[MCN-L] FW: MCN's Northeast Special Interest Group Meeting September 20, 2013

2013-09-17 Thread Janet M. Strohl-Morgan
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[MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls?

2013-09-17 Thread Adam Carrier
Ditto, Koven. We use similar casing to hide displays on flat walls. We always build in access, because in my opinion, the internal/external power supplies are the weakest component to displays and kiosks. If the display fails and you can't get to it, then the aesthetic advantage of embedding the

[MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls?

2013-09-17 Thread George Scharoun
Thank you all for your feedback! With all the different responses, it's encouraging to hear that you all share the same concerns, and would resist embedding a display in a wall with no easy way to remove it. So the issue of older video artworks mostly being 4:3 aspect ratio continues to give me

[MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls?

2013-09-17 Thread Bryan Kennedy
We've had very good luck with ELO's open frame 4:3 monitors when faced with the same issue, of old standard resolution content. http://www.elotouch.com/Products/LCDs/ bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy

[MCN-L] Register for WMA 2013 and Join Us for the First WestMusings

2013-09-17 Thread Lauren Valone
As summer transitions to fall, don?t forget to register for WMA's 2013 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City! Learn more about the 2013 Annual Meeting here: http://www.westmuse.org/conferences/2013_salt_lake_city.html Register for WMA 2013 here: http://www.regonline.com/WMA2013 The museum world is

[MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls?

2013-09-17 Thread Jesse Heinzen
Happ monitors also work well for 4:3 content. http://na.suzohapp.com/all_catalogs/monitors/ --Jesse On Sep 17, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Bryan Kennedy bkennedy at smm.org wrote: We've had very good luck with ELO's open frame 4:3 monitors when faced with the same issue, of old standard resolution