LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies has launched VideoBlades 12, a large-scale LED display technology that straddles the worlds of video and lighting in the entertainment, events and architectural markets.

An alliance between Lighthouse and Pix2o, VideoBlades 12 provides a 12.5mm pixel pitch, modular LED screen designed to deliver superb image quality both indoors and outdoors. It comes in two formats, SkyRoll and GroundRoll which can be deployed by rolling up or down from its patented rotating structure, in the same fashion as a window shade.

The modular format allows for the seamless formation of large-scale screens limited in size only by a customer's requirements. SkyRoll deploys down from overhead and is available in 4m, 6m and 8m widths and up to 10m screen heights, whilst GroundRoll deploys up from the floor, resulting in the lowest possible rigged weight, and is available in infinitely seam-able sections 2m to 3m wide, up to 10m high.

Both are pre-configured at the factory and shipped to the end user with only a minimal number of electrical and mechanical connections required to operate the system. Both are also supported by an integrated truss sub-structure. The VideoBlades 12 display system is composed of individual display IMs, called the Blades.

These can be organized either horizontally or vertically into a video display of any size desired. They have the added advantage that the Blades can be used in groups or singly as set lighting fixtures and scenic elements. They are all operated from the same control and distribution system.

Image: VideoBlades 12 GroundRoll in action