Comcast’s 10 Million Pixel Display
July 10th, 2008 | Posted in Other |
Last month Comcast opened up the doors of their new skyscraper in downtown Philadelphia to the public. In just one month’s time, their new video wall has become a major tourist attraction for the city. The 10 million pixel display covers over 2,100 square feet of wall space (83.3ft x 25.4ft) using four-millimeter LED lights. The images and video played on this super screen have a resolution that is five times greater than that of HDTV. Its clarity is 30% greater than IMAX screens too. Comcast ended up paying Barco $22 million for the wall display and accompanying automated control room, which handles about 27,000 gigabytes of information.
For some great pictures of this wall and some video clips of it in action, check out DVICE.com’s write up on Comcast’s newest toy.
You can also check out Barco’s website for more information about the system too (they are the ones who built it for Comcast).
