Recent content by Esoteric

We use ProPresenter and Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go products to edge blend on a budget all the time. Works like a charm.Mke

Interesting. I worked in that shop many, many hours.When I taught tech theater it was a two teacher course. One of us (not me) taught arts and crafts basically (mask making, things like that) while the other took the 5 or 10 kids seriously interested in learning how to design and build...

I would do the MA1 Light. In a second.

It doesn't work in Texas then either.In all fairness, I just never got around to using it. Never felt the need to. It might look awesome, but just never around to it.Mike

I love my Avery label maker.Mike

Done quite a few. If you find the right club owners, they can be very profitable. Get someone stuck and needing something on short notice, get them to do lighting/video/audio with a full crew, and it can make your month easily (I have had a couple almost make my year).If they don't want to...

We tend to skip Chauvet and Elation and go straight to China, but we also sell quite a bit of Chauvet and Elation gear. They can have issues for sure. Their failure rate is higher than the brands that cost twice or three times as much. But that is to be expected. That said, they do make a...

I have a 24 pack Colortran ENR rack of 20A dimmers I am looking to sell.

I saw a guy fall through a catwalk and die.Even things that are "safe" often aren't. Unsupervised students doing anything other than operating a board is a bad idea.Mike

Even with those savings and the lamp replacement savings, it can still be difficult for some spaces to get an ROI before the LED units must be replaced. Also, keep in mind, electricity is cheap here in Texas were we do the majority of our work. As with all things ymmv.For full disclosure we...

Significantly. Just in AC load without the electrical load.Mike

Hey Mark, we do LED retro fits. But you are absolutely right. Without controlling the house lights, adding stage color will be a useless effort. But go with actual LED fixtures. Retrofit lamps have all sorts of problems.Mike

IF your local laws allow it, and IF the child is responsible enough, then 8th grade is plenty old. I was climbing trees far more dangerous than any catwalk at ages much, much younger than that. I hate to say it, but first you must indemnify yourself legally and then you can look at the...

Hey guys, had an installation cancel on me after I invested in their fixtures. So, I am sitting on 24 Elation ELAR108s, brand new in the box. I just want to get these out of my warehouse, they are taking up too much room. So, I am offering to sell them for $750 each plus shipping. I know...

Yup, lost them to the iOS7 update. I had taken them on wife's iPhone instead of my Android phone. Lesson learned.Mike