Jordan's Imax Theater - Natick, Massachusetts

The project at Jordans Imax Theater featured the integration of a number of audiovisual and video technologies into the existing theater.  HB's design featured three video, rack mounted playback devices.  Additionally, there are two DVD players with component and audio outputs that work with digital and analog out put.

The design included three touch panels, one rack mounted and one desk style.  The desk unit can be moved to the stage for general presentation (with show pages locked out).  Additional AV functions can be monitored with this control system.  These different controls were organized and programmed by HB:

• Projector-on/off and left right lens shift
• Switcher source selection
• VCR and DVD players
• Transport functions
• HD receiver
• Lexicon decoder
• Relay closures as required of the IMAX DTAC system

An audio mixing board was table-mounted in the rear portion of the room.  Input to the mixing board and from the five microphones outputs was accomplished with the IMAX DTAC system.  Direct digital audio connects from two DVD players to a Lexicon decoder.  The Lexicon is directly connected to the IMAX DTAC system (six channels).

One high brightness projector with left and right lens shift was installed as well. The projector is mounted on a custom stand.  It projects on the left side of the screen and is able to move the image toward the center during a corporate event.  One connection from the stage enables laptop connection to the switcher, thus allowing computer display during a corporate event.

One rack mounted local PC is connected to the switcher (PC supplied by others) and the output projected.  One presentation switcher is used to route the above signals to the high brightness projector.  The switcher outputs to a VGA LCD monitor and route analog audio to booth speakers and audio mixing board.

       

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Mohegan Sun Sports Book - Uncasville, Connecticut

To meet the casino's needs, HB worked with the client, architect and millworker to develop 216 individual carrels, each with a personal 13" Panasonic CT-13R3 receiver, TV control keypad and a touch-sensitive screen-betting terminal. The television housings were modified, fitted with a custom metal bezel and enclosed within a laminated compartment so that no electronics or television settings could be accessed by the user.

To allow users to control television channel selection and audio levels, each carrel was fitted with a programmed Xantech "smartkey" keypad and overlay, an inexpensive item to replace if damaged. In addition to personal displays, four Christie Vistapro projectors with Stewart 15' x 20' screens, seventy 36" Panasonic CT-36G23 display monitors and five 61" Panasonic 61G53 display monitors were incorporated to compliment the personal displays.

Video is selectively distributed to every display system via the Autopatch 32 x 32 A/V matrix and Blonder-Tongue RF distribution system.

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Fleet Center Scoreboard - Boston, Massachusetts

The Fleet Center Scoreboard consists of four Sony JumboTrons that sit in a frame of display boards carrying scores and advertising. The sound system - 14 clusters of speakers installed on the arena's ceiling and around the scoreboard - has been designed for "distributed coverage". This design allows for a maximum viewing and listening experience, from any seat in the house.

All of the Fleet Center's televisions carry the arena's own cable network, which offers 16 channels from Cablevision of Boston. There are 26 camera positions, 5 TV announcer positions, 140,000 feet of video cable, and 35,000 feet of triax camera cable at the disposal of TV broadcasters. Inside the arena, plug-in boxes for the cameras are located in typical broadcast positions, including the locker room.

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