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  • BenQ Releases New Pantone Validated Digital Signage

    BenQ Releases New Pantone Validated Digital Signage

    BenQ has launched the SL04, a cutting-edge digital signage display that sets new standards for color accuracy and seamless integration. It is the world’s first signage display to be Pantone® Validated, Pantone® SkinTone™ Validated, and Google EDLA-certified, ensuring vibrant, true-to-life colors. With sRGB 99% color gamut and specialized modes for coding, ePaper, and MacBook users, the SL04 is designed to enhance visual experiences in corporate and educational settings. The display also features 500 nits brightness, anti-glare technology, built-in 12W speakers, and flexible portrait/landscape modes, making it a versatile solution for various environments.

    Beyond stunning visuals, the SL04 simplifies IT management with BenQ’s X-Sign software and Device Management Solution (DMS), allowing remote content management, firmware updates, and device provisioning. InstaShare 2 wireless screen sharing ensures smooth collaboration across different platforms, and Google Play Protect security keeps devices safe from harmful apps. Designed to streamline workflows, enhance communication, and support seamless integration with Google services, the BenQ SL04 is a powerful digital signage solution built for modern businesses and educational institutions.

    BenQ, an internationally renowned provider of visual display and collaboration solutions, today announced its latest display innovation, the BenQ SL04. The SL04 series is the world’s first signage display to be Pantone® Validated, Pantone® SkinTone™ Validated, and Google EDLA-certified and to feature a vivid color gamut and powerful signage content management.

    “When BenQ launched the first Pantone Validated SL Series five years ago, it set a new standard for color accuracy in signage displays,” said Carly Burton-Sallay, senior marketing manager at BenQ. “The SL04 offers unmatched color accuracy with Pantone and Pantone SkinTone validation, along with smooth integration with Google services and BenQ X-Sign for efficient communication across schools and organizations. It empowers users to foster collaboration, improve teaching, and simplify communication, all while making IT management easier.”

    Color Accuracy for True-to-Life Colors and Unlimited Creativity
    BenQ cares about color accuracy. With sRGB 99% color gamut and innovative color modes for various scenarios, the SL04 series offers outstanding color accuracy. In addition, the SL04 offers Pantone mode, which delivers the vibrant hues of the Pantone palette and the nuanced tones of the Pantone SkinTone Guide to enhance color-focused needs. MacBook users will appreciate the M-book mode, ensuring that the colors that are shown on their MacBook are accurately displayed on the SL04. Finally, the SL04 offers Coding and ePaper modes. Coding mode makes displaying code crystal-clear thanks to enhanced contrast and color temperature for better programming and coding lessons. ePaper mode simulates reading on traditional paper by reducing contrast and color temperature and converting images to grayscale, reducing eye strain and conserving energy.

    End-to-End Signage Features and Tools
    The BenQ SL04 was built to meet the nonnegotiable need for digital signage in both corporate and educational settings. With 500 nits of brightness, the SL04 can easily display content in reception areas, hallways, libraries, and conference rooms, and is easy on the eyes with its antiglare screen and low-blue light technology. Managers can maximize the Google ecosystem on the SL04 by connecting USB devices such as a keyboard and mouse for truly seamless interaction. It also offers portrait and landscape modes, two built-in 12W speakers to support audio messages and video, an IR sensor block for unauthorized control from universal remotes, as well as Wi-Fi and USB covers.

    In addition, users can take advantage of BenQ’s X-Sign software, allowing users to remotely create, manage, and display signage content on every BenQ display. The advanced features in X-Sign allow users to push real-time and scheduled announcements and content to every connected BenQ display on the premises. In addition to creation and management tools, X-Sign also blocks unwanted pop-up messages or alerts.

    Tapped Into IT
    As part of the BenQ ecosystem, the BenQ SL04 benefits from BenQ leadership in streamlined management. The BenQ ecosystem makes managing devices, apps, and user accounts simpler than ever to reduce the workload on IT and admin staff. With the BenQ Device Management Solution (DMS), IT admins can manage SL04 displays remotely, including managing device settings and power schedules, updating firmware, installing and blocking apps, and more. They can also quickly provision multiple new SL04 displays by simply scanning the barcode on the box or device to bind them to DMS.

    Seamless Wireless Sharing and Smart Features
    The BenQ SL04 makes screen sharing effortless. With InstaShare 2, users can wirelessly cast their screens without the need for extra hardware. Compatible with Windows, Android, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and ChromeOS, it enables smooth presentations and easy content control through its built-in smart controller. Users can also securely log in via QR code using the BenQ Account Management System to access cloud drives, apps, and bookmarks. Plus, with EDLA certification, the SL04 provides access to the Google Play Store while ensuring security with Google Play Protect, which blocks and removes potentially harmful apps.

  • Made in Europe: PPDS partners with True Performance to bring mission-critical control to new range of Pantone colour certified 4K and 8K Philips dvLED displays

    Made in Europe: PPDS partners with True Performance to bring mission-critical control to new range of Pantone colour certified 4K and 8K Philips dvLED displays

    PPDS has teamed up with True Performance to launch a new range of Pantone Validated 4K and 8K Philips dvLED displays, built in Europe and designed for mission-critical environments. Featuring automatic calibration, near-zero latency, and military-grade security (TAA compliance), this partnership strengthens PPDS’ presence in government, defense, and corporate sectors. The Philips True Performance dvLED displays set a new standard in color accuracy, data security, and video quality, making them ideal for command and control rooms, TV studios, virtual production, and high-end design applications.

    These high-performance displays, which debuted at ISE 2025, leverage True Performance’s groundbreaking Pantone and Pantone SkinTone™ validation for unmatched color fidelity and greyscale accuracy. With automatic calibration performed once at the European factory, these displays maintain precision over their lifetime, ensuring seamless brand representation and visual consistency. Managed remotely through the Philips Wave ecosystem, they offer predictive maintenance and superior content control, making them a game-changer for industries where color precision and real-time performance are essential.

    PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips Professional, is delighted to announce a new technology partnership with True Performance, drawing upon its highly advanced proprietary control system for Pantone Validated colour performance, automatic calibration, and near-zero latency, together with a forthcoming range of advanced Philips dvLED displays, all produced in Europe.

    Trade-ready for government and MOD settings, including TAA compliance, this latest high profile partnership continues PPDS’ focus and commitment to delivering world first and world class ‘total solutions’ in the dvLED market space, adding extensive opportunities and unique capabilities for mission critical environments, where data security and video quality are paramount.

    Founded in 1992 and based in Kassel, Germany – and with an international team and footprint – True Performance specialises in the research, design, development, and production of cutting-edge LED solutions for professional and commercial applications.

    Made in Europe Extending PPDS’ growing portfolio of TAA compliant, military grade secure displays – which includes Philips Signage 4000 Series D-Line and Philips Videowall X-Line – the new Philips True Performance dvLED solution, including both panels and controller, will be produced and calibrated in Europe, further elevating PPDS’

    position as a reliable and trusted trade ready global supplier to a broadening range of markets, including command and control rooms in both the public and private sectors.

    In the US, specifically, the partnership will further open opportunities for PPDS when competing for US Government projects, providing a broad portfolio of TAA compliant solutions to support all executive departments, from Defence, Education, Homeland Security, and Transportation, all the way through to the White House.

    Synched brilliance

    Soft launched at ISE, and setting new standards in visual perfection, with the combination of technologies from both PPDS and True Performance, customers can enjoy up to 7680 x 4320 resolutions, 240Hz frame rates, advanced greyscale and colour fidelity, plus near-zero latency, ensuring optimum conditions for reproduction via camera systems.

    Jeroen Brants, Global Product Director dvLED for PPDS, said: “For this new range we are augmenting the already proven benefits of our leading Philips Unite LED line up with new functionality from True Performance to create a brand new total solution. The production in Europe makes it even more compelling, with our global product managers and technical support based here, and many of our customers requesting a made in Europe solution and TAA compliance. And of course, with the colour accuracy that can now be achieved, it makes this ideal for our partners needing that perfect brand representation, for instance, with Oracle Red Bull Racing.”

    True Performance’s technologies broke new ground in 2024, with the company becoming the world’s first dvLED solutions provider to be Pantone Validated and Pantone SkinTone™ Validated, certifying and ensuring colour accuracy.

    Relied on by more than 10 million designers and producers around the world, Pantone is a recognised leader in colour development and communication, providing a benchmark for colour capability and accuracy on monitors and displays. Pantone SkinTone™ Validated certifies the displays can authentically reproduce a diverse set of skin tones.

    This provides new opportunities beyond command and control environments, equally beneficial for businesses in which clarity and colour accuracy are vital. Where nowadays most imaging is digital in the design and review phase, design studios in automotive (and other manufacturing) showrooms, fashion brands, virtual production, high end conference and board rooms, public venues (such as museums) will

    benefit from Pantone colour accuracy. With near-zero latency, it is also a desirable solution for TV studios, live broadcasting (such as in stadiums) and even eGaming.

    Automatic calibration born in Europe

    Ensuring optimal performance and colour consistency at all times, the new Philips LED displays and control system will benefit from ‘automatic calibration’, a unique and intelligent algorithm and feature that ensures colour calibration is performed just once in the European factory, after which it is automatically adjusted for the lifetime of the product, including for any panel replacements.

    These Philips True Performance LED displays will also be developed to feature remote management via the Philips Wave ecosystem, bringing unparalleled display management and content control, as well as predictive maintenance opportunities.

    Yury Romov, CEO of True Performance, commented: “We are excited to partner with PPDS to bring our True Performance technology into these new Philips Professional Displays. Together we bring a unique proposition into the global market, and we are thrilled to be showcasing these benefits on the Philips stand 3P500 at ISE 2025 in Barcelona.”

    Martijn van der Woude, VP Global Marketing and Business Development at PPDS, added: “At PPDS, we have adopted an open approach to the way we do business. We can’t do everything ourselves and there are some truly fantastic technologies in the market that, in partnership, bring augmented benefits and even greater choice and value to our partners and customers. This technology partnership with True Performance adds new strengths to both our businesses and we look forward to the opportunities ahead.”