Archive of the Pro AV Category

VH1’s Storytellers lets singers/songwriters sing, play and tell the stories behind their songs. Jay Z wanted some imagery to back him up. When the network had a last-minute need for large-scale video projector, they called on Scharff Weisberg.

Says Josh Weisberg: “VH-1 wanted a very large, very wide projected image to be the main backdrop behind Jay-Z. After quickly exploring screen options, the most practical alternative was to use the studio cyclorama – a 28’ tall wall that wraps 160’ around a corner of the studio.” more

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., November 29, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a world leader in optics and image quality, has made it easy for projector buyers who demand High-Definition-quality images with exacting detail; highly accurate color; and crisp, readable small type to compare various resolutions online in one easy-to-use Web site.
The www.usa.canon.com/details Web site, also known as “Where Are The Details?,� provides a user-friendly interface for side-by-side comparisons of XGA, SXGA+ and Canon REALiS SXGA+ projector displays using market-specific images for education, business, medicine, engineering, professional photography and government. more

Proven Leader and Collaborator Brings New York Experience ‘Back Home’ to Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Splice Here (www.splicehere.tv), the creative-driven, full-service post house specializing in advertising, broadcast, film and multimedia projects, recently added Producer Nicole Martin to their already impressive creative team. Prior to joining Splice Here, Martin was a producer at Charlex, New York, where she had the opportunity to work with Splice Here’s new Creative Director Jeff Stevens. more

Breakthrough Solution Sets Industry Standard for DLP Technology In High Speed Simulation

I/ITSEC/Orlando, FL – (November 26, 2007) – Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, has won a landmark contract with the United States Air Force to retrofit their existing A10 jet aircraft simulators with 84 Christie Matrix HD2 DLP projectors. The contract was solidified after Christie’s DLP simulation solution with AccuFrame(tm), a highly unique enhancement for smear artifact reduction, proved to deliver the most natural, true-to-life display solution available on the market. AccuFrame was tested against both existing simulation CRT projectors and a current competing simulation LCoS QXGA projector, and proved to be superior in a side-by-side shoot-out. The program will support over 19 simulators for the US Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. more

Company Demonstrates Deployable Stereoscopic System for Firearms Training at I/ITSEC 2007

I/ITSEC/Orlando, FL – (November 26, 2007) – Christie, a global leader in visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, is showcasing a sophisticated and true-to-life dismounted infantry trainer concept at this year’s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference (I/ITSEC), in Orlando, Florida. Visitors to Christie’s booth, #3339, will have the opportunity to experience tactical infantry training using high quality head tracking to interact in real-time with stereoscopic warfare content. The life-size, immersive ‘first person shooter’ simulator is a joint collaboration of the world’s most advanced virtual reality technology providers including Christie, EON Reality, Inc., InterSense Inc. (I/ITSEC booth #2747), and VirTra Systems, Inc. more

DreamWorks Animation Goes Out-Of-House for Main Titles for First Time

HOLLYWOOD, CA — On the heels of their acclaimed main title sequence work for the Warner Bros. summer blockbuster 300, yU+co (www.yuco.com), the three-time Emmy nominated creative design studio founded by Creative Director Garson Yu, has created another blockbuster movie main title sequence for DreamWorks Animation‘s latest release, Bee Movie. yU+co’s work on the film actually marks the first time DreamWorks Animation has ever worked with an outside company on a main title sequence. Released on November 2nd, the highly touted animated film stars a high profile cast led by Jerry Seinfeld and Renée Zellweger. more

Vista Systems’ Spyder and four Christie HD6K three-chip DLP® projectors are at the heart of a new videowall at Qwest’s Network Operations Center (NOC) in Arlington, Virginia. Matrix Display Systems of Boulder, Colorado, which had previously worked on Qwest’s executive boardroom and corporate auditorium in Denver, Colorado revived the existing 6 x 6 NOC videowall, which had not been used for the past few years. more

Take 15 “live� dinosaurs, add in elements of escapism, excitement and factual information, and what’s the missing piece of the puzzle? If you answered “special effects�, you’ve nailed it down. And so have the talented folks at Illinois- and California-based theatrical lighting company Upstaging, Inc., who used Look Solutions’ water-based Unique2 Hazer for the new theatrical production WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – The Live Experience North American tour. more

As Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band began the Magic tour, their first full-scale tour of the US and Europe since 2002-2003, grandMA was right there with them. A.C.T. Lighting is the exclusive distributor of the grandMA in North America.

The Magic tour kicked off in Hartford, Connecticut on Oct. 2 the same day the “Magic� album, Springsteen’s first with The E Street band in five years, was released by Columbia Records. The band has just completed the North American leg of the tour. more

“What really makes this show are the lighting bitmap effects,� beams California-based Terminal Design Group lighting designer Michael Lee, who worked with Scharff Weisberg on the 2007 Fall Tour of post-hardcore quartet Thrice. Rigging, lighting and video on the 41-date tour had to reflect the personality and integrity of the band. more