Panasonic Breaks Guinness World Record with Big Hoss TV Screen!

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  Jim Doyle (L), President, Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company, accepts official certification from Guinness World Record with Eddie Gossage (center), President, Texas Motor Speedway from Philip Robertson Guinness World Records adjudicator.

In a ceremony held at Texas Motor Speedway on 6 April, Guinness World Records recognized Panasonic for its role in the construction of 'Big Hoss TV,' officially proclaiming the gargantuan video board to be the 'Largest High-Definition Television LED Screen' in the world. A Guinness adjudicator made the official certification prior to the start of the day's Duck Commander 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup series race. With the click of a button on an oversized Panasonic remote control, the technical wizardry of the screen came to life and 'Big Hoss TV' was ushered into permanence in the esteemed record book.

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  Source: Texas Motor Speedway

Panasonic custom-built the colossal high-definition (HD) LED video board and its support structure in a condensed four month schedule. Positioned in the middle of the renowned racetrack's backstretch, 'Big Hoss TV'is 12 stories high and built to withstand wind speeds up to 120 miles per hour. The 108-ton structure rests on 16 support beams, with each buried 40 feet deep into bedrock. It also has an active display area of 20,633 square feet, measures 218-feet-wide by 94-feet-high, incorporates 4.8 million pixels and can generate a staggering 281 trillion different colors.

A control room located three-quarters of a mile away generates content for the display. Creative engineering from Panasonic and its partner, VizRT, resulted in a front-end interface, a technical innovation that enables display operators to manage the complex arrangements of pixels and imagery as one cohesive canvas, rather than a separate collection of individual squares.

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  A front-end interface enables display operators to manage all data elements, including the complex arrangements of pixels and imagery as one cohesive canvas.

Based on its success in managing complex, large-scale display projects in some of the most high-profile stadiums and arenas throughout the country. Panasonic is enjoying a growing reputation within the sports and entertainment industry. Its expertise in helping facility managers drive revenues by providing greater branding platforms for sponsors and engineering better fan experiences is gaining wide acclaim.