LED DJ Lighting: what's wrong with it and who's shakings things up?
LED DJ lighting has a ton of perks; extremely long life, low power consumption, no cool-down time, low heat, and they can be left on for hours and hours with no rest! As great as all of these perks are these lights lack one important factor THEY DON'T LOOK NEARLY AS GOOD AS HALOGEN LIGHTING! ... until now.
It's mid-June and the 2008 International DJ Expo is fast approaching, scheduled for August 11th-14th. Last year I discussed some new products that I was impressed by and a few products that let me down at the 2007 expo. Among those products were Chauvet's and American DJ's attempt at creating appealing DJ lighting with LEDs as a light source. The new LED products Chauvet and American DJ were introducing left me feeling happy that they were experimenting with the new technology, but also left me wanting more. More research, more development, and an overall better product.
This year will be different. Chauvet hasn't done much since the expo in 2007, releasing nothing new since the Vue LED series pictured to the right. The Vue series features some of the worst DJ lighting fixtures I've ever experienced. They are bulky, awkward, and produce a dim and unimpressive light show. American DJ, while their products weren't much better than Chauvet's in 07, is introducing something completely new and revolutionary in July 2008.
American DJ's X-Move. The X-Move's LED Hi-Tech Moving Head features a 20-Watt white LED source for a hard edge beam that will project gobos and solid colors. There is nothing else like it on the market and no company is using 20-watt LEDs for this application. Take a look at the video below to see the X-Move in action.
The biggest problem I previously had with LED lighting fixtures was the lack of tight, rich beams of color which until now could only be produced by a halogen bulb. The X-Move is changing all of that. The output of this unit is the closest LED technology has come to reproducing the beloved halogen lighting effect with a fraction of the power draw (44W) and without the hassle of replacing light bulbs. The X-Move LED is light weight and small in size making it extremely mobile and can be applied to nearly any size DJ setup.
As Scott Davies, General Manager of world renowned American DJ in Los Angeles, California said during an interview in September 2007:
I look forward to seeing this new unit at the 2008 International DJ Expo, as well as what Chauvet and Martin plan on competing with. Check back here at the end of August to see what we thought of this year's Expo including video clips of the Hurricane Productions staff interacting with new products as well as interviews from professionals.
It's mid-June and the 2008 International DJ Expo is fast approaching, scheduled for August 11th-14th. Last year I discussed some new products that I was impressed by and a few products that let me down at the 2007 expo. Among those products were Chauvet's and American DJ's attempt at creating appealing DJ lighting with LEDs as a light source. The new LED products Chauvet and American DJ were introducing left me feeling happy that they were experimenting with the new technology, but also left me wanting more. More research, more development, and an overall better product.
This year will be different. Chauvet hasn't done much since the expo in 2007, releasing nothing new since the Vue LED series pictured to the right. The Vue series features some of the worst DJ lighting fixtures I've ever experienced. They are bulky, awkward, and produce a dim and unimpressive light show. American DJ, while their products weren't much better than Chauvet's in 07, is introducing something completely new and revolutionary in July 2008.
American DJ's X-Move. The X-Move's LED Hi-Tech Moving Head features a 20-Watt white LED source for a hard edge beam that will project gobos and solid colors. There is nothing else like it on the market and no company is using 20-watt LEDs for this application. Take a look at the video below to see the X-Move in action.
The biggest problem I previously had with LED lighting fixtures was the lack of tight, rich beams of color which until now could only be produced by a halogen bulb. The X-Move is changing all of that. The output of this unit is the closest LED technology has come to reproducing the beloved halogen lighting effect with a fraction of the power draw (44W) and without the hassle of replacing light bulbs. The X-Move LED is light weight and small in size making it extremely mobile and can be applied to nearly any size DJ setup.
As Scott Davies, General Manager of world renowned American DJ in Los Angeles, California said during an interview in September 2007:
Just like computer chips -they will get brighter, smaller and more affordable as volumes increase and more solutions become available on how to use LED's. Already there is talk about OLED (Organic LED) and other high efficiency luminance products...the future is bright and we are working with all the right partners to bring this technology to the market!
I look forward to seeing this new unit at the 2008 International DJ Expo, as well as what Chauvet and Martin plan on competing with. Check back here at the end of August to see what we thought of this year's Expo including video clips of the Hurricane Productions staff interacting with new products as well as interviews from professionals.
Labels: 2008 dj expo, american dj x-move, chauvet, color, dj lighting, gobo, halogen, Hurricane Productions, international dj expo, LED, LED DJ Lighting, led gobo, LEDs, new product, scott davies, vue, x-move
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