  the Exhibition is enhanced by Apollo Displays 40″ Inline monitors playing HD clips from each Indiana Jones movie and providing additional information to visitors.

As always, please contact Apollo Displays and find our how we can create similar solutions for you.

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Data Display Group Adds To Its High Bright/Ultra Bright Lineup

Apollo Displays is pleased to announce that the Data Display Group, the most prominent member of our international family, has added the new 15.4” G154I1-LE1-V549A TFT display to its High Bright TFT lineup. Featuring a highly efficient LED backlight, this new DDG High Bright panel ensures good readability in sunlight/ bright ambient light, while maintaining impressive contrast and deep  color. A wide temperature range makes this TFT-LCD a perfect candidate for outdoor installations.

The Data Display Group’s new 15.4” G154I1-LE1-V549A High Bright/Ultra Bright TFT-LCD is now available at Apollo Displays

Based on the Chi Mei Innolux G154I1-LE1, DDG’s engineers have doubled the display’s brightness to 925cd/m². We also offer an Ultra Bright version with a heat sink, allowing for a higher brightness of 1250cd/m². Thanks to the latest LED chip technology, both TFTs are optimized for low power consumption.

Our SmartLED Converter allows for control of the LED backlight and enables dimming from 0-100%. Together with our Prisma TFT controller (link) and an ambient light sensor (link), the backlight brightness automatically adapts to ambient light, guaranteeing power savings and easy readability.
For further information please refer to the datasheets for the G154I1-LE1-V549A and our SmartLED Converters.

Please click here for an overview on our High Bright TFT displays.

Remember, help and additional information for any of Apollo Display Technologies’ products are just a click or call (631-580-4360) away.

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Case Study: Costa Coffee’s Vending Machine Gets Latest Touchscreen Technology

Recently, Costa Coffee, the world’s second largest coffee bar chain, was seeking a professional display partner to join its elite Team Marlow to develop the world’s first 5-sense “supervening” machine to provide barista quality bean coffee in places where cafés are unpractical or uneconomical.

The Data Display Group, a prominent member of Apollo Display’s corporate family,  was selected to join this elite team of world leading companies, including Costa, Intel, Ferrari-designer Pininfarina, E-Mixpro, Atomhawk, and Global Capital Advisors, among others.

Costa Coffee’s New CEM-200 Marlow self-service Espresso bar uses a customized, fully integrated high definition PC/touch screen solution, developed and produced by the Data Display Group

The resulting system – the CEM-200 Marlow self-service Espresso bar – uses a customized, fully integrated high definition PC/touch screen solution, developed and produced by the Data Display Group specifically for Costa. This system perfectly integrates into the rest of a phenomenal electronics suite built by the team.

You can watch the debut presentation of the concession machine from the National Retail Federation’s Annual Convention and EXPO in New York (held in January) below.

Please contact Apollo Displays and find out how we can customize a similar solution for you.

Free Software for Easy Control of Industrial Mediaplayers

Artista Control Center (ACC) Software

Apollo Displays’ in-house developed ACC (Artista Control Center) software enables playlist creation for our industrial mediaplayers – the DigiPoster and VideoPoster, as well as distributing content to several players via network or USB flash drive.

Click here for more information, manual PDFs and our FREE software download

Apollo’s Artista Control Center (ACC) offers the following advantages:

• Creating and scheduling of playlists
  (e.g. morning: advertising 1, afternoon: advertising 2, night: off)
• Transfer of playlists via Ethernet
• Device Manager for easy administration of all attached media players
• Monitoring for the attached media players with status display
•  Free software

Check out this informative video:

You can download the latest version of Apollo’s  ACC software here.

Please contact Apollo Displays with any questions.

Compact and Extreme – Solomon Goldentek GKTV57NNBG1E0

An LCD Module For Medical Devices, Automobiles and More

Are you seeking a compact, yet durable LCD display for integration into your next industrial machine design?

Need an LCD module for your new medical device design?

Searching for LCD panels that can be installed into automobiles?

Apollo Display Technologies is pleased to announce that we have added Solomon Goldentek’s 5.7″ GKTV57NNBG1E0 TFT display to our product range. This impressive display benefits from its compact design, offering a brightness of 500cd/m² and a wide temperature range of -20°C (-4°F) to 70°C (158°F).

Click image for more about SGD LCD modules and panels

Apollo also offers this display as part of two kit solutions that include all necessary accessories, paired with either with our PrismaECO-III RGB/DVI Controller or with the ArtistaGUI HMI (Human Machine Interface) Controller.

Furthermore, Apollo can also pair this SDK displays with analog resistive or projected capacitive (PCAP) touchscreens per customer requests.

Click image to visit SGD’s page at Apollo Displays.

Solomon Goldentek Display is an LCD/LCM (LCD module) pioneer from China that provides display solutions to original equipment manufacturers worldwide.

From automobile to telephone applications, medical equipment to home appliances, and consumer electronics to industrial machines, SGD delivers superior display solutions.

Apollo Displays offers SGD TFT displays in 4.3″ (10.92 cm), 5.7″ (14.48 cm), and 7.0″ (17.78 cm) versions.

For detailed information on the Solomon Goldentek GKTV57NNBG1E0, please refer to the datasheet or contact Apollo today.

Square TFT Displays – Your Video Wall Solution Awaits

Samsung LTI216XM01

Are widescreen displays (16:9) troublesome for your video wall designs?

Are your engineers looking for more symmetry in their designs?

The solution you seek are square TFT panels and Apollo Displays has just added one from Samsung to its selection.

Samsung’s new 21.6″ E-DID TFT Display LTI216XM01, complete with LED backlight and integrated LED driving board, offers a resolution of 960×960 pixels. With its super narrow bezel and impressive viewing angle, this new Samsung TFT panel is especially eye-catching and allows for striking designs – making it perfect for video walls designs and integration.

Samsung’s new square E-DID TFT display is perfect for video wall integration

Technical features:

• Wide viewing angle v/h 178°/178°
• Super narrow bezel (SNB)
• Brightness: 450cd/m²
• Contrast 4000:1
• Antiglare surface
• RoHS compliant

Contact Apollo Displays for more information about Samsung’s new square E-DiD  TFT display .

Click here to see Apollo’s complete selection of Samsung TFT-LCD  displays.

 

Gorilla-like Protection for PCAP Touchscreens

 Meet the Xensation™ Cover from Schott

Are your touchscreens constantly in need of repair?

Do your employees constantly complain about faulty/buggy  touchscreens?

Are current industrial working conditions (water, dirt, debris, toxic chemicals, etc.) causing the early death of your touch screens?

Apollo Displays is pleased to introduce a new product that has been created to deal with these specific conditions.

The Xensation™ Cover from Schott is a cover glass designed for projected capacitive touch screens with outstanding resistance to breakage and scratches and is a direct competitor to Corning’s Gorilla Glass, which is available only for large volume projects. The Xensation™ Cover  is made from incredibly durable aluminosilicate glass, making it resistant against water, acid and alkali. The glass also has extremely high impact resistance and bending strength, which allows designers and engineers to create thinner and slimmer devices without compromising strength.

Apollo Displays also offers the  Xensation™ Cover with an optional antiglare finish, perfect for outdoor use or under bright lights.  The cover glass is available in myriad sizes, with the thickness varying from 0.5mm to 3mm.

Meet the Xensation™ Cover from Schott

The picture shows a DMC 10.4″ projected capacitive touchscreen with a laminated Xensation™ Cover. The thickness of the touch screen is 2.7mm, the lamination 0.27mm and the Xensation™ Cover is 1.1mm thick – bringing the total thickness to only 4.07mm. At this thickness, the Xensation™ Cover’s protection effect is comparable to a thermally pre-stressed 3mm standard cover glass.

Please contact Apollo with any question regarding the Xensation™ Cover from Schott.

Please click here for more information on our PCAP touch screens from Zytronic and DMC.

Please contact Apollo Displays with any questions.

 

Power to the Engineers – Windows® 8 Configurator for Zytronic’s ZXY100 Series Touch Controllers

Looking for more control over your touchscreen settings?

Have your machine designs been dictated by touchscreen limitations?

Do your engineers seek more creativity, freedom and control to create the products envisioned by your company?

Zytronic, leaders in touch technology, have recently released a new Windows ®8 Configurator for its ZXY100 series touch controllers that will give engineers and designers wonderful new control capabilities over their touchscreen integrations.

The ZXY100 series controllers are already designed for plug-and-play compatibility with the built-in Windows® 7 basic Human Interface Device (HID) driver, which allows for native Windows® touchscreen calibration. The new Windows® 8 configurator now allows users to tune the controller firmware directly, so that touch sensitivity, filters, overlay thickness, etc. can be easily adjusted to suit the individual application.

Furthermore, the Windows ®8 configurator tool has been designed to be compatible with off-the-shelf multi-touch user interface software packages (e.g., Omnivision’s Omnitapp, Nuiteq’s Snowflake); so that the dual touch functionality of the ZXY100 controllers remains intact and usable.

Zytronic has released a Windows ®8 configurator for its ZXY100 series touch controllers

Zytronic’s new Windows ®8 Configurator enables the following settings for the touch screen:

• Touch sensitivity for variable protection overlay thickness
• Upper Threshold
• Lower Threshold
• Resolution
• Flip axis
• Frame averaging
• Pixel averaging
• Pixel stabilization
• Min. touch timer
• Max touch timer
• Set device mode (Mouse mode, stylus mode, etc.)
Please click here to download the Windows® 8 configurator for Zytronic’s ZXY100 series controllers.

For an overview of our Zytronic  projected capacitive touch screens, please click here.

Contact Apollo Displays today with any questions.

Motion-Activated Message Delivery For Your Digital Signage – ArtistaIO

Does your digital signage run non-stop, often playing to absolutely no one? Are you tired of wasting money and energy while trying to advertise your products and services? Would you like to deliver messages to employees without them playing to empty rooms on a non-stop loop?

Do you work in a hospital or medical facility and seek a message delivery system for doctors, nurses, patients and visitors that could be triggered when someone walks into a room or office?

Do you work in an industrialized setting where daily safety messages are of the utmost importance?

Are you a bar or restaurant owner who’d like to deliver personalized messages in your restrooms?

The solution you seek is a motion sensor for your digital signage. No longer do you have to sit by and watch your advertising play to an empty store/room. The latest controller board advancement from Apollo Displays will save you energy and money, while capturing attention with motion-activated message delivery.

Apollo Display Technologies is pleased to welcome a new member to our Artista controller board family – the ArtistaIO.

Apollo Displays’ ArtistaIO Controller Board with optional motion sensor

One of the most anticipated features of the new ArtistaIO board is the optional motion sensor. This motion sensor enables the VideoPoster III to remain in energy-saving standby mode until someone walks by and triggers the sensor (which has a detection distance of 150 cm). Other customized configurations are available upon request.

Additionally, our new ArtistaIO board enables control of our VideoPoster III with external buttons – allowing users to assign actions to system events. Up to 12 buttons can be connected to the interface board for easy handling of the following operations:

• Select playlist
• Start playlist
• Player start/stop
  • Volume & brightness are controlled via playlist

Button functions are programmed with the ACC software via the playlists.

Please click here for more information on our VideoPoster III.

Please contact Apollo Displays with any questions.