Re-setuping a Club - NEED HELP

[joaosilvaa]

Hi guys, i need your help please

So recently we bought a new club here in Portugal, and i need some help to do something diferent, well not diferent, but the actual video system is a bit old.

Actual setup is like:

5 Projectores (3 Connected to 1 PC: 1 Output each, 2 of them are connected to a video matrix along 6 hd tv, connected to a DVJ or a COMPUTER depending on what concept party is)

My ideia is:

Simply Blend 3 projectors horizontal wall.
And the other 2 projectors along with tv's with a single repeated output. Using only 1 computer.

So i will need 3 Graphic card outputs for blend the 3 projectors, and another Output to connect the video matrix.
Is this the best way? to keep all with connected? I know i can simply use a matrix triplehead to go, but i need to go cheap..

2 or 3 Layer comp assigned to the 3 Blend Projectors.
1 Layer Comp assigned to the Video Matrix Output.

Please suggest me.

Thanks
João

[Empyfree]

I think you already know the answer!

Graphics card with three outputs (best card you can afford!)
Output one - User Interface
Output two - single screen
Output three - triplehead2go for your blend (or better still a Datapath X4).

I'm sure other ideas will surface but I don't think this is something you can do "on the cheap"

[Oaktown]

If you're on a budget your proposed setup would work OK.

Get a good GPU such as an older GTX980 with 6GB of RAM and a TripleHead2Go DP Edition or Digital SE. That way, you'll be able to get your 3 projectors for the blend from one DisplayPort output, the Video Matrix from a second DisplayPort output, your UI from the DVI or HDMI outputs and still have one open output for future expansion.

One important detail is that your 3-projector blend will need to be smaller than what you have in your photo because you'll need two blend areas. my recommendation would be to have 200-pixel blend areas to get a nice smooth blend so your resulting image would be 3440x800 instead of 3840x800.

[joaosilvaa]

Thanks for the awnsers guys!

One more question, the matrix video uses as input BNC connectors, so the best way to connect to a pc is to convert Bnc To Vga and use a Display port To Vga Active Adapter?

Reggards

[Oaktown]

Is it RGBHV or YPbPr?

[joaosilvaa]

Not sure.. but the matrix video is the Extron MAV SERIES 88 V (http://media.extron.com/product/panel/mav88v.gif)

Reggards

[Empyfree]

That's a composite video matrix. If you're stuck using that you'll need to convert one of your outputs from HDMI/VGA (whatever you've got spare on your card) to composite BNC. This is not just a cable conversion. You'll need a scan converter device.

[joaosilvaa]

A scan? like what?

Im using a Gtx 1060 6gb. With 2 Display Port 2 Hdmi and 1 Dvi port.

[Oaktown]

Composite is not great quality so I would personally retire the Extron MAV SERIES 88 V and purchase an HDMI/DVI 1:4 splitter/extender instead.

[joaosilvaa]

i know, but don't gonna work, 7 Tvs + 2 projectors screen ...