Video and AV

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The 3CCD Progressive Scan camera is the latest of WolfVision's own developments and uses a beam splitter that divides each pixel into the separate red, green and blue primary colours

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Stardraw Control generates standalone, customized control programs that can manage and monitor any type of addressable equipment from any manufacturer using any protocol over any communications infrastructure. This approach frees systems integrators from closed or proprietary architectures and applications, offering instead the ability to create a single application that can control many different products with as much or as little complexity as the end user needs.

O2M8 Ltd is a UK-based company creating innovative smart home products and solutions using standard technologies and open source software to reduce costs and drive growth in the smart home industry. WebBri

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"Flipse was looking at using a digital screen to offer its clients a variety of services," explains Hecla's marketing and sales director Jos den Hartog. "There were several options - magazines, photographs in the shop window, etc - but they were looking for new and exciting ideas that would create the maximum possible impact."

Hecla advised Flipse that if it was to achieve the constant attention it wanted, an LED video screen was the ideal solution and should show not only the r

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Also introduced by iLight at CEDIA is the new iCAN/RS232 serial interface. This system integration node allows third party equipment to be controlled from an iLight iCAN network via their RS232 serial ports and allows the iCAN network to be

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Massteknik's Claes Winberg says: "We purchased the R16 screens because they have excellent resolution, picture quality and the weight of the panels makes them easy to install for this type of application. Of course the price is always important and they offer a very good return on investment.

"Also, because Massteknik isn't running the screen - Tivoli is handling that in-house - they must be easy to use. The Lighthouse screens fulfil all the necessary cr

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PSL MD Gary Davis responded: "We have been considering this move for a while and it's the first of a number of similar projectors we anticipate purchasing. Owning our own HD10 enables us to fill another niche in the marketplace."

He added, "Many of our customers are already requesting hi-def fo

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"We augmented the projection and threw images onto a white filled cloth surrounded by 25ft side screens to create a splayed 'box' effect," said PSL's head of music, Pod Bluman. "It was a very theatrical feel, using blocks of red and blue colour washes, and still photographic imagery.

PSL mounted two Barco ELM R12 12,000 ANSI lumen projectors off the front truss, with two further R12's wheeled in on rolling risers to addr

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The poolSystem software offers a combination of movement registration and image presentation in real time. Special programming generates simultaneous changes in the projection in direct relationship to the movements recorded. Content, effects and interaction can be programmed to suit the occasion, and it offers

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With the launch of PVSL, Filmbank say it has made screening films in public easier and more cost effective for all businesses within this industry. For one annual fee, the PVS Licence will enable users to purchase VHS tapes and DVDs from retail outlets to screen within their outlet all year around. A separate PVSL is required for each location where movies are to be played. All VHS tapes and DVDs will need to be purchased or rented from legitimate UK retailers. This licence precludes any charging or promotion. Full Terms and

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The 17.5mm pixel pitch media displays were provided by rental company Laser Grafix, whose project manager Arran Hopkins confirmed that the displays had been specifically chosen by the band's video director, Alan Yates, following their performance at the Brit Awards. The screens took their feeds from a camera/hothead PPU, with further live video and visual effects generated later during the show from a pair of RADlites.

But while the Unitek display had to operate 80% of the show in high brightness conditions (reinforcing the images of two support bands during daylight hours), its other attribute, suggests Hopkins, is its lightwei

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Rental company Siyan in partnership with Dutch company Flashlight is supplying all lighting equipment and Siyan ordered the two brand new consoles for the occasion. Whitehouse, who is also operating, says: "The D4 is my console of choice now - I use it for all my work, it's a massive step forward for integrated lighting and video control but retains all Avo's trademark hands-on features."

The D4 is running eight universes of DMX to lighting and assorted video sources triggered via the new Radical Lighting NG1 high definition digital media server. Avolites worked closely with Wh

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The action on the track was relayed by a number of strategically positioned screens supplied to the Automobile Club de Monaco by French audiovisual company Lumison, allowing race-goers a clear view of Kimi Raikkonen's convincing win for McLaren-Mercedes.

Two Lighthouse 20mm pixel pitch LED screens, one of 120 and one of 16 panels were placed 30m above ground level on the roof of the Hotel Palace - the larger of the two screens for spectators viewing from the port and the smaller for VIPs viewing from the terrace of the hotel Hermitage, with a 16 panel screen placed, as in previous years, at the swimming pool.

A further two 16-panel 20mm

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The project required flexible and easy to use systems to enable the students to stage a variety of performances from fashion shows to live concerts and stage shows, plus conferences and media presentations.

The PAIG team, led by project manager Steve Timlin chose Logic System loudspeakers, for their ruggedness, quality and cost-effectiveness. They reconditioned and re-used the college's existing cabinets for side fills. The system is powered by QSC amplifiers, and the FOH desk is an Allen & Heath GL3300.

"It was also important to give the stu

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Along with the rest of the lighting equipment, the NG1 is being supplied by leading rental company Siyan. It is Coldplay's second world tour with Siyan. The last became a two-year marathon stint throughout 2003 to 2004, with Radical Lighting's RADlite media server at the core of the show.

Leitch and Whitehouse chose the NG1 this time around after their very positive experience with RADlite. "Using the latest product from Radical was a logical progression," says Whitehouse. "We also wanted to do something really big with video." Video images are beamed onto an upstage scre

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"We have long been providing our clients travelling to Las Vegas with a/v staging solutions, so it is really a natural progression that we have an operation here to better service them," says Herb Brandt. "CT Las Vegas offers clients all the advantages of a national staging company including a vast inventory of high-end equipment and skilled sales and technical staff, alon

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This accolade is awarded to those companies that can boast 75% of their technical sales and customer service personnel are 'Certified Technical Specialist' (CTS) qualified. The CTS credential is for audio visual professionals who have demonstrated knowledge and comprehension of the science and technology used in communications including audio, video, display and systems.

The company can now boast that 80% of its sales and 100% of its technical staff are CTS qualified, with more currently going through the process, ensuring that they now have an advanced knowledge of the AV industry and are able to apply these skills to new technologies and applications as they develop.

PSCo's investment in bringing new and technologically advanced AV products

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E//T//C UK was working for event producers, Unusual Services, who's end client was the Ministry of Defence (MOD). E//T//C UK's Ross Ashton worked closely with the project's creative director Sheelagh Barnard to produce the show.

The projections - Images from The Archives - a five year chronological photo album of the war years - were beamed onto the Palace for the five nights running up to the weekend of celebratory events. The photomontage praised the courage of citizens and military alike throughout the War years.

E//T//C UK has projected onto the Palace before. The first time was for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002; also working with Unusual Services and the first time this had been done legitimately.E//

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An international cast of 36 dancers, singers and musicians led by Boulaye celebrate the vibrant music, colour and life of Africa in a stunning display of ceremonial dances, rituals and initiation ceremonies, all played to the hypnotic throb of the African drum.

Projection plays a major part in the show's visuals. The resulting project is the product of seven years of planning and creative evolution. Patti Boulaye herself originally approached XL Video's theatre and arts specialist Malcolm Mellows early in the production process, to discuss how the visuals she had in mind would work onstage in an AV context. Mellows came up with some technical solutions, and XL then worked with show production manager Ben Arkell to realize Boulaye's v

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The Lighthouse LED screens are travelling all over the UK, leap-frogging one another to meet the tightly-packed match schedule. Each screen, 6.84m x 9.14m, is mounted on a bespoke-design goalpost-type structure, which is wrapped in the corporate branding of main match sponsors, NatWest or Npower.

These 16mm pitch LED displays, configured in a 4:3 aspect ratio, are the highest resolution screens ever to tour with the international cricket matches in the UK. PSL project manager Mark

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Hyslop added he's thrilled to join the XL Touring Video family. "Today's LED technology allows creative designers to instantly change an environment; that's very exciting," he says. "To work with the individuals at the cutting-edge of this technology is a fantastic opportunity."

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Having achieved Lighthouse's Sales Person of the Year award for 2004, Taylor's position is set to further strengthen Lighthouse's market position in Northern Europe and is the next step in the company's regional focus, which follows on from the inception of the Western and Central Europe and Southern Europe offices at the end of 2004.

"There's a great opportunity to build on our current business in Northern Europe," comments Taylor. "With installations such as the new Samsung sign next to Coca Cola in Piccadilly Circus and the huge amount of rental business that Lighthous

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Kassan Productions originally produced the Irish/English love story and five years on and it returned to Cork Opera House for a technical preview period before moving to the larger venue in Dublin.

With a miniscule amount of rear projection depth, the original production made inventive use of projection for the main scenic and location elements, dispensing with the need for excessive amounts of backcloths and scenery. Back then Driscoll used Pani large format projectors and slide changers combined with an arsenal of traditional VSFX projectors and luminaires with animation effects.

This time he decided on a combination of high p

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The Portsmouth Guildhall, home to Portsmouth City Council, was opened in 1890. It was bombed to a shell in 1941, and reopened after extensive rebuilding in 1959. Measuring approximately 60m wide by 40m tall, E/T/C UK's projections stretched across the entire front fascia of the white stone structure.

E//T//C UK was approached by Heather Todd from the Council's Arts Services Department, who was aware of their work on Buckingham Palace. She thought that projection would be the ideal medium to produ