[Ken Geary]

Walter,

Thank you. I do have another question , 2 out of 3 vendors I’m working with are spec’ing the Vista Spyder for this program. We need to control 3 ddr’s (GV Turbo Iddr is recommeded) synced frame accurate to each other to display 3 separate video streams that are edited to one piece of music with all cuts/transitions and effects tied to the music. Does the Vista Spyder have the capability to do this?

[Ken Geary]

To all who responde:

Thansk and WOW..a lot of options. I was handed a budget yesterday which is less than last years event(basic 2 screen 2 projector deal).
Seems that Watchout , Spyder and some other systems would require a seasoned operator ($$ for extra manpower).
I’m looking now at the cheaper alternative and wonder what the tradeoff will be. I see Christie has a 20K lumen Cinema projector (over 200 pixel horiz). Essentially less pixel horiz than 3 projectors but i may knock down the screen size to 50′ x 15′ to make this happen. the ScreenPro II should be able to give me what I want with one projector, no?
As for the “para roll” 3 sync’d DDR’s or Mac laptops, I can have my editor fudge it by comping the 3 sequenced video screens (standard def) ina 1080i HD comp and we can spit it out from a HD1400 deck.
Biggest concern would probably be the powerpoint p-in-p but i think this may work as the low budget-big screen option.
The Christie Cinema display specs claim it can handle a screen up to 75″ so I should be OK?

Thanks, looking forward to any other suggestions. I’m sure I’m not the only one dealing with budget hell 🙁

Ken

[Ken Geary]

Nobody has considered using HD Blu ray. With 1920 x 1080 area to work with you can fit several wide and 4×3 videos of SD on one screen (composited in After Effects or editing system of choice)
Once edit is done, you will need a video processor (or DA and 3 video processors) to take the blue ray output and crop out all but what potion of image you need per screen.
The upside is when you edit you see all your material, for example a widescreen portion top of image and 2 side screen videos underneath, side-by-side.