Puerto Rico. Since its first appearance in 1954, the independent television network Wapa-TV (Channel 4) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been a technology leader among TV stations in the island country. In 2016, Wapa-TV renewed its television lighting in three of its studios, installing LED lighting systems from the Elation TVL series. The installation of the white light luminaires made Wapa-TV the first studio in Puerto Rico to transition to LED technology.
Wapa-TV replaced all its conventional devices with LEDs in its larger studio (Cinema), as well as a separate TV studio and in a smaller studio. Puerto Rican production company Musique Xpress Lights worked with the station to supply all LED lighting equipment to the network and worked with Wapa's LD, Juan Carlos, on lighting placement and design.
The new LED lighting was part of a complete renovation/upgrade for the existing network building that began in 2015. The installation of the TVL series accessories was completed by Wapa-TV in June 2016 and is used in all three studios for a wide range of programs and productions.
In all three studios the WHITE LIGHT TVL 4000 II matrix LED panels are used as the front filler and backlight. 130 TVL 4000 luminaires are used, each housing 800 warm white LEDs and 800 white LEDs with variable color temperature control from 3,200K to 6,500K, for adaptive white light shadow projections.
Elation TVL 3000 II white light LED luminaires are used in the main cinema studio and TV studio for narrower or longer shots. The TVL 3000 II lamps combine 3W warm white and cool white LEDs for uniform projection of flat white light and also meet a high CRI requirement for more accurate color reproduction.
The equipment used in this integration were:
Main studio
100 x TVL 4000 II™
20 x TVL 3000 II™
TV Studio
20 x TVL 4000 II™
10 x TVL 2000 II™
10 x TVL 3000 II™
Small Studio
10 x TVL 4000 II™
6 x TVL 2000 II™
