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Professional Digital Signage display featuring Android-based OpenPort platform. The display features IPS/Edge LED panel with 16:9, 1920 x 1080 resolution. Bright (500 cd/m?) and high contrast (1300:1, dynamic contrast ratio 50000:1) screen features a response time 8 ms (G to G), Cortex-A9 1.0 GHz (Quad) CPU, 1 GB of memory and 8 GB storage space (USB drives and microSD cards can also be used to expand the 8 GB internal memory storage). Built-in 20 W (10 + 10W) speakers as well as Component/RGB/HDMI/DVI-D video inputs, Serial I/O (RS-232C), microSD card slot, and LAN/W-LAN (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n) complete the extensive feature set. Compatible with Scala Enterprise 11.01 and newer versions!

Scala Inc., global provider of digital signage solutions, announced the release of Scala Enterprise 11.01. This update has 16 new features and 149 enhancements, focusing on the speed and performance of cyclic processes in Scala Enterprise Content Manager, enhanced template design and control in Scala Enterprise Designer and new Scala Player certifications and optimized playback. Scala's digital signage solutions drive more than 500,000 screens worldwide, connecting networks of digital devices to deliver engaging audience experiences.

Scala Enterprise Designer updates give greater creative design and content control for the template designer. Through the enhanced Script Properties dialog, designers can predetermine the selections a user can make, including fixed media sets, pre-filtered lists, default images and language labels, improving users’ overall experience.

Updates to Scala Enterprise Content Manager focus on improved cyclic processes, streamlining the execution of plan generation and plan sealing. APIs have been extended and performance has been improved, now notably faster for larger database changes. Complementing enhancements in Designer, messaging and workgroups have been streamlined and tightened, ensuring users are only viewing relevant information and accessible assets.

PC Player updates feature increased performance for playback, video and HTML5 (Chromium Embedded Framework updated to 47). Additionally, new players have been certified including the high-performance System on Chip Android-based Panasonic AF1 Series, a range of Android-based IAdea players and Scala Enterprise Player for Chrome have been certified.

Also of note is newly added support for video transparency by adding Apple ProRes AP4H video and streaming video via h.265.

The new DaVinci Resolve 12.5 Studio Public Beta 3 includes improvements for point tracking, lens blur performance and strength range, better render cache playback performance on projects with large media pools, as well as general performance and stability improvements. The Studio edition requires a dongle. For users of DeckLink SDI 4K, blackmagic Design also released a Desktop Video 10.6.6 update. It adds support for keying in 1080p50, 1080p59.94 and 1080p60, as well as support for 3G-SDI Level A in 1080p23.93 to 1080p30. The update also provides a bug fix for audio playback compatibility for some monitors when using DeckLink SDI 4K.

We would be happy to see you at our Roadshow 2016 on Tuesday 24.5. We will see you at Železničná 23 from 10:00 and in addition to the all-day exhibition of profi equipment we have preparedthe below program(so you won't be too bored with us :-).

If you're new to livestreaming, be sure to check out the Livestream Learn library and Livestream's next Livestream Learn webinar on May 24 where they'll be reviewing how to use their best-in-class Studio software and hardware to create professional quality multi-camera productions. Learn how companies like Tesla, Microsoft, and Glassdoor use Livestream software to create incredible events. They'll also be taking questions live from the viewers. RSVP now.