VIDEO PROCESSING IN MODULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD

An active receiver card for a display is provided. The active receiver comprises a processor, a first interface, and a second interface. The first interface is configured to receive a broadcast serialized video data stream as input from a video processing system. The active receiver card is configured to be electrically connected to a tile of a display. The active receiver card further comprises a second interface configured to output control signals to a plurality of pixels of the tile of the display. The processor of the active receiver card is configured to extract from the received broadcast serialized video data stream video image data pertaining to the tile of the display, and based thereon, the active receiver card is configured to output the control signals used to control a plurality of pixels of the tile of the display.