COOKEVILLE, TN – Tennessee Tech University has taken delivery of six RevEAL Color Wash (RevEAL CW) instruments from Prism Projection for its Derryberry Hall Auditorium, an 816-seat theater on campus. The Nashville office of StageLight handled the sale of the fixtures. "When I first visited the auditorium they had some 50-year old three-banger PAR strip lights in their front of house position," said Rudi Aldridge of StageLight. "They asked about a new theatrical system, but thought it would be prohibitively expensive. Looking at their electrical system, it would have cost them quite a bit in terms of conventional lights.
{mosimage}"But I told them that you don't need to use conventional lights for theater anymore: You can use LEDs. In particular, Prism's RevEAL CW which demonstrates how LEDs have crossed the threshold of usability."
The RevEAL CW are touted for low power consumption, minimal maintenance, their color rendering, palette, repeatability and beam quality – making the fixtures particularly well-suited to theatrical applications.
"Prism has really thought about the color temperature mode and how to improve the fixture's video capabilities," Aldridge noted. "The unit takes the wash aspects of an ellipsoidal and applied it to the LED world. The beam is soft but crisp. Even a 26º setting is perfect."
The RevEAL CWs have proven to be well suited to the size of the Derryberry Hall Auditorium, too. "They're able to provide even light everywhere, including off the stage," he said. "Their smoothness is awesome."
The auditorium does not have a catwalk, and servicing units at FOH "can be a pain," Aldridge noted. "You have to crawl into a ceiling or an attic and pull out the old instrument. But these units won't need servicing for many years. They won't need to be cleaned and with one-sixth the wattage of a conventional fixture, they cut power usage."
He reports that the client is "very psyched" by the RevEAL CWs and is considering additional units. "Many places on campus can benefit from this fixture," Aldridge says. "The goal is for Tennessee Tech University to go all LED, all the time and become a real showcase for Prism LED lighting."
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