Digital View - Enabling Digital Displays
Over the past 30 years, as the major electronics companies evolved the consumer LCD TV market, Digital View has played a key role enabling the commercial and industrial display market with its LCD controllers.
Since 1995
Digital View, founded in March 1995 in England and Hong Kong by James Henry and Richard Cobbold, expanded to California within a year. Over its 30-year history, Digital View has been a trusted provider of high-reliability controller and interface electronics for LCD monitors and video displays in professional, non-consumer applications. We serve specialized markets such as defense, medical, transportation, industrial, and digital signage.
Pioneering the Early LCD Era
In the early days, LCD technology was still in its infancy. Panel resolutions rarely exceeded 1024x768, and most displays used TTL interfaces with sizes below 20" and a 4:3 aspect ratio. Common input signals included Composite Video (PAL, NTSC, SECAM) and VGA, while analog Component Video remained standard in professional markets. Digital View established itself early by delivering controllers tailored to these formats, meeting the needs of niche display applications.
Adapting to Industry Evolution
As display technology progressed, Digital View remained at the forefront of innovation. We quickly responded to industry milestones, such as the broadcast sector's adoption of HD-SDI in 1998 and the consumer market's embrace of DVI in 1999, HDMI in 2003, and DisplayPort in 2006. Our adaptable controller solutions enabled the development of advanced, application-specific display systems.
Today's Landscape
Non-consumer LCD panel technology has evolved significantly. Resolutions of up to 4K (3840x2160) are now standard, and 8K is increasingly available. Panel sizes extend up to 110" diagonally, and interfaces such as LVDS, eDP, and V-by-One dominate. New form factors, such as native "banner" panels, have expanded design possibilities. Added to this, low-power color epaper displays for indoor and outdoor are now a commercial reality.
Digital View remains committed to supporting the latest innovations, ensuring our customers stay at the forefront of display technology.
Explore some of our web pages:
• Digital View Home Page
• Summary of Digital View controller boards
• Controller Solution Generator matching displays with controller boards
Products
Tracking the developments in the LCD panel technology and the release of video signal standards Digital View has released an average of three new models a year while also maintaining a long product lifecycle. To provide display system developers with the easiest route to making a finished product we sought to provide flexibility both for the input signals and the output panel support with our multi-panel functionality.
In addition, to further enhance the capabilities of finished displays we added RS-232 command support followed by Ethernet connectivity. This was complemented by a range of accessories that included the basics such as the on-screen menu function buttons and various cables as well as more application specific functions such as display monitoring for the digital signage market.
For display systems to be used in harsher environments, complementary versions were released with higher spec components, physical modification and conformal coatings. A controller product summary is available here and we cover many topical issues on the Digital View Blog here.
