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Live Events Theater in Bologna, Italy
The historic Teatro Duse of Bologna raises the curtain with an ambitious and modern installation. The project was created to give new life to the scenic environment and give a more engaging theatrical experience, both to artists and users.
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Corporate Lobby in Minneapolis, MN
Creating the wow factor for visitors, this install is made up of 23 monitors that can be split into three different zones/walls or have one large image/video across the entire video wall.
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Airport in Seattle, WA
This commercial digital signage installation for Alaska Airlines features one CBOX, one AC-MXNET-SW48, 22 decoders, and six encoders. This video distribution system does the communication job for Alaska Airlines by displaying signage, flight info, and airport warnings.
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Live Music Venue and Restaurant in Verona, Italy
Deploying AVPro Edge’s AV-over-IP solution, MXNet, as part of the installation for a client considered one of the world’s most storied franchises. The local integrator created a rocking and rolling setting for the new Hard Rock Cafe in Verona, Italy, known romantically as “The City of Love”.
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The Restaurant
Let It Fly, an upscale Sports Bar and Grill located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, emphasized the “Sports” in “Sports Bar” and requested live sports be visible at every angle. The restaurant space had two main seating areas with 200 seats, an outdoor patio with 100 seats, a bar, and a casino that needed AV solutions. With so much space and what would become over 80 displays, there was a need for a robust AV distribution system with secure management capabilities.
AV Design
Let It Fly tasked Dave Lawrence, L&S Video & Audio CEO, with finding a solution. L&S Video & Audio is a family-owned AV distributor and installer operating in Sioux Falls for over 20 years. Dave designed a solution to cover all seating angles with 81 TVs and 16 video sources and also had one side of the interior as one giant display. The length of the wall is 36 feet and 8 inches. A typical TV has a 16:9 aspect ratio, so the wall can comfortably fit four 110-inch displays.
A single 110-inch LCD or LED display sounds ideal, but presently they are costly and difficult to find. A projector can make a 110-inch display, but projectors aren’t very bright, and projector screens work best in dark environments not suitable for retail or restaurants. Alternatively, video walls are more affordable, and they allow both the size and the brightness of a regular TV. Video walls are multiple video displays tiled together into one more prominent display using a video wall processor. The cost of a 2×2 video wall, or four 55-inch TVs, plus a video wall processor is much cheaper and more versatile than a single 110-inch display.
They needed an audio and video system that could handle a lot of displays and video walls from one end of the restaurant to the other. Their plan would also need a control system to manage the different panels and audio routing. L&S Video & Audio had partnered with AVPro Edge on AV distribution projects before, and they were interested in AVPro Edge’s AV over IP solution for Let It Fly. After speaking with Loel Wheeler, Pro AV Business Development Manager, and John Tumbleson of Product Development and Engineering, he decided to use MXNet.
AV over IP Advantage
AVPro Edge’s MXNet is an audio-video data over internet network or AV over IP solution. MXNet has hardware components designed to coexist to create an ecosystem. The MXNet Ecosystem contains network switches, encoders, decoders, and a control box that can distribute video, audio, and control signals with unlimited sources and displays over a standard ethernet network. Using an AV over IP solution like MXNet allowed Dave to manage all of the displays securely, and he could save on installation costs by using the existing internet network.
With MXNet, the number one goal is easy deployment. All MXNet components come ready for audio-video signals out of the box. The last thing Dave needed to worry about was configuring a network switch to handle AV signals. The MXNet web interface, Mentor, gives integrators complete control to name endpoints, switch sources, analyze data rates, create video walls, and much more. Mentor comes built-in to each MXNet Ecosystem, giving integrators the upper hand to have a quick and successful installation.
Results
After the installation was complete, Dave said he was happy with how easy MXNet was to install and the overall results of the MXNet Ecosystem. He said John Tumbleson was always available during the installation to ensure the best results on all displays and video walls. Since then, he hasn’t needed John to repair or update any MXNet components at Let It Fly. The MXNet Ecosystem works well with the other equipment at the restaurant, namely, audio amplifiers and an audio controller. Dave said the installation went exceptionally well, and he would use MXNet again in other projects.
“the best thing about this solution is that I have control of the full system.”
Simplify any large-scale AV distribution with MXNet. With the MXNet Ecosystem, Dave had an easy AV deployment, and he has control and stability in the entire system. To get your hands on an MXNet AV over IP Ecosystem, visit our website at avproedge.com or give us a call at 605-274-6055.
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Ageless Grandeur
When Miami is mentioned, sun-splashed visions of South Beach along Ocean Drive leap to mind, with its sherbet-shaded pastel Art Deco District buildings, deeply imbued in rich pigments of cadmium, cerulean, and phthalo, their hues hearkening back to the halcyon days of the mid-20s. The legendary collection of nearly 1,000 historic buildings is the highest concentration of Art Deco structures worldwide, continuing to retell their histories almost a century later. Their existence parallels the timeline of another historic metropolitan area landmark in Coral Gables, the University of Miami, seven miles southwest of South Beach.
Orange and Green, Nothing Plain About That
In 1926, as stucco touches were being applied to future South Beach waterfront mainstays, the University of Miami opened its doors to the first enrollment class and a nascent freshman football team. Sans an official designation other than its affiliation with the school, the team tenaciously tallied a perfect 8-0 inaugural season, despite the first game being postponed nearly a month due to the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926. Devastating as the storm proved to be, it managed to provide the team with its official nickname. Also, the official school colors of orange, green, and white were selected at this time, symbolizing Florida orange trees. Orange represents the fruit, green the leaves, and white signifies the blossoms. The following season, 1927, witnessed the team compete as a varsity entity, starting the first chapter in its continuing, storied history.
Room to Play
As the program’s centennial nears, a revamp to the team training facility was merited, including an expansive area intended to provide student-athlete football players, coaches, and staff an accommodating environment to decouple from the intense pressures to win at the NCAA Division 1 level. Just as working alongside one another is essential for team success, learning to reduce stress and balance life plays a vital part in shaping the lifelong personal success of these young men. The project was designed with critical elements for socializing as a team and for the capability to immerse in some activities individually. The timing coincided with last season’s official arrival of new head coach Mario Cristobal, marking the former Hurricane’s homecoming return since his playing days at the school and his first coaching role as a graduate assistant in 1998.
Special Teams
Based in Miami and quarterbacked by Jesse Miller, Midtown Video was tasked with bringing the project over the goal line. High-profile, high-level projects are the norm for Midtown Video. The chess game began when it was decided Audio-Visual over Internet Protocol (AV-o-IP) would provide the best method for effective distribution of audio/video signaling. During the initial stages of the installation, Jesse was hampered, along with most in the A/V integration industry, by supply chain constraints. Upon learning that supply chain chicanes did not similarly plague Sioux Falls-based AVPro Edge and its unique, vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities, straightaway collaboration between the two companies enabled Midtown Video to handily beat the installation play clock and meet the project turnover date.
Huddle Up
The installation was not without specific challenges. Though AVPro Edge manufactures and pre-configures its network switches, optimizing performance compounded by the excessive demands of packetized AV-o-IP and not mere network data, the University of Miami IT department standardized an alternate switch brand across the campus whose use they preferred. Undaunted, AVPro Edge Tech Support, joined by Midtown Video and the university’s IT wizards, worked tirelessly to configure this aspect of the system to operate flawlessly.
Enjoying a Bye Week
The massive video wall is the best way to keep tabs on conference rivals during a bye week. As many as four key games can be displayed simultaneously and delivered with the video precision the AVPro Edge reputation is known for. With the AVPro Edge MXnet AV-o-IP Ecosystem, a virtual matrix switcher is created for the networked video, enabling video content to be delivered effortlessly to any desired display location or to merge the video wall into a stadium-sized image to critically scrutinize next week’s opponent in a big way, albeit, surrounded by a rare hint of luxury. Some athletes may opt instead for a bit of “me time” and to stay keen with hand-eye skills by cocooning at one of the PlayStation 5 pods, going through future dreamed-of NFL game scenarios bruise-free. Yet others may elect to do reps in the state-of-the-art weight room, spiritedly motivated by the pseudo-crushing, crystal-clear sound waves of the Danley Sound Labs audio system that, almost by itself, makes blood move through the body.
Serious Business and Serious Fun
The almost business-like atmosphere of NCAA football makes impossible demands on student-athletes in nearly every human dimension. Providing an inviting environment to escape momentarily and decompress returns big rewards on Saturdays during the fall and, who knows, perhaps even on New Year’s Day. AVPro Edge and Midtown Video are proud of their synergism in making this facility a technical tour de force while creating a cutting-edge retreat from the all-consuming rigors that few outside college sports comprehend entirely.
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