Market Focus

Brompton Technology is a specialist manufacturer of video processing products for live events. Its Tessera system is the industry-leading processing solution for LED video walls, used for highprofile events ranging from the Academy Awards (Oscars) to tours acts including Ed Sheeran, U2, Roger Waters and One Direction.

LED SCREENS

INFILED ER SERIES

infiLED’s Easy Rental (ER) series has spent another year at the forefront of the touring LED technology market with its use on a variety of events and worldwide music tours. The ER series is a high performance and versatile LED display product, suitable for an incredibly wide range of applications. The ER has proved to be infiLED’s most popular touring product due to its easy locking systems, positioning pins and super lightweight nature – creating an installation-friendly product that still offers ultimate image quality and ultra-bright LED technology.

This product line also includes black face diode technology, allowing for extremely high contrast across the display. The inclusion of black face LEDs allows the ER series to combat the moiré effect and create sharp picture quality and resolution. Owing to the black face technology, the ER series is capable of high greyscale levels and a wide colour gamut – creating the most visual-friendly product on the marketplace. In both indoor and outdoor applications, infiLED’s ER series encompasses industry-leading brightness capability, further creating a fully immersive display.

In addition to the ER’s setup capabilities, the panels incorporate smart module capability with flash memory to save calibration data, and dual and power signal redundancy. In terms of processing capability, another benefit of the ER series is its compatibility with the world’s best processing platforms including Brompton & Novastar. Affinity with these systems consistently leads to the best picture quality, making infiLED displays synonymous with superb visuals.

Most recently, the ER series was used for the Roger Waters Us + Them worldwide tour as a stand-alone 650m2 display backdrop to the set. Roger Waters’ legendary live performances are renowned as immersive sensory experiences featuring stateof-the-art visual production, and the selection of infiLED’s ER series reinforces its reputation in the LED rental market. Additionally, the ER series has been used recently on Depeche Mode’s latest tour and the WiSH outdoor festival in the Netherlands. These recent performances simply add to the ER’s considerable body of work within touring and the events arena, and further identify it as the preeminent LED product in the market.

Further display capabilities include angle couplers allowing concave and convex applications, smart modules with flash memory function to save calibration data, halfcabinet options for specific screen size needs. www.infiledeminternational.com

PIXELFLEX FLEXTOUR

Designed specifically for the high demands of the production touring and live event markets, the award-winning LED video manufacturer PixelFLEX has introduced FLEXTour, a new robust, high-definition and curve-able LED video display. With its unique rigging capabilities and fully modular construction, FLEXTour is front or rear-serviceable and employs an integrated climbing ladder for enhanced accessibility. With the highest standard in components from NovaStar and Macroblock, the FLEXTour LED video system delivers stunning image fidelity, grayscale and flicker-free performance, making it the premier, rental staging video solution available today.

“As LED video continues to be highly integrated into live event and concert touring production designs, we are very excited about FLEXTour, which directly addresses the high demands presented by life on the road,” explained David Venus, PixelFLEX Chief Marketing Officer. “Understanding the performance capabilities sought after by designers, we have created a high-end and robust video solution with the ideal technical functionality. The combination of the right software and hardware custom-designed for the event world, only enhances the artistry possibilities as well as ease of

Using the NovaStar A8’s capabilities for high refresh and bit rate, FLEXTour is ideal for both television and low light scenarios. With its one-click functionality, FLEXTour also allows you to restore tiles to factory settings or use quick map mode to easily get your display up and running. Additionally, the Clearview technology increases the detail level of your video and image playback, providing a much crisper and clearer LED video display.

For the construction of your LED video display, the FLEXTour system is built with sturdy, quick-seat interlocking hardware to ensure perfect alignment in either traditional or offset configurations; plus, each cabinet allows for 15° convex and concave curving for additional creativity.

Available in a variety of indoor and IP-rated outdoor configurations starting at 2.8mm, FLEXTour also features a dual-purpose header and footer system, while the optional ground support system can quickly deploy any scale LED wall. The completely modular twist-lock connection allows for rapid change of data and power enclosures, and the LED corners are protected by an integrated cover that rotates in and out of place on all four corners for transit and staging.

As a versatile and high-impact LED video solution, the FLEXTour LED system has been implemented into designs for ESPN Monday Night Football, the Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre, Top Golf Nashville, Substance Church, and the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions tradeshow display for Novartis. www.pixelflexled.com

ABSEN POLARIS

Polaris is Absen’s new LED series, boasting a number of technological breakthroughs and industry firsts. This multi-award winning product series is packed with the latest innovations to push the boundaries in live event technology, and has already been adopted by some of the most prominent rental staging companies worldwide.

Specifically developed to meet the demands of narrow pixel pitch (NPP) LED in live event rental applications, this new series boasts 10 models ranging from 1.5 to 6.9mm pixel pitch to fit all rental staging needs. The series is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The Polaris series is the perfect LED solution for production companies who are looking for a high performance, robust and reliable product for their rental staging needs. Absen encapsulated a number of technological breakthroughs, including and NanoShield and HBB (High Brightness Black) technology. NanoShield technology brings added durability thanks to the advanced composite materials protecting pixels from physical damage. It has been specifically developed to meet the growing demand for 1mm LED in live event rental applications. Stagers and customers alike benefit from ultra-narrow pixel LED in live events environments with ultra-high pixel density, high resolution screens that deliver higher image detail even from up close. Absen’s Polaris offers ultra-high brightness and contrast levels, while ultra-wide viewing angles, superior colour performance and optical seam blending provide the perfect visual display performance.

Absen’s HBB technology allows the PL3.9 PRO and PL4.8 PRO models to reach 5,000nits of brightness whilst employing the latest black SMD technology to deliver ultra-high contrast ratios (8000:1). For the first time, rental stagers can benefit from a true high-resolution LED display solution for maximum rental revenues and the fastest ROI for both outdoor and indoor applications.

Polaris also brings speed, ease of use, robustness and precision thanks to a number of mechanical advances including auto-lock, auto-eject and fast-switch curve locking systems. A unique Anti-Collision PCB technology makes Polaris the most robust rental series of the industry. Electronically, the Polaris series features advanced on-board components and heat dissipation technology to deliver high stability and powerful visual performance.

The embedded technology within Polaris ensures that each panel emits 20% less heat and as a result, consumes 20% less power without compromising on brightness and colour uniformity. For the very first time, this allows rental companies to have a truly viable hybrid indoor and outdoor display solution that does not compromise on outdoor brightness or indoor contrast.

Polaris’ high resolution outdoor LED capability unlocks the use of LED to a new world of end user applications, which in the past would not have been possible due to restrictions in screen resolution, pixel density, screen size, viewing distance, brightness and contrast levels of traditional LED displays.

Rental companies can now benefit from a hybrid indoor and outdoor solution that is able to cope with high ambient light environments, enabling them to maximise ROI and deliver end users lower rental pricing by deploying their investment across all seasons, all weather conditions and all environments to optimise utilisation. www.absen-europe.com

ROE VISUAL SAPPHIRE

This year, ROE Visual announced the launch of its ground-breaking high-resolution Sapphire LED display that makes rectangular-only configurations a relic of the past. The ROE Visual Sapphire offers both a laser-sharp 1.5mm pixel pitch LED panel, and a completely new approach to building and mounting large display LEDed screens.

ROE Visual Sapphire has replaced the traditional row and column LED panel configuration with obvious vertical break lines with a new system – much akin to bricklaying – that allows for creative composition by use of intersecting frames and easy panel access.

The ROE Visual Sapphire is a unique combination of a smaller, lightweight, easy-to-handle LED panel and a separate supporting frame. This allows for safe assembly of the electronic components as well as easy panel replacement, using the integrated ejection motor that can be assembled apart from electronic components.

“ROE Visual is committed to providing the highest quality of innovative LED products to global production companies, broadcast networks and cross-platform exhibitors. Our ROEVisual Sapphire is a ground-breaking narrow pixel pitch LED screen for indoor use that enables vivid and razorsharp imaging in expanded configurations. We offer a highly customizable creative alternative to the traditional rectangle without the need for additional hardware,” said Tony Van Moorleghem, Product Marketing Director.

“With the ROE Visual Sapphire, integrated push motors allow panels to eject safely and effortlessly, while the standard screen aspect ratio of 16:9 makes it quick and easy to set-up,” Van Moorleghem concluded. www.roevisual.com

LEYARD VVR SERIES

The Leyard VVR Series is a family of indoor and outdoor LED video wall displays designed to meet the fast-paced needs of the rental and staging industry. Leyard VVR Series displays feature magnetically attachable cabinets for fast assembly and a quick lock system that tightens the video wall in seconds to support single-person installation and handling. Used to create stunning video walls for applications ranging from live events to signage and billboards, the displays can be tailored to even the most creative needs including hanging, floor-mounted and faceted video walls. The series also supports a large variety of user viewing needs. Indoor models are available in four models ranging from 2.5 to 5.9 millimeter pixel pitches. Outdoor models can be purchased in six models ranging from 2.9 to 10.4 millimeter pixel pitches. The Leyard VVR Series will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2019 through Leyard’s global resellers and distribution channels. www.leyard.com