{"id":554,"date":"2008-06-23T14:54:48","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T04:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/?p=554"},"modified":"2014-04-15T20:10:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T20:10:15","slug":"commcast-videowall-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/commcast-videowall-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Commcast Videowall, philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/06\/commcast04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-555\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px\" title=\"commcast04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/06\/commcast04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<p>Situated in a breathtaking 7-story high glass atrium, The Comcast Experience is a joint gift to the citizens of Philadelphia from Comcast Corporation and Liberty Property Trust; one that combines sculpture, architecture and technology into an inviting and unique public environment. By transforming a public transportation hub into an artistic focal point for the city, The Comcast Experience encompasses a number of important \u201cfirsts.\u201d From a technology standpoint, the world\u2019s largest four millimeter LED wall is 83.3\u2019 wide by 25.4\u2019 high (25.38m x 7.74m), and is comprised of 6,771 Barco NX-4 LED modules. With 10 million pixels mounted in a seamless flat array, the wall provides an extremely high degree of photo-realism \u2014 five times the resolution of high-definition television.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/06\/commcast01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-556\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px\" title=\"commcast01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/06\/commcast01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s never been a screen not only of this resolution, but also of this realism,\u201d said Steve Scorse, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Barco&#8217;s Media &amp; Entertainment division, North America. \u201cNot only does the screen integrate seamlessly into the Comcast Center as a forum for content, but at times, the content mimics the atrium\u2019s natural wood paneling and virtually disappears,\u201d said Scorse. \u201cThe resolution, contrast and seamlessness are such that you can do things with this screen that cannot be done with any other technology.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BO6ty5RfnrA&amp;hl=en\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BO6ty5RfnrA&amp;hl=en\"><\/embed><\/object>\r\n\r\n<p>via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barco.com\/corporate\/en\/pressreleases\/show.asp?index=2101\">www.barco.com<\/a><br \/>\r\nvideo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barco.com\/branding\/en\/references\/comcast_movie.asp\">Comcast Video<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u00a0","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Situated in a breathtaking 7-story high glass atrium, The Comcast Experience is a joint gift to the citizens of Philadelphia from Comcast Corporation and Liberty Property Trust; one that combines sculpture, architecture and technology into an inviting and unique public environment. 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