TESSERA Tessera S4 LED Video Processor
Led video processors
CUSTOM BUILT FOR DRIVING CONVENTIONAL LARGE WALLS
The Tessera S4 LED processor is the workhorse of the Tessera range – perfect for large, high-resolution video walls. It has full HD support, with a standard canvas of 1920×1080 @ 60Hz, and more non-standard canvases available.
It retains Tessera’s class-leading quality and control with a smaller creative feature set to ensure competitive value.
The Tessera S4 has up to nominal 2.1 million pixel output and sophisticated colour controls including; per-input adjustments, global brightness & gamma, and On-Screen Colour Adjustment (OSCA).
You can also rotate fixtures to 0˚ / 90˚ / 180˚ / 270˚ and place them anywhere on the full HD canvas (regardless of the order in which they are cabled), removing the need for external pixel mapping.
POWERFUL TESSERA FEATURE SET
The Tessera system is genlocked from the video input all the way down to the LED refresh cycle, giving perfectly smooth video with no dropped or doubled frames.
GENLOCK 
Delivers ultimate peace of mind for users by introducing an auto-failover mechanism that allows a back-up processor to take over in just a few seconds.
REDUNDANCY 
Tessera Management Software gives you full control over your Tessera System, with an array of powerful, easy-to-use features for an impeccable show every time.
TESSERA SOFTWARE 
Improves the appearance of panels operating at less than their maximum brightness by reducing banding and increasing the detail in dark areas.
DARK MAGIC 
Offers powerful and intuitive colour correction with two operating modes – 14 Way Colour Corrector and Colour Replace. Easily and independently adjust primary, secondary and tertiary colours.
CHROMATUNE 
High Dynamic Range offers greater brightness and colour ranges with a higher bit depth, appearing perceptibly sharper and more detailed for vivid, lifelike images.
HDR 
Provides real-time compensation for thermal artefacts such as pink/cyan pin-cushioning, and gradients due to swapped modules.
THERMACAL 
Limitations in the driver chips, LEDs and panel electrical design can be overcome to ensure neutral colour balance across the entire greyscale.
PURETONE 
Ultra Low Latency reduces the end-to-end latency to just 1 frame, providing a solution for broadcast television and film industries.
ULTRA LOW LATENCY 
HFR+ offers the power to play video content on an LED screen at up to 250 fps (frames per second).
HFR+ (HIGH FRAME RATE) 
Import a 3D LUT directly into your Tessera software project file, for advanced colour management capabilities.
3D LUT 
Frame Remapping makes it possible for multiple cameras to each see different content when viewing the same LED screen at the same time.
FRAME REMAPPING 
ShutterSync tunes the LED screen to the camera, not the other way around, giving back creative flexibility for camera configuration.
SHUTTERSYNC 
Changing between Operating Modes is quick and easy, and it puts the final decision on which aspect of visual performance is most important back in the hands of the user.
OPERATING MODES 
Our Tracking Markers feature is compatible with the Mo-Sys StarTracker system and overlays configurable tracking markers onto your displayed video content.
TRACKING MARKERS 
With Stacking, multiple processors can be controlled as one. Setups can be as large and versatile as you need them to be – with quicker, greatly simplified control.
STACKING 
New levels of dynamic range are a free update away! Unlock up to 3.3 additional bits of precision and reap the rewards of superb image quality and maximised HDR content.
EXTENDED BIT DEPTH 
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SUB-FIXTURE MAPPING
The Tessera Management Software makes setting up your LED fixtures easy, regardless of number, size or cabling order, offering increased flexibility and much greater creative control over fixtures of any pixel pitch.
You can place fixtures and sub-fixtures anywhere on the full HD canvas. The Tessera system uniquely supports multiple sub-fixtures from a single R2 receiver card, making mapping creative shows with LED strips and small tiles easier than ever.
QUICK ASSOCIATION
Quick Association is a new, even faster way to associate large numbers of panels to your Tessera LED processor.
Each string of fixtures is automatically assigned a unique numeric code, so it’s quick and easy to select the fixtures you want, associate them with the processor, and place on your canvas. Quick Association is supported by all Tessera processors, in both remote and local UI, to make your fixture setup as efficient as possible.
CABLE REDUNDANCY
The Tessera S4 processor supports loop-back redundancy, in which pairs of output ports are connected to both ends of a string of fixtures.
Loop-back redundancy gives you peace of mind in the event that something happens to the primary video source. If the worst happens in a live show, never fear – your panels will automatically switch to the backup feed so that the show continues seamlessly.
R2 RECEIVER CARD
The R2 Receiver Card is the most powerful Tessera receiver card ever, supporting a 262k pixel capacity, making it perfect for all types of LED panels.
COMPARISON CHART
The R2 Receiver Card is the most powerful Tessera receiver card ever, supporting a 262k pixel capacity, making it perfect for all types of LED panels.
S4 DATA SHEET
Download the Tessera S4 processor datasheet .pdf with full product technical specifications.
SOFTWARE
Download the latest version of the Tessera software and firmware.
TESSERA PROCESSORS
A mid-range processor perfect for high-profile projects that don’t require large output capacity but want the full suite of Tessera processing features.
Tessera S8 
A straightforward powerhouse processor built for large, high resolution LED screens, offering fewer creative features for competitive value.
Tessera S4
Designed for creativity, an ideal choice for smaller creative shows and displays that don’t need to output a huge amount of pixels.
Tessera T1 
Brompton’s first 4K processor and the best LED processor currently available on the market. Used with the XD Data Distribution Unit to provide a comprehensive solution for 4K screens.
Tessera SX40 
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S4 INPUTS & OUTPUTS
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Unboxed
- 482.6mm (19”) x 44.5mm (1.75”) x 342.9mm (13.5”)
Boxed
- 570mm (22.4”) x 170mm (6.69”) x 450mm (17.7”)
WEIGHT
- Unboxed: 3.1Kg (6.8lbs)
- Boxed: 5.5Kg (12.1lbs)
ELECTRICAL
- Switched autoranging power supply
- 100 – 240V AC
- 50Hz – 60Hz
- 0.4 – 0.2A
DVI-D INPUT
- One DVI-D input
- Up to 1920 x 1080 at 60Hz
- Non-standard resolution support for:
- 1600 x 1200
- 2880 x 720
- 720 x 2880
- 1080 x 1920
- Support for RGB and YCbCr colour spaces
- HDMI support with suitable adapter
- No HDCP support
OUTPUTS
- Four 1G Tessera output ports, each capable of a nominal 525K pixels at 8 bits per colour, 60Hz frame rate
GENLOCK
- Lock to source
- Processors genlock from source right through to panel refresh
- Frame rates from 23.98 to 60Hz
LATENCY
- 2 frames end-to-end system latency
TESSERA MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
- Local management using monitor, keyboard and mouse connected directly to processor
- Monitors from 1024×768 up to 1920×1080
- DP++ monitor output supports HDMI, DVI and VGA using a suitable adapter
TESSERA REMOTE
- Available free for Windows PC and Mac OS
- Remote management using Windows PC or Mac connected to processor via Ethernet network
- One Gigabit Ethernet network port
REMOTE CONTROL
- Tessera Control application for multi-processor control via management network port
- IP Control
I/O
- Two USB 2.0 ports on front
- Two USB 2.0 ports on rear
- One DisplayPort (DP++) monitor output
FRONT PANEL
- Six status LEDs
- Power LED
- Freeze button
- Blackout button
WARRANTY
- Two years
CERTIFICATIONS
- CE, ETL/cETL
SEE US IN ACTION
“As a recent start-up, Universal Pixels only invests in video technology with a clearly defined future road map. Tessera provides this and has become the industry standard for LED processing (regardless of panel manufacturer or SMD type) – which helps us hugely, both with technician knowledge, and on the road support.”
Phil Mercer – Universal Pixels 
