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14 March 2016

Woodstock Reprise - Michael Lang, the co-founder of the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival, is reportedly seeking sponsors for a 40th anniversary reprise in New York City. "The chances that something will happen are probable," he told the Times. "But I don't really have the answer yet as to what that will be." Central Park has been suggested as a possible location for the event. The Who were among the acts who played at the original concert, which took place in Bethel, New York State. A 30th anniversary concert

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Barix held two successful workshops alongside Infocomm Asia and the Digital Signage Expo conventions in Hong Kong and Las Vegas, and included hands-on demonstrations of how the products are used in real-world applications. The next three workshops will take place on the following dates, with locations to be announced: NAB Workshop: 23 April in Las Vegas, Infocomm Workshop: 16 June in Orlando and IBC Workshop: 10 September 10 in Amsterdam.

"The initial success of our early training sessio

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The LC Plus is built around Martin's new P3 technology platform (Pixel Push Protocol) for video signal processing and distribution. Based on Gigabit Ethernet and Ca t5e wiring, the P3 technology removes the inherent limitations of video-type protocols for easy connectivity and speed of set-up.

The Ethernet based system is true plug and play, eliminating the limitations of DVI, fibre optic and coax (SDI) cable co

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14 March 2016

Wonderworks was contracted by design consultancy, Designmap, who created the exhibition for English Heritage. The Darwin hologram is set in faithful recreation of his cabin on the Beagle. MDM Props (Designmap's build partner on the project) realised the cabin interior. Having partnered Wonderworks many times in the past, Paradigm AV was brought in to work on the elaborate fabrication.

It was at Down House that Darwin lived with his devoted family for 40 years, and it was here that he researched and wrote his most famous and seminal work, On the Origin of Species.

The new exhibition cha

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CAST Software is the maker of two popular software suites in the entertainment and event industries - Vivien-Virtual Event Designer and wysiwyg. These tools were used to create the design for the show.

Three key designers worked on the project, lighting designer Mats Andreasson, production manager Ola Melzig and set designer Åse Persson, sharing wysiwygand Vivien files with each other to meet the demands of a challenging layout, creating a striking design while saving time and money.

The venue presented a few obstacles for the team, as Grand Hotel, which opened in 1874, was never designed for the range of events to be held within its walls. Automated lights, strobe lighting

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Managing director Peter McCrea comments: "We have been working to achieve this recognition to ensure our business is viewed as a qualified organisation, which provides audio visual installations and equipment rental services to the highest standards." Production:av currently has technical staff working towards CTS status (Certified Technology Specialist).

InfoComm provides an internationally recognised AV industry certification programme, which is contributing towards creating standards of excellence and practice in the AV industry.

McCrea adds: "Whether we are hiring a plasma screen to a business seminar, installing a proj

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14 March 2016

Specialists in large format display products, PSCo's portfolio includes the world's largest plasma screen the Panasonic 103" and the world's largest LCD the Sharp 108".

The specially designed vehicle has a pneumatic air suspension system that lowers the tail to less than 30cm and a winch that ensures the screens are safe and secure when loading and unloading. Together they reduce time and manpower required to manoeuvre the screens.

Stuart Holmes, PSCo managing director said, "We are delighted to be able to save money for our customers and at the same time improve the service we offer. Our new vehicle benefits both our sales and rental clients by reducing cos

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14 March 2016

SF6-SVP, the first HELIOS model to be launched, is a dual-sided display unit with a high resolution digital face on one side and a back-lit poster on the other. The 6mm pixel pitch, 3000 nit LED panel is capable of displaying dynamic content in a rotating fashion, significantly minimizing overhead costs. The back-lit poster on the opposite side makes it suitable for places where traffic may pass by either side of the display, such as attraction sites, high density areas, and high traffic roadsides, while the built-in

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Three active Hippotizer HD units were used within a networked system. One Hippotizer HD was used for pixel-mapping 1,036 Color Kinetics iColor Cove LED strips embedded in the stage floor. Alternating sunburst and other patterns created stunning effects for overhead shots. Two additional Hippotizer HDs drove hundreds of 1m length Element Labs Versa Tubes, which were used in every set-piece of the show and around the venue; mounted on the projection screen surrounds, orchestra band carts, audience handrails and the 'chandeliers' which were a striking visual feature of the show.

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14 March 2016

Edirol's popular V-440HD multi-format video mixer, and the alternative V-44SW which packages those facilities into a compact, installation-friendly, 2U rack-mount format, can mix all available video signals, including HD video (1080i or 720p), SD Video (NTSC or PAL) and RGB signal (upto SXGA). According to PROmotivation's Martyn Skirrow, "these units are very straightforward, very tactile and very easy to understand, which is a bonus when it comes to handing over the installati

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14 March 2016

Company founder and managing director Lars Wolf explained to L&SI that a mis-allocation of assets by an external agency had given a false impression of the company's position at the end of 2008; when the error came to light, a rescue package was agreed with the company's bank. However, two consecutive months of poor trading in January and February put an end to Wolf's hopes of trading through the crisis, and he took the decision to put the company into administration.

Speaking to L&SI at the ProLight&Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, where some of the costs of the G LEC stand were met by friends and supporters, Wolf said the German authorities are satisfied that he had

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Individuals and companies working in all areas of digital media and lighting are welcome to attend - and the event is particularity relevant to those interested in media servers, lighting consoles, projection systems, LED screens and digital lighting fixtures. The Open Days are a great opportunity for professionals industry-wide to get up to speed with the latest developments in this fast-moving and evolving technology, says the company.

Products on show will include the new Catalyst Lapcat - a fully portable package with all the power of the Catalyst digital media server contained in a 15 inch Mac Book Pro with solid state 128Gb hard drive. This runs Catalyst Lite software and all its f

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As theme parks continuously create new white knuckle rides to keep visitors returning for more, the world's first ever horror movie-themed rollercoaster, SAW - The Ride, opened at Thorpe Park this March using the latest technology to transform the idea into a reality.

The novel idea to base a ride on the most popular horror film franchise in history, SAW, and give visitors a spine chilling experience required the expertise of the Ashdown AV team, who were approached to create an integrated sound, video, lighting and effects control system for the ride. Project manager Peter Roe began the planning phase in November 2008, specifying the equipment required and designing the ride's

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Held at the International Centre, Telford, the event was designed to showcase the company's new 2009 built-in cooking range, with over 300 major appliances on display, along with many smaller items.

The event's producer and MD of Livenet, Peter Lindsey-Jones, was reportedly delighted with the brightness and clarity of the projected images. "The audience were so close to the four screens that initially we had concerns about the image quality, but these concerns proved to be completely unjustified," he said.

A to V fielded four of their six HD10K-M projectors, fitted with 2.6-4.1:1 zoom lenses. "We had been looking for some time t

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"The architect designed the building with a number of areas on the exterior walls that the retail outlets in Dukenburg can rent for advertising purposes," explains Hecla's new business manager, Jos den Hartog. "JVH believed that LED screens were the perfect visual medium for two of these areas, with one screen situated next to the main entrance of the centre and opposite the bus and train station, whilst the other is close to the busiest roundabout in Nijmegen. Both are ideal for maximum exposure."

However,

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Best-known as Japan's leading composer of electronic music, Ikeda uses both sound and visual imagery to produce intensely physical experiences for his audience. His new retrospective is being hosted by Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, which opened on 2 April and will continue to 21 June 2009, is titled '+/- [the infinite between 0 and 1]', and includes new commissions, sound works and large-scale audio visual projections.

Three F32 series will be used to power 'data.tron [3 SXGA+ version]', an expanded edition of Ikeda's floor-to-ceiling screen of art, which seeks to physically overwhelm visitors with a staggering array of binary data such as the numbers 0 and 1.

Ken Sampei, director of Mix Wave, comments: "In today's

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The show's video design was the work of creative director Justine Catterall, who also produced custom content for 12 songs of the set. All the hardware - including MiTrix LED screen, Catalyst control, 2 camera systems, projection and PPU - plus crew were supplied by XL Video, project managed by Des Fallon. Matt Askem directed the live IMAG mix and Stuart Heaney crew chiefed. The playback content was programmed onto two high spec Catalyst digital media servers, operated by Richard Stembridge.

Catterall's design brought a quirky and fragmented look to the stage using 36 panels of MiTrix LED screen arranged at jaunty angles, suspended on three overstage trusses, providing additional depth and dimension

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14 March 2016

The new Christie Entero LED is a LED-illuminated, 1-chip DLP product line that features a "zero maintenance" design. The LEDs are rated at more than 50,000 hours- over five years of dependable operation. With no consumable components such as lamps, filters or colour wheels to replace, the Christie Entero LED delivers the ultimate in uninterrupted, 24/7 performance for exceptional reliability and low cost of ownership, says the company.

"The new Christie Entero line of LED-based rear projection modules has no equal in the industry for long life and dependability. They are as close to 'worry free' as you can get in a videowall display solution," remarked Jim Gavloski, director of product mana

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The contemporary and stylish development built on Swansea's Waterfront attracts visitors from across the country to learn more about Wales' story of industry and innovation via interactive AV systems and digital displays.

The Museum is housed in an original and listed waterfront warehouse linked to a new, ultra-modern slate and glass building. The Museum uses cutting edge AV equipment to create interesting and engaging ways of displaying information and March marked the start of upgrading and replacing the current system.

Several Panasonic PT-D5700s have been purchased and installed by the Museum's technicians, with a total of 31 projectors to complete the update of the cu

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Located on the waterfront under Rotterdam's spectacular Erasmus Bridge, Rotterdam Port Experience (RPEX for short) uses various projectiondesign 1080p HD projectors in four areas: the entrance lobby, elevator and two cinemas to wow tourists, local schoolchildren, retired former port workers and business people alike with a series of multimedia displays designed to showcase the city's unique history, diversity and range of trading activities.

Rob Haarlem, managing director of DEP B.V., was hired to turn the RPEX team's creative ideas into technical solutions, and was ultimately responsible for the multimedia infrastructure o

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This provided an opportunity for Gearhouse Media and Lighting divisions to utilise the latest version of the Green Hippo Hippotizer HD digital media server for the first time. This was specified for the event by Gearhouse director Tim Dunn and made available by UK-based Green Hippo.

The event was headlined by Oasis and Snow Patrol, and also featured Panic! at The Disco plus six Africa-based bands - The Dirty Skirts, Zebra & Giraffe, Casette, Foto na dans, aKing and One Day Remains.

The overall production design included a series of onstage LED screens, which, combined with the content run through the Hippotizer w

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Impact AV were employed to design and install a premium quality sound system with a well distributed speaker design and placement, multi room control on every level and wireless microphone use on all levels.

"The owners wanted flexibility within the venue so that you could have different zones or the zones could be combined to make one zone," explained Silas Creel, managing director of Im

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VMCC turned to full-spectrum AV systems integrator Quality Sound of Stockton, California for the audio systems. Iconyx was my go-to choice from the first look at the project plans," says Gary Roda, Quality Sound's house of worship expert. "Its balance of performance and aesthetic appeal is unique."

Iconyx's ability to focus sound precisely was Roda's answer to the complex shape and reflective materials at VMCC. The large, nearly square nave with a sloped t-bar ceiling has a large open cl

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Paul Silsby CTO comments, "After all the interest we received at PLASA 08 we have been keen to develop this system further. The Mezzanine effect provides lighting designers with a new canvas which enables a level of integration between lighting and display technologies that has not been possible previously."

The demonstrations are taking place at LED Screenhire in Littlehampton on 7 and 8 May.

(Jim Evans)