Brompton Technology’s Tessera processing and ROE Visual LED panels formed the backbone of the LED system for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s 75th anniversary tour, which made a rare international appearance at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane and Eden Park in Auckland in February 2026.
The show, titled The Heroes Who Made Us, was deployed and managed by Creative Technology Australia & New Zealand. In Brisbane, the upstage main wall measured 50m by 22m with a 32m by 4m cutout, totalling 875sqm of ROE V6ST panels, with a downstage wall of approximately 40.2m by 9.6m using ROE CB5 in T4 frames. The Auckland installation used ROE MC7 panels for the upstage screen and ROE CBz5 for the downstage screen. Both installations were completed within two days.
The system was built around a Tessera SX40 4K LED processor and Tessera XD 10G data distribution system, deployed with full redundancy. A technically critical requirement of the show was end-to-end Genlock with minimal latency, delivered as standard by the SX40. Brompton’s OSCA and DynaCal features ensured colour consistency across the multiple LED panel types in use. Rain fell throughout rehearsals and every performance, yet the system recorded no failures across the run.
Jeremy Moore, head of displays at Creative Technology Australia & New Zealand, said: “Working on a show of this scale and significance, and in these conditions, demands absolute confidence in your technology. The Brompton system gave us exactly that. We had two days to build these monster walls, and the speed and reliability of the Brompton processing was central to making it happen. To not have a single issue through all that rain is a testament to just how robust the system and Creative Technology’s processes are.”
It marked the first time the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo had used screens of this scale in its performances.
Sebastian Kanabar, head of sales (APAC) at Brompton Technology, added: “The conditions were challenging, the timelines were tight, and the system didn’t miss a beat.”
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