Clarkson University updates student center videowalll with Planar

To renew the old display support has opted for the TVF series to create a videowall of just over four meters wide by 2,5 high. It features a pixel pitch of 1,5 mm and has been designed in a configuration of 7×7.

The private and national research university Clarkson It stands out for its initiatives in technological education and sustainable economic development through education, research, Scholarships and innovation. Founded in 1896, its main campus is located in Potsdam (New York) and additional ones are located on Lake Saranac, Schenectady, Beacon and New York City.

On its main campus is the Student Center, a building of 18.288 square meters, LEED-certified, which serves as a hub of campus activity and a place where students can spend time between classes, hold club meetings and participate in different activities.

The largest space inside the building is the Student Center Forum (Student Center Forum), a three-story area, In the style of an amphitheater, which includes a scenario, benches and three levels of surrounding balconies. Multipurpose space is used for a variety of purposes and entertainment, including concerts, Shows, Conferences and award ceremonies.

When the Student Center was built in 2010, A videowall was installed to watch sports, Projections, Presentations and support events. Ten years later, This display medium was becoming obsolete, was ending its life cycle. This is why the University decided that the time had come to update it.. To do this, Hired the services of the system designer and integrator Video Visions and offer a new solution.

Video Visions proposed an update with a Led videowall of the TVF series of planar. Based on viewing distances in the forum, Video Visions introduced two options of the TVF flat panel series: a Led videowall with a pitch of 1,8 mm and a thinner one of 1,5 Mm.

The choice was the installation of a videowall Led TVF just over four meters wide by 2,5 high, with a pixel pitch of 1,5 Mm (TVF1.5), Designed in a configuration of 7×7.

“The Student Center Forum is the core of the student experience on campus and the Led videowall is the heart", comments Josh Fiske, Clarkson's Chief Information Officer

The TVF Planar series has cabinets of 27 Inch, With a stackable design and without cables that makes the videowall easier to install in a wide range of spaces.

“We were working with size parameters, We had to adapt the existing installation that had a cabinet built around. With Planar's TVF Series, We were able to make it fit easily without having to redesign the entire stand.", explains Mary Ellen Milanese, President of Video Visions.

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