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Ghosts in Denon's Machine at the Arnolfini
Denon's DN-V755 Network Audio/Video Player is playing a key role in a major arts project, currently being hosted by the renowned Arnolfini arts centre in Bristol. 'Ghosting: In the Dark' is a month-long show, which features daily screenings of works by contemporary artists exploring the notion of the archive, or recycling archival moving image material.
Andy Moss of the Picture This arts agency, who commissioned the project, was the first to spot the benefits of using the DN-V755, which outputs both audio and video file formats, on this unusual exhibition.
"The show at the Arnolfini requires ten different video works to run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, for a month. In the past, we'd have used 16 or 35mm projection or DVD players, and we'd have had to rely on staff to run the installed system on-site. Not only is there an element of human error, but disks and players have a tendency to develop problems over time and the staff often don't know how to deal with this.
"The DN-V755 is a major step forward for us, providing the ability to programme and control a player with all the material pre-installed, thus removing the element of human or machine error." In fact the DN-V755 can be programmed from anywhere in the world via an internet connection.
The Denon DN-V755 is connected to a Sanyo LCD Video projection, projecting content onto a 3 metre wide purpose-made Harkness Hall screen, accompanied by a soundtrack on a mid-size PA system. Content includes stills as well as films and video clips, which are set up to run at set times of the day. For this purpose, Andy Moss highlights "the Playlist feature, perfect for this purpose; we can create Playlists with time-of-day programming."
"Other features on the Network Audio/Video Player are of real interest to us including the ability to trigger external devices for interactive projects, as well as the possibilities for remote control of exhibition technology over long distances. We don't actually need to be on-site to setup and operate the player!"
Denon's DN-V755 features a 40GB internal hard drive, and will play MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and JPEG images, as well as WAV, MP3 or MP2 audio.
14th July 2006
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