MICROTILES VIDEOS

Christie MicroTiles Customer Feedback Video
During our Christie MicroTiles Global Product Showcase we interviewed some key customers and industry experts to get their feedback on the product. This video has some of the highlights of those interviews.

• Download the Christie Customer Feedback video (MOV file format, 32 MB)

Christie MicroTiles Introduction Video
In the video below, Christie MicroTiles’ co-founders Bob Rushby and Michael Perkins discuss key features and functionality of this ground-breaking new technology.

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Christie MicroTiles SEGD Product Launch Video
Christie officially launched MicroTiles at the SEGD tradeshow in New York City on November 11th, 2009. Below is some video of that launch event.

• Download the Christie MicroTiles SEGD Product Launch video (MOV file format, 9 MB)

CURRENT MICROTILES™ ARTICLES

Christie MicroTiles - The Colbert Report Case Study “The Colbert Report” satirical news and talk show on the U.S.-based Comedy Central network uses Christie MicroTiles to further amplify the visuals on its set, as well as add video to the backdrop. Learn more.. Download The Colbert Report Case Study

Christie MicroTiles - A Sustainable Solution Comparing the sustainability of alternative digital display solutions can be a complicated matter. Several product characteristics impact sustainability. They can be difficult to measure, and their relative importance may vary depending upon the application. Learn more.. Download The Christie MicroTiles - A Sustainable Solution

Christie MicroTiles Content Production Guidelines Interested in developing content for your Christie MicroTiles display? Generate content based on expert advice from the teams that helped launch MicroTiles globally. Learn what works, what doesn’t and why in a quick and easy to understand reference guide. Read the whole story.. Download The Christie MicroTiles Content Production Guidelines

The New Digital Canvas | The History Bob Rushby and Mike Perkins were sitting in a Tokyo hotel bar a few years ago, sipping on single malt whisky and throwing around ideas, when the inspiration for MicroTiles first started to take shape Download The Christie MicroTiles Story

The New Digital Canvas | Whitepaper The bigger something is, the more likely it will be noticed. That formula is particularly true with digital signage – an emerging technology that is still struggling to gain a real foothold in the sectors where it should really thrive: retail and public spaces. Read the whole story.. Download The Christie MicroTiles Whitepaper

Reality Tech by Jeff Grantz In this segdDesign article, Jeff Grantz highlights the newest crop of technologies includes three display solutions that offer unique approaches, performance criteria, and applications. Download article from segdDESIGN

LAUNCH EVENTS

• Integrate Australia
  Horden Pavilion and Royal Hall of Industries
  Moore Parky - Sydney, Australia
  August 24 - 26, 2010
  http://www.integrate-expo.com/
• MicroTiles Launch Singapore
  Christie Digital Systems, USA Inc (Singapore Branch)
  53 Ubi Ave 3 #03-01
  Singapore
  August 31 - September 1, 2010
• ASIS 2010
  Las Vegas Convention Center
  Dallas, TX
  October 12 - 15, 2010
  http://www.asisonline.org/
• LDI 2010
  Las Vegas Convention Center
  Las Vegas, NV
  October 22 - 24, 2010
  http://www.ldishow.com/
• World Expo 2010
  Shanghai, China
  May 1 - October 31, 2010
  http://en.expo2010.cn/
• InfoComm Asia
  Hong Kong, China
  November 17 - 19, 2010
  http://www.infocomm-asia.com/

CHRISTIE LAUNCHES THE NEW DIGITAL CANVAS: CHRISTIE MICROTILES

Breakthrough Modular Technology Unleashes Freedom to Create Virtually Seamless Digital Displays in Any Size, Any Shape, Any Place

CYPRESS, CA – (November 11, 2009) – Unique MicroTiles™ digital display technology that creates a virtually seamless digital canvas in almost any size or shape - and offers spectacular, crisp visuals at any distance - is now available from Christie®, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry.

Christie® MicroTiles™ are modular digital display tiles that can be stacked and clustered like building blocks to create display walls of any shape or scale, using an entirely new, advanced optical design that produces unparalleled levels of brightness, contrast and color reproduction.

With a screen size of 16 inches (408mm) wide x 12 inches (306mm) high, the tiles also feature a shallow depth of only 10 inches (260mm) and require just 2 inches (50mm) of minimal clearance for rear ventilation. Christie engineers designed the MicroTiles to be fully and easily serviced from the front. The tiles are “self-aware” – meaning that time-consuming and costly color calibration needed to keep conventional “video walls” looking uniform, is automatically completed by the sensors built into the MicroTiles.

While the engineering behind the display tiles is extraordinarily sophisticated, walls of tiles are controlled by a simple unit that processes the signal from the most popular digital signage and media players.

Known around the globe for high quality digital projection systems, Christie has had its new tiles in R&D for two years. Technology and visual design experts who’ve seen sneak previews this year have described the system as “one of the wonders of the world in displays.”

“MicroTiles represent a distinct revolution in display technology, that allows users to create their own digital canvas or digital wallpaper,” said Bob Rushby, the co-inventor and chief technology officer at Christie. “With MicroTiles, users can express their creativity and vision, and assemble the displays in ways that have previously been unattainable using current flat panel LCD, plasma or LED walls.”

“Assemble the tiles any way you like, take them apart and re-assemble them in a new configuration, and they ‘recognize’ each other every time and adjust the image automatically,” Rushby added. “Our partners are discovering new ways of using digital display that would have been impossible or impractical before MicroTiles.”

The spectacular image quality and modular flexibility of the MicroTiles system opens up wide possibilities for companies charged with designing and creating large, vivid visual displays for architectural installations, out-of-home advertising, event centers, command and control facilities and retail environments. MicroTiles can easily be incorporated to fit within the physical constraints or opportunities of a building and eliminate all the compromises made when using other display technologies.

“Christie MicroTiles open up a whole new world of possibilities for the various display markets,” Rushby added. “They offer an innovative, visually striking digital solution to deliver messages and make them memorable.”

About Christie
Christie, a wholly owned subsidiary of USHIO, Inc., Japan, (JP:6925), is a leader in visual solutions for world-class organizations, offering diverse applications for business, entertainment, and industry. A leading innovator in film projection since 1929 and a pioneer in digital projection systems since 1979, Christie has an established reputation as a total service provider and the world's single source manufacturer of a variety of display technologies and solutions. With the acquisition of Vista Controls Systems, Corp., Christie offers the most complete and advanced solutions for cinema, live venues, control rooms, business presentations, training facilities, 3D and Virtual Reality, simulation and education as well as industrial and government environments.

For more information contact:

Dorina Belu, Christie
(519) 749-3323
dorina.belu@christiedigital.com

Mario Almonte, Herman & Almonte Public Relations
(212) 616-1190, ext. 267
malmonte@Herman-AlmontePR.com

Christie® is a registered trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
Christie® MicroTiles™ is a trademark of Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
DLP® is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments, Inc.

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Unique MicroTiles™ digital display technology that creates a virtually seamless digital canvas in almost any size or shape - and offers spectacular, crisp visuals at any distance - is now available from Christie®, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry.