Business Challenge
As the AV market demands increasingly higher resolutions, the cost and complexity of the media control systems have become unmanageable. That’s because driving multimedia displays typically requires huge racks of expensive, power-hungry hardware and complex signal-distribution systems.
HIVE has developed a range of products to disrupt the traditional requirements of display technology. Using NVIDIA®Jetson™, their range of ultra-compact computers can be placed near—or even inside—display technology, for a fraction of the cost, energy consumption, and footprint
NVIDIA Solution
The HIVE Player 3 uses an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier module in combination with the AJA Kona 5. Working with experts from both AJA and NVIDIA, HIVE has developed a powerful, accurately synchronized video playback solution. To ensure frame-accurate, visually lossless quality, HIVE players support the latest industry leading video codecs and an embedded Linux render engine delivers smooth, flawless video playback. This provides a significantly cheaper system that performs just as well as competing systems that cost up to 10X the price. It’s simple to use with a flexible in-browser interface and operable from a phone, tablet, or laptop.
Working with NVIDIA Jetson has enabled us to bring a radical product range to market in just a few years. The playback performance we can achieve in such a compact, low power package is simply unmatched by any other product in the market.
Dave Green, Technical Director, Hive Media Control
Business Results
HIVE’s media players have dramatically reduced the cost of media-playback systems without reducing the quality or performance. Their solutions have been featured in art installations, at music concerts, and even at major sporting events such as the Olympics.
Their latest London-based project, Frameless, brings art to life. Partnering with leading projection technology provider, Panasonic, HIVE’s media control capabilities allow art to seep into every inch of space. Visitors are included in the picture, with the visually stunning art in front, behind, above, and below them.