projectiondesign at The Malta Experience

Aptly located in the country's capital city of Valletta, The Malta Experience has drawn more than 4.5 million visitors since its inception in 1980.

This 45-minute production has seen constant development throughout its operation, starting life with a base comprising 21 projectors in 1980, later increasing to 39 and finally 44 analog computer-controlled projectors prior to digital conversion in 2008.

As part of its ongoing product development process, the organization, a subsidiary of the M. Demajo Group of Companies, recently commissioned White Light Pictures (Malta) with its projection system upgrade. F22 projectors from Norway-based company projectiondesign were successfully installed. The projection comprises a 5,000-pixel-wide image onto a 33' [10m] screen with faithful color richness and intensity.

Raymond A. Grech, managing director of White Light Pictures, who represents projectiondesign in Malta added: "In this industry, there is a very thin line between 'very good' and 'perfect,' which many manufacturers miss. It was a pleasure to work with projectiondesign because the company shared my goal of ensuring that the installation crossed that line."

projectiondesign's ability to precisely color-match the projectors at its factory in Norway, together with the units' high resolution of 1,400 x 1,050, are reportedly the key factors behind the new system's success. This was not the first time we had used projectiondesign and as usual the support we received from them was excellent," said Grech. "Each F22 projector is fed a source from a dedicated PC running Dataton WATCHOUT presentation and control software, providing an automated feed to a combined image 10m wide."

Guido Villa, regional manager at projectiondesign, added, "While the digitization of automated AV shows such as The Malta Experience has obvious benefits in terms of control and reliability, image quality is often sacrificed. This is especially true if there are multiple projectors that are not properly calibrated and color-matched. All in all, it is hard to think of a more technically and aesthetically satisfying project than The Malta Experience."