Product News

elektraLite’s eyeBall IUV (ELE728) is a high-output LED fixture promising truly invisible ultraviolet light from a compact, lightweight design. At the heart of the eyeBall IUV are 18 three-watt LEDs operating at a wavelength of 365nm, completely invisible to the human eye. The fixture’s ample output is designed to produce vivid fluorescence at distances of more than 75 feet with zero visible light emitting from the fixture, which allows for extraordinary dark room and black light effects.

Mega-Lite’s Tuff Baby P-84 is an LED lighting fixture that’s weathered for outdoors and can still be used indoors. This compact IP 64 rated unit packs a punch with seven penta RGBWA 12-watt LEDs. The addition of amber and white LEDs allows for pastel hues and varied tones that cannot be achieved with RGB LEDs alone. It has a 25-degree beam angle and also comes with a removable diffuser that creates a 30-degree diffused beam angle. The Tuff Baby P-84 has 3-pin XLR DMX connectors and a weather seal screw type power connection. The fixture has a double mounting yoke for simple rigging or ground stacking. It is controlled via DMX 512, featuring 8 channels, audio trigger and master slave control options.

Mega-Lite’s Axis Cyclops moving head gets its name from its “single eye” look. Featuring a 4.5-degree lens and 60W RGBW LED, the unit has infinite pan and tilt, making it capable of eye catching motion effects. The Axis Cyclops is controlled via DMX and has 15 channels. It has an LCD display for easy addressing and single quick release clamp mounts for simple rigging.

The Truss Platform from Staging Concepts is made from steel for strength and durability along with 1” thick marine grade plywood substrate with virtually zero voids. This product is available in standard and custom sizes for both indoor and outdoor use. Meeting the same quality and strength requirements of Staging Concepts’ flagship product, the SC90 Platform, the Truss Platform meets 150 lbs per square foot of uniformly distributed live load.

RC4’s new firmware v4.071 / 2.71.3.0 for all RC4 Wireless Series 3 Harmonized Design Devices is now available, for the company’s RC4 Magic Series 3 (2.4GHz and 900MHz), L​umenDim​for CRMX and W​­DIM​for W­DMX. Referred to as v71, it supercedes previously released v19 and v50. The company also announced additional pixel string support for RC4Magic DMXpix, pictured here.

Rose Brand’s Stretcher Frame System is designed to fix the extreme hourglassing and puckering often encountered with scrims, bobbinettes, vinyl, projection screens, and muslin backdrops. Hourglassing naturally occurs when fabrics stretch vertically causing the sides to pull in, and in some cases, puckering occurs. Key features of the frame include fast and easy attachment to batten, adaptability to different sized backdrops, and sleeved bottom pipe for smooth pockets.

Scenex Lighting from GLP US Inc. launched a new range of flexible pixel control LED tape, featuring four-color RGBW LED’s, with different color temperature options available for the white LED element. With a pixel pitch of 16.7mm (60 pixels per meter), this new tape has a bright output and allows direct control over the color of each individual pixel and the ability to create unlimited effects across a length of tape with expanded color control from earlier RGB versions.

AUSTIN, TX and BRUSSELS, Belgium – ArKaos PRO and High End Systems announced a new software collaboration promising simple, seamless, fast integration of video and lighting control. The two companies have worked in close cooperation to create a new Auto Patch feature which enables any Hog lighting console to take control of an ArKaos media server, quickly and easily, at the press of a single button.

FRANKFURT, Germany – Robe is expanding its presence at Prolight + Sound 2016 in Frankfurt. The company’s stand, D80 in Hall 3, will be three times larger than before, accommodating hundreds of guests and focusing on a classic theatrical theme to showcase two new key products – the DL7S Profile and the DL7F Wash, both designed for the theatre and television markets.

Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) will exhibit at the 2016 NAB Show April 18-21 in Las Vegas. Exhibiting in booth C4309 at the show, Hitachi Kokusai will provide working demonstrations of their SK-UHD8060 Super Hi-Vision camera. The world’s first dockable 8K camera, the SK-UHD8060 is Hitachi Kokusai’s fourth-generation 8K production solution and is ideal for studio and outside broadcast (OB) applications.

Blizzard Lighting’s TOURnado LED offerings expand with the addition of the TOURnado WW COB fixture. The bright LED fixture, equipped with a 60W tungsten color COB LED light source, emits a warm 3000K color temperature with a wide 60° beam angle. With a convection cooled cast aluminum housing, tempered glass lens, watertight internal gaskets and extended weatherproof power and data cable in/out connections, it’s suited for indoor or outdoor use.

Videssence’s Vidnel 150 LED Fresnel expands the company’s LED Fresnel offerings, stepping up from their 80 watt, 4” lens forerunner to a new 150 watt 6”lens Fresnel option. The more powerful Vidnel 150 promises longer light throw and expanded flood capabilities while still delivering impressive color at 96+ CRI.