Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 May 2009 – Digital signage has taken over the market, providing a more dynamic and interactive display than static posters. LG Electronics in South Africa with its newly launched LG Commercial Division is now able to offer commercial customers, digital signage solutions that only get a dynamic message across but do so stylishly on digital display screens that are unmistakably LG.

The LG Commercial Division, through LG’s global Commercial Division, is able to provide tailor-made digital display solutions that can be placed in a multitude of highly visible sites; inside transportation terminals; entertainment venues; retail outlets, to name but a few.

The solutions vary in size from 32-inch single screen solutions to complete video-walls made up of no less than nine displays. The solutions can also be supplied to offer touch screen functionality, three-dimensional displays, kiosk displays and multiple views on a single display.

LG’s Digital Signage plasma display panels provide superior image display properties and performance. Static image performance is an industry-leading 5000 hours and moving picture performance: 100 000 hours at ~1000 nit. The transflective coating enhances visuals in direct sunlight to 1500 nit brightness. LG is also the only major Digital Signage manufacturer able to offer stretched displays which offer something unique and innovative.

The displays differ from a regular display panel in that through LG’s eZ-Net Manager most displays offer large area network and wide area network control, auto controls and scheduling as well as self diagnosis and wire or wireless firmware updates.

e-Z Net Manager makes all displays on a network easy to manage, control and proactively monitor through a single console. e-Z Net Pro, an advanced software solution for LG Digital Signage Solutions provides additional local video capabilities through the built-in 4GB flash memory and allows the displays equipped with e-Z Net Pro to be used in narrow casting applications and stand-alone applications in addition to network streaming.

Whatever the application, LG Commercial Display Division is able to work with the commercial customer to develop custom digital signage solutions that will take digital signage to next level.