"We are excited that BenQ has joined the growing number of manufacturers that are utilising 3LCD technology for its projectors," said Tim Anderson, senior marketing manager, 3LCD Technology. "BenQ has been a leader in the projection market, and by adding 3LCD to their line up, they are joining a list of companies who are dedicated to delivering the best projection products on the market."
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Both platinum and gold-level members are currently taking advantage of incentive-filled packages. FogScreen is working with all its resellers and dealers to provide added benefits, including Website positioning, product access and technical support for the one-meter and two-meter projection devices.
"We chose FogScreen projection screen because it fits our image of marvelous and never-before-seen acts and e
The HD405 presents dynamic, high definition images with 4100 ANSI lumens brightness and a 1000-7500:1 contrast ratio. "The Christie HD405 is the first 1080p single-chip DLP projector in the Christie line, and the first to market with on-board 10-bit image processing and the capability to deliver 4100 lumens," notes Neil Wittering, director of product management, business products, Christie. "The combination of brightness, high resolution and advanced image processing single this out a
Leading UK rental company Lite Alternative has now invested in three Catalyst v4 systems (run on Mac Pro G5 machines). Lite Alt's Catalyst systems have been on many live shows and concert tours throughout the year, from Radio One's Big Weekend to Arcade Fire's Neon Bible world tour, featuring lighting and set design by Paul Normandale with visual design and video direction by Richard Stembridge.
Others include Maximo Park (LD Stevie Marr), Interpol (LD Lucas Cotterham), and Paul McCartney and Kings of Leon (LD for both, Paul Normandale). Normandale also used PixelMAD - the pixel-mappin
The company recently invested in two Panasonic PT10000 HD ready projectors, a 12-channel Shure UHFR radio microphone system and additional Martin MAC 700 profile and wash fixtures.
All of these new additions were put to good use in producing a bold, striking new look for the Sports Awards. Project manager Richard Goodaire said, "Having the latest technology is great, it allows us to keep a competitive edge in the market, whilst always adding extra value and added wow factor for our clients."
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The Pufferizer plug-in completes Pufferfish's content offering, providing total flexibility in the development and integration of all types of media. With this in mind,
The VP-26 is a high performance switcher that includes three independent 4x2 audio/video matrix switchers and one independent 2x2 audio/video matrix switcher, all in a compact two rack unit frame for a standard 19" professional rack enclosure. It combines the functions of a 4x2 matrix switcher for computer graphics signals with audio, composite video and audio, and s-Video and audio, as well as a 2x2 matrix switcher for co
The stand was the result of a collaboration with three other international companies - UK-based Stage One, specialists in automation systems, stage machinery and set creations; Anglo-French draping and material specialists Blackout and lighting, LED screen and sound rental house, Lumière et Son Paris.
The stand and the live show presentation on it were designed by Fabien Martineau of Scenographism, who was also integrally involved in the R&D of the new OnlyView 3D product launched by ETC at the show.
The show centrepiece was a revolving cube, projected onto with video controlled by OnlyView 3D. This was Martineau's brainchild for demonstrating the versatility and scope of the system, on which he collaborated with ETC France'
On the back of the success of PLASA07, many companies have increased their stand size and several have doubled their space, setting PLASA08 on course to be the major industry event of next year. The success of the 2007 show has also been a catalyst for drawing back former exhibitors and generating strong levels of interest from new exhibitors, impressed with the professionalism and energy of the event.
The show management team has identified a range of new initiatives to develop and strengthen visitor attendance and is also focusing on a number of key areas for further development.
"One of the key messages that came across very powerfully from
The screen uses hundreds of individually controllable jets of water to form precisely-controllable falls of water droplets, to create text, graphics or logos and various effects for branding and messaging applications.
Aquagraphics is a 2.4m-long linear bank water jets, illuminated by LEDs. The units can be truss mounted, stand alone, framed or un-framed, the company says.
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Australian freelance sound engineer, Rob Hornbuckle, was appointed by the event's AV organisers, World Sport Group, to engineer the broadcast audio for the tournament, which was broadcast live on ESPNStar Sport.
"Rob was already comfortably configuring and mixing with iLive before the arrival of our engineers who were supposed to be there to help in the set up," says Bock Thye from Sindo Exports, Allen & Heath's distributor in Singapore and Malaysia, who, along with representatives from their associate company, PT Santika from Allen & Heath's Indonesian distributor, were on hand to provide technical s
Video is a core aesthetic element of the show which is production designed by Ray Winkler of Stufish, who worked closely with the show's artistic director Kim Gavin.
The tour is being project managed for XL by Des Fallon who comments: "It's great to be involved in one of the most ambitious tours on the road this autumn, and with Chris Vaughan and his team once again on my seventh Take That tour. The multi-layered video looks stunning and results from an innovative fusion of creative and technical ideas."
The 1237 tiles of Stealth are hung in seven columns and primarily receive time-coded playback footage output f
In 2007, PSL has delivered projects for some prestigious names, including tours for the Pet Shop Boys, Faithless and Razorlight, as well as showing the industry a good time at gong shows including the Vodafone Live Music Awards and the Urban Music Awards.
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Christopher Laffey, from Huddersfield, has also joined tdc and will head up the company's sales division. He has more than 25 years sales experience working for Sony in the broadcast division - 18 years in the installation of audio and video systems.
The appointments come as tdc is currently in discussions about expanding its operations in to Manchester. Eamonn Hunt, director at tdc, said: "We are delighted to welcome Andy and Christopher to the company at what is a very exciting time
For the first time in the event's history, tdc shot footage for each of the 13 award category nominees in high definition, and edited using Blue Screen overlay techniques.
Eamonn Hunt, director at tdc, which has supported the Business Awards for the last three years, said: "It is a specialist process which involves shooting two events at two different times and locations, and editing them together. The result is an impressive production placing people in locations that they may not otherwise be able to access in real life."
The awards ceremony,
On 25 September 2007 the Wyvern, a busy receiving venue, reopened after nearly a year in the dark following the discovery of asbestos in the auditorium roof (see Lighting&Sound International magazine November 2007). Stage Electrics was contracted by Swindon Borough Council to design, install and supply technical infrastructure and equipment to the venue.
The Wyvern Theatre is a truly multifunctional venue hosting everything from Shakespeare to ballet, live music to comedy and conferences to cinema. With a reasonably small team of staf
XL Video was asked to supply kit and crew. The project was handled for them by Jo Beirne and Phil Mercer, who also initially suggested they use Jon Shrimpton to direct the show's camera mix.
Other key decisions made on the video front included not to have any onstage content and not to have any side stage IMAG screens. "We didn't want anything at all that would physically distract or divert attention from the band," explains Larkum, adding that to keep everyone's eyes focused towards the stage, the top mounted screens seemed the ideal solution.
To encourage the flow of communication between lighting and video, Larkum insist
"I am excited to apply my accumulated experience in production, administration and community cultural organizing to the work of TPC." says Forman. "Building or renovating a performance space has always been a keen interest of mine, and I now feel well suited to this unique endeavour. I am thrilled to be part of the team."
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ETC London was brought into the mix by set and visuals designer Bart Clement, who is working for the band for the first time. Clement is known for being inventive and original when it comes to defining stage environments, and this one was no exception. He created a giant 17m high by 30 wide curved wave-like back wall and projection surface from nearly 400 aluminium cubes covered in white Polystretch fabric.
Clouseau's main cube projection surface was made by WiCreations, and is fed by 12 of ETC's Christies, configured as two flown stacks of three focussed on the centre of the screen, with two more either side of stage on the deck, mounted in short towers. Two additional stacks of t
The spectacular, which included the projections, was organised by the Mayor of London in conjunction with Visit London. The images were part of a pyrotechnic, lighting and visual extravaganza designed to capture the spirit and inclusiveness of 2008 the Olympic year, and also looking forward to London's own hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games.
The New Year event took place along the Thames, encompassing the South Bank between Jubilee and Westminster Bridges, including iconic landmarks like the London Eye and Big Ben. An estimated 700,000 people went to central
"There is a long history of Lighthouse screens being used for motor racing events at all levels," says Mark Chan, Lighthouse's managing director. "The superb picture quality and colour reproduction of our products assure the corporate images of the advertisers and the racing teams being accurately featured, which is extremely important. Additionally, the unrivalled reliability has made our 16mm panels the best choice of rental companies worldwide for this type of application."
Boasting a thriving tourist industry, one of Macau's annual highlights is the Grand Prix, an event that sees four days of frantic car and motorcycle racing round a 3.8-mile circuit through the city streets, culminating in the Polytec Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix.
November 2007 saw the runni
XL Video supplied all the video equipment and crew for the tour, including cameras, Barco MiTrix screen, projection and PPU. The account is project managed for XL by Des Fallon, who says: "Ivan has pulled together a great team again, it's always a pleasure to work on one of his tours, working with Paul, Phil and Judy is cool, we all clicked from the off."
The cameras were all mini cams, dotted about the stage in odd and apparently random places. Four of them were Sony robotic fixtures with a series of preset positions, operated live by engineer Gerard Corey during the show.
All the cameras were fed to a pair of 14 10ft projection screens either side
"At ISE, our new WPA short throw projector mount will be integrated with a Sanyo XL50 ultra-short throw projector. These projectors are becoming increasingly popular with integrators needing to work within a diverse number of positions and surfaces and we're delighted to be able to supply the first mounting solution available in the industry. We look forward to welcoming visitors to our stand to demonstrate the capabilities of this new product," comments Melinda von Horvath, director of sales and marketing, EMEA at Chief Manufacturing.
The WPA enables users to extend a projector at up to 12.5" (318 mm) from a wall surface, o
The PMD580 is designed for all manner of enterprise and commercial AV, pro-audio and broadcast applications. As a versatile solid-state recorder/player, its ease of use, low maintenance requirements, robust recording media, and audio and IT connectivity recommend it to applications where operator skill is minimal, says the company.
Professional audio credentials include balanced analogue and digital I/Os on XLR connectors, as well as unbalanced interfaces. Recording is selectable between mono and stereo, and linear PCM and MP3 formats - providing WAV and MP3 file types. For PCM recording, 16 and 24-bit options are available and for MP3, bit rate is selectable between 32 and 384 kbps. Record start and stop times can be scheduled and a
