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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Wacom Announces 19” PL-900 High-Resolution Pen-Enabled LCD

Wacom has announced the PL-900 a high-resolution 19” LCD equipped with a digital pen enabling users to write, annotate and navigate directly with the pen on the screen. Aimed at educational institutions and companies requiring audio visual equipment for meetings, presentations and video conferencing, the PL-900 is an innovative tool, ideal for providing dynamic and interactive presentations or lectures. The interactive pen display also provides an accurate tool to control and operate complex user interfaces. 

With a high quality 19” screen size offering SXGA resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels, the PL-900 is an extension to Wacom’s PL-family and is now the largest interactive pen display in the series. With its bigger screen and its anti-glare treatment, the PL-900 is more comfortable when in use, even over long periods of time.The PL-900 provides advanced video capabilities with the inclusion of DVI-I input and DVI-I output. This means that either an analogue or digital video source can be used. It now also supports analogue or digital output to projectors and displays, so there is no need for an additional DVI-splitter. This plug-and-play feature makes it even simpler to use.

Video scaler is a new feature that supports wide-format input as well as native aspect ratio. Set to standard, the PL-900 has a 4:3 aspect ratio, but when connected to a widescreen laptop or other hardware, it automatically changes to 16:10. Wacom’s patented pen technology provides a natural tool for freehand writing, annotating and navigating directly with the pen on the screen. The ergonomically designed cordless and battery-free pen provides 512 pressure levels and has a programmable double side-switch. The technology of the PL-900 results in a minimised ‘jitter’ of the pen, making cursor navigation faster and more accurate.

Features:

• Good hand-eye coordination
• Faster and precise cursor navigation
• 19“ SXGA LCD screen with anti-glare treatment
• Smooth inclination from 18° to 73°
• Pressure-sensitive pen tip with 512 pressure levels
• Freely programmable double side-switch
• DVI-I-input and DVI-I-output connector
• Pen compatibility with most TabletPC models (all TabletPCs using Wacom Penabled technology)
• 2 integrated USB ports (USB 2.0)
• Fully compatible with Windows and Macintosh applications

Pricing and Availability
Compatible with Windows or Mac OS, the PL-900 is now available. It is priced at £1,249.99 including VAT and comes with a two-year warranty. U.S. pricing and availability has not yet been announced.