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Los Alamos National Lab Upgrades with Christie

Los Alamos

Los Alamos National Lab Upgrades with Christie

LOS ALAMOS, NM – Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Christie for an extensive upgrade to its Powerwall Theater (PWT), a facility that enables researchers to view the complex models and simulations they have created using some of the world’s fastest supercomputers. The new theater will feature 40 Christie Mirage WU-L WUXGA DLP 3D LED projectors in a 5 wide by 4 high node grid configuration with double-stacked projectors in each node onto a new high fidelity glass Stewart filmscreen.

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D Series Dimmers

City Theatrical Launches LED Dimmer Product Line

CARLSTADT, NJ – City Theatrical announces new additions and some changes to its product line of low voltage dimmers. Because of the growth with the dimming of LED tape in all areas of entertainment, the company now has a line of 10 products for lighting professionals, and has rebranded the entire group of dimmers to make choosing the appropriate product more logical.

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COLORado 1 Tri 7 Tour

Chauvet Professional COLORado 1 Tri-7 Tour

SUNRISE, FL – Professional lighting manufacturer Chauvet is now shipping its compact wash luminaire COLORado 1 Tri-7 Tour. The fixture is designed for installation in tight locations and smaller spaces. The compact COLORado 1 Tri-7 Tour mirrors the features found in the COLORado 1-Tri Tour wash light.

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Show Pro software

Pixel Perfect Show Pro Software

TEMPE, AZ – Pixel Perfect LLC has launched Show Pro, an OS X native digital cue sheet application and free iPad companion app created for the live events industry. Show Pro promotes efficient communication within the production team by connecting every crew member electronically to the stage manager or director.

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Spider Stage at Glastonbury Festival

Avolites Media Spins Visual Magic at Glastonbury

UK – Avolites Media’s Ai infinity 8 Server has powered the video mapping of a giant robotic Spider Stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. The 30 ft Spider Stage, constructed by ‘sculpture-based organization’ Arcadia, featured eight metal legs surrounding a core-like DJ box, all of which were video mapped by Ai Infinity 8 via a mixture of preprogrammed sequences and live-control.

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TV One CorioMaster Mini

TV One is now shipping its CorioMaster Mini compact all-in-one video wall processor that is able to perform a range of video tasks simultaneously, including real-time 360 video rotations and multi-projector edge-blending. It is one of the industry’s first videowall processors to fit up to 12 High Density Universal DVI or 10 HDBaseT and 2 High Density Universal DVI ports in a 1RU frame, controlling full-scale 3×3 video walls without a rack’s worth of discrete video components. TV One also announced that it is supporting the rollout of this processor with training opportunities to ensure that all users are aware of, and can benefit from, the unit’s many features and functions.

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Blur performs a 2012 show in Margate, U.K. Photo by Linda Brownlee

Entec Supplies Lighting for Blur Summer Shows

WEST LONDON, U.K. — Entec, based here, continued its 20-year working relationship with British band Blur, supplying lighting equipment for the band’s 30-plus performances in 2013. The shows have included dates across Asia, Europe, South America, as well as a headline slot at Coachella; the photo here is from a 2012 performance in Margate, U.K.

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Robbie Williams set showing Phrenology head. Photo: Stufish

Brilliant Stages Helps Robbie Williams Take the Crown

HITCHIN, UK – Set manufacturer Brilliant Stages has played the leading role in supplying the stage set for Robbie Williams’ Take the Crown stadium tour. Brilliant Stages’ General Manager, Tony Bowern was tasked by the tour’s production manager, Wob Roberts, to oversee the design, construction and delivery of elements including a series of replicas of Robbie Williams’ head, on-stage tracking solutions, a multi-tiered main stage with protective roofette and a curved header topping the massive back wall.

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ETC Products for Cologne Cathedral’s ‘Lux Eucharistica’

COLOGNE, Germany – To create “Lux Eucharistica,” a dynamic audio/visual show gracing Cologne Cathedral’s recent Eucharistic Congress 2013, the management called on illumination-art specialists Friedrich Förster and Sabine Weissinger of Casa Magica of Tuebingen, southern Germany. They, in turn, enlisted Matthias Strobel, an ETC Ion control desk expert to help program the projections and Selador light.

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Carbon 4K video player

Alcorn McBride Carbon 4K Video Player

ORLANDO – Alcorn McBride is launching its Carbon 4K video player. The new High Frame Rate (60 fps) UltraHD 4K player delivers the ultimate viewer experience to large video and LED walls, museum exhibits, theme park attractions, corporate centers, 4D theater and digital signage.  It joins the single channel model,  Carbon 1080p 60 player, in Alcorn McBride’s Carbon product line.

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