"At Lightware we are dedicated to innovation and everything is done in Europe", Donald de Witte

At an exciting stage in its activity in the AV industry, with a new brand image and innovation, Donald de Witte, Regional Director Spain & Portugal in Lightware, Analyze the latest developments shown in Ise 2024, with the Taurus product range as a benchmark.

With twenty-five years of activity in the AV market, Lighware He wanted to make it clear in his participation in Ise 2024 Evolution and commitment to its customers and partners around the world, reflected in its new solutions for the corporate sectors, Educational & Events.

This is what he says in this video interview Donald de Witte, Regional Director Spain & Portugal on Lightware: "We are a company Dedicated to innovation and, Very important, we are manufacturers in Europe. All our products, the R+D part, production, Customer Service & Support, everything is done from Europe".

The Hungarian manufacturer's display at the event, whose operations have expanded globally, This is demonstrated by the fact; with cabling solutions, UCX Arrays for the Hybrid Work Environment, Meeting & Learning Rooms, together with a broad proposal for the Rental & Staging & Live Streaming.

In the Cable Environment, The company has focused on new USB-C developments, "With a range that offers a load of until 240 W Capacity, to which are added HDMI cables to cover a distance of up to 50 metre", De Witte points out.

Lightware's expansion into the office space, Meeting & Conference Rooms focuses on delivering solutions designed for hybrid work environments, based on its Taurus range, with the models UCX Dual Screen, TPX & TPN, the advantages of which have been shown in the demos that the company has carried out at ISE Barcelona.

"Depending on the needs of each facility," explains the executive, we have equipment with Dante integration, extenders with direct UTP connection and one of the great novelties in ISE 2024 and which has won in the category of most innovative product at the contest, it's the dual-screen device with a single USB-C cable.".

In teams of Integration for control centers and complex meeting rooms Highlight the line Taurus UCX, that incorporates arrays with local connections, two USB-C inputs, Dante and DSP connection for connections with ceiling microphones Sennheiser and Shure, in addition to having extenders to make remote connections.

De Witte stresses that a very important element of the Taurus UCX is the Lara software, "Which allows us to do all the part of Integration & Automation of the meeting room. As a result,, we can do lighting control with GPIO connections, with motion sensors to automate raising or lowering projectors... all managed through the control panel or using the keypads, always looking for simplicity".

In this sense, One of its star products recognized at the event is Taurus UCX-4×3-HCM40 – Dual screen UCX, a solution of Dual Screen What Redefine room connectivity meetings with a single USB-C cable, integrating advanced features to improve collaboration and deliver an optimal user experience.

Still to be released to the market, UCX-4×3-HCM40's dual-screen USB-C input "is a game-changer in the workspace", as it supports loading of 100 W, a USB3 network card 1 Gbe compatible with various operating systems and the ability to share external USB3/USB2 devices.

The novelty in the rental and staging sector is UBEX, that allows the 4K Signal Extension UHD@60Hz 4:4:4 Uncompressed with Multistreaming No latency, for use on a 10G Ethernet network.

"One of the great advantages of UBEX when we are in a facility and we look to see if we have the receiver or the transmitter, or we don't have enough equipment, is that the same box becomes both transmitter and receiver, with a fiber redundancy that allows us to, Especially in live event situations, avoid the risk of disconnection and loss of signal", concludes De Witte.

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