Visual spectacle at the new Durban stadium with Spyder X20

Looking ahead to the World Cup in South Africa, System Solutions endows Moses Mabhida Stadium, with the capacity to 70.000 Spectators, of an advanced audiovisual solution that integrates video distribution for digital signage in HD over IP, a giant high-resolution LED screen and the new Christie Spyder X20 processor.

The newly built Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, with a capacity for 70.000 people, It will be one of the top ten venues chosen, spread over nine cities, to host the matches of the World Cup 2010. Located in the South African province of KwaZulu Natal, this stadium has been built from scratch on the former site of the Kings Park field (demolished at the end of 2006), and is conceived as a multifunctional infrastructure of international rank and with a guaranteed use for a long time after the celebration of the great event. With a total budget of 321 millions of dollars (227 millions of euros), One of the budget items for the design and construction of this cathedral of football contemplated the hiring of audiovisual equipment worth 1,9 millions of euros. System Solutions, member of the Gearhouse South Africa group of companies, was awarded the contract after the success of her work at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, with the capacity to 95.000 spectators and that will host the final of the World Cup. In the case of the Moses Mabhida Stadium, high definition equipment was also required by IPTV., a video distribution system for digital signage and a high-resolution, large-format outdoor LED display. The architectural control model of the stadium is reminiscent of the one implemented in Soccer City, with the exception that System Solutions has had the opportunity to use the new Christie Spyder X20, launched on the market just after the company won the award tender. Spyder X20 With a processing capacity of 20 megapixels, Integrated source monitoring and switching matrix, The Spyder X20 video processor has all the flexibility of a universal routing switcher. Its integrated source monitoring capability allows you to simultaneously control the frame rate of all inputs in real time. La configuración de entrada abarca cuatro contenidos del servidor de medios Wings Platinum 4 de AV Stumpfl para las retransmisiones de exteriores y del campo, y dos entradas de reproductor Blu-ray. En cuanto al contenido de salida, el X20 envía una señal XGA y la transmite sobre fibra hasta una enorme pantalla Lighthouse, proporcionando además dos contenidos de un modulador RF para los palcos privados (if necessary), dos codificadores IPTV HD, un monitor para técnicos y una multi-pantalla de fuente. Según el responsable de los operarios de vídeo, Mike Tempest, “hay ligeras diferencias con el trabajo de Soccer City en cuanto al tratamiento de las pantallas para espacios públicos. En vez de utilizar varios reproductores DS, en Durban hemos optado por un sistema basado en IPTV con un canal para “digital signage”, alimentado desde un descodificador IPTV”. With a height of 45 metros y una superficie de 320 X 280 square meters, el estadio va coronado por un arco de acero de 106 meters high and 350 meters in length, than with their 2.600 toneladas atraviesa el espacio de un extremo al otro sin ningún punto de apoyo. El enorme arco está llamado a convertirse en una atracción turística, con un teleférico para transportar a los visitantes hasta una plataforma-mirador en lo alto del estadio.