Christie expands Velvet Family with Apex Series of Narrow-pitch LED Tiles

    AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, February 07, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Christie, a leader in creating and sharing the world's best visual and audio experiences, today launched its Christie Velvet Apex Series of LED tiles featuring 1.2 and 1.6 millimeter pixel pitches. Part of the Christie Velvet family, Apex Series is designed for 24/7 critical viewing applications including command and control rooms, and high security surveillance monitoring. Apex Series' high impact visuals are also suitable for corporate lobbies, museums, large-scale experiences, as well as indoor advertising and high-end retail applications.

Designed for uniformity and performance using only the highest quality components, each Christie Velvet component is system level certified and tested to meet the most stringent safety and environmental requirements.

Continuing the Velvet design that offers the highest image quality and premium performance, the Apex Series offers increased flexibility with a new slim design, 100 percent front-serviceability, 16 x 9 aspect ratio, native HD and UHD resolutions, micro adjustments, and more. With the highest quality components that are designed to work together, remote/redundant power, and advanced monitoring, the Apex Series ensures peace of mind and uptime.

"Featuring the most efficient use of power, precision output control, advanced monitoring capability and design flexibility, with clear, detailed imagery, Apex Series delivers what critical viewing environments are looking for. Our design also includes the Macroblock Hawkeye Solution Platform for long term image uniformity, quality, and performance," said Nick Fazio, product manager, Christie.

The Apex Series is easy to install, configure, manage and service. The Apex Intelligent Module adds features that make modules 'plug and play,' reducing downtime and reconfiguration requirements.

Apex Series solution features include:
- 16 x 9 aspect ratio
- Remote & redundant power supply
- 100 percent front serviceable
- Slim ADA-compliant design
- Landscape and portrait options
- Advanced monitoring capability (SNMP)
- Apex Intelligent Module, enabling memory on module and more
- Native HD and UHD resolutions
- Micro adjustment capability
- Very low frame delay compared to competition

Apex Series ships in April 2016 with a three-year parts and labor warranty along with Christie's industry-leading customer service and post warranty options.

About Christie
Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. is a global visual and audio technologies company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ushio, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925). Consistently setting the standards by being the first to market some of the world's most advanced projectors and complete system displays, Christie is recognized as one of the most innovative visual technology companies in the world. From retail displays to Hollywood, mission critical command centers to classrooms and training simulators, Christie display solutions and projectors capture the attention of audiences around the world with dynamic and stunning images. http://www.christiedigital.com.

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