Case story
Studio 321’s goal was to be versatile, which is why the company opted for video projection technology from Digital Projection instead of LED. Andréas Vion-Endresen, CarpeDiem project manager and director of Studio 321, elaborates: “Among other things we host photo shoots, which is why we needed a uniformly white surface everywhere to minimise shadows. This simply isn’t possible with an LED screen in the background.”
Another deciding factor was the cost of the screen: “The studio needed to be operational every day to cater to last-minute requests. Keeping a fixed 96 sqm LED screen in the studio would have been a very costly investment in terms of the power requirements, not to mention the price of a high-quality screen to match filming requirements,” he adds.
Rigged on the ceiling, the four M-Vision Lasers projector edge blend content on the impressive 24 metre long screen, using HDBaseT network connection. To save time during reinstallation, the company opted for VIOSO 6 automatic re-calibration technology, making the studio operational within an hour. In the background is a VIOSO 6 media server in a custom rack-mounted PC couple with a Datapath 2xHDMI 4K 4:4:4 capture card. A TouchDesigner platform manages sources and provides access to a touch-based graphical remote control for studio to use, outputting signals to the M-Vision laser projectors using VIOSO calibration technology. Twelve Martin MAC Aura fixed lighting fixtures, four Yamaha VXC8 ceiling speakers, one Yamaha MTX3 audio matric and eight-channel Yamaha XMV amplifier complete the set-up.
“The time saved through the VIOSO auto-cal tool is the cornerstone of our studio’s economic model,” confirms Vion-Endresen. “We invested over €100,000 in this facility and being able to use our M-Vision laser projectors in the field one day and in the studio the next day allows us to quickly capitalise on our investment.”
Jérôme Cadilhac, business development manager of Digital Projection agrees that the M-Vision projectors fit Studio 321’s goals, stating: “I have been working with CarpeDiem Evènement for about ten years and seen the company grow spectacularly over the years. The creation of Studio 321 is a new step forward and I am convinced that our M-Vision 21000 will fulfil their new mission perfectly. Not only are projectors robust and of exceptional quality, their versatility makes them ideal for both indoor and outdoor use. Coupled with VIOSO, to ensure rapid and efficient auto-calibration of the system, the studio will cause a real excitement!”
“The flexibility and power of the Digital Projection projectors coupled with the ingenuity and practicability of the VIOSO calibration software allowed us to expand our services, diversify our offering and increase our revenue,” concludes Vion-Endresen.
The M-Vision Laser 21000 is the first of a new breed of Single Chip DLP Laser projectors from Digital Projection. This lamp-free, laser-phosphor projector utilises new Colorboost+Red Laser technology to bring you the most realistic and saturated colours at previously unimaginable luminance levels. Such power and accuracy, combined with all-new intelligent processing brings the overall performance ever closer to that of a 3-Chip DLP projector – at a much more affordable price.
Boasting an unprecedented 21,000 lumens output and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, the new M-Vision Laser 21000 brings budget-sensitive applications a large-screen imaging solution and near 3-Chip performance at a 1-Chip price point.
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