Peerless-AV has played a vital role at a new Virtual Production Lab at Sony's Digital Media Production Center in Los Angeles, California. The immersive training and education facility offers production managers and cinematographers the opportunity to test drive Sony’s line of professional cinema equipment, including the flagship VENICE 2 Cinema…
Displays
LG equips ‘world-first 100% LED cinema with Dolby Atmos’
LG and Odeon Multicines have announced the opening of the first cinema to combine 100% LED screens with Dolby Atmos. The Odeon cinema is based in a recently opened extension to the Gran Plaza 2 Shopping Centre in Majadahonda in the greater metroplitan area of Madrid. The cinema hosts more…
Frandroid TV studio deploys Leyard Europe LED solution
Leyard Europe has provided a VEM1.8 LED solution to help French technology news platform Frandroid expand its global viewership. The display, which was installed by Paris-based integrator Solutions Audiovisuelles (SAV), forms part of Frandroid’s new web TV studio. The SAV team invited Frandroid to visit the Leyard demo facility to…
Leyard creates LED tunnel for Artexplorer museum boat
Leyard Europe has provided an LED tunnel that will be the centrepiece of a boat museum that will sail across the Mediterranean. The 46m-long Artexplorer, which will make its first journey in March, will offer a cultural and artistic experience, while drawing attention to contemporary issues. Leyard Europe was enlisted…
Samsung lights up Grand Prix race with rooftop LED F1 logo
Samsung Electronics America has provided a 2,617 sq metre LED display in the shape of the Formula One logo at the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix. The 146m-long display, which features more than 22 million pixels, is longer than a football field and was located on the roof of the…
Third Absen screen is bowling cricket fans over at Lord’s
Absen has provided a third LED screen for Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. The installation is part of an ongoing five-year, £200m redevelopment of the venue, which has previously seen SR10 S outdoor LED screens installed in the Compton and Edrich stands. Each of these screens has a 10mm pixel…
‘True microLED display sales to hit $1bn within four years’
The "true microLED" display market for pro AV and consumer televisions is set to skyrocket. According to a newly released report from Futuresource Consulting, it will accelerate from just $24m in 2023, to reach annual revenues of $26.2bn in 2032, despite expected aggressive price erosion. The specialist research firm also…
Kris Jenner beams into Proto displays on The Kardashians
A Proto holographic display booth appeared in a recent episode of The Kardashians. In the show, which was broadcast on streaming platform Hulu, Kris Jenner visited Proto Studios and beamed to multiple Proto units around her daughter Khloe's home in Calabasas for interactive conversations. It marked the first time Proto…
Alfalite LED makes Norwegian debut at School of Economics
Spanish LED manufacturer Alfalite, the only European-owned manufacturer of LED, has supplied its first project in Norway in collaboration with its partner Caverion. The Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen has installed a 9 x 2 metre Alfalite ModularpixPro 1.5 LED screen with ORIM technology. Founded in 1936, NHH…
Daktronics centrehung display installed in Abu Dhabi arena
Daktronics has designed, manufactured and installed a five-display centre-hung system and free-form marquee display for the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The centre-hang comprises four displays, each of which is 4m high by 7m wide. Below these is a ring display that is 1m high and 22m in circumference. All…