Lighthouse Technologies Announces R6 LED Screens at NBA Draft 2006.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Lighthouse Technologies Limited today announced two R6-III LED screens, using ANC ANC abbr. African National Congress ANC African National Congress: South African political movement instrumental in bringing an end to apartheid ANC n abbr (= Sports Enterprises' VisionSOFT interface, were featured during the live ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network telecast of the 2006 NBA Draft The NBA Draft is an annual North American event in which the National Basketball Association's (NBA) thirty teams (29 in the United States and one in Toronto, Canada) can select players who wish to join the league. at the Theater at Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference on June 28, 2006. The R6-III is the latest generation of Lighthouse's 6mm LED (Light Emitting Diode See LED. ) modular display panel, their most popular LED display monitor, projecting the highest quality stunning images available anywhere. ANC Sports Enterprises has provided the NBA Draft with LED technology since 2002 and aligned with Lighthouse Technologies to display the new 6mm LED display on Wednesday night. ANC provides signage technologies for various NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= events, including the 2006 All Star Weekend. "We are thrilled at being part of this very exciting event," said Mark Chan Mark Chan (born 1968) is a Singaporean composer, recording artist, singer, instrumentalist, poet and painter. He is recognised as one of Singapore's premier composers, particularly for his unique blend of Eastern and Western styles of music. , Managing Director for Lighthouse Technologies Limited. "The R6-III is perfect for on-camera use because it maintains good contrast ratio for the cameras to read, even when the brightness level is adjusted for ambient lighting Light that comes from all directions. Contrast with "directional lighting," which is made up of a light source with parallel light rays that do not diminish with distance. Also, contrast with "positional lighting," in which the rays are not parallel, but diminish in intensity from the ." The NBA utilized the state-of-the-art signage system to intrigue the crowd and television audience through vibrant animations of NBA team logos. The LED displays have excellent resolution and picture quality. When the first selection of the draft was announced, two Lighthouse Technologies' LED screens in a 10.5' by 3.5' format highlighted the Commissioner's podium. Throughout the Draft, ANC Sports Enterprises operated the displays with VisionSOFT, the first 3D interface capable of operating multiple display technologies in real-time through one console. The R6-III has computer-operated fan controls which allows the fans to be turned off when silent operation is critical to an event, new kingpins to tighten screen alignment, reduced noise in the low brightness level, and new electronics that increase communications speed. About R6-III --Brightness: 3000 nits --Pixel Pitch: 6.67 mm --Processing depth: 14-bit --Horizontal viewing angle: 140 degrees wide (50% brightness) --Video frame rate at 50/60 frames per second --Panel weight: 70 lb (32 Kg) --Panel dimensions: 2.1' x 1.57' (.64 m x .48 m) About Lighthouse Technologies Lighthouse Technologies Limited is a leading LED technology developer, manufacturer and global supplier of state-of-the-art LED modular video panels, which can be assembled into large scale video screens for indoor and outdoor use. Specializing in the research and manufacture of LED video screens, Lighthouse has its own intellectual properties with more than 10 active patents worldwide and is committed to remain as the premier creator of intellectual property value. The company's LED components, panels and complete video systems undergo stringent quality control with power-on, burn-in processes at ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001 and ISO 9001-certified manufacturing plants. Its products have won several international awards, among them, the IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention Exhibition Design Award 2005, the Best-In-Show Award at InfoComm 2005, the Best New Product Award at the National Association of Broadcasters 2002 (NAB) show and the Good Buzz award at InfoComm 2004, the Technological Achievement Certificate of Merit in the 2003 Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. Awards for Industry as well as the prestigious Consumer Product Design Award and the HKITCC Certificate of Merit in Technological Achievement in the 1999 Hong Kong Awards for Industry. Lighthouse was also recognized as one of the Fastest Growing Technology Companies in the 2002 Deloitte Technology Fast 250. Lighthouse operates worldwide, through sales offices and technical support teams in the United States, Canada, South America, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.lighthouse-tech.com. About ANC Sports ANC Sports Enterprises, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a full service marketing company, specializes in providing complete signage solutions that generate maximum sponsorship and advertising revenue while enhancing the overall fan experience. ANC Sports and its divisions: ANC Technologies, ANC Design, and ANC Marketing, offer Light Emitting Diode (LED), rotational and fixed visual displays; advanced media control systems; signage operation and maintenance; marketing consultation; graphic design; and printing production. ANC Sports provides signage solutions for 150 plus venues/stadiums in North America. For more information on ANC Sports, please visit its web site at www.ancsports.com. |
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