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Acclaim Lighting AL Driver 4

Acclaim Lighting AL Driver 4

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Acclaim Lighting’s AL Driver 4 is a four-channel, pulse-width-modulation (PWM) dimming driver for low-voltage LED products. Well suited for controlling Flex Spectrum, Flex II RGB and Flex Tube RGB products, AL Driver 4 controls three and four channel products with manual color settings when external DMX control is not desired. The AL Driver 4 can receive DC input from 12-24VDC and dims each channel via DMX. It controls up to 5A of multi-color LED product. It features a four-channel PWM dimming, a powerful technique for controlling analog circuits, from 0-100 percent. Operating temperatures range from 14 to 122 degrees F (-10 to 50 degrees C).

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Interior of Manchester Arena during a typical concert. The venue can accommodate 21,000; close to 20,000 had packed the arena on May 22, 2017.

Manchester Suicide Bombing Kills 23, Injures 116

MANCHESTER, U.K. – At about 10:30 p.m. local time on May 22, only about a minute after the house lights came on after Ariana Grande’s last song, a deafening explosion shook the foundations of 21,000-capacity Manchester Arena. Chaos and confusion swept through the venue and continued as parents and young attendees tried to find each other in the aftermath.

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Pablo Santiago Reflects Myriad Of Moods In “Destiny of Desire” With Rogue R2 Wash

[caption id="attachment_276930" align="alignnone" width="800"]Destiny of Desire gets assist from Chauvet Professional[/caption]

CHICAGO – Karen Zacarias’ “Destiny of Desire, An Unapologetic Telenovela in Two Acts” is aptly subtitled. The raucous, freewheeling “play within a play,” makes absolutely no apologies as it follows the lives of  two Mexican woman (one born to wealth, the other to poverty) who are switched at birth. Parodying the telenovelas commonly seen on TV, the play unabashedly takes audiences on an emotionally charged journey that is at turns, harrowing, hilarious and ultimately thought provoking. Intensifying the myriad of moods that runs through this fast-paced play is a richly textured lighting design by Pablo Santiago that features CHAUVET Professional Rogue R2 Wash fixtures.

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Inventdesign Supplies LED For The Armin Van Buuren Show

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AMSTERDAM, –  Armin van Buuren turned the tables on 12 and 13 May during his show ‘The Best of Armin Only’ in the Johan Cruijff Arena. For the second time in 6 months, InventDesign was the preferred party to cater the LEDs for yet another spectacular lightshow. Last October, the company catered the lights for the Amsterdam Music Festival, which also took place in the Johan Cruijff Arena. The special lightdesign, which was designed by 250K for the show, didn’t stop with an impressive stage. InventDesign provided the full length and width of the Johan Cruijff Arena with vertical and horizontal pendant LED strips, with the shortest vertical variations being at least 8 meters long.

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Arista Corporation Introduces IP Flash Caster at InfoComm

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FREMONT, CA – Arista Corporation, a leading manufacturer of video wall LCD displays, AV extenders, matrix switchers, AV MultiViewers, and related products for the AV installation and industrial markets, announces the debut of the IP Flash Caster AV Over IP signal distribution system. Featuring uncompressed 4K streaming and zero-latency AV-over-IP, the IP Flash Caster enables installers and system integrators to replace proprietary AV matrix switches with off-the-shelf Ethernet networks that deliver dramatically improved price/performance, flexibility, and scalability.

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“Tomorrow’s Technologies – Trusted Today” – EDS 2017 Recap for Harting

[caption id="attachment_276919" align="alignnone" width="460"]HARTING celebrated its partners with their annual Distribution Awards[/caption]

LAS VEGAS – HARTING held its annual Open House and Distributor Awards at the Electronics Distribution Show (EDS) on May 17th at the Mirage in Las Vegas.  This annual tradition for the company gives its distribution partners the opportunity to see how HARTING is shaping the future with their technologies.  This year the theme was “Tomorrow’s technologies trusted today”, highlighting how HARTING’s technologies make future-forward applications possible.

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Martin by HARMAN Brings a Modern Look to the Return of Love Connection on Fox Television

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LOS ANGELES—Lighting Director Matt Firestone recently installed 30 Martin VDO Sceptron LED video fixtures on the set of Love Connection, the classic 1980s-era game show which will return to television in May 2017. Airing on Fox and hosted by Andy Cohen, the reboot will feature the same familiar game format, with a completely modernized set design. Firestone used the VDO Sceptrons to create a dynamic background during specific shots when both the contestant and the host are on screen.

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ESTA Touts Rental Guard in the Fight Against Theft

NEW YORK – ESTA’s Production Equipment Rental Group (PERG) recently announced that Rental Guard, its online missing equipment database and alert system, has helped members avoid roughly $1.5M in attempted thefts by fraud and played a role in the recovery of more than $1.4M of stolen equipment.

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Mega Systems Goes All In at InfoComm 2017

HELOTES, TX. – The MEGA team is getting ready for Infocomm 2017 and this year we are MEGA EXCITED!!!! We will have three booths full of new products, between RGBlink, Mega and PR Lighting and TAF truss, we have a lot of new products to show you this year. Please make plans to stop by and visit with us.

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Green Hippo Captures the Snow Fairy

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HELSINKI, – Finish singing sensation Saara Aalto – aka the Snow Fairy – played a sold-out homecoming gig at Helsinki’s Hartwall arena and Green Hippo technology ensured a great view for all. Saara, who shot to fame in the UK through her runner’s up spot in 2016’s X Factor, is a firm favorite in Finland, having appeared in Finland’s Got Talent 2007 and The Voice of Finland in 2012. Bright Finland, the Finland and Scandinavia-based experience provider, was at the helm for Saara’s 360° screen show employing a Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal to control six iMAG screens.

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