LAS VEGAS – PixelFLEX will display its range of LED video solutions at InfoComm 2016, which will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center June 8-10, 2016. PixelFLEX will display its FLEXLite NXG (pictured here) and FLEXLite Plus LED video walls, reFLEXion LED video stand and TrueFLEX LED video display technologies at Booth N2759.
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ATLANTA – First Redeemer Baptist Church, based in Cumming, GA, northeast of Atlanta, turned to Springfield, MO-based Paragon 360 for a lighting assist as it remodeled its sanctuary. Along iwth a modular riser for the church’s 125-member choir, Paragon 360 provided a lighting rig that included LED washes and uplighting fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
Read More »SHANGHAI, China — Compound Photonics, an eight-year old technology company focused on projection technologies, featured what it calls the world’s smallest native 4K imaging device, measuring only 14mm diagonally and featuring pixels smaller than three microns. The company was featuring the technology at the Display Summit China 2016, which took place in Yixing, China, just outside Shanghai, from May 9-11..
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Artel Video Systems, a provider of media transport solutions for direct fiber, IP, and managed optical networks, will be at InfoComm featuring their DLC510 Multipurpose Dual-Port L-Band Demodulator and Satellite Scanner, DLC910 Quad SD-HD-3G SDI Multiviewer and IP-Based and 4K/UHD Solutions, among other products. Pictured here is Artel’s FiberLink 3500 series gear.
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HELSINKI, Finland – Suomen Videoviestintä SVV Oy, a Helsinki-based AV company that supports the lighting, audio and video production needs of concerts, corporate functions and trade fairs in and around Finland, has invested in in AV Stumpfl’s upgraded Wings Engine Raw 8K media server.
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LONDON – White Light provided an AV assist for DevWeek, a software developers conference held April 18 to 22 at Central Hall Westminster near the center of London. White Light was responsible for providing the lighting, audio and video support for any event taking place in Central Hall Westminster’s Great Hall.
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LOS ANGELES – At 82 years young, legendary singer, recording artist and front man of The Four Seasons Frankie Valli is still playing live and touring two weekends a month for most of the year … with Robe as the first choice of moving light on the rider. Valli has had multiple chart-topping singles and albums throughout an incredible six decade career and has also been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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For the past six years, Black Girls Rock, Inc., an organization that promotes empowerment and mentoring for young women of color through the arts, has partnered with BET Networks to broadcast their annual awards event. The Black Girls Rock! production is an inspiring evening of performances, awards, speeches, and celebration. The 2016 show included appearances by Lauryn Hill, Gladys Knight, Brandy, Corrine Bailey Rae, Rihanna, Monica, Shonda Rhimes, Danai Gurira, and Hillary Clinton.
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“My house is clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy.”
That quote was on an etched-wood plaque that hung on my mother’s kitchen wall for years, and for the longest time, I’ve used it as my personal philosophy concerning cleanliness…..at least in the kitchen and house. When it comes to gear, it’s a whole different game.
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I’m staring at a shiny silver/chrome looking piece of love here as I open the case containing a scaled down version of the elektraBar strip light. I easily lift this miniature 11-pound fixture out with one hand and gaze at this architectural model. They make a black one for theatrical use, but this one just looks so stealth. The fixture itself is just under two feet long and about seven inches wide. It has a built-in power supply that is permanently attached to the back.
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Despite their name and long association with lighting primarily meant for clubs and smaller venues, ADJ Lighting has released a number of professional touring fixtures recently. Their Vizi line includes lights with feature sets normally seen on larger-format lights, but with attractive price points set to be within reach of houses of worship and other facilities or productions that need to be conscientious with their budget.
Whether “Tis Nobler” Is Not the Question. Here’s a Roundtable Discussion of When It’s the Answer.
For some, timecode is the auto tune of lighting designers — a lazy choice. Others insist that timecode is doing the job of the operator, freeing him or her up from being chained to just punching the “go” button for each and every cue. But the truth is that when properly implemented, it can be used for a show’s greater good.