No, he's really talking about the sheer distance of the icons visible in the film viewer of GV's
Since the arena settings dictate that you cannot see them until close, no icons until close...
For me, this threw a monkey wrench into making a video since I wanted to PadLock a wirble... Thus ended up giving up on it...
Kinda wish you could tinker with arena settings in the film viewer... Well at least the aesthetic ones like icon ranges, time of day, or even colors