I just found out in a round-about way that digital lighting and display company Barco let some more High End Systems employees go last week. And JUST in time for the holidays, too! How fantastic. You know, I am no MBA holder, nor would I know how to conduct a multi-million dollar business, so I [...]
Read More BARCO, economy, High End Systems, holiday stupidity, layoffs, mergerHave you ever heard of Blackstone Audio? JimOnLight reader Joey van der Berg just sent me a link to a really retro-excellent video from the early days of High End Systems and their rental stock of lighting – when it was Lowell Fowler's first company, Blackstone Audio. The video is below. Lowell's bio (founder of [...]
Read More Blackstone Audio, High End Systems, Lightwave Research, Lowell FowlerUpdated! There's been a lot of news out lately on the release of the new version of an older classic scanner (mirror luminaire), the Cyberlight 2.0, from High End Systems/Barco. If you've done any lighting design for entertainment and used a scanner in the last decade, there is a good chance that you've used a [...]
Read More Automated Lighting, BARCO, Cyberlight, High End Systems, mirror fixture, moving lights, scannerThe giant lighting and projector company Barco has been doing really, really well – they bought High End Systems, they're always getting contracts and selling lots of their gear. Check out some stock info – I took some captures of my stock tracker. Year to Date: Last Three Months: Barco's stock is sitting at $33.56 [...]
Read More BARCO, High End Systems, stock market, stocksI want to extend my gratitude to a strong member of the High End/Barco team that is leaving to pursue other ventures – Debi Moen, a 15 year veteran at High End Systems as a Marketing Communications Specialist, is onward and upward. Thanks for always being so nice to me, Debi! From JimOnLight.com, good luck [...]
Read More BARCO, Debi Moen, departures, High End SystemsThe Showbeam 2.5 from Barco/High End is out rocking the road. Butch Allen has some out with No Doubt, Loz Upton has some out with Crystal Method, and Brian Hartley has some ShowBeams out with Aerosmith. Here's the press release from High End Systems: No Doubt, The Crystal Method and the upcoming Aerosmith tour have [...]
Read More Aerosmith, Automated Lighting, BARCO, Brian Hartley, Butch Allen, Crystal Method, High End Systems, Loz Upton, moving lights, No Doubt, showbeam 2.5The lovely Cat West of Console Trainer has provided me with a great High End Showpix t-shirt, so I want to have a little contest to give it to some knowledgeable JimOnLight.com reader! I'm giving this t-shirt to a random correct answerer of a small question that Cat has posed for the contest. I'll end [...]
Read More contest, FREE, JimOnLight, t-shirt, triviaOne of the things about High End's latest fixtures that I have really enjoyed seeing is the effort to add a little less utility to new fixtures, and actually make them look pretty great. ShowGun, StudioPix, ShowPix, and now the ShowBeam 2.5 – these fixtures provide an advanced function while giving a new form to [...]
Read More BARCO, High End Systems, showbeam 2.5, Twin Beam, wash luminaireHigh End Systems and Barco have released some software called Pixellage – the software allows the user/designer/programmer to apply an image across several of High End's pixel luminaires, like ShowPix and StudioPix. From the press release: Barco, a global leader in video and lighting solutions, today announces the release of Pixellage, a new software feature [...]
Read More High End Systems, Pixel Luminaires, Pixellage, SHOWPIX, StudiopixI saw these at LDI (and I apparently did not win one via the card drawing that was held, sigh), and there is a press release pimping the new v3.0 software, and the fact that they're shipping. The DMX Processor 8000 is the new big bad wolf of DMX processing. Get an expander, and you [...]
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