Product News

ELC Lighting’s Buddy is a new Ethernet to DMX node. The company featured the product at this year’s ABTT show.

Christie’s Roadie 4K25 and 4K35 projectors, both featured at InfoComm 2014, join the company’s rental/staging line-up of rugged, road-toughened display systems. Both are 3-chip DLP projectors that promise 4K resolution at 60Hz – with optional 120Hz capability – and 25,000 and 35,000 lumens, respectively.

PR Lighting’s XR 330 discharge Spot (PR-2350) uses an Osram Sirius HRI 330W XL lamp, with color temperature of 7500K. Power consumption is just 450W@220V. The fixture offers smooth CYM color mixing with macro, a color wheel with 14 colors (plus white), which provides variable, bi-directional rainbow effect, with step/linear color changing.

Le Maitre USA has launched FreezeJet, a liquid CO2 jet. The FreezeJet generates a blast of freezing fog in columns of 30 to 40 feet that disappear instantly when switched off, and can be fired at different angles. A 25-foot hose can be supplied as standard or optional, and the design allows the unit to be used with high pressure LCO2, CO2 Dewars or LN2 Dewar tanks (with optional LN2 fitting).

Neutrik USA says its transparent SCCD-W spring-loaded cover, for the company’s D-size chassis powerCON Series connectors, is designed to shut automatically after unplugging the cable connector, sealing the chassis connectors against dust and water. Similar in concept to the company’s SCDX fliptop covers, which provide IP42 ingress protection, the SCCD-W spring-loaded cover allows for an IP65 rating.

D.T.S. Lighting’s MAX L, like the company’s MAX, offers users four different types of projection with a single moving head: Beam, Spot, Wash, and Studio. Although both fixtures make use of Philips’ MSD Platinum 16R 330W (16K lumen) light source and share many other characteristics, the MAX L offers a few differences in terms of beam angles and optical specs, and the company touts the beam, in studio mode, as being “evenly diffused as never before.”

CAST Software announced the release of its wysiwyg version R33 recently. The new version promises more than 10 new features addressing the needs of lighting designers, multimedia and production professionals while promising a new level of added realism, maximum creativity and return on investment.

d3 Technologies announced that its pro range, including two new media servers, the d3 4x4pro (pictured here) and the d3 4x2pro (pictured below), is now shipping. The company says its new pro range is fully compatible with existing d3 products that have been upgraded to r11.2, the company’s latest software release.

At InfoComm 2014, Harman’s Martin Professional featured additions to its VC-Grid and VC-Strip LED video solutions, including 15, 25, 30 and 60 mm pixel pitch products for architectural installations, stage design, and television set design.

UltraVista Systems’ FanFX 3D is now available. Following up on the company’s late 2013 release of its ISIS 3D (Illuminated Suspended Image System), FanFX 3D promises to serve as an even lighter (2 lbs.), thinner (1”-thick) and less expensive signage solution that offers a transparent look, illuminated frame and 3D artwork within its slim, lightweight profile.  FanFX 3D comes in two sizes 11”x14” and 14”x18” in a wide variety of colors and mounting options.

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announced the release of 3D Modeling with Vectorworks, Sixth Edition, authored by Vectorworks trainer Jonathan Pickup. The company notes that Pickup updated the book to reflect the upgrades incorporated in Vectorworks 2014 Software.