Plasma for the Vatican

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Panasonic has installed forty-two new plasma displays in the Vatican Museum, which reinforce the existing Panasonic technology already in place.
 
Ten displays have been installed at the foyer of the new entrance and will be used to inform the millions of tourists that visit the Vatican Museum. Among the displays installed are 50” and 65” models. Panasonic’s life-sized 103” display has been installed and with its wide viewing angle the screen ensures displayed information is clear and visible.
 
The technology deployed inside the Vatican also continues to have an important security role.
 
Thirty-two professional 42” displays have been installed in a video wall configuration in the control room. The displays were chosen for their picture quality and colour reproduction which allows the security operators to study high-quality video in real time.
 
Claudio Lamperti Managing Director of Panasonic Italia, underlined the importance of security: “Our main hopeis to continue our relationship during the coming years, to support the job of the surveillance and security teams at The Vatican with our best technology”.
 
To mark the installation of the displays, a delegation from Panasonic, led by its European president Laurent Abadie, was received into the Palace by His Excellency Mons. Carlo Viganò, General Secretary of the Governatorate of the Vatican City State.
 
After having visited the new installations inside the Vatican museum, the technology company and the Museum Directors confirmed that their cooperation will continue in the future.
 
A project to install another 103” display into the congress room, this time with 3D technology, is currently under discussion. During special events, 3D images will bring a higher level of realism to the experience of those watching on a screen.
 
The partnership between Panasonic and the Vatican City goes back ten years. In 1999, the company installed the video surveillance system, still controlling the square, the basilica the Vatican museum and all the State areas today. The cooperation advanced with the first instalment of professional plasma displays, which are used exclusively to transmit public information and videos to visitors. In 2007, four giant screens were installed in St Peter’s Square to broadcast a programme of religious celebrations to a million people.
 
Laurent Abadie, President and CEO of Panasonic Europe, commented: “We are proud of this cooperation with The Vatican and proud to have our professional plasma technology installed inside the Vatican Museum to support the viewing of precious works on display and to direct visitors around the museum.”