[SML] media servers: was Re: Future of Luminaires

[Diana Kesselschmidt]

The short throw projectors in the link are about 1/4 the lumens of a S4 ellipsoidal.  
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It sounds like the system you all want is a Media server setup, run by a lighting console, programmed by a BO with Lighting and Media server experience.  With a VD creating the content.

You want to replace a system of lights somewhere between 1:1 and 4:1 lights:replacement-projectors, that can have interchangeable lense options like a S4, with a luminous output similar to a S4 or up to quadruple.  Talking lumens in the 10-40,000 range. 

You want them to have reliable moving yokes.
You want the signal to be sent by fiber, then split into DMX and video content onboard the fixture.
And you want them to rent for somewhere in the range of a ML.

Did I miss anything?

The people for this aren’t hard to find!.  The equipment is available, though still in the clunky zone.  Getting it at every-house-rental-prices is a few years off.  In truth the option to do what you are describing exists now except for the budget parameter implied throughout the dialogue chain.

So in response to the original email…Yes, Kim, there is a Santa Clause, and I think it’ll take fewer than 10 years, and the projector source will be white LED.  But no, Programmers will not be out of a job, they’ll still be able to use consoles, if they upgrade themselves to learn the new fixtures.
 
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Diana Kesselschmidt 
Lighting Design
516-643-3185 
DianaK.com

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> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 15:52:14 -0400
> From: Kim Hartshorn <hartshwk at plattsburgh.edu <mailto:hartshwk at plattsburgh.edu>>
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> I believe that within 10 years the stage luminaire of choice will be a
> video projector...it already seems to be the case for opening ceremonies.
> In addition to images, projectors can do patterns, infinite color,
> customizeable cuts and edges, zooms and fades, do not really need to be
> focused at the truss...can move with the performer either mechanically or
> through a moving image and the images themselves can be mapped.  The prices
> for video projector technology has been dropping exponentially.  I really
> think the LED analog of an ERS is only going to be a short-lived chapter.
> The media server will replace the light desk and dimmer sooner than we may
> anticipate.
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> Kim Hartshorn
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