General
2019 Product Guide
The Digital View 2019 Product Guide is now available for download here.
LCD Controllers
Capacitors & Lifetime
Until recently our standard model LCD controller boards used electrolytic capacitors and the enhanced models for harsher environments used tantalum capacitors. For models since 2017 we have transitioned to ceramic capacitors for both standard and … [more]
Digital Signage
RGBW 2500nit Panel Support
We recently provided the timing support for the ND550EPN-SAGX2-15NA panel. This is a 55″ 1920×1080 resolution LED backlit LCD panel with some interesting characteristics: 2500nit which makes it bright enough for outdoor applications; RGBW pixel … [more]
Accessories
LCD Controllers
DIY Panel Timing
The Digital View “Controller Utility” application for Windows enables users to set and record their own LCD panel timing. Although Digital View LCD controller boards have multiple LCD panel timings pre-programmed and selectable via mini-dip … [more]
LCD Controllers
Monitoring: Video Input
All Digital View controllers enable users to remotely monitor whether there is a valid video input signal. This may be important for many display system applications but most obviously it is important for digital signage … [more]
Software
Remote App for Windows
The new DV Remote App for Windows enables OSD menu control of display functions from an app on a PC display instead of using the OSD buttons. This may be particularly useful where the buttons … [more]
LCD Controllers
AVD-1000 Replacement
Due to the End of Life (EOL) of a main component on the AVD-1000, a PAL/NTSC composite video to HDMI add-on board, Digital View is announcing its EOL from 1 May 2019 and pre-announcing the … [more]
General
Making a Video Wall Monitor
Video wall monitors typically use LCD panels model specifically classed as being for video walls, the main characteristic of these being very narrow bezels, currently as thin as 0.9mm. Furthermore, there are specific video wall … [more]
LCD Controllers
Controller Utility – Update
The Digital View Controller Utility has been updated to version 1.31 to enable users to maintain Hotkey settings when resetting controller defaults. The Controller Utility is a Windows based application for display developers providing a … [more]
LCD Controllers
Monitor Control Apps: Windows, IOS, Android
Here are the user interfaces for the IOS, Android and Windows apps to control the on-screen menus on our LCD controllers via Bluetooth, Ethernet or RS-232. We can provide custom versions of these that might … [more]
LCD Controllers
What is an LCD Controller Board
An LCD controller board is used to convert various types of video signal to a format for an LCD panel. The following graphic summarizes what a Digital View LCD controller board does… As the graphic … [more]
LCD Controllers
Electronica 2018 has started
Electronica Munich has started and it has been a good 1st day… we are showing eDP panel connection, Intel SDM controllers, new 4K controllers and more.
Displays
LCD Panels: Shapes Sizes & Brightness
For monitor and display system manufacturers there is now significant choice available regarding size and brightness. 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios are no longer limitations as there are many models that can be described as … [more]
LCD Controllers
Application Example – Mode Selection SVX-4096
For a recent project using the SVX-4096 and a 4K panel we needed a PC based application to select full screen or quad split mode on the SVX-4096. Here is the GUI application we created, … [more]