Philips Selecon to Demo PLCyc LED and Studio Panel at PLASA Focus: Leeds

The team at Philips Selecon is looking forward to showing off its latest developments in entertainment LED lighting technology at industry trade event, PLASA Focus: Leeds. Held at the Royal Armouries Museum April 17-18, PLASA Focus: Leeds is a key networking event on the calendar of audio, video, and lighting professionals in the North of England.

The Selecon sales team reported positive feedback from dealers and end-users to its newly launched LED products -- the Studio Panel and PLCyc -- at Frankfurt Prolight + Sound 2012.

"Both luminaires generated extremely encouraging responses from our visiting dealers and end users in Frankfurt," says Grant Bales Smith, sales manager United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Benelux. "We expect both to be shipping by the end of April 2012."

The Studio Panel is an LED soft light featuring: variable color temperature from 2,700K up to 6,000K using a mixture of amber and white LEDs. Drawing just 60W of power at any voltage the Studio Panel can be powered via a four-pin XLR direct from the TV camera or via a powercon connector direct from the mains. This means that on location the luminaire can be powered from the camera alone. Three onboard buttons and a wheel enable the user to adjust the color temperature, dimming intensity, and access a number of preset color temperatures, the company says. Alternatively, the luminaire can be controlled remotely via DMX.

The Philips Selecon PLCyc LED builds on the technology of PL1 spot and PL3 wash luminaires and uses a mixing chamber designed to homogenize the RGBW colors. The front of the mixing chamber has a holograph diffuser to complete beam homogenization and, with an added elliptical reflector system, the unit creates an asymmetric beam and distribution. The company says the luminaire can be used on cycloramas, backdrops, and scrims up to six meters in height with spacing at 1.2m centers when placed 1.5m away from the backdrop. To aid additional beam shaping, barndoor accessories are available.

"We're looking forward to showing these and our existing range of efficient and robust Selecon luminaires, LED and tungsten, at PLASA Focus in Leeds," says Bales Smith. "We had an amazing show last year and there was an excellent turn out of industry professionals. We expect to see the same again this year and look forward to demonstrating all our products so please do drop by."