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Absen A3T LED Display

Absen A3T LED Display

Absen’s A3T is a high-contrast 3.9mm pixel pitch HD LED panel ideal for indoor and rental applications. It features a1200-nit brightness and a refresh rate exceeding 1200 Hz, promising HD images and videos that are crystal-clear and free from black or bright lines.

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A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting by Steven Louis Shelley

PLSN Booth Book Signing Event Set for Nov. 23, 1pm

LAS VEGAS — Steven Louis Shelley, author of A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, will be on hand at PLSN’s booth #236 at LDI on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 1 p.m. to sign copies of his hot-off-the-press third edition. The book, published by Focal Press, has emerged as a standard industry point of reference since the first edition came out in 1999. For more details, be sure to check the Book of the Week entry in this week’s PLSN newsletter.

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Parnelli Awards 2013

Online Ticket Deadline for Parnelli Awards is Nov. 20 at Noon PST

LAS VEGAS — The last chance to order tickets for the 2013 Parnelli Awards on parnelliawards.com is this Wednesday, Nov. 20 at noon PST. After that, any remaining tickets will be sold at the door of the event on a first-come, first-serve basis. This year’s honorees include George Travis, Mo Morrison, Eric Pearce and Mark Engebretson, and the event, set to begin at 8 p.m. after a 7 p.m. cocktail reception, is to be hosted by Micky Dolenz.

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Wexford Festival Opera 2013 production of La Navarraise by Massenet. Photo by Clive Barda.

Wexford Festival Opera 2013 Lit with Chroma-Q Color Force LEDs

WEXFORD, Ireland — Chief electrician Didier Barreau and LD Paul Keogan specified the Color Force fixtures for the main stage at the Wexford Festival Opera 2013. The festival featured productions of Il Cappello di paglia di Firenze by Rota and La Navarraise by Massenet Keogan credited the LED fixtures for their output and color mixing qualities. Barreau also spoke favorably of their output along with their compact size and ease of deployment.

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Michael Pinner

In Memoriam: Michael Glen Pinner, 61

RED WING, CO — Michael Glen Pinner, owner/operator of Concert Staging Services, Inc., and Fabco Metalworks, passed away Nov. 11, 2013 after a battle with cancer. Pinner, who has been active in the entertainment/production industry since age 15, was 61.

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Wireless Solution W-DMX BlackBox F-1 G4 transceiver

Main Light Industries Adds W-DMX BlackBox F-1 G4 Transceiver to Inventory

WILMINGTON, DE — Main Light Industries, Inc., based here, has added Wireless Solution’s W-DMX BlackBox F-1 G4 transceiver to its gear inventory. The product is distributed in North America by  A.C.T Lighting. Main Light was prompted to purchase the W-DMX when it was looking for a wireless solution to work with its Clay Paky Igloos as well as other wireless units in its inventory.

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SGM LT-200 LED tubes were part of the rig for a 2013 fundraising live broadcast on RTBF in French-speaking Belgium.

Belgian TV Show Includes SGM LED Tubes in the Rig

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), the public broadcasting organization for the southern, French-speaking portion of Belgium, aired a charity fundraiser on behalf of CAP48, an organization that helps the disabled. The live broadcast relied in part on SGM LED tubes for its visual appeal. Jean-Jacques Marotte was the LD.

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The Xbox One preview at Microsoft HQ in May 2013. Two hi spec Avolites Media Ai Infinity Servers powered visuals designed by film studios, game developers, and Microsoft's in-house team to 12 stacked 22k projectors.

Xbox One Preview at Microsoft HQ Got Visual Assist from Avolites Media Ai Servers

REDMOND, WA — For the announcement and preview earlier this year of the Xbox One video game console at Microsoft’s headquarters here, two Avolites Media Ai Infinity Servers powered visuals designed by film studios, game developers and Microsoft’s in-house team. The AV setup included 12 stacked 22K projectors. Xbox One, which features an AMD processor eight times faster than the Xbox 360, is due to be released Nov. 22, 2013.

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