Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, recently commissioned two Christie Video Display walls for system monitoring and information that is relayed to various sites across the world. Based in Abu Dhabi, the integration was designed to sustain the development of a progressive international airline and take its infrastructure to the next level.
ADSECC Consulting & Security Centre LLC successfully tendered for the project, and was tasked with supplying, installing, testing and commissioning two overview and management display areas consisting of a matrix of two 3 x 2 50” single-chip DLP Christie XGA cubes, with RPMX-D132U rear projection modules and TotalVIEW TVC 1100 wall controllers. ADSECC will also provide ongoing maintenance support.
“We received an introduction to the local Christie team in Dubai from a mutual colleague, and the relationship began with a view to fulfilling all client requirements," said ADSECC technical administrator Steve Newton.
The process underwent several revisions before Christie’s CX50 display walls were specified, and initially a plasma solution was considered. “But during demonstrations at both Emirates, and a second location in Dubai, it became apparent that the plasma system would not perform to Etihad's 24/7 long-term requirements due to inherent on-screen issues faced when using Plasma, including burn-in, image retention and exact colour reproduction, all key attributes for the final system that Etihad in mind,” Newton remarked.
The package put forward by Christie will meet all Etihad’s requirements. The CX50s provide vivid video imagery and finely detailed data with 500 cd/m2 brightness and XGA resolution, and has been designed for continuous operation. The single-chip configuration requires no convergence and has a typical lamp life of 8000 hours. Furthermore, the RPMX rear-projection module offers a unique and flexible mounting base, with six-axis adjustment system; it is configurable for both straight throw, or 90° for mirror applications.
The TVC-1100 wall manager boasts advanced server architecture and Christie’s proprietary MASTERSuite wall management software, providing superior video quality and video display flexibility for video-intensive applications within an expandable system.
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