Isys i/O ingeniously integrates touchpanel control with embedded PC functionality, delivering a unified solution for controlling AV and home automation, browsing the Internet, and streaming digital media. Incorporating modern styling in a versatile flush mount design, the TPMC-17-CH-L Touchpanel Media Center features a spectacular 17" WXGA widescreen display offering an extra wide viewing angle with exceptional brightness and contrast for stunning control graphics, high-res images, embedded PC applications, and full-motion HD video.
Enhanced Touchpanel Control—In every sense, the TPMC-17-CH-L is a true Crestron touchpanel, offering vibrant 24-bit color depth with 8-bit alpha channel transparency to produce incredible 3D graphics using new dynamic menu objects, dynamic graphics, full-motion animations, multimode objects, PNG translucency, and exclusive SynapseTM image rendering – all with astonishing speed. But more than a touchpanel, the TPMC-17-CH-L is also a dynamic resource for managing routine online tasks and enjoying streaming music and video, and a high-resolution video monitor with performance rivaling the best LCD flat-panel displays available.
Embedded PC—The power of Isys i/O is in its embedded PC engine, combining rock solid touchpanel performance with enhanced capabilities for surfing the Internet, streaming digital media, and viewing online documents. Running the Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded operating system, Isys i/O delivers a powerful and secure platform for touchpanel control with integrated PC functionality. Programmatic control erases the lines between control system and PC, allowing programmers to customize each application's behavior within the touchpanel environment to create a truly powerful and user-friendly interface.
With built-in Windows Media® Player, RealPlayer®, and Internet Explorer, plus viewers for Word, Excel, PowerPoint®, and Adobe® Acrobat®, the TPMC-17-CH-L provides everything needed for viewing Web pages, enjoying online music and movies, and downloading documents without necessitating a separate computer. You can also access data and run applications on other computers via Remote Desktop, and use NetMeeting® and SkypeTM for interactive conferencing and voice-over-IP (VoIP) communications – right on the touchpanel. Plus, support for Yahoo! Widgets affords an easy solution for integrating everything from calendars and clocks to stock tickers, weather forecasts, news feeds, and thousands of other fun and useful utilities.
Dual-Window HD Video2—In addition to its internal
PC and streaming video applications, the TPMC-17-CH-L can also simultaneously display two fully-scalable, full-motion video windows. Each window supports standard video and HDTV formats from external sources. Discrete video scalers with motion adaptive deinterlacing bring out the highest detail, minimizing visible scan lines and motion artifacts
for an incredible picture. Advanced gamma correction and built-in time base correction ensure accurate color reproduction and a jitter-free image.
High-QualityAudio—An integrated microphone, biamplified speakers, stereo headphone output, and PC audio output are all built into the touchpanel to support full AV, intercom, desktop conferencing, and multimedia computer capabilities. Customized WAV files can be loaded on the touchpanel to add dimension to the touchscreen graphics with personalized sounds, button feedback, and voice prompts.
Crestron Home® CAT5 AV—All audio and video connections are facilitated using inexpensive CAT5 wire, enabling direct connection to Crestron's popular CAT5 balanced audio and video distribution switchers. Two video input ports are provided, each supporting composite, S-Video, and HDTV/component formats over wiring distances of up to 500 feet. A bidirectional audio port receives stereo program audio and intercom signals, and outputs audio from the internal microphone and PC for intercom and whole-house audio distribution. To facilitate the connection of conventional video and audio devices, an external interface module is included.
Connectivity and Expansion—Both Cresnet and high- speed Ethernet are standard on the TPMC-17-CH-L, providing for seamless communications with Crestron control systems, computers, digital media servers, and other IP- based devices. Wi-Fi wireless networking and memory expansion are easily added through two PC card slots, and
