LDI had a TON of moving light manufacturers and reps this year - while I was surprised a little, I wasn’t shocked.  A good quantity of the moving lighting booths that weren’t Clay Paky, Coemar, Vari*Lite, Martin, High End, PRG, etc, were small-ish companies like Ominsistem out of Washington.  They’ve got a very large selection of fixtures and effects (as well as audio, truss, staging, etc), and their booth was hopping the whole weekend.  Give their selection of products a look-see.

I had a chance to check out the V676 console from PRG at LDI last week.  My favorite thing said about this console by the rep who was showing me the ins and outs was “budget was not an issue since it’s a rental item, so we spared no expense to make this desk great.”

Well, bravo, PRG.  What a great desk!

From the press release on the PRG site:

The V676™ console is an elegant programming and control solution. Offering extraordinary speed, both in programming and responsiveness, as well as innovative interface advancements both in hardware layout and software design. V676, built on a legacy of proven reliability and cutting edge console development, expands the possibilities offered to designers and programmers alike. Intuitive features that quickly and easily handle the ever expanding scope of equipment to be controlled while acknowledging the ever decreasing time to program it all. V676 is designed with attention to detail and an insightful understanding of the practical demands of programming.

I got some pictures of this as well.  It sort of resembles an iPhone!  I really want to learn this desk.  I really want to learn this desk.

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°.

Looks like PRG is suing Martin Lighting for some sort of patent infringement.  According to the article from the great folk at PLSN:

Court documents filed on July 15 at the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York cite 20 counts of patent infringement. They include the assignable macro functions and other user interface features for Martin Maxxyz consoles, pixel-based gobo record control format for Martin Maxedia media servers and the lamp and three-color digital gobo system for Martin MAC luminaires.

Let’s hope there is more info about this in the near future.