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NEC WD551 Windows Collaboration Display Product Review by Abdul Waheed, Managing Director, EYTE

Published in November-December 2021 Issue

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NEC WD551 Windows Collaboration Display Post pandemic, workspace designs are evolving very fast. Various manufactures are trying to come up with one or other innovative ideas, meeting the current requirements for collaborative spaces with better meeting room solutions. During the pandemic, the use of software-based video conferencing applications like Zoom MS Teams and alike have increased tremendously. Most of the office environments use Microsoft Teams for their meetings. On the basis of this most of the video conferencing and conferencing devices are coming up with systems which supports Microsoft Teams. We have perceived many innovative & impressive products regarding smart displays. NEC has come up with a display which is not just smart but intelligent too. Recently launched NEC product WD551 in July 2021 a window based collaborative display. This is an incredible seamless solution for collaborative meeting rooms. This display supports “Bring Your Own Meeting scenarios” users simply connect their own device via a USB-C cable to immediately share content removing the need for an additional box for wireless connectivity. One can start video meetings using already familiar Microsoft tools.
This display comes along with an inbuilt camera, microphone array and speakers, including cloud services integrated IoT sensors communicating with the cloud, it gathers information such as room occupancy, temperature, lighting, and air quality data, which, supports smart building strategies. These features are at par compared to various features of other brands. NEC WD551 is a 55” PCAP multitouch ink-enabled UHD display. With brightness of 400 cd/m2 & optically bonded glass along with 2 active pens with windows ink, supporting palm rejection. Pens to operate can be mounted on right side of display with charging point, 10 touch points interactivities via finger or active pen is provided.
The most imposing feature of this collaboration display is the Microsoft team’s certification. It’s an all-in-one solution which brings your office space and remote meetings together in a few seconds. Hybrid working is no more a challenge with the help of NEC’s windows collaboration display. Collaboration can easily start by plugging USB cable to laptop. Once a video call is initiated it automatically uses the inbuilt camera, speakers and microphone of the display. Compared to any other brand this is the first MS Teams certified collaboration display. Smart source switching is also a unique feature of the display.
Looking at the IoT trends the device also has a cloud-based room management service which monitors Air Quality, Ambient Light, Humidity, Temperature, and Human Presence. All these parameters are monitored through an inbuilt sensor making the device smart and intelligent. These parameters can also be displayed on-screen giving the real-time analytics. No other display in comparison has all these controls in single device.

Most fascinating feature of this product is that it consists of Microsoft certified camera, mic & speaker. The camera is with 4K, 113-degree horizontal field of view, 120 degree diagonal field of view along with six array microphone, distance 8m, 180 degree & front facing speakers (2x 12W), subwoofer (15W) making it the best recommended device of meeting and collaborative rooms solutions. One more advantage of this display is that the camera and microphones are detachable in case of further upgrades or adding third party devices.