The video screen formed the 'set': similar in proportions to the system used on U2's legendary Popmart tour, this consisted of 500sq.m of Barco's D7 outdoor product assembled into arguably the largest and highest resolution display ever built in Europe and even worldwide, discounting fixed installs, say JVR.
Sales director Jeroen Jongenelen commented. "The Barco D7 is the only system that offered the resolution required and was available in sufficient quantities to enable us to pull of a project of this scale."
Even so, the screen modules were sourced from numerous different suppliers, and the two weeks leading up to the show saw a steady stream of sea and air shipments from around the world into the company's Roosendaal base.
Using 2,496 Dlite 7 tiles, the screen was 44m wide by 12m high. Even without the benefit of the D7's virtual pixel technology (switched off on this occasion) the display had an overall resolution of 3072 x 832, resulting in over 2.6 million pixels, or 12.8 million LEDs. The system was assembled in six hours by three JVR crew and 40 stage hands, and took another 36 hours to cable prior to switch-on. The schedule then allowed two further days for alignment andtesting. Supported on a purpose-built base and scaffold support (from Stageco), the 55-tonne screen, consuming a massive 850kW on peak white, was built in a giant curve, requiring a 13.3mm spacer between the upstage edge of each module.
JVR also provided a three camera digital production system (utilizing their new Sony D50 cameras with long lenses from sister company Presteigne) and the front end screen processing which comprised an Electrosonic Vector videowall controller to split the incoming feed across the four screen segments.
With lighting and sound by EML, the overall technical production was co-ordinated by Dennis van der Haagen and Roderik Versnel of Sightline Productions and produced/promoted by Rocket Productions, Peter Haarbrink. JVR's project manager was Peter Scherbeijn.
