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Sony Large Panel Displays deliver remarkable resolution, accurate color reproduction and long panel life.

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Sony offers a variety of accessories for use with our digital signage products.

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Networked HD

The Customer Need

To distribute compelling sales messages.
To achieve maximum picture and sound quality with seamless, professional-grade presentation.
To eliminate the manual loading of content for each individual screen.
To simplify the task of scheduling and programming.
To instantly accommodate fast changing conditions, such as weather, special sales or public safety messages.

The VSP-NS7 Solution

Supports high definition with video playback up to 720p and screen resolution up to full 1920 x 1080.
Supports up to five simultaneous image layers, plus audio.
Layers can include full motion video (up to 1280 x 720p), web pages, RSS feeds, Adobe® Flash® content, Java™ content, graphics and text.
Receives content over Ethernet. No need for tedious, labor-intensive manual distribution.
Allows drag & drop programming from a PC (Required VPSA-D7 software sold separately).
Interrupt function enables users to break into scheduled programming at any time for special sales or public safety announcements.
Centralized programming enables a single PC to control up to 200 players. (Requires VPSA-D7 software and VSPA-D7L50 licenses.)
Provides professional-grade seamless playback with pre-loading of video onto built-in 120 GB hard disk drive.
Supports live streaming of camera pictures from Sony SNC-RZ50N, RZ50P network cameras.
Supports remote monitoring of player and compatible Sony monitors with optional VSPA-M7 software.

Emergency Broadcasting

The Customer Need

To perform double duty: provide promotional information and branding during normal operation and alert information during emergencies.
Colleges need to alert students to emergency health and safety issues.
Nursing homes need to alert staff about healthcare emergencies and evacuations.
The operator interface needs to be one-touch easy -- no training or explanation required.

The VSP-NS7 Solution

"Alert!" software created by Sony Professional Services interrupts scheduled programming with alerts.
Small, third-party network touchscreens (eg. Aurora Multimedia IBZ-840MB) anywhere on the network can trigger any one of a menu of alerts.
Administrators can easily program touchscreen layouts, alert graphics and sounds.
Scheduled programming automatically resumes after the alert is cleared.
Programming can include up to five simultaneous image layers, plus audio.
Layers can include full motion video (up to 1280 x 720p), web pages, RSS feeds, Adobe Flash content, Java content, graphics and text.

Interactive Touchscreen Operation

The Customer Need

For museums, to educate and inform in the most involving, compelling way possible.
For retailers, to serve compelling product information exactly tailored to the customer's needs.
For malls and college campuses, to replace traditional "you are here" maps with a far more informative system that encourages visitor involvement and creates branding opportunities.
To disseminate user-driven multimedia, including HD video, graphics, text, web pages, Adobe Flash animation and audio.
To provide the easiest possible end-user interface -- no keyboard or mouse required.

The VSP-NS7 Solution

USB interface enables third-party touchscreens to communicate directly with the VSP-NS7.
VSP-NS7 responds to the user’s touchscreen selections with up to five simultaneous image layers, plus audio.
Layers can include full motion video (up to 1280 x 720p), web pages, RSS feeds, Adobe Flash content, Java content, graphics and text.
Content can be distributed over the campus network to all the VSP-NS7 players in the system. No need for tedious, labor-intensive manual distribution.
Centralized programming enables a single PC to control up to 200 players. (Requires VPSA-D7 software and VSPA-D7L50 licenses.)

Interactive Touchscreen Operation Diagram

GPI Operation

The Customer Need

For retailers, to trigger selling messages based on customer actions (such as picking up a piece of merchandise).
For museums, to provide content driven by visitor-operated pushbuttons.
For shopping malls, transit hubs and other points of information, to answer routine customer questions at the touch of a button.
To disseminate user-driven multimedia, including HD video, graphics, text, web pages, Adobe Flash animation and audio.
To provide the easiest possible end-user interface -- no keyboard or mouse required.

The VSP-NS7 Solution

RS-232C interface works with external GPI (General Purpose Input) triggers, using simple, costeffective contact closure switches.
VSP-NS7 responds to the user's trigger inputs with up to five simultaneous image layers, plus audio.
Layers can include full motion video (up to 1280 x 720p), web pages, RSS feeds, Adobe Flash content, Java content, graphics and text.
Content can be distributed over a network to all the VSP-NS7 players in the system. No need for tedious, labor-intensive manual distribution.
Centralized programming enables a single PC to control up to 200 players. (Requires VPSA-D7 software and VSPA-DL50 licenses.)

Picture-in-Picture Operation

The Customer Need

For restaurants and sports bars, to display in-house selling messages and live television sports on the same screen.
For amusement parks, theme restaurants and sports venues, to display prerecorded selling messages and live video simultaneously.
To maximize exposure to sales messages while serving the customer's desire for live entertainment.

The VSP-NS7 Solution

RS-232C interface triggers the Picture-in-Picture function of the Sony GXD-L52H1, FWD-S47H1 and FWD-S42H1 monitors.
True Picture-in-Picture (P-I-P) functionality enables the monitor to display two inputs at once, as in live television and digital signage.
VSP-NS7 can be scheduled to switch into Picture-in-Picture mode when the game begins, then switch back to normal operation when the game is over.

FeliCa™ Card Operation

The Customer Need FeliCa Card Operation

For colleges, to distribute electronic coupons for the bookstore and cafeteria to ID card holders.
For employers, to distribute electronic coupons for the cafeteria to ID card holders.
For retailers, to distribute electronic coupons to credit card holders.
For transit systems, to distribute electronic coupons to transit card holders.
To get maximum feedback on coupon distribution, including cardholder ID, date, time, location and message that was playing when the cardholder responded.

The VSP-NS7 Solution

The Sony FeliCa card includes a contactless integrated circuit with memory.
The FeliCa system has been deployed for more than 10 years with millions of cards already in use.
A FeliCa card reader/writer can be embedded behind the bezel of monitor.
When a cardholder touches the card to the FeliCa reader/writer, it can gather information from the card and write coupon information to the card.
The FeliCa card reader/writer can exchange information with the VSP-NS7 via USB interface.
The VSP-NS7 can report back to the FeliCa database PC over the LAN or WAN, so that administrators can keep track of whether promotions are hot or not.

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Training

Since 1970, Sony Training Institute, the industry education leader, has trained thousands of video professional like you on the latest service technologies and production techniques. In addition to offering production and post production courses taught with entirely digital or a mixture of digital and analog equipment, Sony Training Institute provides workshops designed specifically to put you on the right track in your transition to digital.

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