Digital Projection Wins AV Award For XTP‐HD 300

26 October 2009 15.06 BST

The 2009 winners of the recent AV awards were announced at a gala dinner attended by more than 500 people on October 9, 2009, at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Digital Projection won the first award of the evening, taking home the prestigious 'Digital Signage Product of the Year'.

The award honoured Digital Projection for its innovative fireproof, dustproof and waterproof XTP‐HD 300 projector. The fully IP65 certificated projector was originally designed to meet London Underground’s rigorous safety and quality requirements for a cross‐track digital signage projection system. The concept and reality was to replace the old paper posters by creating a flexible and more attractive digital content.

The XTP‐HD 300 is the world’s first purpose designed and built digital signage system to offer world leading DLP performance yet comply with the stringent London Underground safety requirements. Requirements that had to be overcome were such technical challenges as no plastics, fireproof, waterproof and dustproof, a world first.

The installation projects bright digital images across the track onto a mounted screen on the curved tunnel wall opposite the platforms. The XTP –HD 300 provides enough light output for a 6m wide image, keystone correction and geometrical warp control to cope with the irregular shaped screen surfaces, offering HD resolution and an extremely long‐life lamp system. It is also fitted with an integrated media server, and a built‐in IP camera for real time feedback.

To date more than 150 XTP projectors have been installed across the network improving the journey of the 3.5 million people who use the underground system daily. It also offers unrivalled exposure to advertising for some of the worlds leading brands.

Frank Sheehan, AV Awards panellist and, lead consultant and director at Visual Acuity, commented: “Digital
Projection developed a class leading product."

The AV Awards is now in its eleventh year and is organised by the UK based AV Magazine, and independently judged by 15 panellists from a wide range of disciplines.