Delta Video Walls for the Most Competent Broadcast Control Rooms

Viewers always want a continuous flow of information from broadcast television networks. Even a bit of disturbance is annoying not only for the viewers but for the broadcasters as well. In order to ensure a smooth operation and efficiently monitoring enormous information like live feeds, real-time content, images and graphics, video walls are a must in broadcast control rooms.  

 

The studio control room, being the nerve centre of television production industry, needs multiple display solution to control and monitor broadcast operations, ensuring high performance and reliability. Delta’s high resolution video walls are specially designed for the real and expanding requirements of large scale visualization systems. The Video walls present extreme resolutions and provide a customizable multi-media system in a multiple monitor format.

For over-the-shoulder displays in TV shows or news studios and in broadcast monitoring rooms, Delta’s video walls have a critical role to play. With their help, it is possible to visualize inputs from various sources in a variety of formats like DVI, RGV and video. In fact, Delta video walls are extremely reliable when it comes to constant monitoring of information and activities.  

Modern day broadcast control rooms require fast decision making and flawless visibility of host of moving data and video streams for which Delta has the right video wall solution.

Why Video Walls are Best for Control Room Environments

Video walls are the best solution for monitoring those ‘mission critical’ operations in control rooms, and there is no doubt about it. They are a preferred medium as numerous sources of incoming data – videos, graphics, images etc. can be displayed on one large logical screen and simultaneously analyzed in real-time by the operators.

Whether its traffic monitoring control rooms, utility control rooms or network operation centers, video walls aid critical environments by monitoring all the essential information required to make necessary decisions and respond to the issues, if any. In fact, those installed in security and surveillance centers are a source of guidance at the time of crisis, therefore they must remain functional all the time. Video walls for control rooms are specifically designed to continuously work without any failure.

Video walls and the other technologies integrated in a command and control room, must provide accurate data to decision makers in order for them to analyze and act upon effectively. Delta video walls integrated with feature like true cube redundancy ensure a perfect image and long-term performance for 24x7 applications.

Delta display solutions have a premium range of video wall solutions to suit any specific needs of a control room.

Video Walls - For an Effective Security and Surveillance

New incidents occur every day, reminding us that our nation is in need of constant security and surveillance. It is time when we should take proactive action, and develop comprehensive security strategies to secure our nation. Sophisticated display technologies, like video walls, when deployed as a part of security strategy can enhance the overall effectiveness of Security and surveillance systems. Let’s explore, how.

Helps analyze multiple situations in a real-time

With the deployment of video walls, control room operators can watch for small or big unusual movements, by continuously monitoring large number of cameras installed at different locations in a real-time. As a solution, video walls can give the security team all the data they need to respond to critical issues immediately.   

Provides high-quality content

Video walls provide viewers a high resolution, big canvas of content to create an efficient environment for the operators. With the help of video walls, security officers can keep round-the-clock vigil on all the movements; be it a traffic violation or security at sensitive areas.

Operates reliably in 24/7 environment

DLP video walls are scalable and reliable, well suited for 24/7 monitoring. Besides working round -the-clock, DLP based Delta video walls, have long life and low-maintenance components.   

In the busiest of cities and metros, where large number of surveillance cameras are installed for monitoring purpose, a sophisticated display, like a video wall, is a must to monitor all the cameras and activities from a central control room . It is a future-proof display system for rationale decision making

Tips to consider before selecting a Video wall

High quality video walls are being deployed in variety of applications: control rooms for critical infrastructure, broadcast, security and surveillance monitoring, to name just a few. Selecting a right video wall is a complex task as it requires a lot of brain storming sessions internally. So, here are few things you need to be sure about before selecting the right video wall for your operation:

Ultra-reliable operation

Video walls in control rooms are expected to carry out ultra-reliable operations. So, make sure that the one you choose is capable of running 24x7, has high MTBF (mean time between failures), low MTTR (mean time to repair) and built-in redundancies to support mission critical application.

Display size

Before deciding on the size of the display, a lot of factors have to be considered. The user needs to analyze the size of room, application for the video wall, operator seating plan, budget for the project and front or rear access possibilities. After analysis of the above factors, the user can decide on the size of the display which is required and feasible.

Display resolution

Resolution also plays a major role in deciding on the Video wall. Video wall comes in various resolutions like XGA, SXGA+, UXGA, Full HD, WUXGA and 4K. Before deciding the resolution for your video wall, you need to consider factors like lighting inside the room, content which will be run on the video wall, font size of the content and viewing distance from control desk. These factors ensure that the display resolution caters to your need.

Display brightness

The brightness of the Video wall should not be low or dull. A minimum of 200cd/sqm is required to avoid risk of operator fatigue.

Viewing angles

Viewing angles should also be considered before finalizing the video wall. Viewing angles from Control desk to Video wall should not be narrow. The user may consider linear or curved set up to increase the viewing angles.

A solution for Several Control Room Applications

‘Information’ is the key to smart systems. The more data you gather and analyze, the better solutions you can create. Evidently, by analyzing various databases and information, better understanding of the situations can be obtained and quick action can be taken, at a given moment. Video walls are used for monitoring big data which is critical for any operation  and hence are highly recommended for mission critical applications. Below are the applications where video walls are implemented: 

  

Traffic

An ever-increasing number of vehicles is leading to too much of congestion and incidents on roads, there by challenging the traffic management centers, in their objective of constantly monitoring and managing situations. Video walls, with its 24x7 display capabilities can help traffic management centers minimize traffic related challenges, maximize the use of resources and optimize actions by providing right kind of information at the right time.

Not only roads, video walls are helpful in monitoring rail, ship and air related traffic as well.

Surveillance 

 Surveillance is need-of-the-hour for every business operation these days. Besides the government, which needs surveillance for public security, surveillance requirements of corporate sector are generally driven by the need to protect employee and company assets. In airports, an intelligent monitoring system is needed for a safe journey of travelers whereas in banks, remote surveillance and monitoring can help prevent several thefts and frauds which go un-noticed. All these businesses need to handle large number of camera feeds Delta Video wall solutions powered by DLP technology can help security officers keep, round-the-clock vigil on all the movements in sensitive areas, through multiple video wall displays.   

Telecommunication

With the expansion in network and coverage, telecommunication industry is conceived as an ever growing industry. In order to cope with  a dynamic environment, a scalable as well as reliable display solution is required. Video walls are expertly designed to deal with the dynamic and sustainable needs of the application. Delta’s video walls, in particular, have robust designs, latest technology and multi-level redundancy suitable for this 24/7 monitoring application.

Broadcast control rooms require fast decision making and flawless visibility of multiple cameras, sets and the host of moving data and video streams. Video wall solutions are absolutely meant for such challenging environments.They are designed to cater to the vast, real and ever-expanding requirements of large scale visualization systems.

Besides being used in the above mentioned areas, video walls, are utilized in process controlling, utility control rooms, collaboration rooms and many more.