NovaStar: The Control System Behind Over 90% of Olympic Opening Ceremony Screens

Spectators watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony remember the light show, but few inquire about the equipment behind those colossal screens. For the Paris Games, the answer, according to the manufacturer's announcement, is NovaStar — the LED screen control brand that Luxwave (a brand of Ho Gia JSC, official distributor for BOE, NovaStar, Muxwave) is distributing and implementing in Vietnam. This article reviews the figures announced by the company and their significance for domestic projects.

What Role Did NovaStar Play at the Paris Olympics?

According to NovaStar's case study, the company provided a comprehensive ultra-high-definition display and control solution for the opening and closing ceremonies, main stadiums, and festival activities in Paris: powering over 90% of the screens for the opening ceremony, more than 80 ultra-high-definition screens, and over 30 screens at the competition venues. "Comprehensive" here means the company managed the entire signal path — from video processing and control to pixel-level calibration — not just a single device in the chain.

14 Years Serving the Olympics: A Journey Since Beijing 2008

Also according to the company's announcement, Paris is not their first time: NovaStar has served the Olympics continuously for 14 years since Beijing 2008, through London, Rio, and the Beijing Winter Olympics, alongside World Cup events. These high-level events serve as the industry's most rigorous tests: billions of viewers, no room for error, and equipment must perform flawlessly under real-world stage conditions. A company being repeatedly chosen for 14 years speaks volumes about the reliability of its control system, more than any paper specification.

Within the industry landscape, this 14-year streak also reflects a reality few outside the sector are aware of: global LED screen control market share is concentrated among a few specialized manufacturers, and the larger the event, the shorter the list of choices. Organizers do not experiment with new technologies when billions are watching — they select what has been proven in previous events. This "chosen because chosen" loop is the natural barrier to entry in the control segment, and why large event experience becomes a reliable benchmark when evaluating a brand.

What Does a Comprehensive 4K/8K Control System Include?

NovaStar highlights three proprietary technology pillars behind these events: its 4K/8K control system, video processing system, and LED screen calibration system. These three components address the most challenging aspects of large-scale event screens: handling the massive data volume of ultra-high-definition signals down to millions of pixels without frame delay, smoothly mixing and switching multiple live video sources, and color-calibrating hundreds of cabinets from different batches to a unified standard to avoid visible seams on broadcast television. The article LED Screen Refresh Rate for Cameras further analyzes a related aspect: why camera-facing screens require high refresh rates.

Why Do Major Events Choose a Less-Known Control Brand?

A curious paradox in the LED screen industry: the cabinet brand is printed on the equipment, while the control brand is virtually unknown to the public — yet, technical professionals choose the opposite, starting with the control system. The reason is that the biggest risk in a live event is not a faulty LED panel (spare cabinets are available) but a system-wide signal interruption. NovaStar's stage solutions therefore emphasize high integration — the company states a reduction in equipment count to about one-third compared to traditional systems — along with real-time monitoring and multiple redundancy layers. Fewer devices, less cabling, fewer failure points: a simple philosophy, but crucial for keeping the screens lit throughout the ceremony.

This lesson directly translates to enterprise projects in Vietnam. When comparing two LED screen quotes, buyers often scrutinize the panel specifications while overlooking the control system — yet, this is precisely what determines whether the screen runs stably or erratically, displays beautiful or color-shifted images, and whether issues are resolved in minutes or days. A simple question worth asking every contractor is: "Which brand's control system, what model, is it genuine?" — and then comparing the answer to the type of equipment trusted by major events.

From the Olympics to CCTV, Asian Games: Other Major Events

The company's list of case studies extends further: six consecutive years serving CCTV's Spring Festival Gala — China's largest New Year's Eve television program, the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Harbin Winter Asian Games, the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics, along with premium rental solutions at the Beijing Auto Show. The common thread in these events is large-scale live broadcasting — an environment where any display defect is magnified by the camera. For organizers of event stages or operators of conference halls in Vietnam, this serves as a reliable reference when selecting a control platform.

Notably within this list is the breadth of genres covered: outdoor sports on a stadium scale, studio television galas, indoor trade exhibitions — three environments with vastly different technical requirements regarding lighting, camera distance, and setup/dismantling intensity. A control system that performs well in all three implies an architecture flexible enough to be configured for various scenarios, rather than being rigidly optimized for a single use case. This is the characteristic that project managers should seek: equipment that can adapt to the multi-purpose lifecycle of the space itself.

What Benefits Do Vietnamese Businesses Gain from This Technology?

The most practical point: the technology serving the Olympics is within reach. Commercial product lines like the VX series or the H series processors inherit the same control platform, packaged for enterprise-scale projects. Luxwave has practically implemented the VX2000 Pro unit — a model supporting 13 million pixels in the VX Pro series — for a COB screen measuring 4320×1350px (~5.83 million pixels) in the Optupus Library project. The gap between an event watched by billions and a training room in Hanoi, in terms of control quality, is merely scale, not technological class.

Conclusion: Choose a Control System Like Major Events Do

The news about the Paris Olympics distills into one lesson for LED screen project managers: give the control system the same attention as the screen itself, because this is where the world's most demanding events have placed their trust for 14 years. When planning screens for conference halls, stages, or control rooms, you can refer to the article Choosing an LED Screen Controller by Pixel Count or discuss directly with the Luxwave technical team for advice on a suitable genuine configuration.