Ten years after the construction of London Metropolitan University's (LMU) Superlab, the University addressed issues surrounding its legacy technology which had, over time, become less than fit for purpose and somewhat unreliable. WyreStorm's NetworkHD 400 Series was the perfect choice to modernise one of the UK's largest and the most advanced science teaching facilities.
Send Crystal Clear Video Content
"A proof of concept was delivered that really blew us away. The image quality and ultra-low latency of the WyreStorm AVoverIP solution made choosing the technology simple." - Oliver Holmes, Deputy Director at LMU: Technology & Operations.
Science experiments are at the heart of the lab's content, and there could be no room for anything less than crystal clear video. Removing and replacing the lab’s existing cabling was not an option due to labour costs, the time needed to carry out the work - plus disruption to the University.
A NHD-400-TX was installed at each of the 12 lecturer stations to carry 4K HDMI signals from the source unit and encode them to JPEG2000 data streams. The streams are then transmitted through the existing Cat5 infrastructure to 268 NHD-400-RX decoders at of the display units located at the student work stations.
Contrary to some misconceptions, the encoding and decoding involved in the JPEG2000 technology does not degrade the image.
Cost-Effective Scalability
"The LMU Superlab has been an exciting challenge for us. We worked closely with WyreStorm to come up with an extremely elegant and cost-effective design solution... The flexibility and efficiency of this teaching space is now truly fantastic.” - William Jepps, Managing Director of Reflex Audio Visual Systems Design Integration
Completed in November 2017, the installation at LMU represents one of WyreStorm's largest NetworkHD AVoverIP projects. In a space that is roughly the size of an aircraft hangar, the technology facilitates an incredibly cost-effective, flexible, and time-efficient teaching and learning experience.
The scalability of NetworkHD means there is no inherent ‘waste’ of inputs or outputs as may be the case using a traditional matrix system.
Whether a single lecturer addresses every work station in the lab, up to 12 simultaneously, or delivers content to any configuration of 280 students, the system is simple to use and delivers the highest quality image. For students who will become the scientists of the future, access to such technology is not only invaluable - it is essential.
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