Visionary PacketAV Matrix enhances VIP experience at Krakow Stadium

This series has been chosen by the integrator Polsound and the distributor Expander for the luxury suites of the headquarters of the Polish football club KS Krakow.

He Estadio Mariscal Józef Piłsudski, better known as Krakow Stadium, It is the home of one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in Poland: KS Cracovia. Rebuilt in 2010 and with capacity for more than 15.000 personas, It has luxury boxes and suites to fully enjoy the matches and events held there..

With a focus on improving entertainment and the fan experience, those responsible for the stadium have invested in new technologies, for which they have turned to the Polish specialist Expander, as well as Polsound, exclusive distributor of Visionary in this country, to design and integrate new solutions in your most exclusive spaces.

“KS Krakow stadium includes luxury suites, with four golden and three silver zones, so that guests have a unique experience - explains Anna Stachyra, Polsound Key Account Director. These areas are the most exclusive in the stadium; They have restaurants, bars and unique product offers for VIP members, so the guest experience had to be first class”.

Each area has been designed as a small room, with the possibility of opening it to create larger and more multifunctional spaces for special events and other activities. “The areas of this stadium have been designed to be used for various purposes. “A necessary solution was a flexible, high-quality video matrix with ultra-low latency.”, Democratic Station.

For this purpose, multiple screens from the manufacturer NEC Display were paired. (at the moment Sharp/NEC Display) with five PacketAV E4100 encoders and six PacketAV D4100 decoders to facilitate the transmission of audio and video to different areas. An additional PacketAV E4100 encoder was also included in the rack to transmit a live video feed from the football field.”.

Expandability was a critical consideration when designing the AV structure of the KS Krakow stadium. “It was important for the client to have a scalable system,” Stachyra points out.. Visionary's PacketAV Matrix series allows the customer to expand the system at any time without the need to replace any devices: if you need more outputs or inputs, It is easy to add the encoders and decoders and configure the system cost-effectively”.

One of the priority elements for those responsible for the stadium was the energy efficiency of the AV system and the noise generated from it.. “We selected Visionary's PacketAV Matrix series because the devices are powered by the PoE standard and each consumes less than 10 watts of energy. PacketAV encoders and decoders feature passive cooling, that does not generate any noise and allows the product to be installed directly in the areas.”, adds this responsible.

Specifically, Visionary's PacketAV series is designed for standard network infrastructure, which allowed the integrator to quickly install the AV system at the Krakow Stadium.

“The installation had to be done between the games and events that were held at the venue.”, So the client needed a flexible video solution that was quick and easy to install - Stachyra continues -. Visionary's PacketAV Matrix series is plug and play, so we completed the installation in a short time without interfering with the events held at the stadium.. The AV system was installed in such a way that the client did not feel the presence of the integrator and the end result is an easy-to-use and flexible video and audio solution for different events”.

Visionary's PacketAV Matrix 4K UHD over IP series encoders and decoders redefine traditional matrix switching systems to create a flexible solution, Scalable, cinema-quality for IP networks.

PacketAV endpoints offer ultra-low latency, with unlimited distribution capabilities. Using existing network resources, Encoders and decoders can be quickly deployed for cost-effective Dante/AES67 multichannel audio and video distribution over IP.