Developed to provide versatile control of both IDS and third-party broadcast systems, the display and control surfaces are for tasks such as production and off-set timing, clocks and tally information, and live visual feedback..

All four run IDS software to display information and alerts about users’ broadcast systems. They feature interactive multi-touch displays and can be deployed to provide ergonomic network control of both IDS and other vendor equipment. Connection to the IDS network is achieved via Ethernet for a quick and stress-free installation process.

The 6.6” IDS TS6.6 is the most compact of the four products with a 1440 x 240 pixel array providing a resolution of 222 PPI. The largest at 16.3” is housed in a steel 2RU rack-mountable enclosure. This multi-touch interactive control and monitoring surface is high contrast, high brightness and high resolution IPS TFT with 1920 x 285 resolution.

Reuben Such, Global Business Director at Densitron IDS, comments: “These new products represent the next major evolution of the IDS touchscreen interface. Harnessing the powerful processing capabilities of the Densitron 2.0 range of products, these display and control surfaces offer superb resolution and outstanding performance. We also believe that they will resonate with a very broad range of existing – and potential – IDS customers.”

While broadcast still constitutes the largest share of the IDS market, pro-AV is also expressing a growing interest for applications in the corporate sector, houses of worship and hospitals.

The remaining new IDS product is the R7 SBC. Incorporating a high-performance AMD Embedded System-on-Chip (SOC) design with powerful dual core @ 1.2 GHz processing and 4GB inbuilt memory, the R7 represents the next generation in IDS media end-points. With multiple I/O options and 32GB storage, the R7 is specified to deliver dynamic content and critical information to displays that are part of an IDS network.