A large videowall and Matrox Mura MPX immerse customers of the bar TJ's Sport Garden in a sports visual experience

The bar-restaurant TJ's Sport Garden uses Matrox Mura MPX controller cards to display sporting events on a video wall composed of 18 Monitors.

TJ's Sports Garden has consolidated its position as the premier sports bar-restaurant in the Ohio Valley region with the unveiling of a large-scale video wall composed of 18 Monitors and videowall controller cards Matrox Mura MPX.

Located in Wheeling (West Virginia) , TJ's Sports Garden is captivating the attention of sports fans with the broadcast of the most important sporting events. Hitplay, a full-service AV signature, together with your partner Roalka Digital Media, were in charge of designing, Build and deploy this great screen. And they did it by leveraging HDCP-compatible Mura MPX boards to capture cable and satellite channels..

To do this, A videowall with 18 screens of 55 inches each allowing for 6 inches of visual immersion×3, Making customers feel like they're on the pitch.

Consolidate your position

Since its inauguration in 1990, TJ's has been considered the premier sports bar-restaurant in the Ohio Valley. Its owners TJ and Bonnie Radevski, recognize the importance of adapting to the changing needs of their customers. And with the aim of continuing to consolidate their position, they decided to implement a large-scale wall screen that would complement the televisions they already had installed..

The installation of the videowall had to be done in a way that allowed the change of cable and satellite channels, while being intuitive enough that it could be managed by any employee, and that they could control the mural and manage its digital and analog content..

The driving force behind the videowall is Mura MPX Series, that allows you to capture and visualize in digital, analogue and HDCP (Supported fonts), including three cable boxes and five satellite boxes. In this way, Customers can watch several sporting events at the same time in different parts of the videowall, while other events can be expanded through the 18 Displays with up to 1080p resolution per display.

Creston 2-Series Control System

TJ's is an environment where the pace is very fast as customers are constantly requesting to watch different sporting events. To handle these demands, Hitplay opted for the integration of the control system Crestron 2-Series to simplify mural management.

AV firm designed a custom user interface, along with a set of preconfigured layouts, for employees to access via iPad.

Toda la configuración de la pantalla y los comandos de secuencia de vídeo son enviados al API de Mura Network, What, turn, comunican en tiempo real con la pantalla de vídeo. Los empleados también utilizan el system/iPad para corresponder con un switch de audio Kramer y transmitir los canales de audio correspondientes.

“Como integradores, nos sorprendió lo fácil e intuitivo que era sincronizar el sistema de control Crestron con las placas de Mura MPX. Esto nos permitió mejorar la capacidad del cliente para interactuar con el sistema “, dijo Rauch. “A través de la simplificación del control de los diseños hemos sido capaces de garantizar que manejen el sistema por sí mismos sin necesidad de recursos de apoyo”.

Un ambiente inmersivo

The video screen has improved the atmosphere in TJ's. There has been a significant increase in restaurant traffic, with a particular increase in the larger groups that dominate the areas closest to the platform powered by Mura MPX.

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