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This is what 10 million pixels look like
Whatever your feelings are about Comcast, you'll be helpless but to fall in love with the media giant's 10 million pixel display at the new Comcast Center in Philadelphia. The media wall covers an area of over 2100 square feet and uses four-millimeter LED lights, packed together as one giant, seamless array. It plays all manner of video, and even cool segments where three-dimensional-looking dancers seem to hover in thin air at five times the resolution of HD television.
The wall gets its feed from an automated control center packed with digitizers, routers, video processors and 27,000 gigabytes of information. Comcast paid the visualization experts at Barco $22 million for the wall and control room.
Check out the gallery below for more images of Comcast's 10 million pixel display, or click Continue for a few videos of the amazing wall in motion.
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And a meaty, 10-minute video presentation:
DeputyDog, via Gizmowatch
Additional pictures and video from Chris_In_Philly_'08's Flickr
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By MarkV at 12:12 AM ON 06/21/08
SWEET, though the clockwised "E" design is a bit strange....why didnt they just add four more panels to the gap? Nevertheless, I would love to have that setup!!! That piano picture...WOW!!!! it is honestly realistic
By MarkV at 12:14 AM ON 06/21/08
*6 panels
By budgethero at 11:21 AM ON 06/21/08
aww man, if i were a movie theater projector right now, i'ld be deeply concerned for my long term future. i'ld be scared even if i were an imax projector.
By william dinkines at 8:35 PM ON 06/22/08
Nice! *6 Paneles* When do we get one in Port Saint Lucie Florida?
By WOW!! at 7:45 AM ON 06/26/08
Wonder how many Age of Conan or WOW hours that thing logs after the bigwigs go home????????LOL
By vagabond at 11:37 AM ON 06/26/08
$22Million? No wonder my cable bill is so high.
By DarrianAshoka at 3:31 PM ON 06/28/08
Yes, I see they did well to design video that works around the hall way cut-outs, but since they do not need that much clearance they should have just paneled over the upper half of the hall ways to mount the rest of the video screen over them.
By David Niles at 6:20 PM ON 07/10/08
"Just the facts mam..." David Niles at Niles Creative Group, NYC, designed the entire LED screen project and the content that plays on it. The Content Delivery System was designed and built by Niles Creative group. Barco engineered and manufactured the LED screen components and installed it in Philadelphia. One more detail.... the screen did not cost anywhere near 22 million dollars.