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MicroTiles for Production AV

06/05/2010 by petermccrea

Production AV is proud to be the first UK rental house to take the new high resolution, modular, LED driven digital canvas from Christie Digital into it’s hire stock.

The MicroTiles offer a unique product for exhibition designers and live event producers, enabling you to create bespoke displays in new shapes that give stunning resolution and close up detail with a very wide colour gamut that can give the precise colour that is required by the client’s brand guidelines. It’s ability to be built into stripes or blocks enables digital signage to go beyond the traditional flat screen display helping to engage with increasingly saturated viewers.

Each 16″ wide by 12″ high module is only 10″ deep, and requires 2″ of cooling space to the rear. The native display resolution is a 720×540 pixels, so it is possible to create above HD resolution displays of multiple shapes, enabling your client to get face to face with the image and not loose image quality. Production AV have taken a quantity of MicroTiles, ECU’s, rigging hardware and ancillary items into stock, along with Onelan NTB5505 Digital Signage player for demo and rental use as well as Apple Mac Mini computers for playing back content on discrete MicroTiles Displays.

For more information on the MicroTiles please have a look at the MicroTiles website. Production AV is also now a Christie Digital Partner, which enables collaboration with Christie, as well as access to extensive facilities of the EMEA regional HQ in Wokingham.

If you have a project in mind for the MicroTiles, then please do get in touch with us either by Local Rate telephone on 0845 37 000 24 or by email to [email protected] We are able to offer both rental and sales solutions for fixed installation, Digital Signage and Architectural environments.

Production:av supply to the BBC for Awards

30/03/2010 by petermccrea

Production:av supply Graphics Switching System for the BBC Global Reith Awards.

March 11th saw the annual BBC Global Reith Awards being held in the BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre in Central London. Production:av were contracting to help glue the event together for the main screen behind presenters George Alagiah and Annie Lennox.

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BBC Global

BBC Global is the umbrella name for the worldwide services that are part of the BBC. Awards were handed out across over 10 catagories to winners from around the globe in recognition of their work in bringing impartial news and services to the public, in innovative and traditional ways.

Held in the BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre, the awards ceremony utilised the in house equipment provided by BAFTA, as well as external contractors such as Production:av to ensure the event went without a hitch.

Production:av – Digital Glue

Production:av were contracted to ensure that the range of sources to be displayed could be mixed and laid out on screen as wished, and the differing formats seamlessly mixed. Broadcast cameras, Keynote Presentations had to be scaled and mixed, maintaining their integrity before being fed to the in house Barco Digital Cinema projector at Full HD resolution.

Production:av also provided and operator to set up and control the system for the event, as well as running the Graphics sources to ensure that the correct keynote slides were shown at the right time.

The clients experience of dealing with Production:av was described by Richard Jack the producer:

Throughout the whole process you

have been really helpful: going way beyond what was expected to help us produce the high

standard we needed for the show. Your knowledge of the products was impressive; your

operational skills were first rate; your professionalism was much appreciated. But above all,

the ‘can-do’ attitude of production:av was refreshing.

I do hope we can work together again.

We hope to work again soon with Richard and his team, and really enjoyed the experience.

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BBC Global Reith Awards 2010 – Testamonial

30/03/2010 by petermccrea

BBC Global Reith Awards 2010

Dear Pete,

I just wanted to write to say thank you so much for your excellent work last week on the BBC
Global Reith Awards at BAFTA.

As you know, I stumbled upon production:av almost by chance, as a result of a google
search for particular bit of kit. And I’m so glad that I did. Throughout the whole process you
have been really helpful: going way beyond what was expected to help us produce the high
standard we needed for the show. Your knowledge of the products was impressive; your
operational skills were first rate; your professionalism was much appreciated. But above all,
the ‘can-do’ attitude of production:av was refreshing.

I do hope we can work together again.

Many thanks, and best wishes

Richard Jack
Producer/Director, BBC Global Reith Awards 2010

Matrox MXO2 LE available for Hire

09/03/2010 by petermccrea

Professional HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O for MacBook Pro and Mac Pro

Matrox MXO2 LE Professional HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O for MacBook Pro and Mac Pro
Matrox MXO2 LE Professional HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O for MacBook Pro and Mac Pro

Available for Hire immediately, Production:av has the ideal Digital and Analogue Input and Output device for the capturing video straight to the timeline in Final Cut. The Matrox MXO2 LE enables the capture of video and audio directly to the computer, from HD/SD-SDI, YUV, Y/C and CV, cross convert it and provide simultaneous output to the computer and on the MXO2’s outputs for monitoring.

Hire Prices:

  • £100/day
  • £300/Week

All prices exclude VAT. Please contact Production:av on 0845 37 000 24 for more information or a quotation.

17″ Apple Macbook Pro now available for Hire.

05/03/2010 by petermccrea

Production:av is now able to offer Apple Macbook Pro’s 17″ for hire with immediate effect. The Macbook Pro comes with the Following specification:

  • 2.8GHz Processor
  • 4 GB Ram
  • 500GB HDD
  • 1920×1200 native resolution on NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Graphics Card
  • 2560 x 1600 on NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Graphics Card
  • USB2.0, Firewire 800, Express 34, Gigabit Network, Audio Ports
  • Mini Display Port (Adaptors to VGA and DVI Supplied)
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Now availalbe for hire from Production:av Ltd is the 17" Macbook Pro.

The Macbook Pro’s come loaded with the following Software:

  • Apple OSX 10.6
  • Keynote 09
  • Final Cut Studio
  • Windows 7 on VMWare Fusion
  • Powerpoint
  • Microsoft Office

The Macbook Pro is perfect for delivering HD to our HD screens and switching systems. Coupled with the Matrox MXO2 LE it is ideal for capturing Full HD content from our AV-HS400 vision mixer, and editing it with the content from the Sony PMW-EX3 cameras.

Hire Prices:

  • £200/Day
  • £600/Week

Contact our hire desk for a specific quote on 0845 37 000 24, or [email protected]

Sony PMW-EX3 Full HD Camera available for Hire

18/02/2010 by petermccrea

Immediately available for hire, Production:av have added the Sony PMW-EX3 Full HD camera to it’s hire stock. Hire charges are £160 per day. Accessories available include Memory sticks, Tripods and microphone kits.

The EX3 has a range of multiple features that make it ideal for a range of purposes such as live event capture, IMAG and film creation. The EX3 boasts an impressive feature set including:

  • HD/SD SDI Output
  • Recording to removable media cards, with the ability to span across the two media slots,
  • Interchangeable Lenses with 1/2″ and 1/3″ options
  • Genlock and Timecode I/O
  • Large Viewfinder/LCD monitor
  • Monitor Video Output
  • Full HD and SD recording modes
  • Full Manual Control over all settings
  • Audio input on XLR
Sony PMW-EX3 Full HD Camera
Sony PMW-EX3 Full HD Camera

The EX3 is ideal for use as either a shoulder mounted camera, handheld or mounted on our Manfrotto Tripods.

As Standard our Hire Kits include:

  • Sony PMW-EX3 Camera,
  • Standard Lens,
  • 2 batteries and charger,
  • Zoom Demand
  • 2 x 32GB SDHC Memory Cards in Express 34 Adaptors

Contact our hire department for a specific quotation either by email, or telephone on local rate 0845 37 000 24

Panasonic AV-HS400 Available for Hire

16/02/2010 by petermccrea

Available immediately, Production:av has added the Panasonic AV-HS400 HD Vision Mixer to it’s hire stock. List Price per day is £400 per day ex VAT. This includes a Panasonic Broadcast 17″ monitor for the Multiview output.

Panasonic AV-HS400
Panasonic AV-HS400

The AV-HS400 is a native HD-SDI vision mixer, capable of working at either HD or SD levels. As standard 4 HD/SD-SDI inputs (with a built in Loop Out) are provided, with 2 PGM outputs, and a further assignable output. The mixer automatically generates a Multiview Output, reducing the number of monitors required on site.

Additional boards are available to enable the vision mixer to accept component and computer sources, with the ability to upscale these inputs to HD resolutions. There are also options to provide downscaled outputs.

The AV-HS400 also sits alongside our Barco HD projection and Switching equipment, which when combined with our Sony PMW-EX3 Cameras allows for an end to end Full HD work flow.

Contact our Hire department for a quote either by email or local rate telephone on 0845 37 000 24.

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2010 – Show Report

14/02/2010 by petermccrea

The 2nd-4th of February 2010 saw Amsterdam’s RAI Centre hosting Integrated Systems Europe. Despite the ‘Tough’ (!!) economic climate across Europe, the attendance was up 14% on 2009 to 28,489 across the 3 days.

Some of the team from Production:av went along to have a look at the new products and services on offer, with the aim of coming away with some new tools to help us meet our clients needs more effectively.

The Show

ISE spans across multiple halls at the RAI, giving a chance for Systems Integrators and AV specialists to see product ranges from all the major manufacturers such as Extron, Kramer, Barco, NEC, Mitsubishi and many more. With it’s size it’s hard to see everything in 1 day, so I’d recommend going for two days. We spent day 1 going from stand to stand to see what was available before returning to those that we needed to see more of. With the RAI being well connected to the city, it’s easy to get value accommodation away from the show and still not spend too long travelling.

There we several areas we went to look at:

Digital Signage.

This is a market that is continuing to expand, with more vendors entering the market with their products. There isn’t a huge variation – essentially there are media player type units (Onelan being one such manufacturer) which are often network-able, software solutions such as Nexus On Demands solution, and then integrated solutions in to screens such as those from Phillips. There didn’t really appear to be any groundbreaking releases, but more that products were becoming more mature and stable. We certainly liked the feature set of the Onelan products.

Projection

There were a few new projection products. Projectiondesign’s new remote light source projectors have clear benefits for use in meeting rooms where projector noise is not ideal, and also makes changing lamps easier in projectors that might be mounted in inaccessible places.

Christie Digital Launched the Microtile – a 10″x16″ rear projection LED driven DLP projection cube, that works to about a 720×540 resolution, with a very thin bezel, beating the new crop of ‘Seamless’ LCD’s.  Utilising the ‘ECU’ they can be stacked and tiled in a multitude of shapes. It’s great idea, and looks brilliant, with the LED’s giving a great colour range, but I’m unsure that it’s going to take much work from Seamless LCD’s. It takes about 4 tiles to be a simillar size to a 42″ LCD, but each tile is about twice the price of a single LCD…. I’m also not convinced that the rigging has been thought through properly, but once we get an onsite demo, then we may be convinced otherwise.

Multitouch

Is everywhere! Apple have probalby helped to bring this technology to the fore with the iPhone and now the iPad, but many others are working to create large visuals solutions that embrace the technology. I think the two high lights for me were the NEC Multi-Touch ability of it’s 70 Series Projection Cube. The ability to scale google maps on a large screen, and across the seams was impressive.

The other impressive option was the Multi Touch rear projection film that enables Multi Touch for shop fronts and other display scenarios. Although the demonstration unit was a proof of concept rather than finished product it worked well. They hope to have large areas (2m Diagonal and above) available around 2nd quarter 2010.

3D – LED, TV’s and Projection

Again, it looks like 2010 could be the year of 3D- I haven’t even got an HD ready TV at home yet! That said the slab of 3D LED that Video Equipment Rentals were demonstrating was pretty clever. The 3m viewing distance didn’t do it justice, but in an arena sized venue it must work a treat.

There were also a few different 3D systems in evidence. From those that use polarising or shuttered lenses to those that didn’t require glasses. I think there’s still work to be done on the 3D front – being a glasses wearer, I don’t want to have to wear another pair of glasses to watch TV. And when it comes to the systems that require no additional paraphernalia, there’s still work to be done, as I’m not somebody that can sit still for that long.

Other bits.

There were a few other bits that shone out – Yamaha’s Digital Video I/O boards which enable audio from the desk to be embedded/deembedded onto an SDI video feed (useful for sending Video/Audio over a single BNC to a remote room).

Then there is the Neutrik Optical Con Quad – a ruggedised 4 pole fibre connector connector, that combined with the relevant fibre cables will give a very robust system for the deployment of DVI and HDMI (and if you feel the need, Audio!) systems in the events sector.

Overall?

Would we go back? Yes. It’s a great way to see and compare equipment, and a good chance to find those useful bits that you need but didn’t know where to find them. It also gives a chance to catch up with the manufacturers, find out what’s new and potentially save some time compared to taking various hours out to chat with the reps.

Did we find the bits we were after? Yes. Keep an eye on the website for upcoming news about products and services that we’ll be bringing to you.

All in all, a worth while trip. See you at ISE 2011!

Exceeding customers expectations…

04/02/2010 by petermccrea

“Your depth of knowledge and understanding within production has been a great asset to us and has enabled us to continue delivering first class Live Events, exceeding our customers expectations on each and every occasion.

Customer feedback has been nothing but positive. Please pass on my thanks to all of the team that have supported us to date.”

Live Events Director at Dair. February 2010.


AXA Insurance Awards

04/02/2010 by petermccrea

With prize giving for their best achieving salesperson to their tongue in cheek take on the X-Factor, aptly named The AXA Factor, the AXA Awards was a fun and light hearted review of the year – a chance for the team at AXA to let their hair down and enjoy themselves for the evening.

However, this approach was certainly not taken from our perspective. Providing the full production, from set to sound it was imperative every detail was taken care of for such an esteemed client.

Production:av was pleased to continue our great relationship with marketing communications agency Dair* to achieve this event.

Our high definition projection provided an excellent backdrop for the presentations and our d&b Audiotechnik system with digital control was employed ensuring the audio was discreet, tidy and to the highest standard. The set design was carried out in house. White PVC was chosen in order for pixel lines and moving heads to be used to colour the set, which gave fantastic results.

The Live Events co-ordinator at Dair* commented:

Both the AXA events team and the key event stakeholders mentioned what a great team we had on site, polite, helpful, professional, ready to help being just a few of the words used.

The event was a success from start to finish with everybody being exceptionally pleased with all aspects of the show. We look forward to operating on future events with this client.

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