Planning a video wall

It's really helpful to write a plan before you start installing. A plan saves you time and effort later, and helps you make sure you have all the equipment you need.

Download a printable plan

There's a printable plan at the back of this guide.

If you can't print and fill out the plan, think about the following questions:

Overall effect

• What do you want your video wall to look like?
• How large is your video wall?
• What do you want to accomplish?

Displays

Video tearing
Using a mixture of frame rates and/or resolutions can cause video tearing. For best results, make sure all your displays use the same frame rate.

• How many displays do you need?

• What sizes are the displays?
• What are the bezel sizes of the displays?
• What is the native resolution of each display?
• Do you need displays that support HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)?

• How many projectors do you need?

  • Do you need to blend the edges of displays?
  • How much overlap do you need?

Sources or inputs

• What types of source do you need?
• What is the native resolution of each source?
• What is the frame rate of each source?
• Will the sources be available at all times that the video wall is operating?
• Is there any switching or processing before the source reaches your CORIOmaster™?

Windows

• How many windows do you need to create the effect you want?

  Include all windows, even those that are not active all the time.

• What level of quality do you need for each window?

  In most cases, you can't have the highest quality for all your windows. Which windows can be lower quality?

Presets

• Do you want to use presets in your video wall?
• What type of control system will you use to operate the video wall and change between presets?