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Video Walls

Master Video · 07/08/2021 ·

• DYK - The first Video Walls emerged in the early 1980s when standard 28” CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitors were stacked together, resulting in large gaps between screens.

Why Video Walls?

Did You Know; The story of the first Video Walls in the early 1980s begins when large 28-inch CRT screens were stacked and cubed together to make a “Video Wall.” It was such a revolutionary concept, that the large bezel gaps between the screens were hardly even noticed back then.

The first Video Walls used expensive software and processors to “Image Split” a single input video signal. For example, 16 separate image signals could produce one large image on a 4×4 array of CRT monitors to create a 10' x 10' Video Wall.

Today, technology has come a long way in size, shape, and resolution. Video Wall Systems are an integrated solution consisting of multiple components; An array of high-resolution displays driven by a powerful processing system and software. Together, the video wall behaves like a single display that can deliver performance, flexibility, and interactivity that simply is not possible with more basic display solutions.

Types of Video Walls
Video walls come in a large range of display technologies, including LCD, LED, blended projection, projection cubes, and more. Each display type offers unique advantages in terms of resolution, brightness, reliability, cost, and other factors.

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Why Video Walls?
• Larger display area; improve audience draw and retention.
• Higher aggregate resolution; deliver more detailed content.
• Distributed displays; deliver content to multiple locations.
• Multiple content sources; deliver multiple simultaneous messages.

Master Video offers best-in-class Video Walls, with a wide-range of premium features and customization options to meet unique demands in any environment. Video Wall Systems are extremely versatile and can provide benefits for virtually any application and environment. Video Walls deliver outstanding visual performance, flexibility, and reliability for any business in every market.

Superior Visual Performance

• Higher Resolutions - Video walls are also much more scalable than projectors, since the display surface can be expanded without sacrificing image quality.

• Powerful Processing - Superior processing abilities enable video walls to deliver fluid visual performance and display large amounts of high-resolution content.

• Superior Brightness - These displays maintain consistent brightness regardless of their size, while front-projected images become dimmer and blurrier when they are enlarged.

Flexible Interactive Presentations

• Display Virtually Any Content - A video wall processor can capture signals in different resolutions and formats from a wide range of devices, like cameras, computers, cable boxes, and more.

• Dynamic Content Placement - The video controller enables individual display “tile” displays to work together as a single canvas, from a single display, stretched across multiple displays, or dragged across the display surface.

• Content Manipulation Features - A video wall software processor is a feature-rich interface, providing a range of tools for managing and manipulating content on the displays that can be arranged, scaled, zoomed, cropped, and layered.

Superior Reliability and Versatility

• Reliable & Resilient - Video Wall systems are built from professional-grade components, many specifically designed for 24/7, mission-critical environments, providing Video Wall reliability and resilience.

• Minimal Maintenance - Most Video Walls have no consumable parts and require virtually no maintenance over years of operation, making them a more affordable long-term solution.

• Flexible Size & Shape - Video walls provide unique versatility, and can be wall-mounted, free-standing, curved, non-rectangular, three-dimensional, and can be small enough to be portable or scaled to massive dimensions.

Video Walls – The Ultimate Visualization System

Master Video CEO Mike Lawshe and VP Brandon Lawshe

“Master Video’s turn-key Video Wall solutions are designed for any environment, whether it’s for marketing promotions, critical decision-making, operations management, large-scale collaborations, or for enhanced learning and research visualizations.”
Brandon Lawshe – Vice President

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Video Content

Master Video · 07/01/2021 ·

• DYK - The first in-house local origination Video Content for rebroadcast was in the 1970s, using ¾” Sony U-Matic videotapes in hotels and hospitals across America..

Why Video Content?

Did You Know; The story of Video Content for in-house and local origination video for rebroadcast began in the early 1970s when Sony launched the first analog video cassette format, “U-Matic, which used a large 3/4" videotape. Before this innovation, previous video tape formats had only been open-reel.

First intended for the domestic market, the large U-Matic video player and 3/4” tape cassettes started bringing Video Content into the corporate marketplace.

The new “compact” video cassette quickly became popular in Hotels and Hospitals for in-house re-broadcasted programs and educational content.

Video formats have come a long way in the past few decades; from Betamax (1975) and VHS tapes (1976) to LaserDisc (1978), Hi-8 (1980), DVD (1996), MP4 (2001), HD DVD (2006), Blu-ray (2008), Streaming (2014), to 4K Ultra HD (2014).

Today, Video Content is one of the most powerful mediums for capturing and holding attention, and also one of the most versatile. Video Content works effectively as a communication and a marketing tool for Entertainment and Education, that can be distributed across multiple platforms in both digital and physical locations.

Master Video is an aggregator of interactive video content for Information, Education, Training, and Entertainment. We identify, source, and obtain the necessary licensing rights to allow video content to legally broadcast throughout your facility. We provide turn-key custom video content with engaging, actionable in-room television programming, to enhance the user experience.

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Popular Video Content Markets
• Healthcare Facilities; Bring the comforts of home to the Patient’s bedside.
• Hospitality Properties; Turn any Hotel into a home away from home.
• Business Enterprise; Easily entertain your customers or employees.
• Educational Institutions; Keep copyright-compliant in the classroom.
• Worship Houses; Connect with congregation & community in a new way.
• Correctional Facilities; Encourage positive behavior and free up staff.

Enhancing The Patient Experience

Video Content plays an important role in Healthcare and Hospitals to improve the Patient experience. Entertainment and Education during a Patient's stay, provide a positive distraction, reducing stress and the number of medical staff interactions with Patients and their visitors. Engage patients and their families with Video Content that promotes comfort and wellness, creating a relaxing environment.

Educate Patients, Improve Outcomes

Studies show that educated Patients can have better outcomes and Video Content is one of the most effective ways to educate and engage patients. Research shows Patients that are well informed about their condition and treatment options have the confidence to make informed medical decisions that can greatly save on a facility’s health care costs. With patient-doctor interactions limited and hybrid exams becoming more common, video education makes more sense than ever.

Premium Digital Content

• Full Copyright Protection
• Multiple Delivery Formats
• High-Quality HD Video
• Digitally Delivered
• Thousands of Titles

• Frequent Title Refresh
• Variety of Subject Matter
• All Age Groups & Genre's
• Edited Content
• Multi-Language

Video Content Licensing

Video Content, like Movies, Sports, Entertainment, and Education are protected by copyright law, which is a legal right of ownership that allows creators of works to control how it is used and if it can be copied. Unauthorized use of protected Video Content can result in copyright infringement, which could lead to legal challenges. Video Content licensing stays in compliance with Digital Rights Management (DRM) for works as stipulated by the U.S. Copyright Act.

Facilities require the proper licensing rights to show movies and educational content.

Expertise You Need to Deliver Better Experiences

“Master Video provides end-users with the right content and appropriate licensing to rebroadcast Video Content for Entertainment, Education, and Information, through Media Aggregation Platforms and Video Delivery Systems.”
Mike Lawshe – President

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Visitor Tracking

Master Video · 06/24/2021 ·

• DYK - The first Visitor Tracking Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) was installed in the early 1990s in three healthcare facilities using infrared light signals.

Why Visitor Tracking?

Did You Know; The story of Visitor Tracking goes far back to old-fashioned sign-in sheets and photo ID badges. The digital age saw early card readers and on-premise software with electronic logbooks.

In the early 1990s, the first commercial Real-time locating system (RTLS) was installed at three healthcare facilities in the United States and was based on the transmission and decoding of infrared light signals from actively transmitting tags.

Enter cloud computing and Visitor Management Systems (VMS), bringing more control and flexibility and increased security to all types of organizations.

Safety Compliance
Today, building security and employee safety are more important than ever. Knowing who is in your building and why includes accounting for visitors and short-term guests. Digital visitor management solutions secure your building by keeping track of short-term guests at your facility. The best visitor management systems are easy to use, easy to manage and keep a detailed log of your visitors.

Master Video Visitor Identification RTLS

Identify and track the location of assets and/or people in real-time.

Master Video’s Real-Time Location System (RTLS) provides enhanced visibility to locate patients, staff and equipment for improved security and full control over who has access to specific areas of a building. We custom configure our automated Visitor Management Software to improve the experience between the patient and caregiver and provide asset tracking management when equipment needs to be in the right place at the right time.

Essential in healthcare facilities, schools, and businesses, Visitor Management Systems help increases security and stay compliant, to know more about visitors onsite. User-friendly web-based software and mobile apps are easy to use and configure, creating a safer, more efficient place to work.

Digital Visitor Management Software and Apps Streamline Operations

• Better First Impressions: Professional appearance, polished branding.
• Better visitor experience: Convenient, easy-to-use mobile app interface.
• Touchless digital check-in: Pre-register guests for a smoother check-in.
• Enhanced Workplace Security: Know who’s onsite and why.
• Improved operations: Streamlined cloud-based visitor management software.
• Centralized administration: Online dashboard supports multiple locations.
• Security Compliance: Digital visitor documentation and sign-in logs.

Next-Generation Cloud Software Check-In Solutions

“Master Video specializes in digital tools that enhance the office experience, from visitor registration and check-in to accommodating hybrid work models, to ensuring the health and safety of employees, patients, and guests.”
Brandon Lawshe - Vice President

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Interactive Video on Demand

Master Video · 06/17/2021 ·

• DYK - The First Video on Demand Pay was the Telemeter coin box TV that started pay-per-view TV in the early 1950s in Hotels across America.

Why Interactive Video on Demand?

Did You Know; The story of the first “Video on Demand” (VoD) began in 1953 when the International Telemeter Corporation offered a new subscription television service using a coinbox connected to television sets, which became popular in Hotels across America.

International Telemeter Corporation Pay TV

When the right amount of money was deposited into the Telemeter box, a scrambled signal was unscrambled, for the first VoD Pay TV!

Telemeter gave Hotel Guests commercial-free a-la-carte TV shows as a paid alternative to the network television of the day.

Master Video was one of the first National Hotel TV Service Providers to install and service “Pay as you See TV” in the Hospitality Industry in the 1950s... and the rest is history.

(The first book about "Pay TV" was published in 1955 by Ira Kamen, a close business associate with the founders of Master Video.)

Today, the next-level viewer experience requires more than just regular TV with scheduled programs… Hotel Guests and Healthcare Patients wish to consume entertainment and education like they do at home... From live TV distribution and Interactive Video on Demand to Streaming Solutions that leverage Mobile Devices.

Innovative Digital Patient/Guest Engagement Platforms

Master Video maximizes technology investments by providing complete television systems and support services, from installation to optimization.

Master Video Interactive Video on Demand VoD

Enterprise-Wide Patient/Guest Engagement Solutions
Our interactive Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) platforms provide patients and guests on-demand video content with backend administration services that dramatically improves the overall end-user experience and management’s peace of mind.

• Integrates Seamlessly with existing infrastructure.
• Flexible Scalability to meet facility changes.
• Custom Configuration of modular applications.
• Remote Administration from centralized location.
• User Friendly intuitive navigation interfaces.

Interactive VOD that’s configurable, scalable & sustainable

Patient Engagement, Education, and Entertainment
An IPTV cloud-based interactive VoD platform provides a connected experience that engages, educates, and entertains while enhancing managed care to improve the patient experience.
• Engagement: Communicate with patients to increase satisfaction.
• Education: Video Library to educate patients to improve outcomes.
• Entertainment: Leverage time and positive patient distractions.

Your Trusted Technology and Professional Services Provider

“Master Video offers a wide selection of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system solutions for Interactive Video-on-Demand (IVoD), linear HD Broadcast TV, Streaming, and other multimedia content, that provides engagement and interactivity through in-room video experiences.”
Mike Lawshe – President

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Satellite Radio

Master Video · 06/10/2021 ·

• DYK - The first U.S. Satellite Radio broadcast was on September 25, 2001, by XM Satellite Radio, quickly followed by Sirius Satellite Radio just four months later.

Why Satellite Radio?

Did You Know; The story Satellite Radio begins in the 1990s with two U.S. satellite radio companies; Sirius Satellite Radio, and XM Satellite Radio. Both, set out on a long and expensive journey to offer radio programming across a much broader geographical area than terrestrial radio stations, with a wider variety of programming options.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was petitioned to assign new frequencies for satellites, with fierce opposition from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), who contested that satellite radio would harm local radio stations. In 1997, after 7 long years of lobbying, the FCC finally granted approval for Satellite radio.

At first, Sirius and XM competed head-to-head for a decade until finally merging together in 2008 to avoid bankruptcy... becoming Sirius XM Satellite radio.

Licensing and Compliance
Today, Satellite/Internet Radio allows businesses to distribute music programming with licensing to stay in compliance with Digital Rights Management (DRM) for musical works as stipulated by the U.S. Copyright Act. Performing Right Organizations (PRO) provide intermediary services between copyright holders and music service providers.

Copyright infringement liabilities for damages can be up to $150,000 per song played.

The two major "PROs" are ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers), and BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.). ASCAP is the oldest working PRO, launched in 1914, and BMI is the largest PRO in the U.S. Both work on behalf of Songwriters and Publishers to ensure they are compensated through proper licensing compliance.

Satellite Radio Benefits

Satellite/Internet Radio is the quickest, simplest, and most economical way to create a business atmosphere where music can increase satisfaction and boost productivity as a background for any size facility and for every budget.

• Low Monthly Fee: An excellent value for enhancing the customer experience.
• No Long-Term Contracts: Flexibility to scale or stop service without penalty.
• Business Channels: Hundreds of channels available in dozens of genres.
• Fully Licensed Music: All required royalty fees covered in the subscription.
• Easy Installation: Multiple "easy access" from apps to hardware players.
• Music Scheduling: Manage music scheduling via a remote online portal.

Master Video provides turn-key Satellite and/or Internet Radio solutions to ensure consistent, clear source signal for optimal listening of music, news, sports, and education over multiple channels. We have the experience and scale to make your music project a success with patients, guests, and staff. We furnish, install, and service state-of-the-art satellite radio systems in hospitals, hotels, schools, and corporate facilities for worry-free user listening enjoyment.

We Build Innovative Licensed Music Solutions for Business
• Healthcare: Reduce Stress, Relax patients.
• Hospitality: Create an Ambiance for Guests.
• Education: Inspire and Enhance Learning.
• Commercial: Improve Staff Efficiency.
• Entertainment: Entice and Engage the Public.
• Retail: Influence Shopping Behavior.

Satellite Music That Matches Your Business Goals

“Master Video is your single source solution for Satellite / Internet Radio from installing the right devices to providing the perfect music programming and the proper music licensing rights to ensure complete compliance and peace of mind.”
Brandon Lawshe - Vice President

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