What is PoE?

A Panoramic stretch display with the time 2:15pm, "meeting" room and a microphone, speaker and camera icon on the screen. The display has a large blue ethernet cable coming out from the side.

What is Power over Ethernet (PoE)? Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a technology that transmits electrical power through an Ethernet cable. PoE works by injecting direct current (DC) power into the cable which is accessed by the powered device (PD) through a PoE-enabled network switch or PoE Injector. These PoE switchers and injectors are commonly referred to as PSE (Power Source Equipment). In many PoE…

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How To: Cleaning & Maintaining your LCD Screens

Cleaning a display with a microfiber cloth

How to preserve the life of your display. Have you ever thought about the best way to clean your LCD screen? Are you second-guessing the cleaning solution, cloth, or method that you used? Have you ever cleaned your screen before? Don’t worry, we have answers for you in our latest blog installment below. We will…

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Are Your Displays TAA-Compliant?

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One of the most common questions we are asked is, “Are your displays TAA-compliant?” This is a simple, yet crucial question in the often-complex world of government contracting. We at GPO Display are happy to answer, “Yes!” What does “TAA-compliant” mean? The TAA is the Trade Agreement Act, signed into law in 1979 by President…

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Top 8 Places to Put a Panoramic Display

Panoramic stretch Display with the image of greenery on it.

So, what is a panoramic display? Panoramic displays are monitors which are slimmed down from the more common/standard 16:9 aspect ratio. These thinner displays fit in a wider range of spaces than their standard counterparts. Picture your average television — it probably wouldn’t fit above a door, would it? But a panoramic display of equal…

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