Panasonic presents improvements to the Kairos system at ISE 2023

ISE 2023 welcomes important new developments Panasonic, a company that has opted for a large stand in which solutions aimed at immersive museum installations, videomappings, broadcast and collaborative environments coexist in harmony.

Among the main novelties presented by the company for ISE 2023, the series stands out REQ12, and 1DLP laser projector capable of managing 4K resolutions with a power of 12,000 lumens, and the series PT-REZ12, whose resolution reaches up to 1920×1200. Designed as a gateway for staging in interactive and micro-immersive environments, these solutions seek to democratize the WOW effect in museum or corporate settings.

The REQ12 series reproduces 4K images, supports 240Hz projection, and is compatible with system ET-SWR10 Real-Time Tracking Projection-Mapping System to project onto fast moving objects. Its “newly optimized” lenses improve native contrast performance, while the Dynamic Contrast Evolved with a new scene analysis circuit, it better recognizes the light and dark areas of the image. Similarly, the REQ12/REZ12 series has a new range of lenses with a minimum throw ratio of 0.308:1 and a maximum throw ratio of 3.38:1.

The Japanese company has also presented new panels aimed at the business environment: the display TH43cqe2, with 4K resolution, a brightness of 500 cd/m2 and an operating capacity of 16 hours a day, and the touch screen TH50EQ2-PCAP, with 4K resolution, 500cd/m2 and 20 touch points.

In parallel, Panasonic's collaboration ecosystem continues to grow to adapt in a world in which hybrid occupies a predominant role. For this environment, the video conferencing system PressIT360 Panasonic continues to improve to add new display options, extended integration between present in an office and external sources, and integration with the CMZ50 ultra-short throw projectors, which is prepared to recreate an 80-inch panel with hardly any distance from the wall.

Aside from these workflows and innovations, Panasonic has managed to capture the attention of attendees by carrying a sample of the exhibition Frameless from London to the Fira de Barcelona. 3 units of 30,000 lumens and eight of 30,000, with elbow optics that allow the projection space to be reduced, help to recreate an immersive space in which visitors can immerse themselves in paintings by artists such as Klimt or Hieronymus Bosch.

Broadcast solutions at ISE 2023

From the field of content creation, an area in which both ISE and Panasonic are redoubling their efforts, the company has demonstrated how its solutions can occupy the entire technological chain. from production to display.

He Kairos system Panasonic is in charge of managing a 100% IP production that involves the studio camera AK-PLV100, which makes 5.7K resolution available to content creators with a super 35mm sensor and compatibility with both 12G-SDI and SMPTE ST2110, as well as the “next generation” PTZ camera. AW-UE160, capable of communicating with extended formats such as NDI, NDI HX, SRT and the FreeD protocol.

In parallel, Panasonic has presented two new mainframes for Kairos. Both the AT-KC200 and AT-KC2000 offer significantly improved functionality and performance, including many more inputs and outputs, improved video processing performance and greater file storage capacity, allowing the use of many more sources than before for the creation of compelling and complex effects.

AT-KC200, a mid-range model, has many more inputs and outputs (1080i/720p: 64 inputs and 40 outputs / 1080p: 32 inputs and 20 outputs / 4K: 8 inputs and 5 outputs); a 50% increase in video processing performance over AT-KC100; greater internal storage capacity; ST 2022-7 network redundancy to improve reliability in the event of network failure, and a new 4RU chassis provides high airflow with low-speed fans for quiet operation and high performance.

On the other hand, the AT-KC2000, a high-end solution, doubles the input and output capacities of its predecessor (1080i/720p: 128 inputs and 80 outputs / 1080p: 64 inputs and 40 outputs / 4K: 16 inputs and 10 outputs); It has four outputs for the multiviewer; 30% more video processing performance (compared to AT-KC1000); greater internal storage capacity; ST 2022-7 network redundancy, and a new 4RU chassis.