| CHAPMAN AUDIO DESIGNS |
| Oakland: Historic Fox Theater |
| The Fox Den |
- Matrixed HD Video Distribution
* 1080i DirecTV to any display location
* Looping Promotional DVD
* Live Camera/Audio input at Mixing Board
* IR control of any source from any display
* HD, Audio, and IR over 2 cat5e runs.
* B&K CT600.1/HD6 x 3
* Audioplex Custom Video/Audio/IR over cat5
| Cafeteria |
When we had the chance to help the Oakland Fox
with it's face-lift, we jumped! With less than 2 weeks to
go 'til the Gala Opening, we were brought in to design
and install an HD Video Distribution Solution.
Problem #1: A single coaxial wire was run to each
potential TV location during the 2008 reconstruction.
Oops. Since it's pretty much impossible to do any kind of
HD distribution over a single coaxial wire without
purchasing enough gear to outfit an HD Broadcast
station, we had to think quickly. I knew that cat5 could
somehow be used, but how many runs? How could we
ensure stability and color depth over long runs, some
over 400 feet? You need a picture by when!!??
Problem #2: We needed some way to control gear in
the video room racks from any display location in a huge
art deco era building. Wireless was out because of
distance and environmental factors. The people in the
Fox Den just wanted to change channels, seems simple
enough, but these displays were over 400 feet away from
the video room housing the DirecTV boxes.
I knew that a quality video-over-cat5 solution could
work. But what about IR? Would we have to pull 3 cat5
runs? Yikes! My buddies over at Audioplex in New York
had the answer: 18 custom baluns using one cat5 for HD
video, and one cat5 for left/right analog audio and return
feed for IR commands. Made with a minijack ready for me
to plug in the IR target. Tested packaged and delivered in
7 days. Go USA!!!
The quality of the cat5e was crucial so I went with Ice
Cable Systems. It pulls very well out of the box and
exceeded it's specifications in every regard. The fact that
you can squeeze 1080i Analog HD into little pieces of
copper and send it 500 feet still blows me away.
With help from an amazing crew: Mike Abrahamson,
Sam Seeno, and Mike Azzolino, we pulled over 10,000
feet of cat5e to 12 display locations in seven days. A
combination of new and used panels was mounted and
calibrated. And we had the promotional DVD looping by
the Gala opening.
-Bill Chapman
with it's face-lift, we jumped! With less than 2 weeks to
go 'til the Gala Opening, we were brought in to design
and install an HD Video Distribution Solution.
Problem #1: A single coaxial wire was run to each
potential TV location during the 2008 reconstruction.
Oops. Since it's pretty much impossible to do any kind of
HD distribution over a single coaxial wire without
purchasing enough gear to outfit an HD Broadcast
station, we had to think quickly. I knew that cat5 could
somehow be used, but how many runs? How could we
ensure stability and color depth over long runs, some
over 400 feet? You need a picture by when!!??
Problem #2: We needed some way to control gear in
the video room racks from any display location in a huge
art deco era building. Wireless was out because of
distance and environmental factors. The people in the
Fox Den just wanted to change channels, seems simple
enough, but these displays were over 400 feet away from
the video room housing the DirecTV boxes.
I knew that a quality video-over-cat5 solution could
work. But what about IR? Would we have to pull 3 cat5
runs? Yikes! My buddies over at Audioplex in New York
had the answer: 18 custom baluns using one cat5 for HD
video, and one cat5 for left/right analog audio and return
feed for IR commands. Made with a minijack ready for me
to plug in the IR target. Tested packaged and delivered in
7 days. Go USA!!!
The quality of the cat5e was crucial so I went with Ice
Cable Systems. It pulls very well out of the box and
exceeded it's specifications in every regard. The fact that
you can squeeze 1080i Analog HD into little pieces of
copper and send it 500 feet still blows me away.
With help from an amazing crew: Mike Abrahamson,
Sam Seeno, and Mike Azzolino, we pulled over 10,000
feet of cat5e to 12 display locations in seven days. A
combination of new and used panels was mounted and
calibrated. And we had the promotional DVD looping by
the Gala opening.
-Bill Chapman
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