Section: Tradeshows

Nominations & Voting Are Up for the 2010 Parnelli Awards

Fire up your browser of choice, nominations for the 2010 Parnelli Awards are now being accepted for companies across our industry.  A Parnelli Award is one of the most prestigious in our industry because it is a jury of our peers that decides who receives this honor.
Nominations are submitted by you and then voted upon [...]

LDI 2010 Registration is OPEN!

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REGISTER FOR LD 2010!!!

That is correct, LDI has opened up registration to the 2010 LDI Show in FABULOUS Las Vegas Nevada! I listed the to-do-list, what are you waiting for?  Book you flight, reserve that hotel room, (or not if you [...]

ABTT Show Starts This Week

Another week, another trade show is happeing some where in the world.  Last week was InfoComm, this week brings the ABTT or The Association of British Theatre Technicians in London England.  The ABBT show takes place at the Royal Horticultural Halls starting Wednesday, June 16th and ending Thursday June 17th. The show opens at 10:30am [...]

This Week Brings #InfoComm10 in Las Vegas Nevada

This week brings InfoComm 2010 in Las Vegas Nevada.  InfoComm is the biggest tradeshow in the country for pro-AV.  With over 900 exhibitors, and 300+ sessions spread over seven days, it is no wonder they need the LVCC!
The sessions have already started back on Saturday, but the exhibit floor does not open until 9am, Wednesday [...]

Chroma-Q Color Force LED Batten Fixture

Here is something that I have been meaning to write up about since USITT, the Chroma-Q Color Force. Coming up to the AC Lighting booth at USITT, I was curious to see what was hidden in their 20′ high curtains.  It was Chroma-Q’s latest product, the Color Force LED Batten fixture.
After watching the Color Force [...]

Prism Projection Introduces Reveal Studio LED Fixture – NAB 2010

While at NAB last week, I ran into one of my good friends Miles Dudgeon from Prism Projection.  After geeking out for a bit together on the show floor over some Zeiss len’s and other photography things, Miles walked me back to his booth to show me their latest product.  Garrett Young, the President of [...]

Videssence Introduces ExceLED Fixtures at NAB 2010

While at NAB, Videssnce got into the LED market by introducing their latest series of fixtures, the ExceLED. What stands out about Videssence’s ExceLED 100 fixture is it ability to focus the beam from a spot to a flood with out the use of filters, diffusion or any other medium put in front of the [...]

NAB2010 – Zylight Introduces Active Diffusion LCD Panel

One of the neatest things that I saw at NAB last week had to be the Active Diffusion from Zylight.  You can dial in any amount of diffusion with the Active Diffusion to soften your low heat lights, such as an LED or Fluorescent light fixture. The Active Diffusion uses Liquid Crystals or LCD screen [...]

Kezia LED Fixture – NAB 2010

It seemed that NAB was just like LDI, the trade show of LEDs, but hey, why not, they are only getting better.  One of the booths that I was told over and over again to see as well as a personal invite was PRG Distribution.  In the PRG booth was a company and fixture that [...]

DeSisti Lighting Introduces DE LED Fixture at NAB 2010

DeSisti Lighting announced their latest product at NAB last week, the DE LED fixture.  While it is still a prototype, DeSisti showed off their idea of what a TV Studio LED should be.  Frank Kosuda from DeSisti Lighting was kind enough to give a quick over view of the first LEDs from DeSisti.  To learn [...]

LitePanels Sola Series LED Fresnel Video at NAB 2010

Something I wrote about right before getting to Vegas for NAB was LightPanels big news for the show, the announcement of their new Sola Series of LED Fresnels and ENG camera. The LitePanels booth was crazy busy every single time I walked through it. Everyone was all over the new 6″ and 12″ [...]

NAB 2010 – Done and Gone

That’s it, that is all she wrote for NAB 2010 in Las Vegas.  The show floor closed down about five hours ago and things moved quick to get exhibitors out of the hall.  Some people were done in an hour, others will be there through the weekend with such massive booths to break down.
My time [...]