by Shane Henson — August 8, 2011—Lighthouse Technologies, a global LED screen manufacturer, has launched VideoBlades 12, a large-scale LED display technology that straddles the worlds of video and lighting in the entertainment, events and architectural markets. VideoBlades 12 are the result of an alliance between Lighthouse and Pix2o, providing a 12.5mm pixel pitch, modular LED screen that delivers image quality both indoors and outdoors.
VideoBlades 12 comes in two formats, SkyRoll and GroundRoll, which can be deployed by rolling up or down from its patented rotating structure, just like a window shade. The modular format allows for the formation of large-scale screens limited in size only by a customer’s needs.
SkyRoll deploys down from overhead and is available in 4m, 6m and 8m widths and up to 10m screen heights, while GroundRoll, as the name suggests, deploys up from the floor resulting in the lowest possible rigged weight and is available in infinitely seam able sections 2m to 3m wide, up to 10m high.
Both SkyRoll and GroundRoll are pre-configured at the factory and shipped to the end users with only a minimal number of electrical and mechanical connections required to operate the system. Additionally, the VideoBlades 12 are supported by an integrated truss sub-structure. Together, these attributes have proven to afford maximized truck packing, unprecedented load in/out speeds, minimum handling and minimum wear and tear.
The VideoBlades 12 display system is composed of individual display IMs, called the blades. These can be organized either horizontally or vertically into a video display of any size desired. They have the added advantage that the blades can be used in groups or singly as set lighting fixtures and scenic elements. They are all operated from the same control and distribution system.
VideoBlades 12 was selected as the best new video product at LDI 2010.
