MeyerPro Delivers a Massive, Layered LED Production for Microsoft Ignite with ROE VisualMeyerPro demonstrated its large-scale production capabilities at Microsoft Ignite 2025, delivering a comprehensive setup for the keynote event, built on ROE Visual LED. Utilizing over 2700 panels across multiple ROE platforms including Vanish Solid Touring, Carbon, Topaz, and Graphite, the project highlights MeyerPro's ability to translate creative intent into flexible, broadcast-ready environments that support complex presentations and workflows at scale. MeyerPro is a Pacific Northwest event production partner with more than 30 years of experience supporting complex live events across Seattle, Portland, and internationally. Known for dependable execution and a collaborative approach, the team provides end-to-end services across LED, audio, video, broadcast, and show crew support. For Microsoft Ignite 2025 at the Chase Center in San Francisco, the event welcomed more than 14,600 in-person attendees alongside over 200,000 live viewers. Delivering a high-profile keynote experienced across multiple platforms required a visual system capable of supporting live presentation, broadcast workflows, and rapid content transitions across a range of stage areas. For Microsoft, the expectation was clear: deliver a stage that feels monumental while remaining highly readable. For the live audience, the displays needed presence, brightness, and a physical quality that felt architectural. For the broadcast audience, the priority shifted to detail, consistent exposure, and color fidelity that remained accurate across camera cuts. MeyerPro collaborated across both the design and execution phases, aligning LED and video systems within a broadcast-forward workflow. This ensured keynote moments maintained visual consistency regardless of where the content was displayed over the system of displays. The visual ecosystem combined multiple ROE platforms to support different spatial and storytelling requirements across the venue. Rather than relying on a single display solution, the design used varied panels to balance large-scale presence, layout flexibility, and on-camera performance. Each screen served a distinct role within the keynote environment, allowing presentation zones to shift naturally between speaker moments, product demonstrations, and supporting visual content. "We love working with ROE products because they consistently look great, go together quickly, and are incredibly reliable. One thing that really stands out to us is the precision and consistency in their manufacturing. Because of that, the physical seams are rarely an issue -- which is a big deal when you're working with thousands of tiles hanging 80' in the air," says Will Johnson, project manager - key accounts, MeyerPro. In total, the setup featured more than 20 LED walls spanning a range of sizes, configurations, and curved applications. ROE V4ST and CB3 formed the backbone of the environment, with eight screens built from V4ST (684 panels) and another eight using CB3 (900 panels). Three additional screens used Topaz TP-C2.6 for curved elements (714 panels), while a large Graphite GP2.6 sidewall made up of 420 panels handled the primary wide-format display. Together, the system supported multiple keynote presentation zones while maintaining clarity for both in-room audiences and broadcast viewers, delivering nearly 130 million pixels overall. For MeyerPro, reliability under real show conditions remained critical. Fast builds, tight timelines, and continuous programming require display technology that behaves predictably and can be serviced quickly when needed, the company says. Consistent panel alignment, image stability, and modular system design supported a build process optimized for efficiency. Processing was built around 42 Brompton 4K Tessera SX40 LED processors and 120 Brompton Tessera XD data distribution units. The wider show system was centralized around a flypack that included a Ross FR12 and Ultra 60. In addition the show included a pair of Analog Way RS4's as well as a number of Christie Spyder X80's. The large scale system had many recording options and playback routes via three EVS XT-VIA servers in addition to many PIXERA servers for high-resolution playback. "We've supported many keynote productions over the years, but when we saw photos from Microsoft Ignite, my reaction was simple -- incredible. You could tell the MeyerPro team put real care into every detail to ensure the experience exceeded expectations. Seeing so much of that vision realized with ROE technology speaks to the strength of our partnership, and we're grateful to have supported such an outstanding production," says Frank Montero, managing director, ROE Visual. 
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