Matrox C900 video wall card powers the IBase SI-61S digital signage player

This display system is made up of nine monitors, in videowall 3 configuration×3, to offer simplified connectivity and dedicated graphics processor.

Matrox Graphics and provider of digital signage PCs and players base from have presented the IBase SI-61S system, composed of nine monitors with the Matrox C900 graphics card, specifically designed for video walls in configuration 3×3 for digital signage applications.

This system features nine HDMI ports for simplified connectivity and a dedicated graphics processor, designed to power all nine screens as one contiguous desktop, with a resolution of 5,760×3.240p.

The new digital signage player, of 18,7 megapixels, maintains the popular Full-HD aspect ratio of 1,78 and delivers nine times the actual pixels of Full HD in digital signage applications, that is to say, 2,25 times more resolution than 4K (con 8,29 megapixels).

Samuel Recine, Director of Sales for the Americas and Asia Pacific at Matrox Graphics, explains that “scaling HD or 4K content to fit on nine HD panels is an economical and convenient way to power 3-inch video walls.×3 that can be seen from a distance.

Among other applications, retailers, casinos and game rooms, transportation agencies, hotels, stadiums,… “they are installing video walls in windows and storefronts so that customers walk past, just a few centimeters from them. At this distance, Scaling effects are visible to viewers and feed each screen of a 3-inch video wall.×3 at its original resolution it is unbeatable for visual acuity, very sharp lines, image clarity etc”, Recine points out.

Based on 7th generation Intel Core desktop processors, The new IBase SI-61S “is an amazing digital signage hardware solution for video wall applications,” says Jackson Mao., vp. from the product planning division of Ibase-. We are excited to introduce this system, powered by a Matrox C900 PCI Express x16 graphics card, supporting nine outputs with the best display density and performance”.

The Matrox C900 card also supports video wall software expansion, including support for MuraControl and the NetAPI video wall development API, both from this manufacturer, and with a wide range of Matrox-compatible third-party video management and control suites. The IBase SI-61S system was recently presented in Las Vegas, during the Digital Signage Expo contest (DSE) 2018.