FRANKLIN, TN — The non-denominational Peoples Church, based here, paired a Vista Systems Spyder X20 with a 33-by-10-foot 4mm LED video wall for its 1,750-capacity sanctuary here. Once known as First Baptist, the church dates back to 1838; the current structure was erected 15 years ago. The congregation is currently close to 6,000 in size.
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“When we looked for options for an image processor, the unanimous recommendation was for Vista Systems’ Spyder, so it became the only solution we proposed to our Elder Board,” says Dustin Lemler, Executive Director of Creative Arts and Production, The Peoples Church.
In exploring a replacement for the videowall, Lemler and his colleagues “didn’t just want a screen. We wanted a palette that would do multiple things.” The image processing system they chose also had to be capable of handling multiple inputs and offer room for future growth.
“We need to have four or five images on the LED wall at once, and Spyder provided the best option for that,” Lemler explains. “We have 16 sources and use eight at a time. We’re running HDSDI out of the main switcher, and typically have several Macs running PowerPoint, a stillstore, DVRs and DDRs for HD with some other composite sources left open as redundant back ups.”
Lemler and two colleagues went through Spyder training at Vista Systems’ headquarters in Phoenix. “We just hired an engineer, and he loves it – he picked it up really quickly,” Lemler reports.
“We recently debuted Spyder, and everyone was overwhelmed with how it worked,” he says. “It has enabled us to rethink our presentation. Spyder is proving to be an all-in-one box that can do everything we need and more. It will allow us to expand into all that it can do and has future compatibility for more screens.”
Lemler adds that support from Vista Systems has been “excellent. If we had any questions, people got right back to us. We haven’t been able to stump them yet!”
