"Sagebrush had been using a large amount of video elements in the previous worship centre but when they started the second phase project in building a new worship centre, they wanted to improve upon that and chose the Elation EPV762 video panels," stated Stephen MacAurther, lighting systems designer and engineer at VAST Technologies Inc., the Albuquerque-based systems design and installation company that completed the install.
VAST Technologies got involved with the new 2000-seat worship centre based on their previous work at the ministry's various campuses, which included the Albuquerque location's original main worship centre. "At the new worship centre we wanted to expand the video elements and instead of projecting them in a static rectangle, we wanted to move those elements about the set and stage, envisioning new set designs."
The installation includes 100 LED video panels from Elation's Pro Video Series, 7.62mm pixel pitch EPV762 panels that are currently flown upstage and configured as two 50 panel sections (each 5' high x 10' wide).
The current positioning was chosen so that the content could be viewed from a wide angle as the house seating is shell style, something the EPV762 panels' 135° horizontal and 110° vertical viewing angle aids. Stephen comments, "In the current configuration they are hung in two sets of 50 panels but have been hung as large as the entire width of the stage. The viewing angle in the facility is extremely wide and because of that the 100 panels give us enough space coverage at the back of the band performance area to be adequately seen from all seats in the congregation."
(Jim Evans)
