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HARMAN Professional Solutions Opens North America Experience Center in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES—HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, including networked AV, today announced the grand opening of the HARMAN Experience Center in Los Angeles. The facility joins a worldwide network of HARMAN Professional Solutions Experience Centers in Singapore, China and soon in London, designed to demonstrate how HARMAN solutions uniquely address customer needs across multiple vertical markets. 

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Christie D Series Redefines 3LCD Value Segment

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Christie is expanding its D Series lineup with three new value-priced single-lamp models, which are available with up to 8100 ISO lumens and both WUXGA and HD resolutions. With a combination of brightness, image quality, lens and resolution choice and a compact form factor, the Christie D Series leads the market in balancing great overall value with the best price point in this projector class. The new Christie D Series projectors offer 65,000:1 contrast ratio, 3,000 hours of lamp life, and easy integration, making them ideal for higher education, business, museums, houses of worship, government facilities, and selected rental and staging venues where they seamlessly integrate into any environment. The D Series models come with a three-year parts and labor warranty and begin shipping this month.

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The perfect gift

Holiday Gift Idea: How About a Ticket to the Parnelli Awards?

LAS VEGAS – If you’re part of the live event production industry, attending the annual Parnelli Awards is the place to be – and be seen. Be front and center as the industry salutes the finest companies and practitioners at the 17th Annual Parnelli Awards. It’s a night of magic where the industry’s greatest stars gather for good drink, good food and the privilege of honoring our very best. And this year, as the Parnelli Awards move to its new home in the Anaheim Hilton, on January 26, 2018 (during the NAMM show), attending this gala fest is more convenient than ever. Best of all, your ticket includes access to the pre-show festivities and cocktails, the dinner and awards ceremony and the exclusive after-party. Better yet, reserve a table for 10 and celebrate with your clients or crew!

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CityTec Sparta Lit with DTS Fixtures

Sparta Stadium, Rotterdam, Revamps its Facade Lighting with HELIOS BRONZE and DRIVENET.

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ROTTERDAM – The Sparta Stadium, also known as ‘The Castle’, is located in the Spangen district of Rotterdam. To celebrate the centenary of its inauguration, the Municipality of Rotterdam commissioned Atelier LEK to create a suitable new lighting design for the original facade of the stadium, considered a city monument. Iris Dijkstra, LD at Atelier LEK, designed a plan for two purposes: traditional and classic lighting during normal days of the week, exuberant and spectacular during special and sport events.

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ACT Lighting Supports Behind the Scenes Through Pledge-a-Product Program

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LAS VEGAS – ACT Lighting continued their support for Behind the Scenes with a $5,000 check presentation at LDI. The donation reflects proceeds from the sales of the dot2 series of lighting control solutions from MA Lighting. The dot2 range consists of the lighting consoles: core, XL-F, XL-B; playback expansion wings: F-wing and B-wing; the Node4 1K network output node; onPC console software; and 3D visualization software. Designed for small and mid-sized projects and venues, dot2 offers advanced functionality with outstanding ease-of-use. Full tracking backup is available via plug and play networking. Learn more about the dot2 Series.

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Vin Pugliese Creates Black Friday Magic With CHAUVET DJ

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BOSTON – Great deals on televisions and refrigerators? That’s nice, but for progressive music fans in the Boston area, the really big news on Black Friday was the album release party for the eponymous LP by Matthew Stubbs and the Antiguas. Lending some eye-popping sizzle to the sold-out event at the iconic Sinclair club in the heart of Harvard Square was a fast-moving lightshow by freelance visual artist and lighting designer Vin Pugliese that was supercharged by a CHAUVET DJ Intimidator floor package.

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Christie D Series Redefines 3LCD Value Segment

[caption id="attachment_281156" align="alignnone" width="800"]New Christie D Series[/caption]

Christie is expanding its D Series lineup with three new value-priced single-lamp models, which are available with up to 8100 ISO lumens and both WUXGA and HD resolutions. With a combination of brightness, image quality, lens and resolution choice and a compact form factor, the Christie D Series leads the market in balancing great overall value with the best price point in this projector class. The new Christie D Series projectors offer 65,000:1 contrast ratio, 3,000 hours of lamp life, and easy integration, making them ideal for higher education, business, museums, houses of worship, government facilities, and selected rental and staging venues where they seamlessly integrate into any environment. The D Series models come with a three-year parts and labor warranty and begin shipping this month.

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Avolites in Control at Queensferry Opening

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SCOTLAND, UK: Two Avolites Quartz consoles running the latest Titan 10.1 software were used by Scottish lighting, sound and AV specialist Black Light to control the ‘surprise’ lighting spectacular at the ceremonial handover of the new £1.35 billion Queensferry Crossing, the UK’s tallest bridge. The ceremony took place one week before the bridge’s official opening on 4 September.

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Starlite Updates Three Schools in Their Hometown

MOORESTOWN, NJ – Starlite urges all of its customers, including schools and other entertainment venues, to schedule rigging and safety inspections performed by ETCP certified riggers, at least yearly. There is compelling evidence to do so, as quite often these inspections reveal outdated, poorly designed or downright unsafe systems. This was recently the case with the Moorestown Township School District, just minutes away from Starlite’s headquarters.

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City Theatrical Broadcasts Nine Universes Of Wireless DMX Live at LDI 2017

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LAS VEGAS -City Theatrical recently demonstrated their innovative technology by presenting the first live broadcast of nine universes of wireless DMX using a single transmitter. This demonstration was presented to a live audience of more than 100 lighting professionals attending the Live Design International (LDI) tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 18, 2017.

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