DALLAS – Philips Strand Lighting is now shipping the Philips Selecon PLProfile4 LED luminaire. The fixture uses four 120-watt RGBW LED chips which create more than 6,000 lumens of output. Features include pattern projections and interchangeable lens options. Variable color temperatures range from 2300K to 9970K in white.
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LAKE ORION, MI – High Resolution Systems introduces UDC Pro ECS-Raptor, a UDC Pro Embedded Control Server designed for permanent AV installs. Raptor teams up with the company’s UDC software to offer a cost-effective, stable hardware/software solution for long-term installations in a range of environments. A Linux-embedded server, Raptor significantly lowers costs to users over full-blown Windows servers while significantly lowering power usage. It begins shipping in February.
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CAMBRIDGESHIRE, UK – The Dirty Rigger Octo-Pouch is designed for tool convenience, especially when working in the rig. The Octo-Pouch offers a durable 600 x 600 denier polyester nylon construction with a built-in buckle system to securely attach tools directly to the pouch, ready for quick release when required. The built-in draw-string closure net keeps smaller tools secure in the main center pocket. More tools can be attached on the multiple metal D-rings positioned around the pouch.
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OWATONNA, MN — Wenger Corporation’s new StageTek staging was designed to offer the user more benefits over its older product line. The StageTek staging assembles quickly without tools, folding frames or other cumbersome understructure. The decks are 20 percent lighter than comparably sized Wenger Versalite decks and feature integrated hand grips that require 40 percent less grip strength to handle. Assembly time is also reduced.
Read More »COLUMIA, MD —Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the Japanese-language version of the Vectorworks 2013 line of design software, including Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Fundamentals, Landmark, Spotlight and Renderworks. The “Vectorworks 2013 Caravan” launch events are free and will take place throughout Japan in January.
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HARROW, Middlesex, UK – Artistic Licence Engineering’s dVnet is a new digital video-to-network converter. The latest addition to ALE’s Rack Pack range, dVnet is aimed at retail and architectural applications in which a media facade or light sculpture is to be controlled by video, and the complexity of a media server is not required.
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SULLY, IA — Prism Projection’s recently introduced RevEAL Profile Junior is a compact 10,000 lumen LED profile spot whose size and weight are similar to conventional tungsten-sourced ellipsoidals, yet its output exceeds conventional 575W ellipsoidals. This new compact design of the Profile Junior is offered in three versions: a tunable 2,800-6,500K, 3200K and 5600K white light.
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TORONTO, CANADA – Cast Software has today released wysiwyg R30, the latest edition of its industry standard lighting design and pre-visualization suite. R30 is available to download now from the Members Only Area of the Cast website. The release follows a successful beta-testing period which saw one tester put the new software to use on an undisclosed high-profile project.
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HAMPTON, MIDDLESEX, UK – Automation specialist Kinesys launches LibraWATCH, a new free multi-platform load-monitoring software app which works with Windows, Apple Mac iOS and Android operating systems. Once installed on a computer, tablet or smartphone, LibraWATCH enables the load data of a rigged installation – using compatible Kinesys products – to be seen in tabular, graphical or plan formats. Users have the freedom to move freely around the venue or working space and still have direct access to load data on a flown rig.
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