Chauvet LED helps learning in Wichita Falls
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To round out the hands-on educational process, the school gives students an opportunity to market their newly developed skills. So, the cosmetology centre welcomes visitors who want their hair and nails done. The culinary centre operates a thriving bistro. And students in the AV programme get to showcase their work on a giant video wall made with 100 F3 LED tiles from Chauvet Professional that were supplied and installed by ESP of Texas and Commercial & Industrial Electronics.
“We bid on this project with Commercial & Industrial Electronics,” said Mike Utzman, president of ESP of Texas. “Roy Horn, president of C&I, and I have partnered in the past, and we figured that doing so again would be a good way to cut costs on this project.”
The actual installation of the wall in an area of the school called The Learning Stairs offers students some important lessons about adapting design concepts, and how resourceful engineering can overcome obstacles.
Originally, the school district was going to use nine TV screens to showcase student productions, but modified its plans based on Utzman and Horn’s recommendation and had an LED wall constructed with the Chauvet Professional tiles. “Going with the Chauvet wall just made a lot of sense, given what the school wanted to do at The Learning Stairs,” said Utzman. “This is a large area for students to sit, plug in their laptops and follow the instructor, listen to a lecture or watch the movie shorts produced in the TV studio by their classmates.”
Once installed, the new video wall quickly earned rave reviews from teachers and students. The 3.9 mm pixel pitch and black body LEDs of the Chauvet panels display crisp, clear images of students’ work, even when viewed from relatively close distances. Even though the video wall is located under windows, its bright 1,500 NITS output and pixel density ensure clear viewing on the sunniest days. “The response to the wall has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Utzman.
(Jim Evans)
