This capitalises on the "phenomenal success" of the fully flexible - bends both ways - Pixled F-6 surface that was launched at last year's PLASA.
The design and architecture for the 9mm pitch F-9 features all the same dynamic characteristics that have proved so popular with the F-6 - high resolution, light weight, very easy to build and set up, curvable in both directions - both concave and convex.
F-6 and F-9 modules can be mixed and fitted together if desired in the same quick-lock touring frames. These utilise the rapid hanging and footprint system that has proved such a winner for touring and temporary installation environments.
Like the F-6, F-9 is also available with standard Pixled or super-HD resolution Mitsubishi processing, with highly serviceable and accessible IMs (LED strips) and power supplies, due to its unique tile architecture.
F-9 is calibrated using Radiant Imaging's benchmark VisionCAL system to ensure the best brightness and quality of the LED components. It is also offered with black SMDs.
Pixled F-9 is suitable for both rental and staging applications and fixed installations, and comes with all the quality engineering, tourablity and robustness that is associated in general with the Pixled brand.
Pixled says it is acutely aware of price pressures at the top end of the market, and so the F-9 product is currently offered in two versions without compromising its reputation for reliability and quality.
For high brightness applications the LED panels are populated with 4000 Nit black SMDs, and for more standard uses, there is a 2000 Nit black SMD version.
This additional flexibility enables companies and organisations primarily engaged with rental and staging applications to purchase the 2000 Nit version, representing a considerable saving in initial outlay and a faster return on investment.
The ability to make different shapes from the F-9 also dramatically increases the investment and returns options for rental companies, as they only have to invest once, in one very versatile product for multiple uses.
The current Pixled product range also includes 11 and 15 mm pitch screens, so, with F6 as well, F-9 now elegantly completes the high-to-medium resolution end of the range.
At PLASA 2011, the 2000 Nit Pixled F-9 will be prominent on booth S27 in Hall 2, shown in a curved configuration as well as combined with F-6 product from the European Cross Rental Network.
(Jim Evans)
