Tiled vs. Spanned Images

Once you have decided on the configuration of your video wall, you will need to think about how you want your video content to display on it.

There are two main options of how to display video content on a video wall; using tiled video or spanned video.

TILED VIDEO WALL

Tiled videos will look exactly as it sounds; with images tiled across the video wall, with one instance of each video appearing on each video screen. This can be quite an intense viewing experience if the videos are the same on each screen and they are all playing back at the same time, so if you use the same video for this technique, we recommend that you choose to stagger the start times of the videos. You can also have a different video appearing on each screen, or give us just a few videos, and have a few screens showing each one.

This is a great technique for drawing people in, as there is lots of content playing simultaneously, so makes for a really interesting and dynamic installation.

SPANNED VIDEO WALL

A spanned video will spread out across some or all of the screens in the video wall, using 2 or more CRT screens to display a section of the video. With this technique, you can display your video much larger, and the gaps between the screens create a fantastic and sought-after retro TV wall appearance. In order to display a single video spanning multiple screens, we can either use a video wall controller, which is a low-resolution solution, Blowing up your video to fit the video wall, or we can cut up a much higher resolution 4k video into smaller chunks, and use a series of media players, or resolume server to play back. This gives a much higher quality solution, but it requires more planning and equipment.

This is great for a high-impact centerpiece videowall, or for when your audience is a little further away.

COMBINATION VIDEO WALL

With some planning and clever workarounds, we can deliver you a video installation which makes use of both spanned AND tiled videos. Switching between the two, or even for instance having a 2×2 spanned wall in the centre of a 4×4, and single-tiled videos around the outside. Your imagination is the only limit here, so feel free to go wild with your plans, and we will do our best to make it happen.

With well-planned content, using a combination of tiled and spanned videos can create stunning results and a really exciting and dynamic video wall. Imagine videos moving from one screen to another, expanding from a single screen to fill the entire wall.