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Grange Hotel Installs 48 Screen Plasma Video Wall

UNITED KINGDOM —  The Grange Hotel, St. Pauls, a newly opened hotel located in the heart of the London's financial district that features advanced audio-visual systems throughout including a state-of-the-art 48 screen Infinite Plasma video wall located in the hotel's Atrium. The exclusive hotel features integrated AV at every turn, designed to impress guests as soon as they step foot through the door.

Specialist integrator 2Ci was approached by the hotel’s architect to develop videowall technologies that would work in the Atrium’s bright environment. 2Ci worked with videowall experts PSCo to identify the Infinite Plasma as the ideal solution.

2Ci and the hotel’s in house AV department worked together to install three stunning Infinite Plasma walls consisting of 48 screens into the hotel’s 80ft Atrium. The three vertical strips in 2 x 16 configurations are programmed to display aquatic imagery to form part of the ambience, which can then be changed to suit different seasons or events.

“From the consultation process, it was evident that the Infinite range would be the most appropriate solution due to the size of the gap between the screens. With such a strong focus on advanced technology throughout the hotel, it was vital to make the videowall an impressive centre piece," said Stuart Holmes, managing director of PSCo.

The BIC (Burn In Compensation) technology of the Infinite Plasmas was also a deciding factor. This dramatically reduces and even eradicates the effects of screen burn and features truly groundbreaking technology which equips screens to deal with repetitive and static imagery, unlike any other plasma display available.

“This is one of the largest installations of the Infinite Plasma screens in the UK to date and is a feature of the hotel. Continuing with the advanced AV concept, we also brought in a 103” Panasonic screen for the Royal Presidential Suite which was quite a feat!," said Habs Akram, managing director of 2Ci explained:

The screens are a new generation of IInfinite Plasmas with a seam gap of just 3.8mm, increased contrast and brightness ratios, combined with a new anti-reflective surface; they are perfect for high ambient light environments. The hotel’s meeting facilities also include 25 x 65” Panasonic plasmas.