DETROIT — At this year’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), XL Video Deutschland assisted three major German car manufacturers: VW, Audi and Mercedes Benz.
XL Video provided all the video-related gear for the booths of VW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz, the HD control rooms for the VW and Audi press conferences and the reveal for the Mercedes-Benz E-Class at the Westin Hotel.
For Volkswagen, XL Video chose a 4-mm Hibino Black Face comprising 70 modules and measuring 5.4 by 2.9 meters for the main video wall. This high-res screen was framed with over 100 square meters of Barco MiTRIX LEDs, which formed a media band ringing the booth.
At the press conference on the first press day, XL Video deployed a complete Flightcase Broadcast HD control room with four Thompson LDX 8000 camera production units and a Grass Valley Kayak HD four M/E mixer.
The Audi booth featured four 103-inch Panasonic displays, MiStrip LED displays behind optical glass, 42-inch HD displays, Olite 510 units and 25 square meters of F LED 11, which had a pixel pitch of 11mm and 7000 cd per square meter.
For the Audi press conference, XL Video deployed a 48-module Hibino 6mm LED screen, an HD broadcast control room, three LDK8000 camera production units, an LDK8000 SteadyCam, a PoleCam and a complete dubber with 14 MAZ systems.
For the Mercedes-Benz presentation in Cobo Hall, XL Video used a 60-module Hibino 6-mm Black Face screen as the main media surface. This was complemented by 576 Barco MiTRIX LED tiles. The content was supplied by DVS HD Pronto systems directed by V-Control. The various theme elements were reproduced on a 50-inch HD plasma screen and a 24-inch touch screen as well as on other types of media equipment.
In the course of the New Year’s reception, Mercedes-Benz treated almost 600 invited journalists to a preview of the new E-Class in the ballroom of the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. There too, XL Video was responsible for providing all the media equipment. This included two Hibino 6-mm Black Face video walls with 24 modules each and eight Panasonic PT-DZ 12000 high-performance projectors.
In addition to these, more than 20 Mitsubishi 46-inch HD plasmas were installed on floor stands in various rooms of the hotel to provide every visitor with an uninterrupted flow of information.
In all, XL Video Deutschland was represented in Detroit by a team of over 35 employees working on the various events. They included project managers, LED and media technicians, broadcast specialists and camera operators.
In the area of playback and control, XL Video’s equipment was controlled by eight complete media controllers. It took 26 DVS Pronto HD players to store all the content for the individual LED and plasma systems.
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