Impact-resistant face and trim
A protective LED mask keeps air-inflated sports balls off the diodes. Micro-grooves help perceived contrast. Perimeter trim protects edges as part of the mechanical design.
Sports
LED displays for community hockey arenas
Community rinks run ice, dry-floor sport, and civic events in the same building. XL AV specifies a front-service indoor LED wall for that calendar, not an NHL-style ribbon clone.
Ice houses are mixed-use buildings
A community arena is learn-to-skate, tournaments, dry-floor basketball, and rentals. The display has to survive that mix and still be usable by rink staff, not only a game-day crew.
XL AV specifies LUXVISION PROLUX Rugged as an indoor wall for rink rooms and adjacent gyms. This is not outdoor dasher-board product.
Service in a dusty, busy building
Fanless electronics, locking cables, and onsite spares are the documented service model. Front service matters when the wall is on structure with no rear access.
We specify processing, announcements, and control with the rest of the room so staff can run a tournament Saturday and a dry-floor event Sunday.
Lighting
Ice and dry-floor lighting differ. The wall has to read in both. We operate PROLUX Rugged around 2,100 nits and coordinate scenes when lighting control is in the project.
Sound
Rink PA and event audio belong with the display. We specify or integrate them so announcements and program sound are not a separate leftover system.
Control
Rink managers need a path they can hand to event staff. LUXVISION typically uses NovaStar processing. Training happens at commissioning.
How we deliver the project
We start with the room: dimensions, viewing distance, how it is used, structure, power, and whether audio, lighting, and live video are in the project. Then a specification, coordination with the facilities team, installation, commissioning, and operator training. Spare modules stay on site so a failed cabinet is swapped, not left dark.
Typical uses
- Rink video and announcements
- Dry-floor basketball conversions
- Learn-to-skate messaging
- Tournament sponsor loops
PROLUX Rugged
The indoor wall
Quarter-turn metal-to-metal modules
Earlier rugged products could lose magnetic modules on a hard hit. PROLUX Rugged uses a quarter-turn metal-to-metal interlock so modules stay on the wall and still service from the front.
7-year sports-impact warranty
Current PROLUX Rugged warranty context is 7 years, including impact from air-inflated sports balls.
Full front service
Modules, cabling, and feeder access are designed from the front. That is required when a gym display is mounted tight to a wall with no rear aisle.
Fanless thermal design
Gyms collect dust. Fans ingest that dust and then fail. PROLUX Rugged uses the cabinet as a heat sink with Mean Well supplies. There is no cooling fan in the documented architecture.
Under-driven, efficient LEDs
Pixels capable of about 3,900 nits are operated around 2,100 nits. The intent is less heat and less electrical infrastructure than driving the diodes to their maximum.
- Canadian-made PROLUX Rugged indoor dvLED
- Known pitches: P3.3 and P4
- Cabinets: 1280 by 720 mm (~58") and 1600 by 900 mm (~72"), both 16:9
- Common 16:9 walls from about 116" to 347" diagonal by arraying cabinets
- Operating brightness about 2,100 nits (LED capability ~3,900 nits, under-driven)
- Up to 16-bit colour and ~4,200 Hz refresh in the documented generation
- Fanless Mean Well power supplies; no hub-board architecture
- 7-year warranty context including air-inflated ball impact
Questions
Is this a dasher-board ribbon?
No. This page is an indoor video wall for rink rooms and mixed-use ice houses.
Can the same wall run dry-floor events?
Yes. That is a normal community-arena calendar. Control is specified so staff can switch modes.
Is it indoor only?
Yes. Outdoor exposed faces use a different LUXVISION family.
How is it serviced during a busy ice season?
Front-service modules and onsite spares. A failed cabinet is swapped, not left dark.
Related
Talk to XL AV
Request an arena LED specification
Describe whether the wall serves ice, dry-floor, or both, and whether announcements and event audio are in scope.