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Mystery ETC Image , New Fixture On It’s Way?

We received an interesting email this afternoon for one our moles deep within the bowels of Middleton.  We were sent to an interesting link directing us to ETC’s website with just the above image.  Very little was said within the email about the photo, so we cannot say exactly what we are seeing here. All [...]

Rumor Confirmed: Wybron Set to Release Cygnus LED Fixture

We received a bit more information from our inside source at Wybron about their plans for tomorrows announcement at the WFX show in Charlotte, NC.  Wybron is set to announce their first LED fixture in a new series of fixtures called the Cygnus. The Cygnus uses 23 Cree homogeneous RGBW LEDs to produce over 4500 [...]

Robert Juliat Set to Release an LED Profile?

We just heard about a couple of interesting YouTube Videos from Robert Juliat, the French Spot Light Manufacturer. Might we see something on the show floor at LDI?  Who knows, there isn’t much more information that we can find other then the “The fisrt ever powerful LED profile by Robert Juliat“. Thanks Barbizon!

“Playing” With Moving Lights via a Wii Joystick

Most lighting consoles these days are big computers based on some for of operating system such as Windows Embedded and have the ability to add USB devices such as a mouse or track ball.  Users have the ability to control moving lights either by the attached mouse or track ball to control the pan and [...]

Rumor Mill: Is Wybron Hiding Something in Their Truck

With the Wybron Mobile Showroom on the road, we have been hearing rumors that tucked away some where deep inside the truck, possibly in the cab, that there is a super secret new lighting fixture that Wybron is preparing to announce at the WFX show in Charlotte, NC later this month and then at the [...]

LDI09: Rumor Mill – Behind Closed Doors

We love rumors around the industry here on iSquint and it seems like LDI will be the starting off point for some rumors to start spreading. So what sort of rumors have been mumbled about around the industry with LDI right around the corner? Lets first take a look at ETC, (Electronic Theatre Controls).  We [...]

PLASA09: The First Day

It is September 13 and the first day of the PLASA Show at Earls Court in London England.  At the time of release, the show floor has been open for 3 hours already. We have not heard much yet from any of the exhibitors or attendees yet. What we have confirmed is that Total Structures [...]

PLASA09: Update on RSC LightLock

The other day we mentioned the pre show announcement of the Royal Shakespeare Companies LightLock device for hanging moving lights.  After speaking with a couple of our fellow entertainment news outlets we have some updated information. The RSC LighLock was actually introduced last year at PLASA08 but only as a prototype.  Since then it seems [...]

Rumor Mill: Zero 88 Fat Frog EOL

We have heard through the twitter-verse  via @BarbizonChicago that Zero 88 has discontinued the Fat Frog  moving light console. We have not been able to confirm this rumor via Zero 88′s web site or on the phone.  If you hear anything different or anything more, let us know in comments. UPDATE: Looks like the Fat [...]

Rumor Mill: New Dichroic Filters in the Works

We have heard through the grape vine that there may be a new line up of Dichroic Color filters on it’s way into the market in the coming months.  Ocean Thin Films, the makers of the color mixing engine, the SeaChanger, have been over heard talking about releasing their color filters into the market. Ocean [...]

Rumor Mill: New Follow Spot From Lycian Stage Lighting

We received an tip form our source under deep cover that Lycian Stage Lighting, the makers of Stage and live entertainment follow spots is on the verge of announcing a new follow spot to their line up.  The few details that we have are that the new follow spot is design to fill a spot [...]

Rumor Mill: Enttec ODE New Firmware in the Works.

Our tip line is getting filled up with rumors running around the industry these days. The latest rumor that has been sent to us is that Enttec, the makers of lighting control products such as the Open DMX Ethernet (ODE) device pictured left have been developing a firmware upgrade for the ODE. The current model [...]