Large South Korean bank benefits from Datapath solution

South Korea AV distributor ONEED and Datapath processing has helped to solve high-definition display concerns at one of South Korea’s largest banks with a future-proof video processing solution.

Woori Bank is a Korean multinational bank headquartered in Seoul. With its origins stretching back to 1899, the bank offers services in consumer banking, corporate banking, investment banking and private equity. One of the four largest domestic banks in the country, Woori Bank operates mainly in South Korea, but also via several overseas branches.

The company’s 468-seat multi-purpose hall at their Seoul headquarters has been renovated to include an AV system that meets the needs of the meetings, conventions, weddings and other events it hosts, with a large 12.5m x 4.3m, 1.5mm pixel pitch LED display dominating a viewing stage.

Being a large LED display canvas, the challenge was to ensure there were no issues with tearing/output synchronization, as there are no natural bezel borders.

With the requirement to use multiple video sources and scale content as required, Datapath worked closely with South Korea distributor ONEED, along with AV integration specialist Seah Networks, to offer hardware and software that would allow for total content creativity of high-resolution content. The upgrade would enable the 8320 x 2880 display surface to showcase creative presentations like never before, along with seamless changing and management of sources ensuring zero image loss or reduced framerate.

With the system requiring at least six 4K@60fps inputs and six 4K@60 outputs, and with a requirement of 32GB memory, a revised solution was utilized to ensure the system was prepared for many years of creative, ultra-high resolution use.

Sangjun Yoo, Sales Engineer at ONEED, commented: “We know that Datapath have a proven history in advanced video processing technology and they are our default manufacturer for tackling these multi-source challenges with LED displays. By working with Datapath, we could offer a solution that has all the power and flexibility that Woori Bank required.” 

“Furthermore, specifying a video wall controller, input / output cards and management software from a single manufacturer with Datapath’s experience provides optimum system stability, along with the peace of mind should any technical support be required.

The winning bid consisted of a VSN1172 controller, equipped with 3 x Image2K graphics cards each providing two 4K@60fps signals, along with a trio of Datapath’s VisionSC-UHD2 capture cards – each providing two HDMI 2.0 capture channels at 4K@60fps with 4:4:4 chroma sampling. The use of Datapath’s Image and Vision cards ensured full HDCP support was met. Total control of content comes from Datapath’s multi-award-winning WallControl 10 Pro software.

Now fully installed, the project is running seamlessly and without issue, to the credit of Seah Network’s installation team.  Woori Bank commented that the system now provides “High performance for various purposes, including meetings, conventions and even weddings.”

Michael Austin, Director of Channel Management for APAC at Datapath, concludes: “Our gratitude goes to ONEED for allowing Datapath to support them with their Woori Bank project. We are delighted to have assisted them with creating this powerful Datapath solution, which enables the Bank to offer a new, creative video dimension to events, functions and presentations.