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Robe Show lighting chooses PLASA
2005 for the world launch of its new DigitalSpot 5000 DT, and showcases no less
than 10 other new products at the show.
World Launch: DigitalSpot 5000 DT
Robe Show Lighting launches its
revolutionary new DigitalSpot 5000 DT at PLASA 2005, a 5000 ANSI Lumen output
digital moving head projector.
Robe recognises the growing
convergence between lighting and video media with this new series of fixtures,
fuelling the increasing desire of lighting designers to have access to and
control of video and ‘visual’ design in addition to lighting.
The highly versatile Robe
DigitalSpot 5000 DT offers two digital gobo layers with the selection of up to
255 video clips or images per layer and an image resolution of 1024 x 768 x 3
Pixels. There’s individual X and Y positioning and scaling (zoom effect) for
each gobo layer, plus rotating and indexing with continuous rotation for each
gobo layer. The gobo layer is transparent for the smoothest cross fading.
Image formats supported include
MPEG1 and 2, PNG and BMP
Each gobo layer has an effects
channel including 4, 9, 16 and 25 times multiplication, image X and Y
stretching, skewing, flipping, kaleidoscope. mirror effects, chessboard and
swirl effects and 20 effects masks. The fixture also has full CYM colour
mixing and a separate iris.
The fixture is aimed at all
professional entertainment and leisure applications including concert touring ,
theatre and television productions, presentations of all types and clubs and
multi-purpose venues .. anywhere there is a need to maximise moving lightings
and digital imagery.
New: Robe MediaHub 2X4 DT
This is a media
server located inside the base of Robe’s ColorSpot 575AT, making it incredibly
easy to rig onto a truss or wherever else needed.
MediaHub has four
parallel outputs to send the video content to plasma screens or via LCD
displays, projectors and display devices of any other type. It combines 2
digital layers with a selection of up to 255 video clips or images per layer.
Supported image and video file types are: MPEG1, MPEG2, PNG and BMP.
New: ColorWash 250 AT
This fixture completes Robe’s AT line of moving
heads. A completely new optical system makes it 50% brighter than its
predecessor, the Wash
250XT. New ultra smooth CMY colour mixing offers a fantastic spectrum of hues.
A motorized zoom effect ranges from 8 - 32° and the extremely silent cooling
system and movement make this fixture a superb choice for TV and theatre.
The colour wheel offers 6 saturated colours plus
open, using Robe’s renowned SLOT&LOCK system. A frost filter and a beam
shaper are available on the effects wheel, and as with all Robe AT moving
heads, 16-bit resolution is used for movement, colour wheel positioning and
dimming.
LED Technology
New: LEDBlinder 196 LT and
LEDBlinder 148 LT
Robe’s LEDBlinder 196 and 148 units are the
brand’s first entertainment based LED products.
Both units are fitted into the industry
standard 8-lite and 4-lite casings and offer set and lighting designers all the
options.
LEDBlinder is an LED version of the popular
8-lite Molefey, a staple of the rock ‘n’ roll world, featuring 8 LED modules,
each with 12 RGB LEDs. Each four pairs of modules are separately controllable.
This product is aimed at all stage lighting markets and television productions
and for arenas and larger venues.
The LEDBlinder 148 is a 4-way version of the
196.
New: LED Wash 136 LT
This is a powerful LED moving head with
thirty-six 1 Watt Luxeon LEDs offering RGB colour mixing with a virtually
unlimited selection of colours.
It’s the first in a completely new line of
LED moving heads from Robe. The LED fixtures will feature all the engineering
quality, reliability and robustness for which Robe is renowned.
The LED Wash 136
LT has 12 red, 12
green and 12 blue LEDs and pre-programmed white. With electronic dimming from 0
– 100 %, effects include high speed strobing up to 25 FPS and the ability to
strobe in any colour combination.
Applications include architectural, TV
studios, theatre, concerts and live events and all types of venues.
New: StageBanner 10 AT, StageBanner 50 AT/ 50 AT
Multimedia
This is a new and ingenious product from
Robe. The DMX-controlled StageBanner enables the displaying and rotation of
advertising banners at exhibitions, on stages and in theatres. It’s perfect for
retail environments and other applications where advertising needs to be
highlighted.
StageBanner also runs in stand-alone mode,
easily programmed via the onboard 4-digit LED display on the base. Up to 3
programmes can be stored, each containing up to 99 steps. Master/slave
operation is also available, so several StageBanners can be connected together
and controlled from one unit.
Rotation is possible in both directions in
various speeds and very smooth and precise movement is guaranteed by the
utilisation of 16-bit resolution.
The latest in this series are the new StageBanner
50 AT and 50 AT Multimedia units, which follow on from massive interest in
the StageBanner 10 AT.
Both products
have a load capacity of 50 Kg. The Multimedia version has a panel for the
connection of audio, video and power supplies, so plasma screens, LCD displays,
projectors and other display devices can be attached and rotated.
FOG 800 FT
Robe’s newest fog machine is the smallest in
its current range. The compact size and dimensions are ideal for clubs, smaller
venues and mobile DJs. The fluid consumption is as low as 50ml per minute,
thanks to new high efficiency heater technology, and the heat up time is under
3 minutes! The Fog 800 FT comes complete with a 3 metre remote control.
Anolis
Robe is also introducing the Anolis range of
LED products to PLASA for the first time, designed for the architectural
market.
The basic Anolis product range consists of
ArcLine LED strips and ArcSource LED fixtures.
These products combine cutting edge
technology with great aesthetics to produce quality ‘specifier’ class lighting
systems.
ArcLine and ArcSource offer all the long
life, low maintenance, environmental and cost effective advantages of solid
state lighting technology.
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