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Analog Way Eikos Switcher

Analog Way's Eikos multi-layer hi-resolution mixer and seamless switcher, set to debut at InfoComm 2010, offers up to 12 inputs including four fitted with SDI and two fitted with DVI-D, and outputs digital and analog signals in DVI and VGA (RGBHV) simultaneously with formats ranging from HDTV to Computer 2K.

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Sanyo PLV-Z4000 Projector

Sanyo's PLV-Z4000 is a 120 Hz HD 3 LCD front projector with 1080p24 capability. It has dual HDMI 1.3b inputs and is rated at 1,200 ANSI lumens with a 65,000:1 contrast ratio. It uses 14-bit digital signal processing and a real-focus HD lens system that combines variable iris and lamp reactivity with a newly-developed high efficiency lens.

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Navigating the World of Automation

Let me just get this out there right off the bat – I'm not a rigger.

 

So what am I doing in an automation and control class? I'm glad you asked.

 

I've been involved in the production industry in one form or another for over twenty years and I've successfully dodged learning much about rigging and automation. Until now.

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Counting and Measuring Meaning in Life

Do you remember the first concert you ever attended? Of course you do. I remember mine like it was yesterday. It was a band called Krackerjack at the Corpus Christi Exhibition Center. They had a bass player named Tommy Shannon (currently touring with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Jonny Lang, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd on the Experience Hendrix Tour) and a young guy on the guitar they called "Skeeter." Later on they stopped calling him Skeeter and started calling him Stevie Ray Vaughn.

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