Okay.  If I wanted to make my blog look like a cheap R-rated piece of crap, I would be saying HOLY SH%&, SONOFAB&%$, MOTHERF%$#*&^%^$%, and few other choice phrases about what I just read and saw.  Amazing.  I am so freaking thrilled right now, becauseI have always wanted the kind of lumen magic that a Catalyst provides when hooked into something like a Christie X-10, but then throw it on a yoke.

This is what I read.  It’s the product page on the Barco DML-1200.  It’s a 12,000 lumen digital light.  You have to see the specs:

The DML-1200 is the first moving digital luminaire which can truly be used as both a super bright, moving light source and a high quality video projector.

In light mode, the DML-1200 produces a perfectly circular light beam with a light output equivalent to that of a 1200W hard edged moving light – 12.000 field lumens and the brightest digital light on the market today.

In video mode, the DML-1200 features a fully sealed DLP engine which delivers full color DLP quality video with SXGA+ (1400 x 1050 pixel) resolution. With a light output of 10,000 center lumens, the DML-1200 is the brightest digital light on the market today.

An internal optical dimming mechanism ensures smooth, accurate intensity control from 0 to 100% ensuring that that your fade to black is a true black, not video black (grey).

Being digital, lighting designers are no longer limited to static, pre-selected patterns and colors. Any image, static or animated can be created and projected. All images are generated by the onboard media player, controlled by DMX512 or artnet protocol, from the lighting console.

With its brightness, unlimited image selection and the ability to seamlessly switch between video projection and light mode, cue by cue, the DML-1200 provides designers pure creativity at their fingertips delivering a truly unique show for every event, client and purpose.

The DL2, awesome.  It’s 6500 lumens.  The DL1?  I’ve used it a bunch, not a lot, but it’s 5500 lumens.  We’re talking twice a DL1.  It makes me wonder how all of the concert goer experiences I had in the early part of the 21st century would have been with 10,000 lumens of video.  Wow.

That’s pretty awesome, Barco.  So now my imaginary dream rig has some of these and some Bad Boys.

Go check out some video on this monster.

I was able to get some (what I feel are) good shots of the new Bad Boy from PRG in Vegas this last week.  Check them out!

If you’ve ever rented a Virtuoso console, the series 400 power/data distro system, and the MBox Media Server, you might have wondered why you can’t buy these products.  A guy named Dean from NYC asked PRG that same question.  Check out the article at Live Design, it’s interesting.

FYI, the Bad Boy from PRG is rental only.

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PRG has some heavy guns bringing up the rear in the luminaire department, with the Bad Boy moving head fixture bringing all of its 48,000 lumens with it.  The Bad Boy is, according to PRG:

PRG’s Bad Boy™ is an elegantly engineered, hybrid luminaire that combines the qualities of a traditional automated light with a large venue fixture. Powerful and brilliant, road ready and reliable, Bad Boy offers a host of features not previously found in large-scale units, including efficient re-lamping, addressing, and overall ease of handling, that enable it to respond with precision and clarity.

Cool.  Check out that 8:1 zoom - from 7° to 56°.