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Background
Perth Soccer Club (Inc.) is one of Western Australia’s longest-established and most respected clubs, and the standard of their facilities is something they actively maintain.
The match-day experience was the gap. They wanted a modern, high-visibility scoreboard that kept up with the pace and professionalism of the football being played on the ground — for the players on the pitch and the crowd watching it.
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The challenge
A scoreboard at an outdoor ground faces conditions no indoor display deals with. It had to be bright enough to read clearly in broad daylight with the sun on the face of the screen, and durable enough to sit outside through everything Perth weather does across a season.
Updates had to be genuinely real-time — a scoreboard that lags behind play undermines the game rather than supporting it. And it had to be simple enough to run on match day without specialist operators.
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The solution
Focus AV supplied and installed a VUEPIX Infiled MV Series LED scoreboard measuring 5 x 3 metres.
The MV Series was selected for two specific reasons. Brightness: 8000 nits, which is what it takes to stay legible in full sun rather than washing out at the worst possible moment. And refresh rate: high enough that score and clock changes register instantly, and that the display holds up clean when it appears in photos or video from the ground.
The panel construction is light for a screen of that size but built to take weather, which keeps the supporting structure sensible while delivering consistent performance right through the season. That combination — robust enough for the elements, light enough to mount without overbuilding — is what makes the MV Series work at a community ground rather than only in a stadium.
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The outcome
The ground has a clear focal point it did not have before. Players get real-time score and time information from anywhere on the pitch, and spectators can read team and score displays clearly from across the ground in daylight.
It also gives the club a way to communicate with the crowd during matches, not just show a scoreline. The club’s own feedback is that it has added a level of professionalism to the venue they are proud of.
