Thursday, March 15th 2018

ViewSonic Launches Its Kaby Lake-Powered NMP660 Chromebox

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, introduces the ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox. Paired with the company's ViewBoard family of interactive flat panel displays or any ViewSonic display, the ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox can transform any Google classroom into a collaborative learning hub, or provide content management as a signage player and desktop virtualization solution for conference rooms. The ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox delivers a complete and secure Chrome OS and Google Play experience.

The ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox offers a quick out-of-the-box set-up, integrated Google management console and built-in security features, making it an ideal solution for educational and corporate environments. It can drive 4K content, and with the swift set-up, users can quickly access popular applications, websites and even games. Powered by Google Hangouts Meet, Google's video conferencing software, the NMP660 facilitate presentations, brainstorming, and decision-making - even when employees, clients, or students are spread across the globe.
The ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox is Google GMS certified and fully supports Google Play and the Chrome web store for a variety of apps. It can also manage, through the Google Management console, education and corporate applications. Integrated security features include automatic updates, sandboxing environment, verified boot control, data encryption with a TPM module and a simple recovery process. The ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox features an Intel Kaby Lake processor to drive 4K content and has 4GB of memory, 32GB of storage and connectivity ports include: USB 3.0 and 2.0, USB-C, HDMI, RJ45, Audio-Out, and a SD reader.

"Utilizing an interactive large format display or monitor alongside a ViewSonic Chromebox delivers a compact yet powerful solution with the speed, simplicity and security of Chrome OS," said Andy Chien, product marketing manager at ViewSonic Americas. "Because Chrome OS is becoming more of an industry standard with enterprise and education peripherals, the ViewSonic NMP 660 Chromebox is an affordable device to manage the platform. We see a limitless amount of solutions for the ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox, from using it in the classroom and boardroom to leveraging it as a tool for digital signage installations."

"The Google education, signage and enterprise ecosystem is straightforward, and has been proven successful in the US market," said Binson Hsieh, business and product planning manager at ViewSonic Global Product Group. "ViewSonic offers innovative display solutions worldwide. With the launch of ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox, our worldwide customers could also enjoy the benefits brought by Chrome OS."

Also optional, ViewSonic has partnered with Ximbus software, a cloud-based collaboration and sharing solution for Google classrooms which features Google Drive and content integration. The ViewSonic NMP660 Chromebox will be available in April 2018 for an MSRP of $349.00.
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4 Comments on ViewSonic Launches Its Kaby Lake-Powered NMP660 Chromebox

#1
Recon-UK
Looks a bit useless to me.
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#2
lexluthermiester
Recon-UKLooks a bit useless to me.
With ChromeOS? Yes. Throw fully functional Android, not AndroidTV, on it and that changes. Viewsonic is normally smarter than this. :confused:
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#3
Prima.Vera
4K 10 bit-HDR support? And offline MKV files?
If both yes, then I'm sold.
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#4
StrayKAT
Prima.Vera4K 10 bit-HDR support? And offline MKV files?
If both yes, then I'm sold.
Yeah, that seems to be missing. It''s pricier than Roku and Apple TV.. and Apple has Dolby HDR.
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