Projection Connection News

SINGAPORE — Spanning 15 by 60 meters (height by width) and comprised of 664 integrated 55-inch LG LED flat panel displays, the LED wall inside the lobby for the Suntec Exhibition and Convention Center here has been give the nod by Guinness World Records as a record-holder. Dubbed “The Big Picture,” the display features content managed by Dataton’s Watchout multi-image display and presentation software. The video system can support image resolution of up to 32,051 pixels by 7,941 pixels (WxH).

LOS ANGELES — Lighting and video designer Breckinridge Haggerty has been using MA Lighting’s VPU (Video Processing Unit), the media server for still and moving images that’s fully integrated into the MA system.

DELHI, India — London based projection artist Ross Ashton designed and specified the large format projection elements of a new permanent immersive multi-media spectacle here at the Guru Tegh Bahaur Memorial on the NH1 highway  at Singhu Border. Ashton and Himanshu Sabharwal, his business partner in TricolorIndia, were commissioned by the Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation (GTDB) to create the piece, for which Sabharwal was the overall Show Director.

NEW YORK CITY – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs went to Wall Street to help Twitter open the New York Stock Exchange and launch its IPO offering on Nov. 7, 2013. Says Pete’s Big TVs VP Guy Benjamin, “We were contacted by production manager Michael Ahern with a week’s notice to supply LED video display of Twitter’s logo and Twitter feed for their big IPO launch day, when they began publicly trading on the stock market.”

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO — The owners of the newly renovated Crabby Joe’s at 276 Dundas St. in London, Ontario knew they needed to go big with their AV system to draw guests from local competition. A videowall was their top choice for displaying major events and multiple events at once, so they went to the AV professionals at Advanced to design and install the biggest videowall that would fit.

NEW CASTLE, DE – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs again supplied the high resolution LED video panels for the BET Network’s “Black Girls Rock!” For the new location, longtime set designer Anne Brahic created a new design which took full advantage of the bigger stage and the power of LED equipment.