Baptist Church improves video workflow with Apantac products
Published: WORSHIP
US: Pleasant Valley Baptist Church has upgraded its video system to incorporate Apantac’s MT HOOD signal processing and extension solutions.
The church is using Apantac’s VGA-4-SER units: these are 4-port splitters/extenders/receivers with audio and monitor outputs. Also now in use are Apantac’s VGA-1-R units: single-port long distance VGA receivers with audio and monitor outputs. The upgrade was carried out by Kansas-based media technology dealer Stark Raving Solutions.
The VGA units have been adopted to improve distribution of HD video and graphics to projectors and flat panel displays in the ministry’s main Worship Centre auditorium in Missouri. The extenders/splitters are housed in the video control room along with Pleasant Valley’s advance battery of switching, monitoring, playback and distribution devices. The VGA receivers are magnetically mounted on the rear of the displays.
Video feeds from an Echolab Prima MVS6 Video Switcher, together with HD graphic content from a MAC Pro running Pro Presenter 4, are distributed to four Panasonic projectors and seven Panasonic flat panel displays in the main auditorium. Two of the projectors display content on the side screens for the audience and the other two supply confidence screens for the speakers.
The cascaded system of VGA extenders transmits the video signals between the video sources and the display devices forming a distributed network of video delivery. The signals are extended over Cat5/5e/6, eliminating bulky video cabling.
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church’s goal was to distribute 1280 x 768 resolution signals over long distances – up to 900ft. Apantac’s VGA-4-SER units extend video signals and graphics content to the main auditorium with pristine image quality. Each extender enables the display of a single VGA source onto four monitors simultaneously, increasing the impact on large audiences.
‘Apantac provided us with a cost-effective solution for our video and audio distribution over long distances with no compromise of picture or sound quality,’ commented Marcus Hammond, media director, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. ‘They provided us with the right solution for the right price, and the back-end support has been excellent.’
The VGA-4-SER and VGA-1-R units extend, split and receive VGA and audio signals up to 1,000-ft away from signal feeds and support maximum video resolutions of 2048 x 1536. They are said to integrate easily with existing infrastructure and equipment while using efficient and inexpensive CATx cables. Both units are plug and play, and require no software to function.
Image and signal processing equipment manufacturer Apantac was founded in 2008 and is a privately held company with headquarters located in Portland, Oregon, US.