The main plenary hall is outfitted with a bunch of video gear for web streaming, live i-mag, archival recording, and video presentation for the delegates. Because I find this stuff fascinating here you go.

First off the whole thing is done in Standard Def and recorded to DVCam. I might have made some other choices in this basic question, but I will be honest the images look GREAT! If it were not that they are in this funny old fashioned 4:3 aspect ratio, I might buy that it was HD.

That aside… There is 4 cameras in house, all DXC-D50s, with CA-TX7 backs on them. They use Triax cable to get back to CCUs which are each controlled by RCP-D50s. These signals are fed (SDI I assume) to a Sony 700 switcher.

Then the outputs… Separate ME busses are sent out to DSR-1800s for recording, distributed to 5 screens for i-mag, to a separate output for live web encoding.

IN ADDITION to that, there is is a large (looks like 12×3??) screen in the center of the stage. This is used for beautiful images and (seems like) PowerPoint stuff. Also, the mix, or separate mixes form the 700 can be sent to the main screen in separate windows. This screen is all rear projection using 6 HD projectors. This is cool.

That is the cool stuff, there is also a bunch of mics for the band and the speakers and for video playback. Lighting fo the event is also cool, but is happening in ways I can not explain.

It looks like this is ALL planned by the liturgical arts people in the national office, and executed by CRS a Clevland based AV company. All the folks here with CRS are very knowledgable and willing to answer my questions. Good job guys