Since ETC began developing LED luminaires, the company has spent a lot of time experimenting with colour, inventing LED products whose colour capabilities go well beyond what is available on the market today. ETC has applied this expertise to the ColorSource PAR, which uses a proportionate blend of red, green, blue and lime LED emitters to produce a richer, more natural light output than other budget LED fixtures. "It's so easy to see difference in light quality," says ETC Fixtures Product Manager Jim Uphoff. "The ColorSource PAR is in another league when it comes to colour, delivering the most beautiful light that a four-colour LED can produce - all without breaking the bank."
ColorSource PAR users can benefit from the colour calibration that ETC does on all its LED luminaires. They are tested for uniformity, so a lighting system with multiple ColorSource PARs will have the same colour from fixture to fixture. And they're designed to compensate for the droop that typically plagues LED fixtures, so the ColorSource PAR's output will look the same from the beginning of a show to the end.
Despite its superior colour capabilities, the ColorSource PAR doesn't require extensive lighting knowledge to use. "This is a great fixture for students just starting out in lighting or small venues with staff who don't have lighting training," explains Uphoff. "It's easy to set up and works with or without even the simplest of lighting desks. You can just plug it in and get it working in seconds."
Like all of ETC's products, the ColorSource PAR comes with ETC's customer and technical support, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, for the lifetime of the fixture. "Whether it's a massive Broadway lighting system or a school canteen with just a couple ETC fixtures, our service department is dedicated to taking care of every end user," says ETC entertainment market manager Matt Armendariz-Kerr. "Someone buying a ColorSource PAR will know they're covered if they ever need help, even if it's on the weekend or late at night. They definitely can't get that type of service from other companies making budget LEDs."
ETC is showing the ColorSource PAR at PLASA London this week.
(Jim Evans)
