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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

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"

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.

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

Is it RGBHV or YPbPr?

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

Reggards

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.

A scan? like what?

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

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.

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