NEC Display Solutions enhances vibrant campus life at University of Warwick through LED video wall
NEC installs 17.5 square metresoutdoor LED screen in university
Munich, 02 September 2013 – NEC Display Solutions Europe enhances student experience with an outdoor LED video wall at the University of Warwick in England. Students, staff and visitors to the University campus in Coventry can now enjoy big screen entertainment following the installation of an NEC LED video wall in their central piazza.
Consistently at the top of university charts, Warwick is one of the UK’s leading universities with an acknowledged reputation for excellence in research and teaching, for innovation and for links with business and industry. Warwick’s commitment to innovation made NEC the perfect partner with its long-time value to helping customers stand out from the competition with innovative solutions and displays.
The University of Warwick envisioned bringing in a digital medium to inspire campus life and its community. NEC installed a 17.5m 2 outdoor LED screen in the central piazza to show live streams of international sporting events, ceremonies, digital arts installations and student films. The NEC 10mm Nichia LED modules deliver excellent uniformity of colour and brightness across the entire screen with wide horizontal and vertical viewing angles delivering up to 6,000cd/m 2 brightness for excellent viewing, even in direct sunlight.
Jonathan Owen, Audio Visual Service Owner at the University of Warwick said: “Following the strategic decision to invest in a large-scale outdoor LED screen, we have already seen significant student support since its installation in June. We chose to invest in the screen to improve the student experience. We are confident that in the new academic year students and visitors will benefit from seeing useful information displayed on the screen, as well as entertainment and art installations being showcased to bring the campus together. The University is also encouraging the students to put forward ideas for ways to use the screen, as well as potentially developing content to be used.”
Jonathan Cooper, NEC Business Development Consultant commented: “Outdoor LED screens are becoming increasingly popular for showcasing events on a large scale. We are seeing the effects of outdoor screens in many sectors and I’m pleased to see higher education is an early proponent. The big screen will pleasantly surprise students coming back in autumn, helping build a community for the undergraduates as well as providing vital information.”
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NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH has its European headquarters in Munich, Germany and is responsible for all business activities in EMEA. NEC Display Solutions benefits from the technological know-how and technologies of the NEC Corporation and, with its own Research and Development, is one of the world's leading manufacturers offering the widest product range of display solutions in the market. The display product portfolio ranges from entry-level to professional and speciality desktop LCDs, via large-size Public Displays for Digital and Retail Signage. The Projector range offers products for all needs, from portable devices via business projectors to products for permanent operation (such as PoS applications) and digital cinema projectors. Bernd Eberhardt is President and CEO of NEC Display Solutions Europe.
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