Product News

Laserworld says the concept behind the new RTI Neo One laser unit is to provide professional productions with a modular laser effect that can be controlled via DMX and Art-Net; no other control system is required.

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania — Prolyte Group is reporting strong demand for its BGR70 truss, noting that the massive truss will be used as mainstage support at the Untold festival in Romania this summer, set for Cluj-Napoca, Romania in early August. The Untold festival takes place across various locations in the city, including the impressive 30,000 seat Cluj Arena stadium.

Entertainment Structural Products’ (ESP) new EuroPick is made for use with continuously webbed 290mm by 50mm box and tri-truss. The billet machined aluminum body is designed to be strong yet light, and the product can be positioned anywhere along the length of the truss in conventional topside, bottomside, right side up, or upside down in the crank stand configuration (with SAS crankstand adapter). All this functionality is enabled by slim hardened tool-steel clamps and aircraft quality spherical rod-ends, making installation a snap. The product is competitively priced with slings, and ESP-KNX promises their product is bound to improve your shows and your life.

Vitec announced its second-generation HEVC codec (Gen2).

Blizzard Lighting’s newest product series, IRiS™ professional video products, featuring the IRiS™ R3 LED video panel. This product is an ETL listed professional video panel ideal for either indoor rental or permanent installations. Each panel features 128×128 resolution (16,384 pixel), high-contrast 3-in-1 SMD2121 blackbody LEDs for vivid colors and wide gamut. IRiS R3 features 3.9mm pixel pitch, 1200nits brightness and 1920Hz refresh rate for eye and camera appeal.

The Garden Star LED fixture from Laserworld combines LED lighting with laser dots in an IP65 waterproof housing.

LAS VEGAS — At NAB 2017, Roland announced Version 1.5 firmware and software updates for the Roland VR-4HD switcher adds Still Capture and Creation capabilities. The screen shot here shows RCS Software 1.5 for the Roland VR-4HD High-Definition AV Mixer.

ADJ’s Vizi BSW 300 moving head promises hybrid output — the ability to function interchangeably as a beam, spot or wash effect fixture. It comes with a bright 300W LED light source and a host of professional features to help creative lighting design professionals.

LAS VEGAS – Italy-based Cartoni’s new fast deployment tripod system, designed for ENG, documentary and other fast-paced production applications, will be featured at NAB in Las Vegas next week.

Chauvet Professional’s Maverick MK3 Wash raises the bar on output, color consistency, and pixel effects. Powered by 27 (40 W) Osram RGBW LEDs, it has the muscle to handle any application, including long throw situations, with ease. Pixel mapping effects, built in color macros and gobos, along with a CTO color mixing option make this fixture the complete wash light package. Control options including DMX, sACN, Art-Net, Kling-Net or W DMX round out this fixture, which can also receive Art-Net or sACN in, and send DMX out, simplifying cable runs.

Resolume announced the release of Arena 5.1.4 and Avenue 4.6.4. These new versions are said to fix a few crashes and iron out some wrinkles. The company has also come up with what it calls “The Ultimate Guide to Multiscreen Output with Resolume,” in response to the often-heard question, ““I want to connect a dozen and then some screens, what hardware should I get?” Along with a list of different options, visual learners are advised to check out the flowchart.

Luminair v3.5, a free update to the DMX lighting control software for iPad Pro, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Apple Watch from Synthe FX, is now available. The new release is focused on adding new options that enhance the creative workflow for film and television production, a market which has widely adopted Luminair app as the preferred mobile lighting control solution both on-set and in the field.