Displays for every field of application

Displays have long since become part of our everyday lives - both at work and at home. We receive a wide variety of information via displays everywhere: the latest offers, infotainment, but also company and project presentations as well as the contents of seminars and training courses.

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There are suitable display solutions for almost every area of application. We have displays for every area of application and in every price range.

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Displays - The most common application scenarios

  • Information terminals (e.g. doctors' surgeries, hotel lobbies)
  • Interactive displays (e.g. for collaborative work in offices & schools)
  • Advertising screen / video wall (e.g. POS, POI)
  • Guidance system (e.g. trade fairs, museums, schools)
  • Information boards (e.g. shopping centres, airports)
  • Room booking system (e.g. hotels, companies)

What is important when buying a display?

If you already know how and where you want to use displays, then orientation is comparatively easy. There are just a few tips and important technical display features we would like to share with you that you should definitely know.

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Brightness

The brightness of a display is at least as important as its image resolution. As with monitors, this is expressed in candela (cd/m²), or more rarely, in nit (nit). The value of the two units of measurement is the same. This means that 500 cd/m² correspond to 500 Nit and vice versa.

How bright a display needs to be depends on where you want to use it and how strong the ambient light is.

Light intensity
Application situation
approx. 350-450cd/m²Rooms with controllable lighting conditions
 from 500 cd/m²Normal ambient lighting conditions
 approx. 700 cd/m²Strong ambient light, but no direct sunlight (e.g. reception hall)
from 700 cd/m²Very bright environment, direct sunlight (e.g. shop window, outdoor)

Contrast

When we talk about contrast, we usually mean brightness contrast, or more precisely: the ratio between the darkest and the brightest point of an image. The greater this ratio, the more attractive and sharper the image appears to us. On most displays, the contrast is in the four-digit range. Common values are, for example, 3,000:1 and 5,000:1. Generally, many displays are comparable in terms of contrast. Both displays with a contrast of 3,000:1 and displays with the 5,000:1 contrast show a very similar, solid image.

Viewing angle stability

Viewing angle stability is the property of display panels that refers to the maximum possible viewing angle at which the displayed image can be shown to the viewer with little or no loss of image quality. The greater this angle, the weaker the loss of quality in terms of colour representation and brightness. 

Displays with stable viewing angles usually have a maximum viewing angle in the horizontal plane of between 160 and just under 180 degrees.

Runtime

The runtime release is the suitability of a display for continuous operation. The specification for this is made up of the maximum number of hours per day in relation to the duration of a week. As a rule, displays for professional use are designed for 24/7, 16/7 or 12/7 continuous operation. Of course, other specifications such as 10/7 can also be found. In our table, you will find the typical operating times for the respective operating duration.

Runtime approval
Best suited for
24/7Deployment around the clock
16/7Deployment beyond one working day
12/7Deployment during business hours

Connectors

The most frequently used display connections include HDMIDVIDisplayPort and VGA. The HDMI connection is by far the most frequently used in practice. This is because the transmission standard of the HDMI connection is designed for the simultaneous transmission of the audio and video signal. In addition, the HDMI standard also supports the transmission of 4K content. Alternatively, you can also use the modern DisplayPort connection, if available.

DVI and VGA are pure video connections. In addition, the feed via VGA is only analogue, which is why you should rather use an HDMI connection.

Additional connections are interfaces for external control systems such as RJ-45 (LAN) and RS-232 interfaces. Often the displays also have a 3.5 mm jack output and one or more USB ports.

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Mounting

There are usually different options for mounting a display: You can install a display either on a wall mountceiling mount or on a display stand. Depending on the area of application and room situation, you can choose the respective solution.

Interactive touch displays: working in the classroom and meeting room

Touch displays are screens that are equipped with a touch-sensitive surface for convenient operation of the applications displayed on the screen. The advantage of such displays is that they can be operated solely by pointing a finger (or using a stylus).

Furthermore, touch displays are often additionally equipped with advanced touch user interfaces, so that their operation by several users at the same time becomes child's play. There are several touch technologies that can be used in touch displays. In the professional large format display sector, these are mainly IR technology and capacitive touch technology

Capacitive touch displays are generally better and more precise to control than IR displays. However, they are also more expensive and not yet as widespread. Touch displays are interesting and practical for both education and business. In both, they open up the space for better collaboration and thus for faster knowledge transfer. The best example of this is the Samsung Flip.

Videowall displays: The best eye-catcher

Videowall displays are the best eye-catcher. That is why they are preferred for digital signage. Here, several displays are combined to form a larger display area that can be filled with any content: Graphics, videos or animations. It is not uncommon for the videowall displays to have integrated signage players, features for convenient content management and various other functions for individual adaptation on site.  

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Of course, you can also get a 360° display service from us: We will take care of the complete planning and installation of one or more displays for you!

Screen diagonal: What display sizes are available?

The screen diagonal tells you how big a display is. This is usually given in inches or, more rarely, in centimetres. The screen diagonal of the smaller displays starts at 10 inches, the larger ones at around 55 inches. Depending on where and for what you want to use a display, you can decide on a suitable display size.

Displays under 55 inches are perfect for use in almost any room, from a small reception to a meeting room or office. Displays with diagonals over 55 inches are more suitable for larger rooms, such as conference rooms, classrooms, lecture halls or larger reception areas in hotels. Displays with large diagonals are also preferable to smaller ones for digital signage at POS.

Displays with screen diagonals of less than 32 inches are unusual. These are usually found in the form of information stand display solutions in pillars or display housings for landscape or portrait mounting. Information stand displays are excellently suited as media for customer, employee and patient communication.

Typical screen diagonals for displays

Screen diagonal in inches
Screen diagonal in centimetres
32”81 cm
42”107 cm
55”140 cm
65”165 cm
75”191 cm
85”216 cm

Panel type for displays: Which is the best?

There are different types of panels used in displays, but LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panels with IPS technology have become the most popular. Compared to TN panels, which are more commonly used in monitors, IPS technology is characterised by high contrast, colour fidelity and, above all, very good viewing angle stability.

Displays with OLED technology also conjure up a very high-contrast image. Here, the image is generated with the help of organic light-emitting diodes. The picture quality of these displays is outstanding! In addition, the depth of the housing is very small thanks to OLED technology. Therefore, they can be integrated very stylishly in almost any room. However, they are currently only available as signage and presentation displays, but not as touch displays.

Display mounts: For easy display installation

Displays can be mounted in different ways. The most common types of mounting include, for example, mounting via a wall mount, on a display stand or via a ceiling mount.

The right accessories for your display