City in Hudson County, NJ (Municipality)
Outdoor AV Done Right: A Municipal Success Story
This city hosts a variety of free summer events for residents and visitors, with one of the most beloved traditions being Movies Under the Stars. Held weekly throughout June, July, and August, these outdoor movie nights bring the community together under the open sky for family-friendly film screenings.
Scope of Work
Capabilities & Technologies Delivered
- A 14,000-lumen projector, capable of delivering bright, vibrant images at night
- A weather-resistant, motorized projection screen, measuring over 300 inches for clear, crisp visuals even in large open spaces
- A custom-tuned outdoor sound system, engineered to provide balanced audio across the audience area, while minimizing spillover into surrounding neighborhoods
- A wireless microphone, for event announcements and introductions
- An assisted listening system, allowing attendees to access audio via provided headsets or a mobile app
- An “easy to use” system design, enabling volunteers to set up and tear down in under 30 minutes with confidence
- Professional setup and training, ensuring staff can confidently operate the system
- Comprehensive Service, including CSAV’s 3-year parts & labor warranty to maximize uptime and reliability
The Challenge
Streamlining Outdoor Movie Nights
This municipality sought a reliable audiovisual solution that would improve setup efficiency with minimal labor required, while ensuring high-quality visuals and audio for large outdoor movie nights. The existing equipment was cumbersome and time-intensive to deploy – including an inflatable movie projection screen, which proved challenging and risky during windy evenings.
- Unusually challenging installation with external screen needing to be mounted to a newly constructed park building.
- The need for clear audio for audiences of hundreds of attendees, while not disrupting the surrounding residents in surrounding apartment buildings.
- Outdoor weather and environmental conditions
CSAV Systems was tasked with designing a system that could meet these needs while making it easy for volunteers to operate event after event.
The CSAV Systems Solution
Designed for Reliability, Simplicity, and Confidence
CSAV Systems provided a complete outdoor AV solution tailored for Movies Under the Stars. The system emphasized ease of setup, durability in outdoor conditions, and a quality experience for audiences of all ages.
This approach ensured the system was not only high-performance, but also intuitive and dependable, especially important for community events with variable volunteer operators.
Why CSAV Systems
A Trusted AV Partner for Community Events
This city chose CSAV Systems because of our ability to design and deliver unique AV systems – this case, an outdoor projection system, built on great visuals and well-planned audio distribution, all grounded in a system that is reliable and easy to use. If you’re looking for an AV system to perform in unique, real-world conditions — rain or shine, large crowds, and volunteer-run operations — CSAV is built to deliver.