Brompton Hydra Calibration Adds Years to ETS's ROE LED Inventory Brompton Technology has successfully enabled the deployment of its Hydra advanced measurement system through its US-based partner Red Rock OPS, to revitalize the LED panel inventory Coppell, Texas-based Event Technology Services (ETS). The Las Vegas-based consulting firm Red Rock OPS used Brompton's calibration technology to restore and enhance the performance of the full-service audio, video, and lighting solutions provider's existing ROE Visual LED panels, extending their lifespan and avoiding replacement. Using Brompton Hydra and ROE BO3 tiles, Red Rock OPS recently completed a full recalibration for ETS on inventory that, under most industry norms, would already be considered end-of-life. Instead of facing forced replacement due to color degradation and uniformity loss, the panels have been refreshed to a level that extends their usable life by an estimated three to five years. The entire Hydra recalibration and refinement process was completed in just four days. This included full measurement, batch processing, system validation, and final tuning. "Notably, the panels now look even better than they did when they were factory new," says Angel Banchs, owner and lead color engineer at Red Rock OPS. "Hydra's ability to take a panel's color performance and pixel-to-pixel uniformity to the next level gave us smoother gradients, improved low-level detail, and more stable grayscale performance than was originally possible at the time of manufacture. Color uniformity, grayscale tracking, and luminance consistency weren't just restored -- they were meaningfully improved beyond the original factory state." Following the Hydra recalibration, the entire system was finished with an additional PureTone calibration pass. This final step further refined color accuracy, tonal separation, and visual coherence across the full canvas, resulting in an image quality typically associated with new-generation LED systems rather than legacy inventory. "This project demonstrates the real-world value of the Brompton ecosystem when paired with the right calibration methodology," continues Banchs. "We were able to take inventory that most would consider obsolete and restore it to better-than-new condition in just four days. The portability of Hydra means we can bring this capability directly to our clients' facilities, eliminating shipping costs and downtime while delivering results that extend asset life by years." "Hydra was designed to help users keep great LED performance at the highest level for longer," says Webster Moyle, technical sales manager (Western US) at Brompton Technology. "Working with partners like Red Rock OPS, we're seeing how advanced measurement and calibration can protect customers' investments, reduce waste, and deliver results that stand up to today's production standards." "The results exceeded our expectations," says Kevin Gorman, owner of ETS. "We were facing a significant capital expense to replace aging inventory, but Hydra gave us another path forward, and the image quality is now superior to what we had when these panels were new. For a company that values long-term asset quality and sustainability, this was an all-around win. Extended equipment life, enhanced performance, minimal disruption, and a future-proofed inventory that remains competitive." "Projects like this underline Brompton's commitment to product longevity and sustainability," concludes Moyle. "Our aim is to support customers in protecting their investment by refreshing performance rather than replacing hardware, helping to reduce electronic waste, lower long-term operating costs, and keep LED inventory competitive for years. We're excited to see Red Rock Ops supporting us on this journey." ETS is now preparing to recalibrate its ROE CB3 inventory as well, with the goal of restoring those tiles back to factory-new performance using the same Hydra-driven workflow. 
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