Large P10?

[Santacarl]

Hello All,

I'm running a large bullet matrix, roughly 4.9M x 2.48M with 5.08 CM spacing between pixels... My display is some 70+ meters from the nearest viewing area.

I was thinking of upgrading to P-Panels in order to improve the resolution although with the distance between the viewing area and the display having 5.08 CM spacing between pixels makes the current resolution semi-tolerable. I was thinking that P10's, from that distance, would be stunning resolution.

Also, along with with 70M being the nearest viewing position, I also have viewers as far as 140M away. So a small matrix, like most of the builds I have found searching the forums and YT, is much too small to see any detail from the viewing spots hence the reason for the large one I have now.

But, I haven't heard of anyone building a P-Panel matrix of that size before. I don't visit the forums all that often so I could have missed threads that contain that type of discussion.

Has anyone built a matrix that roughly approximate those dimensions? If so....I would love to see any discussion of videos along those lines. Or, am I delusional (laughing inside) to think that's a possibility? The weight alone (roughly 240 P10 Panels)would be a huge limiting factor I should think....

Thanks for any thoughts...If you suggest that I should stick with bullets.....I can take it! Haha.

SC

 

[AAH]

With 128 (16x0.32m x 8x0.16m) panels required for that sized matrix I'd potentially look at either the ready built seed pixel matrices or look at doing 1 yourself. Besides the panels or pixels there is a fairly large amount of number involved. Your current matrix must be around 5000?? pixels. Going to double the resolution with seed pixels would be 20,000 pixels (or about 25 maxed out controller outputs). Going to P10 panels you'd be maxing out 2 octoscrolla's or other beagle based panel controllers. I don't use or no anything about colorlight controllers but a quick look leads me to believe you'd be maxing out at least 1 5a-75e colorlight. Waterproofing a panel that size would also be a major challenge.

 

[Santacarl]

With 128 (16x0.32m x 8x0.16m) panels required for that sized matrix I'd potentially look at either the ready built seed pixel matrices or look at doing 1 yourself. Besides the panels or pixels there is a fairly large amount of number involved. Your current matrix must be around 5000?? pixels. Going to double the resolution with seed pixels would be 20,000 pixels (or about 25 maxed out controller outputs). Going to P10 panels you'd be maxing out 2 octoscrolla's or other beagle based panel controllers. I don't use or no anything about colorlight controllers but a quick look leads me to believe you'd be maxing out at least 1 5a-75e colorlight. Waterproofing a panel that size would also be a major challenge.

Thanks for the reply. I agree on the waterproofing comment as I was already seeing that as a major hurdle to overcome. And, yes, the current matrix is 4608 pixels.... I hadn't considered seed pixels and actually didn't know people were using them for a matrix.

I have about convinced myself to just change my current matrix mesh from 5.08 CM spacing to 2.54CM spacing. That would be much easier to move about and assemble/disassemble and store and wouldn't be a waterproofing problem at all. The closer spacing, at my viewing distances, would probably be a big improvement over the current matrix and the P10 would probably be overkill and people, from those distances, would not see the finer details the P's would bring anyway....

 

[uncledan]

With a viewing distance of 70m+ panels are a waste of time and effort in my opinion for a Christmas display. Seeds or 1" spacing with nodes will be much easier and still look like a TV from that viewing distance