In short

If the wall is filmed by a camera - a television studio, a virtual production, a concert, an esports arena - an everyday controller is not enough. Here you need a refresh rate above 3,840 Hz, genlock to the camera, pixel-level calibration, high bit-depth processing and a latency of only a few frames. This segment costs an order of magnitude more, and in return it does something advertising-sign control cannot: the wall stays flicker-free and colour-accurate on camera as well.

Broadcast and rental processors

Walls in front of a camera, XR studios, concert stages

9 devices · 3 manufacturers · 15 official documents

Where does it fit in the system? Every stage of the diagram is clickable — it takes you to that category.

Refresh rate is the figure easiest to skimp on in a quote, because the eye cannot see the difference — it only comes out when the first video of the wall is shot.

Brompton

flagship HD processor with extensive broadcast inputs Brompton Tessera M2 Brompton's flagship HD processor, with DVI-I and dual 3G-SDI inputs, built-in deinterlacing and two parallel processing chains. 1 documents receiver card for the Tessera system Brompton Tessera R2+ Not a processor but the panel-side receiving card of the Tessera system: compatible with every Brompton processor and able to serve even the finest pixel pitch panels. 1 documents mid-range LED processor Brompton Tessera S8 The SX40's smaller sibling: eight 1G outputs, the full Tessera feature set, for projects that do not need a large pixel capacity. 1 documents 8K LED video processor Brompton Tessera SQ200 Brompton's newest 8K-capable, AVoIP-native processor, with up to 36 million pixels of output capacity and licensable feature packs. 1 documents top-tier LED processor Brompton Tessera SX40 Brompton's highest-capacity 2U flagship processor, up to 9 million pixels and full 4K/60Hz signal processing, the reference device for the largest tours and virtual production studios. 4 documents 2 videos entry-level / compact LED processor Brompton Tessera T1 Compact single-output Tessera processor for smaller creative shows and strip/tile panels, with DMX control. 1 documents data distribution unit Brompton Tessera XD Distribution Unit Not a processor but a cabling-simplifying distribution box to go alongside the SX40: it turns a single 10G trunk into ten independent 1G outputs. 1 documents

disguise

media server and render node platform (not an LED processor) disguise vx / rx platform The disguise vx media server and rx render node pairing is not an LED processor but the content production/rendering layer in XR studios and virtual productions, complemented by an LED processor (Brompton, NovaStar). 3 documents

Megapixel

LED processor platform (broadcast / AV-over-IP) Megapixel VR HELIOS Megapixel VR's modular, AV-over-IP-native processor platform for large-format LED walls, studios and XR productions. 2 documents 1 videos

Side by side in one table

A like-for-like comparison pulled from the manufacturer datasheets. A “—” means the manufacturer does not publish that figure — not that the device cannot do it.

Device	Load capacity	Max. refresh rate	Bit depth	Latency	Genlock
Brompton Tessera M2 Brompton	2 100 000 px	60 Hz	8 bit/csatorna	3 frames (full), 2 frames (low-latency)	Bi-level and Tri-level sync input
Brompton Tessera R2+ Brompton	262 144 px	—	16 bit/csatorna	—	—
Brompton Tessera S8 Brompton	4 500 000 px	250 Hz	8 bit/csatorna	2 frames (full), 1 frame in ULL mode	Bi-level and Tri-level sync input
Brompton Tessera SQ200 Brompton	36 000 000 px	250 Hz	8/10/12 bit/csatorna	2 frames (ULL: 1 frame)	Bi-/Tri-level sync + PTP ST2059
Brompton Tessera SX40 Brompton	9 000 000 px	250 Hz	36 bit/pixel	2 frames (full), 1 frame in ULL mode	Bi-level and Tri-level sync input
Brompton Tessera T1 Brompton	525 000 px	60 Hz	8 bit/csatorna	3 frames (full), 2 frames (low-latency)	Syncs to source (no ref input)
Brompton Tessera XD Distribution Unit Brompton	—	—	—	—	—
disguise vx / rx platform disguise	—	—	—	—	—
Megapixel VR HELIOS Megapixel	—	60 Hz (max. 240 Hz at reduced res.)	—	—	Analogue Tri-level VSync

The data comes from manufacturer documentation and is indicative only. For a specific project, the current manufacturer datasheet always takes precedence.