My Most Recent Gig (VideoWall)

[Empty V]

I just wanted to show off my last VideoWall installation. A lot of people don't really know what they are, what they can do and what they're used for so here's a few pics before we completed the install. I'll give some more details later. I'm going back to the facility probably this week or next and will take some better pics.

[Dattebayo]

Why is it your last? Are you dying or something?

[tmeyer29]

i think hes saying last as is the last one he recently did.

[Dattebayo]

OH LOL!

[Empty V]

OH LOL!

I just changed the thread title. When I wrote it I knew it was going to be misinterpreted but had a brain fart and couldn't think of a better way to say it.

Now that I've got a sec I can explain exactly what you guys are seeing. It's basically a bunch of rear projection TV's that don't have bezels and are meant to stack together. This is called a VideoWall and can also be comprised of ultra thin bezel LCD screens. Actually, you can use any kind of displays to create a VideoWall but the thinner the bezel the easier it is for the viewer to ignore them. The component that drives them is call a VideoWall Engine. Most of the VideoWall engines I design into my systems are kind of like really beefed up PC's in massive chassis that have a multitude of slots for input and output cars. They're expandable to the nth degree and can take virtually any type of signal as an input. Once you run out of slots you move to an expansion chassis. It's basically like having a massive windows desktop.

What can you do with one? We usually hookup PC's and Cable/Sat boxes to them. You can also bring up a browser window (internet explorer) that is borderless and lacking the title bars, and file drop down menus. This is great for network applications and a lot of NOCs (Network Operation Centers) use these browser windows. You bring them up with hotkeys and can move them around and resize them all in realtime. Once you call up an input you can drag a corner or a side to resize it with your mouse. You also have control over the color, contrast, input timing, resolution, and location down to the pixel. You can also create layouts and assign hotkeys to those. You can also perform all of these control action from another computer on the network which shows a preview of what's being displayed. If you're in the same room and want take control of the processors local mouse and keyboard you can do that as well.

Who uses VideoWalls? The one in the pics was installed at the Los Angeles VA Medical Center's EOC (Emergency Operation Center). We've also done Traffic Management Centers, Security Centers, 911 centers, NOC's, Command Posts for a ridiculous amount of Air Force Bases and all sorts of crazy companies like GM, IBM, Kennecott Smelter, The FAA, Comcast Cable, Amgen, The Secret Service, FBI and a bunch more I can't remember ATM. We also make all of the furniture from the substrate up.