Sunday, November 29, 2009
New Products Take Center Stage at LDI 2009
PLSN: "This year’s LDI show, which has moved to the south concourse of the Orange County Convention Center, appeared to be well-attended, with plenty of activity and product innovation — much of it by advances in LED technology — on display, not just at the New Technology Breakfasts and demo areas but on the show floor as well."
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Wow. There's a lot here.
Most surprising to me would be the fact that a) ETC is going into the rigging business, and b) the fact that in their new rigging products, they haven't integrated their dimming systems and show control systems into the pipes.
ETC's quick touch control system seems a little archaic at least in appearance - when compared to the EOS and even the Obsession - the functions I would have imagined to be a bit more programmable.
The really exciting product for me is the ETC Prodigy. Finally ETC is making its way into the rigging world. My hope is that they do it better than when they made their way into the moving light world, I know I am not the only person to have reservations about the Revolution. But its really great to have them keyed into the automated rigging market, and as this market expands and grows, who knows where things will go. I guess with rigging on the mind, they have nowhere to go but up!
As has been mentioned, I think the most surprising product to come out of LDI this year was ETC Rigging. It was however the next logical step for them. ETC is quickly becoming a one-stop-shop for new theatre installations, particularly at the educational level. In my mind it is not going be long before we see some sort of ETC Install company.
As for Josh's comments on control, I like the idea of, as far as rigging goes, making you keep a hand on the controls when moving a line. It delineates ETC's Rigging from other show automation out there. This is not a system designed to move your scenery during the show at the touch of a single button. In my mind, you need to think of them as automated linesets. They still require an operator, but they are a bit smarter, and much easier to move.
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