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Power to Spare

Power to Spare

A few years ago I bought a book called Standard Handbook For Electrical Engineers, but I never read it. It just sat on the shelf taunting me, making fun of me behind my back, sticking its $150 tongue out at me.

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A Brief History of ACLs

Someone wrote to me last month asking about the term "ACL." He asked why a lot of new moving lights were being touted as moving ACLs. Outside of the lighting industry, they would think we were referring to a ligament in the knee.

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Flylite Hoist Cases

Upstate Case Manufacturing Company has introduced the Flylite line of hoist cases. The product line is designed solely for entertainment chain hoist transportation. The core substrate is a corrugated plastic, which is 30 percent lighter than traditional half-inch plywood.

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Irradiant SSDL-3201RGB

Chino, Calif.-based Irradiant has introduced a new moving yoke color wash fixture with 3-in-1 LED technology called the SSDL-3201RGB. It features 36 3-in-1 RGB 3-watt LEDs, 540° of pan, 230° of tilt and shutter speeds ranging from 10 flashes per second to 0.1 flashes per second.

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Litepanels MicroPro Hybrid

Litepanels has introduced the MicroPro Hybrid LED light which combines continuous output and a "flash" feature in a single fixture. The Hybrid's "continuous mode" provides soft output and the "flash" feature produces a 400-percent-brighter burst.

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Christie Mirage WU7K-M

Christie's new Mirage WU7K-M 3D video projector features WUXGA resolution, dual lamps and outputs 6,300 ANSI lumens. It has dual-link DVI support at 330MHz, up to 10,000:1 contrast and 3-Chip DLP technology.

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