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Story · Edmonton, Alberta

LED displays at St. Carlo Acutis

…XVISION HD X COB lobby wall, five PROLUX Rugged Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Displays in the gyms, and LUXVISION shot clocks. Installed by Applied Electronics. St. Ca…

Story · Surrey, British Columbia

LED wall at South Surrey Arena

Two 289-inch LUXVISION PROLUX Rugged Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Displays on opposite ends of South Surrey Arena in Surrey, home of the South Surrey Eagles. Installe…

Story · Chilliwack, British Columbia

Gym display at Ch’íyáqtel

A LUXVISION PROLUX Rugged Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Display in Chilliwack, with Crestron control and acoustic treatment by Sapphire. The gym at Ch’íyáqtel (Tzeacht…

Story · Calgary, Alberta

Gym LED wall at the University of Calgary

A LUXVISION Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Display in a University of Calgary gym, installed by Sapphire. The wall carried the Toronto Raptors open practice on campus.…

Story · Drayton Valley, Alberta

Four-sided scoreboard at Drayton Valley Omniplex

A four-sided LUXVISION PROLUX Rugged Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Display over centre ice at the Drayton Valley Omniplex, home of the Drayton Valley Thunder. Installe…

Story · Langdon, Alberta

Gym scoreboard at Horseshoe Crossing

A 173-inch LUXVISION PROLUX Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Display in Langdon, with confidence monitors, Crestron control, and ScoreDeck. Horseshoe Crossing High School…

Story · Blackfalds, Alberta

Two gym scoreboards at Iron Ridge

Two 173-inch LUXVISION PROLUX Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Displays in Blackfalds, set up so the gym can run two games at once. Iron Ridge Secondary Campus in Blackfa…

Story · Truro, Nova Scotia

Four-sided scoreboard at Rath Eastlink

A four-sided LUXVISION PROLUX P4.0 Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Display over the ice at Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, home of the Junior A Bearcats. Rath E…

Story · Leduc, Alberta

Gym scoreboard at Ohpaho Secondary

A 173-inch LUXVISION PROLUX Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Display in a new Leduc high school, with confidence monitors, sound, and classroom displays. Ohpaho Secondary…

Story · Iron Springs, Alberta

Gym display at Huntsville School

A LUXVISION PROLUX Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Display and shot clocks at Huntsville School in Iron Springs, for classes, games, and movie nights. Huntsville School…

Story · Vancouver, British Columbia

Centre-hung scoreboard screens at BC Place

New Absen centre-hung scoreboard screens at BC Place in Vancouver. Sapphire was part of the install and integration team ahead of the FIFA World Cup. BC Place in Vancouver has new centre-hun…

Story · Kelowna, British Columbia

Scoreboard and shot clocks at Aberdeen Hall

…lls and LUXVISION shot clocks in the Kelowna gym, with ScoreVision running the basketball scoreboard. Aberdeen Hall Preparatory School in Kelowna finished a gym upgrade in 2023. CampusTech A…

Story · Lacombe, Alberta

Gym scoreboard at Father Lacombe School

An impact-resistant LED gym scoreboard, confidence monitors, and shot clocks in Lacombe, with paging and classroom audio from CampusTech AV. Father Lacombe School in Lacombe, Alberta, opened…

LED 101 · Basics

What a direct-view LED display is

…LEDs you look at directly. No backlight, no LCD layer. That is the technology behind gym scoreboards, jumbotrons, and fine-pitch indoor walls. A direct-view LED display, often shortened to…

LED 101 · Basics

Direct-view LED in retail

…the same direct-view LED building blocks as a gym wall, pointed at shoppers instead of a scoreboard. Bright, large, modular panels carry promos, wayfinding, and motion that holds attention…

LED 101 · Applications

Impact-resistant LED for gymnasiums

An Impact Resistant, Multi-purpose LED Video Scoreboard Display has to survive balls, hard use, and dusty air. Impact rating is a cabinet and module problem, not the same problem as fine-pit…

LED 101 · Systems

Content and control

The wall only shows what you feed it. Scoreboard software, media players, Crestron or AMX, and the LED processor are part of the same job. An LED wall is a blank canvas until something sends…

LED 101 · Basics

Brightness

…daylight or bright gym lighting. More nits also draw more power and make heat. Indoor gym scoreboards and arena displays often land in the low thousands of nits, enough to fight house lights…

LED 101 · Basics

Refresh rate

…other when the content moves, and it reduces flicker that cameras pick up as banding. Gym scoreboards and arena displays that get filmed for livestreams or recorded games usually want a high…

LED 101 · Basics

Filming and livestreaming LED walls

…ts. Auto brightness outdoors helps the audience and the lens. Content timing matters too. Scoreboard graphics with thin one-pixel lines flicker more on camera than solid blocks. Keep critica…

LED 101 · Basics

Colour depth and grayscale

…more data on the cables and more work for the drivers and receive cards. For a school gym scoreboard showing logos and scores, solid 8-bit or 10-bit processing is usually enough. Broadcast w…

LED 101 · Hardware

COB LED

…, and retail walls where people stand close. COB is not the usual answer for a school gym scoreboard. Gym walls are typically mid-pitch SMD with an impact mask and a module lock built for ba…

LED 101 · Hardware

Hub75 modules

…ocks, or more parallel links. That is a system design detail, not something to chase on a scoreboard that only needs clean logos and a clock.

LED 101 · Systems

Power and data redundancy

…control rooms, security centres, and anywhere a blank wall is unacceptable. A school gym scoreboard can justify it too if the room is a broadcast venue, but many K-12 installs run a solid s…

LED 101 · Systems

Mounting and structure

Cabinets hang on steel, not on hope. Wall load, hanging scoreboards, and outdoor frames need engineering separate from the LED product sheet. An LED wall is heavy, concentrated, and often hu…

LED 101 · Systems

Kinglight LEDs

…s, masks, receive cards, and how the integrator hangs the system still decide whether the scoreboard looks right from the bleachers.

LED 101 · Buying

How to read an LED quote

…mnasiums and COB LED. System. Processor model, cabling (copper or fibre), media player or scoreboard PC, room control integration, and power shutoff. See Content and control. Install. Struct…