SUPER PC™ Graphics and Multiple Monitors

Vigilant Range of Multi-screen Data/Video Wall Controllers

The Vigilant line of graphic cards provide high level multi-screen capabilities for complex data/video wall applications or multi-screen desktop applications. Using multiple Vigilant cards it is possible to spread the Windows® desktop across 36 screens. The construction of the multi-screen system can be arranged in any rectangular format e.g, 1×4, 4×1, 2×2 etc… The Vigilant-Plus and the Vigilant-Pro provide options for video overlays.

Vigilant – Quad Card

• Four port graphics adapter.
• Four 64bit Savage4-PRO graphics processors each with 16MB of memory (Total 64MB).
• Four DVI outputs.  Each supporting up to 1280 x 1024 (digital) or 1600 x 1200 (analog).
• Up to nine Vigilant cards can be used to support a maximum of 36 screens from a single PC. 

Vigilant-Plus Graphics Card

• As well as all the above specifications, the Vigilantplus   provides high quality video overlays enabling the display of live video sources.
• Four high quality video overlays.  (one per screen)  Overlays can be sized and positioned anywhere on the wall. (Only one video overlay per screen)
• Four composite video inputs using the VIM option. (Video Input Module)
• Increase the number of video inputs to 16 or 32 by using the range of Vision Switch cards.
• Supports PAL, NTSC and SECAM
• Nine Vigilant-Plus cards can be used to support a maximum of 36 screens and 36 video overlays from a single PC.

Add on options:  VIM or the VxSwitch. VIM (Video input module)
 

Vigilant-Pro Graphics Card

• The Vigilant-Pro   has all the specifications of the Vigilant-Plus  and in addition:
• The Vigilant Pro is only required if you need multiple overlays by also ordering the Avant 9 channel video overlay card.
• 4 Digital video inputs for connection to the Avant card. The Avant card, combined with the Vigilant-Pro, allows up to 9 video overlay windows per screen.  A maximum of 4 Avant cards per Vigilant-Pro.  (See Avant product details)
• Add on options:  Avant, VxSwitch. and VIM.NOTES:
  1. If more than 5 cards need to be installed then please see the IPC-X13 19″ PCI expansion unit.
  2. It is also possible to retain your existing VGA card within the system, in this case the existing VGA card will be the primary monitor that Windows will boot-up on, the task bar will only be present on the primary monitor. The desktop will also be on the Vigilant videowall, and applications can be dragged to any screen/s. Video overlays will only work on the Vigilant screens.

• Special multi-screen display drivers for Windows® 2000, Windows® XP and Windows® Vista.  The display driver presents one large desktop to Windows® and will support up to 36 screens.
• A standard native Windows® 2000/XP drivers that will support up to 6 screens.
• VigiControl software.  The control software enables you to configure your multi-screen system, launch video overlay and create a wall layout configuration.  Layouts can be saved and recalled.  The VigiControl presents a representation window of the entire display wall showing the position and size of video overlay windows, RGB windows (If used with a PhynxRGB product) and control dialogues for VxSwitch.  The VigiControl can also be operated on a remote PC via a network connection which allows remote control of the multi-screen system. 

Cables supplied with the Vigilant series. Note: If DVI cables are required then add “DVI” to the part number.

• Professional-grade LCD panel and components
• 1360 x 768 WXGA native resolution in true 16:9 aspect ratio, maximum brightness of 700 cd/m2 and typical contrast ratio of 3000:1
• Ground-breaking ultra-narrow bezel of 7.3 millimeters (screen-to-screen)
• TileMatrix^TM technology (up to 100 displays)
• Built-in expansion slot
• Optional SpectraViewII^TM Color Calibration Solution
• Network Control and Communication
• Optional Wall-calibrator video wall calibration solution

Our Price: $12,995.95 

• Premium-grade panel with additional thermal protection
• Enhanced Digital Signage Technology Suite
• TileMatrix allows you to create video walls (up to 10 x 10 displays) with enhanced setup features
• Copy function allows you to apply the settings from one display to all others
• Digital Factory PerfectAlign^TM Mounting System
• Extron® cables are premium quality and provide uncompromising high-resolution signal distribution
• Tripp Lite Isobar6 surge suppressor features six outlets and $50,000 ultimate lifetime insurance

Wall Calibrator

The NEC Display Wall Calibrator allows the user to automatically adjust multiple displays used in a video wall so that the color characteristics closely match, thereby creating the visual illusion of a single large display.

XtraView

Delivers wide viewing angles of up to 176º horizontally and vertically (up to 88º up, down, left and right) with less color shift and without any glare, reflection or distortion.

Rapid Response

Provides for uninterrupted display of full motion video with response times as quick as 4ms. It delivers streaming video without noticeable ghosting or blurring, while achieving as many as 250 frames per second (fps). This remarkably quick motion makes displays better than ever for gaming and video applications such as presentations and streaming web video.

CableComp

For analog inputs only. Corrects for input signal distortion caused by long cables and low output levels of video cards.This technology uses a digitized signal delay circuit to automatically compensate for each red, green and blue cable’s length and video signal delay, ensuring sharp image reproduction.

NaViSet

This software offers an expanded and intuitive graphical interface allowing you to more easily adjust display settings via mouse and keyboard. The administrator version utilizes the monitor’s advanced control and diagnostics capabilities to provide IT professionals with remote access to monitor settings over their existing network. For more information please click here.

TileMatrix

Allows you to build video walls of various configurations through the advanced OSD.

TileComp

Designed to work in tandem with Tile Matrix on NEC monitors. TileComp automatically adjusts for the width of the monitor bezels to compensate for geometrical distortions. However some data on the screen will be lost in the area of the bezels.

SpectraView II

Featuring state-of-the art calibrator and software, the Spectraview II color calibration solution helps deliver accurate, consistent and repeatable color performance. Performs hardware monitor calibration and generates ICC profiles that can be used with graphics software. SpectraViewII information page.

Full HD

Image resolution of 1920 x 1080 with Full HD 1080p capability

DSTS

30+ advanced features that enhance display management, improve screen performance and lower total cost of ownership.

PIP

Picture in Picture allows for a second frame within the screen area

POP

Picture-on-picture surrounds the standard frame with multiple frames

Video Wall / Multi Screen Controllers with or without Real-Time Video Overlays

A Video/Data wall makes it possible to view all information on a virtually large high resolution display comprising of many “smaller” screens using Plasma/LCD/Projectors or normal CRT Monitors. The entire video/data wall will act as one large Windows desktop, hence applications can be launched and placed onto any single or combination of screens if not fully maximized onto all available screens. The source of the displayed objects can be data from your PC, e.g. PowerPoint Presentation, Flash, internet browser, Graphical Data/Charts, Share index’s, Control room data etc.

The displayed objects can also be combined with external live video HDMI/DVI/VGA or component using our XtremeRGB-Ex1, XtremeRGB-Ex2, XtremeRGB-Ex4 or PhynxRGB cards, for Composite or Svideo the XtremeRGB-Ex4+ or the XtremeRGB-Ex8 can be used. All XtremeRGB cards can be mixed & matched. The source video can be from Sky Set-Top box, DVD, Camera, Web Cam, Aerial Cartography, Medical training/teaching, Network Surveillance, Telecommunications, Video Conferencing, VGA captured from other PC’s and many more applications.

The Vigilant and Vigilant-X range of graphic cards provide high level multi-screen capabilities for complex data/video wall applications or multi-screen desktop applications. Using multiple Vigilant cards it is possible to spread the Windows® desktop across many screens:

• XtremeVision: NEW!, PCIe Video/Graphics Controller, 1920×1080@32bit, up to 40 screen support
  For Live Video insertion any of the XtremeRGB cards can be used for HDMI/DVI/VGA/Component or Composite/Svideo.
• Vigilant series: up to 36 screens (supports 4 x VGA or DVI Screens) VGA: 1600 x 1200 or 1920 x 1080, Four DVI outputs, each supporting up to 1280 x 1024 or 1400 x 1050.
• Vigilant-X series: up to 64 screens (supports 4 x VGA, DVI, composite, Svideo or HDTV Screens) VGA: 2048 x 1536, Four DVI outputs up to 1600 x 1200 and 1920 x 1080 with reduced blanking, also support for 1400 x 1050 resolution .

The construction of the multi-screen system can be arranged in any rectangular format using multiple cards e.g., 1×4, 4×1, 3×3, 2×2, 6×2, 1×12, 1×8, 5×5, 8×8 etc…

i) XtremeVision, PCIe, by using multiple cards extend your PC desk top up to 40 screens.
- Any or all combination of the XtremeRGB PCIe capture cards can be used for video insertion with multiple windows for simultaneous acquisition.

a) Vigilant, by using multiple cards extend your PC desk top up to 32 screens.
b) Vigilant-Plus as ‘a’ above plus 4 extrenal video overlay.
c) Vigilant-Pro as ‘a’ above but requires the Avant-9 video overlay card for up to 9 composite or Svideo inputs
d) Vigilant-SQ, as ‘a’ above but requires the Avant-SQ16 video overlay card for up to 16 composite or Svideo inputs

e) Vigilant-X, extends your desktop over a maximum of 64 screens
f) Vigilant-Xplus, as ‘e’ plus 4 external video overlays, included on-board 16×4 video input matrix switch.
g) Vigilant-XSQ, as ‘e’ above but requires the Avant-SQ16 video overlay card for up to 16 composite or Svideo inputs

h) iVu, Standalone 2×2, 1×4 or 3×3 screen standalone video wall controllers for Plasma/LCD/Projectors or analog monitors.

Note: for items c, d & g, each Vigilant-SQ or XSQ 4 channel graphics controller can connect up to four Avant-16 video overlay cards, in this basic configuration it would be possible to have 64 video overlay windows over your virtual desktop (16 per Vigilant screen). Installing two Vigilant cards with eight Avant-16 cards will enable up to 128 video overlay windows – all live and in REAL-TIME!

Related Products:

• VxSwitch : video/audio matrix switch
• Avant-9 : 9 channel video overlay (requires the Vigilant)
• Avant-16 : 16 channel video overlay (requires the Vigilant-X)
• XtremeRGB / PhynxRGB: DVI/VGA/RGB capture card
• iVu Standalone Video Wall Controllers

For Video Data Wall control software see VigiControl
For multiple PCIe slots see the PCI-Express9 backplane
For Complete System Build see the XtremeIPC-x9

Introducing the XtremeRGB-Ex1 for HDMI / DVI / VGA or RGB Capture, Display or Broadcast (Stream)

XtremeRGB-Ex1 (PCIe) HDMI / DVI / VGA Capture [ XtremeRGB-Ex ]

• Single channel DVI/VGA capture card (PCI-Express) 
• Four Lane PCIe bus with a maximum data rate of  480MB/sec 
• Maximum analog RGB capture resolution of 2048 x 1536 x 24bit 
• Maximum DVI capture resolution of 1920 x 1080 x 24bit (1920×1200 with reduced blanking) 
• On card processor for real time mode and sync detection 
• Support for multiple cards allowing up to 32 capture channels. (32 cards) 
• Direct DMA driver software and Streaming driver 
• High quality down scaling 
• Support for YUV 4:2:2, RGB 5:5:5, 5:6:5 and 8:8:8 video formats 
• High performance DMA to system memory or direct to graphics memory with scatter gather 
• Support for separate H/V sync, Composite sync or Sync on Green  
• 16 cropping windows per capture channel 
• Includes WDM streaming drivers and the EMS XtremeRGB application software. 
• Fully integrated with the EMS Wall Control software for video wall applications.     
• XtremeRGB-Ex1 is also optimized for operation with the EMS range of graphics cards. 
• Windows® XP Professional, Windows® Server 2003, Windows Vista®, Windows® Server 2008 and Windows® 7 (x86 and x64 Operating Systems)
• EMS SDK & Directshow samples are also included for software developers.

The XtremeRGB-Ex1 captures the display output (component HD, HDMI, analog RGB or single link DVI) from one source and then displays it as an independent application on your display screen.  This is done in real time, enabling you to view data from PCs, MACs, industrial/medical equipment, cameras and other video equipment. 

Typical applications include:  

• Viewing Analog or DVI sources from PCs, MACs,
• Industrial & Medical equipment
• Cameras and other video equipment. 
• Recording Analog or DVI video sources. 
• Streaming video applications. 
• Video/Data Wall Controllers.  

RGB Streaming:
For streaming applications, the XtemeRGB-Ex1 can be used with Directshow applications such as Windows Media Encoder / VLC etc… to compress and stream captured video. To replay the video, use Windows® Media Player. Any application compatible with Windows DirectShow technology can use the XtremeRGB-Ex1 due to its built-in WDM support.

XtremeRGB Software:
The XtremeRGB is supplied with a powerful software application for configuring the timing and format of the input sources and displaying the data. Simply connect your external DVI or Analog source into the card, run the XtremeRGB application to automatically detect the video source format and display the captured video in a window on your desktop. You can also use the software application to record and capture the Analog data at high frame rates and play it back using the EMS XtremeRecorder and XtremePlayer applications. The captured video data is displayed in a desktop window with/without menu/borders. The captured display can be resized up/down, overlapped and/or maximized to full screen display. For multi-channel capture display simply run the application multiple times and choose the appropriate input channel to display.

PhynxVCR
For DirectX WDM drivers we also offer our PhynxVCR digital recorder, similar to the Windows Media Encoder for AVI recording but with a more user friendly interface. The PhynxVCR can record the incoming analog/DVI video and the on-board audio together into an ‘AVI’ file. The recorded file can be uncompressed or compressed using whatever codec’s that are installed within the Windows Media System.

Hardware Overview:
The XtremeRGB-Ex1, a standalone PCIe x4 plug in card, delivers extreme performance with 480MB/s transfer bus bandwidth. This high industrial performance makes the XtremeRGB series ideal for a wide range of applications.
The XtremeRGB-Ex1 has one capture channel supporting up to 1920×1080 DVI (1920×1200 with reduced blanking) or 2048×1536 VGA resolutions.  The XtremeRGB-Ex1 captures the Analog/DVI data and triple buffers it into onboard storage.  This data is then copied using Direct Memory Access (DMA) to the host system for display, storage or streaming.  The included application includes option to either transfer video data direct to the graphics card thereby increasing performance or to transfer video data to the graphics card via system memory.

Models XtremeRGB-Ex1  -   A single channel PCI-Express capture card.
Models XtremeRGB-Ex2  -   A dual channel PCI-Express capture card

Specifications:

• Board Format:  PCI-e x4 low profile card, 68.9mm x 167.6mm PCI-e bus master with scatter gather DMA providing maximum data rate of 480Mb/s 
• Connectors:  ONE DVI-I type connectors 
• Maximum Sample Rate:  170Mpixels per second analog RGB or 165 MHz DVI Analog modes up to 340MHz pixel clock can be captured using dual-pass sampling  :
•  RGB:  24 bits per pixel / 8-8-8 format 
• Video Capture Memory:  32 MB, triple buffered 
• Analog RGB Mode Support: 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1920×1080, 2048×1536, custom modes 
• DVI Single Link Mode Support: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200, 1920×1080, custom modes (HDCP not supported)
• Input Mode Detection: Automatic detection of input modes in hardware, enabling the tracking of mode changes in the source signal.  Pixel Output Formats: RGB:  5-5-5, 5-6-5 or 8-8-8 pixels. YUV:  4:2:2, UYVY, YUY2, YVYU  
•  Update Rate: User defined, typically 60 frames per second, limited by available PCI-Express bandwidth max 480MB/s. Triplei-buffered to eliminate tearing artifacts 
• Video Format Options: Analog RGB plus HSync and VSync (5 wire),  Analog RGB with Composite Sync (4 wire),  Analog RGB with Sync  on Green (3 wire). -> Progressive.   DVI Single Link.  
• Operating System Support Windows® XP, Windows® Vista and Windows® Server 2008 (x86 and x64)
• Power Requirements: Max current at +3.3V – 0.25A, Max current at +12V – 1.2A, Max power –  15 Watts. 
• Operating Temperature: 0 to 35 deg C. 
• Storage Temperature: -20 to 70 deg C.  5% to 90% non-condensing.
• Anbalog input range: Min 0.5Vpp Max 1.0Vpp
• Input Offset: +/- 2V
• Hsync: 15Khz – 110Khz
• Vsync: no hardware limits, typ. 25Hz – 200Hz for real signals
• Separate Sync  Polarity: Positive or Negative. ( Separate H & V sync, Composite Sync)
• Sync on Green Polarity: Negative
• Inputs: 75 Ohm Terminated

HDMI, DVI, VGA or RGB CAPTURE, DISPLAY, RECORD OR STREAM OVER LAN / WAN

Many applications require the ability to display, capture, and/or stream HDMI/DVI/VGA or RGB source data taken from various sources such as the output of Windows, Linux, UNIX or MAC PC’s, Embedded systems, Medical Equipment, Games consoles and other Scientific or Lab equipment etc.

1. XtremeRGB-Ex1 & 2, PCI Express card, single and dual channel, supports HDMI/DVI/VGA Input Sources. Capture resolutions up to 2048×1536 Analog or 1920×1080 DVI (1920×1200 with reduced blanking).
2. XtremeRGB-Ex4+, PCI Express card, 1x HDMI/DVI/VGA/Component Input  and 4 x Composite/Svideo capture.
3. XtremeRGB-Ex8, PCI Express card, 8 x Composite/Svideo capture.
    
4. XtremeRGB-II, PCI-X 64-bit card dual channel only, supports HDMI/DVI/VGA Input Sources. Capture resolutions up to 2048×1536 Analog or 1920×1080 DVI (1920×1200 with reduced blanking).
5. PhynxRGB , PCI card, single and dual channel, supports VGA or RGB up to 1600×1200 resolution.

**The dual channel cards have two independent channels for dual capture (not multiplexed). Multi-Card support, all the XtremeRGB cards can also be used with our XtremeVision multiscreen/Videowall controller.

The PhynxRGB & XtremeRGB is supplied with the following:

• RGB application for capture/display/record/playback into our own file format
• Software Development Kit for own program development, with source code example.
• WDM streaming drivers for use with Windows Media Encoder, and other third party software with DirectX WDM support.
• PhynxVCR, video/audio recorder software for use with the WDM Streaming drivers

RGB Streaming

For streaming applications we have included the DirectX WDM drivers for both the XtremeRGBs & the PhynxRGB cards, these can be used with the Microsoft Windows Media Encoder to compress, display/record and/or stream captured video over LAN/WAN. The WDM drivers can also be used with VLC, VirtualDub, Adobe Flash Encoder or any other 3rd party software with WDM support.

PhynxRecorder/Player & XtremeRGBRecorder/Player

• Record and playback DVI/HDMI//VGA/RGB data at high frame rates.
• Adjustable compression control for increased storage capacity.
• Noise reduction control for improved image quality.
• Recording rate selection in frames per second/minute/hour.

StreamPix (seperate purchase)

• High Speed, high resolution Digital Recorder, StreamPix guarantees no image drops when acquiring a sequence.
• Record live un-compressed or compressed video directly to your PC’s RAM or hard disk drive in real time at up to 625 Mbytes/second
• After acquisition, convert images directly to common image formats such as bmp, tiff, and many others.
• Multi Card support for up to two dual channel cards