'Voice Of Germany' Sings With Christie

Schwartzkopff TV recently collaborated with Talpa Distribution for the latest season of talent show "The Voice of Germany".
For the first time at the Berlin finale, a Christie YK200 and Christie MicroTiles were used, the latter serving as a podium for the duet between one of the finalists and international star Nelly Furtado.
It was last year that Manuel da Costa first experienced the YK200, using the moving head projector in the course of a live TV show.
The Christie YK200 from the Nitro Solution series is a motorised moving yoke with a digital projector. It was developed for the operation of high-performance projectors with a light output of between 12,000 to 22,000 ANSI lumens.
Da Costa was once again able to rely on the device: "The Christie YK200 worked reliably and precisely as it had at DSDS (the German version of Pop Idol) and this facilitated fast and exact positioning of the projector. It is something that is particularly required within a live show, where highlights are seamlessly aligned, and where the design has to be unique time after time."
A Roadster HD20K-J, with a light output of 18,000 ANSI lumens, combined image quality with the DLP® technology. The video content from Falk Rosenthal was provided in standard format for all spaces and was controlled by a grandMA2 via ArtNet.
Manuel da Costa continues: "The whole thing functioned completely smoothly. Once more, the YK200 motorised yoke provided flexible coverage of the room, as well as projecting onto various areas from the one fixed projector position."
As for the Christie® MicroTiles®, they were used for the first time during a German TV live show. MicroTiles are high-quality small DLP® projection cubes with LED illumination that can be cascaded to various display sizes. Da Costa admits to having been curious: "Once more, I was looking around for new products and the high resolution attracted and interested me."
With a diagonal measurement of 20 inches, MicroTiles offer a resolution of 720 x 540 and a pixel pitch of 0.567 x 0.567 mm.
Da Costa adds: "What I find special is the modular setup of the system, which allows artistic freedom in light and video design; this made it possible for us to create the stage concept by freely arranging the elements dynamically and randomly. An important point here was emphasising the spatial depth on the stage."
CT Germany had laid a DVI glass fibre cable in the studio in advance for connection to the Christie MicroTiles so that they could be fed using the planned signal route. At this stage in the preparation, the team still had a lot of work to do.
Da Costa says: "Connecting the cables in the short period available for conversion was challenging as this connectivity had to be tested thoroughly in advance.” But he was given full support by a Christie specialist. "The Christie technician looked after the configuration and we defined the mapping".
During the show, all systems were controlled via a grandMA2 console by video operator Björge Block, with all content running through the Hippotizer media server system. There was respectively one DVI signal path for the projector and one for the MicroTiles.
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(IT/CD)