Panasonic Revs Up Indy 500 Fan Experience with New LED Displays

For the 100th Indy 500, Panasonic is providing 20 LED video displays driven by Viz Engine, Viz Trio and Viz Multiplay.

The following is an excerpt of the original article published by SVG.

The highest-resolution videoboard sits at each turn, with the largest at turns 1 and 4, measuring approximately 59 by 38 ft. Smaller boards were installed around the track, including above the Media Center, at the south end of Gasoline Alley suites, and beneath the infield awnings. In June 2014, Panasonic installed a 92-ft.-tall four-sided rectangular scoring pylon, bringing the total of new video displays to 20 in 2015.

There's a video screen at every turn now, says Dan Unger, corporate communications manager, Panasonic. We've been getting a lot of thank yous' from fans.

To power the displays, Panasonic worked with the Speedway to upgrade the facility's control room. Located inside the Panasonic Pagoda on the start/finish line, the revamped room features a Panasonic H6000 switcher and an updated graphics headend that includes Vizrt Viz Engine, Viz Trio, and Viz Multiplay.

They have the capability to do telemetry, individual driver information, social media, and all the modern things that fans expect at these sorts of events, says Hanak. Panasonic worked very closely with [IMS President] Doug Boles in particular. We had a tight timeline and a lot of screens to update and a lot of fans to satisfy, so we're very pleased with what we came up with in terms of the ultimate solution. It was very collaborative with them: there were a lot of ideas proposed, and, in the end, I think the solution that we arrived at was the one that Indy was most comfortable with.

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