3D & UHD
Ultra-high
definition
8k projection for Networked Media Lab research
Essex University recently installed With technology advancing at an alarming JVC projectors were also a manageable
six JVC DLA-SH4K projectors
rate, its users rely more and more on size and lighter in weight than other
as part of a £1.5million Networked
ultra-high quality and high-performance projectors, and they run off a standard
Media Laboratory; a world-leading
networks in order to process and share 13 amp socket, keeping installation neat
information. Essex University’s new facility, and simple. It was also essential for this
research facility for future digital
managed by Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, setup that the projectors featured horizontal
media innovation. Launched at
not only offers high-resolution imaging but and vertical lens shift, as this is critical
the university in November last
also a high performance network, enabling for an 8K four-projector tiled wall.”
year, the new facility includes
them to work with other key universities
an impressive single Ultra High and research institutes to design services
The networked media lab will especially
Definition 8K projection system, specifically created for high quality,
be of interest in the medical world, where
configured using four JVC 4K
large-scale digital media and for the high
there’s the need to transfer UHD images in
projectors, and a high-resolution
volume media streams needed, for example,
real time without quality loss, enabling, for
3D screen created using two
when streaming an 8K UHD image.
example, remote diagnosis of patients.
n
JVC 4K projectors as a 3D pair.
Stuart Hetherington, Managing Director
www.holovis.com
at HoloVis International, installers of the
8K and 4K 3D projection systems at
“The projectors featured horizontal Essex, explains the benefits of the JVC
and vertical lens shift; critical for
DLA-SH4K projectors for such an important
an 8K four-projector tiled wall”
project. “With four of these projectors on
racks in the room behind the screen, it was
imperative that the units were quiet and
didn’t generate much heat, as this meant
Essex University wouldn’t have to worry
about industrial venting or ducting. The
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