In East Flanders, Belgium, the government organized drive-in events at different locations throughout the community. Belgium-based event company D-Dream built this drive-in system around an 8 x 4-meter LED video wall made up of 64 CHAUVET Professional F4IP panels.
“We were directly contacted by the city,” said Elke Scheirs of D-Dream. “They told us they wanted to bring a new live event to entertain their citizens in a safe way during the Corona pandemic. Since the shows were to be held at different locations, we wanted a system that was easy to transport and set up.”
“Of course, since the shows were outdoors, the IP rating of the panels was essential,” said Scheirs. “We had rain during one of the shows, and temperatures were extremely high this summer. At one of the events it was up to 35ﹾ (95ﹾ Fahrenheit). Nevertheless, the F4IP panels continued to work perfectly.”
Images on the video wall were easy to see when the drive-in shows started, even though it was still daylight, thanks to the F4IP panels’ bright (5,500 NITS) output. The 4.8mm pixel pitch and 3,840 Hz refresh of the panels were also critically important, since they made it possible to deliver crisp flicker-free images at distances as short as four meters.
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