KCP&L updates its video walls with Barco technology

The KCP Company&L has chosen Barco technology to update the LED video walls of its Broadcast Control Center and Emergency Operations Center, increasing image quality and significantly reducing maintenance and operation costs.

Barco has been selected again as a control room display supplier for KCP&L, this time to equip Barco's video wall with a new LED engine. Using the Barco LED Upgrade Kit, audiovisual integrator AVI Systems has updated previous video walls while significantly increasing image quality.

The application has been based on Barco technology since 2006, when it replaced its original equipment front-projection Transmission Control Center with an array of 24 SXGA+ DLP OV-80 cubes″ Barco creating a canvas of 16.800 x 2.100 pixels. KCP&L decided to stay with Barco for the next generation of its system due to its reliability, Superior image resolution and maintenance-free operation. The company also updated the Emergency Operations Center video wall, which serves as a command center to restore power during outages, and which is made up of 15 modules of 50″ by boat.

Boost quality and efficiency with LED

Tom Madsen, AVI Systems project developer, has stated: “When it comes to accurate color reproduction, uniformly, regarding images and data, no one does it better than Barco. Even lines just one pixel high only appear from the background and are perfectly aligned, due to the excellent black levels and consistent wall brightness.”

For your part, Stephen Diebold, KCP Real Time Systems Manager&L, has pointed: “We are impressed with the clarity of the images and data of the Barco modules. New LED technology allows our broadcast system operators to read the same map board displays from an even greater distance. This improved readability helps significantly reduce the potential for errors. Barco and AVI Systems have been trusted partners from the beginning, and we have enjoyed the experience with the original wall and the improved Barco walls”.

A simple upgrade path

Designed and optimized for use in mission-critical environments 24/7, Barco's LED rear-projection video walls have set a standard as high-performance, low-consumption projection modules. With LED upgrade kit, Owners of their old video wall systems can easily and cost-effectively migrate to Barco's LED-illuminated projection system and enjoy all the benefits of this technology.: high gloss; Guaranteed color uniformity and constant brightness over time and across the entire screen; maintenance free operation, and even 80.000 hours of continuous operation.

Hans Dekeyser, Vice President of Sales, Barco North America, has manifested: “We are delighted that we can offer KCP&L an economical way to migrate to our LED technology. They can be sure that they are making the best decision not only based on performance and cost., but also from an environmental point of view”.