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Comedy Tour Gets Big Laughs with Lighthouse LED Screen
With one-man, stand up shows, the comedy would have little impact if the audience was unable to see and hear what is happening on stage. For 500,000 fans attending 54 sold-out shows on Michael McIntryre's 2009 UK arena tour not miss a single nuance was missed - even for those who were right at the very back - thanks to Lighthouse Technologies' R7-ER 7mm visual resolution LED screen, supplied by leading AV service company, Creative Technology.
An impressive total of 150m2 of R7-ER made up the LED backdrop, configured as a giant 16:9 aspect central screen, with two square IMAG side screens meaning that even the seats at the very back of the largest of the country's arenas was a viable prospect for the audience.
The majority of venues were supplied with a 10.16m x 6.1m central screen (10 panels wide x 8 panels high), with the side screens measuring 5.08m x 5.34m (5 panels wide x 7 panels high).
CT's project manager for the tour, Steve Purkess, comments: "Our R7 screen has been used for a large number of high profile live events over the course of the year. For many applications it's the first choice and, because of its high resolution, all small or large screen formats look fantastic."
CT bought its first Lighthouse R7-ER panels in 2008 and, due to the success it has seen, is increasing its stock with an additional 72 m2 later in December.
Purkess adds: "The R7-ER has again proved a reliable touring product. The screen was driven using our Vista Systems' Spyder switcher, which allowed us to ‘pixel match' to the Lighthouse LIP processor's native resolution, getting pixel for pixel representation of the HD cameras and playback. The picture quality achieved was fantastic."
17th December 2009
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