A Look Around LDI 2009
I took just a little bit of video this year at the LDI show in Orlando Florida. Some of it was taken just for this, a quick look at some of the different things on the show floor. Of course there is a couple of things I missed, but then there are some things that [...]
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Clear-Com’s Two-Channel Tempest Wireless Intercom
Clear-Com, one of the leaders in intercom systems announced a new addition to their Tempest 2400 2.4Ghz wireless Intercom Family, the Tempest two-channel wireless intercom system. While at LDI, I did not have a chance to stop by the Clear-Com booth and take a closer look at this, but here is more information from the [...]
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Lumens in the Air with LumenRadio
One of the newer products that I got a chance to play with at LDI this year that wasn’t an LED fixture was the LumenRadio system. LumenRadio made it’s debut into the entertainment lighting industry at the PLASA show this year and took home PLASA’s 2009 Award for Innovation. LumenRadio is a wireless system to [...]
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Philips/Color Kinetics Announces some New LED Fixtures at LDI
This year at LDI, Philips/Color Kinetics released quite a few new LED fixtures. The fixture pictured to the right is the ColorReach TR Powercore. Color Kinetics designed the fixture for the rigors of the rental and entertainment markets with high performance LEDs to create a powerful floodlight. ColorReach TR Powercore offers over 5,000 lumens of [...]
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Video: StageJunk’s Ratchet Ultimate Focus Tool
While down in Orlando, StageJunk announced the release of their latest Ultimate Tool, the Ratchet Ultimate Focus Tool.The new tool looks and feels just like the previous tool, the Ultimate Focus Tool, with one exception, the Ratchet. StageJunk has taken the all aluminum tool and re-engineered the wrench portion of the tool to incorporate a [...]
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Quick View of the Zero88 ORB Desk
I had a chance to stop by the Cooper Controls booth at the LDI booth and talk with Grant Bales-Smith, the Sales Manager for Zero88. Grant gave me a quick overview of their latest lighting desk, the ORB consoles. The 2048 DMX control channels offered by the Orb allows users to control multiple LED fittings, [...]
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Preview of Synthe FX Luminair 2.0
While walking around the show floor this past weekend, I got a chance to talk to Synthe FX about their up coming release of Luminair 2.0. The developer and owner of Synthe FX, Ryan Hisey gave me a quick run through and preview of the iPhone app lighting console, Luminair 2.0. Synthe FX has been [...]
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Rosco Introduces 12 New E-Color Gels
LDI brought some great an wonderful new technologies to life. Leave it to Rosco to continue expanding on something that everything lighting person uses almost daily, the gel. You may not know what Rosco’s E-color is, here is what Rosco says: E-Colour is Rosco’s comprehensive system of European color filters for film and video production. [...]
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#LDI2009 and Week Long Celebration Comes to an End
The week of LDI, I re-launched iSquint with a totally new site design with more features and content as well as a week long celebration to thank you the readers. All week long, I was giving announcing noon time winners starting Monday through Friday and then a grand prize winner on Saturday. As things got [...]
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Awesome Laser Video from #LDI2009 by @pkirkup
I just saw a great YouTube video from Peter Kirkup from Cooper Controls via @pkirkup about how lasers are coming back. If you were on the show floor, there was no way you could miss the laser effects going on over heard. Peter put together a great video compilation with cut aways that are fantastic! [...]
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More #LDI2009 Show Floor Pictures
While you wait for me to process all the information from this weekend at the 2009 LDI Show in Orlando Florida, I thought you might like to browse the over 200 photos I took over the weekend. I am still working on the videos and interviews from the weekend that will go up shortly. It [...]
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So Long, Good Bye #LDI2009, See you at #LDI2010
It is 4pm on the est and that means that the 2009 LDI Show Floor in Orlando Florida has come to a close. It has been an exciting three days with TONS of great things announced and shown off on the floor. I keep getting asked, what was your favorite new thing on the show [...]
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