2010 Tech Facts
Since the 2010 display will be the last, we will break our usual form and release some quick technical facts about the display.
The 2010 display:
- is 9 minutes and 35 seconds long
- features 22,974 lights
- required over 160 audio and lighting revisions (47 and 116 respectively)
- can draw just under 10,00 watts continuous and just over 12,00 watts surge (specifically, 9.9kW and 12.5kW)
- features 4 separate channels of audio playback
- consumes 8.63GB of computer disk space (1.78GB for audio, 6.74GB for the video, .11GB for everything else)
- has over 3,100 lighting events individually synchronized by hand
- is controlled with 144 channels
- has 1/100 second resolution
- requires roughly 4,200 feet of extension cord
- has a 12-section MegaTree (each section is 60' long in three separate colors)
- has 120 individual strobe lights
- features high definition, frame synchronized video
- utilizes over 500' of audio cable to deliver the audio to the speakers
- has a video subsystem that is controlled by an industrial controller with in-house programming
- requires three seperate show controllers to operate
- utilizes industrial ethernet, ASCII serial, RS-485, and analog signaling methods