That’s A Wrap
The TV business news market is crowded, so when Fox decided to launch a business channel, it wanted to stand out from the pack. That quest to be different shows in the design of its Midtown Manhattan studio, which features a mix of curved projection screens, an LED tower, and 50-plus plasma displays.
Telescope Over Pit
1 NEC PX50XR6A 50-inch flat-panel plasma display
Under Balcony
6 Panasonic TH42PH10UK 42-inch flat-panel plasma display
West Wall
24 Panasonic TH42PH10UK 42-inch flat-panel plasma display
24 Peerless ST650 tilting wall mount for medium to large 32-inch to 50-inch plasma screens
South of Balcony
1 Christie 104-010101-01 12K 3-Chip DLP projector
1 Christie 104-116101-01 projector lens
1 Christie 108-103001 twist warping and blending module
1 LSD RM-6-AXIS custom dual bounce mirror and sled assembly
1 Opticomm fiber extenders (receivers and transmiters)
1 Stewart E019965 04005 8 foot by 10 foot Aeroplex 100 acyrlic rear projection material
South East Corner
1 Christie 104-010101-01 12K 3-Chip DLP projector
1 Christie 104-116101-01 projector lens
1 Christie 108-103001 twist warping and blending module
1 LSD RM-6-AXIS custom dual bounce mirror and sled assembly
1 Opticomm Fiber Extenders (receivers and transmiters)
1 Stewart E019965 04005 8-foot-by-12-foot Aeroplex 100 acyrlic rear projection material
Christie Spare Parts
2 Christie 003-110399-01 HD panel driver (HDPD)
2 Christie 003-120135-01 2.0kW Xenon replacement lamps
2 Christie 03-900543-51P TIPM – PCB assembly
LCD Ticker Column Wrap
AMBER LED
2 NuMedia MXD16-208/16 208×16 pixels, 16mm pitch displays anywhere from 2 lines 4.4-inch up to 1 line 10-inch characters. LED area 10-inch x 131-inch display in amber
BLUE LED
2 NuMedia MXD16-208/16 208×16 pixels, 16mm pitch displays anywhere from 2 lines 4.4-inch up to 1 line 10-inch characters. LED area 10-inch x 131-inch display in blue
Vista Processing
1 Vista 204x 4 out expansion processor (incl 200x)
Distribution System Flexible Switcher Option
Video Equipment
51 Contemporary Research 232-ATSC HDTV tuners
26 Contemporary Research RK2-HD dual rack kit for HD tuners
1 Blonder Tongue RMDA 860-43P rack mounted distribution amplifer
Routing/Distribution
1 AutoPatch 2×28 HD-SDI switcher with front panel control
1 Extron 60-408-01 HD-SDI to component converter
1 Linksys TBD 16 port router
7 Moxa Nport 5610-16 16 port RS-232 switch
1 Opticomm DVI1000R fiber reciever
1 Opticomm DVI1000T fiber transmitter
Control
1 Crestron C2ENET-1 Ethernet card
1 Crestron PRO2 dual bus controller/processor
1 Crestron TPS12B 12-inch color touch panel
Source: McCann Systems
