A.C. Entertainment Technologies' Dedicated Exhibition Zone at PLASA 2015 Showcases Leading Brands

A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd., a one-stop provider of professional equipment to the entertainment industry, will showcase a selection of the very latest lighting, audio, rigging, and video solutions available from their vast portfolio of over 200 leading brands -- in their large exhibition Zone (stands F30 - F38), which also includes stands for their sister company, A.C. Special Projects Ltd., industry-sponsored 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Cars Championship (BTCC) racing driver, Jack Goff, and a number of leading lighting marques.

Staff from AC-ET's Lighting sales division will be present to demonstrate and discuss products showcased on dedicated brand stands within the AC-ET Zone for Chroma-Q, Jands, ProLights / ArchWork, Spotlight, and GLP, as well as a selection of products from other leading brands including Philips Vari-Lite and Luminex. (www.ac-et.com/lighting)

In addition, AC-ET will launch their new sales division at the show -- A.C. Film & TV -- which offers a comprehensive one-stop inventory of lighting and related equipment solutions for film, television, studio, and location applications in this highly specialist market sector. A.C. Film & TV will promote a range of key lighting fixture, control, and grip brands -- many of them exclusive to AC-ET in the UK -- which have been selected for their class-leading performance and expertise in this market. In addition, the portfolio offers a complete range of solutions to meet all users' LED-based and traditional tungsten, HMI, or fluorescent lighting needs. As well as the brands mentioned above, other leading marques supplied include Fiilex, Mole-Richardson, ARRI, Manfrotto & Avenger, and LumenRadio. The division also stocks a full range of all popular and leading-brand consumables, including replacement lamps, and in-house "Express" custom cable and colored gel filter assembly services. Catch a demonstration of the A.C. Film & TV division products and services highlights in the AC-ET Zone. (www.ac-et.com/film-tv)

The Chroma-Q range of premium performance solutions is designed and built to exacting standards in North America, and has been adopted by many leading designers and specifiers for some of today's most demanding and prestigious lighting applications and will be shown in stand F31. As a result of this, the brand has received awards from several industry associations. The stand will feature the UK launch of the PLASA Awards for Innovation nominated new Studio One 100 white LED PAR, which complements the existing Color One 100 color-mixing version. The One range features a custom optical design and fully homogenized output producing a smooth, uniform, and defined beam -- for above PAR performance from a single source. Catch a preview of the new Chroma-Q Space Force LED space light fixture. Highly efficient and natively single source, the diffuse nature of the fixture's output reduces the need for silks or skirts, providing a new approach to film & studio soft lighting. Other products demonstrated include the hugely successful Color Force range of creative LED lighting solutions and the innovative, award-winning Inspire family of color-changing LED house lights. Along with the Color One 100, these models are ideal for even the most technically discerning theatrical, opera, concert touring, and many other entertainment performance applications or installations looking to take advantage of a high-efficiency LED lighting system. Key features shared across the range include outstanding color blend and a uniform output; bold saturates, subtle pastels and clean whites; precise theatrical grade dimming; superior build quality and ultimate reliability. (www.chroma-q.com)

On display and providing control for all lighting fixtures showcased across the AC-ET Zone, is the Jands product family in stand F36. One of the industry's most experienced lighting control manufacturers, catch a demo of the award-winning Jands Vista range, which is designed to provide leading edge lighting and media control. With a system to suit almost any scale of show or budget, Vista enables all users to enjoy the same powerful yet simple control as the world's leading designers and international touring productions. Learn about new features launched in the latest Vista v2.3 software, which is utilized by all Vista hardware models for a seamless experience when switching between different consoles. Also showing is the multi award-winning Stage CL console, which provides simple, consistent control of numerous types of LEDs or dimmers. (www.jands.com/lighting)

Striving for the ultimate balance of performance and price, the ProLights family delivers exceptional products to the entertainment and events industries at an affordable price point. Using only high quality components, tied with skilled engineering and a detailed understanding of how products will be used, every unit is designed to deliver to the highest standards time and time again. The cost savings of modern, high-efficiency, production methods keep the price affordable without compromising on quality or performance. A selection of the wide range will be on show, including the PLASA Awards for Innovation nominated, stunning StudioCOB LED PAR -- featuring a CREE COB source, perfectly even beam with interchangeable 60 degree / 30 degree / 15 degree lenses and functional barndoors -- the Diamond family of LED Washlights with their massive zoom range and individual pixel control, along with the incredibly popular SmartBat wireless uplighter, both indoor and IP65 versions. ArchWork delivers the same incredible performance, price and reliability to the Architectural lighting and Architainment industries. (www.ac-et.com/prolights)

Spotlight offer a full range of professional lighting technologies for the performing arts, film & TV, entertainment and architectural markets -- including their award-winning Green Line of LED solutions, which draws upon the company's 45-plus years of theatrical lighting experience and utilizes Spotlight's own proprietary technologies. The versatile LED 450W range includes a choice of color-mixing and color-tuneable white models, available in PlanoConvex, Fresnel, zoom profile, and followspot versions with modular exchangeable optics. The fixtures are ideal for a huge range of technically discerning applications, among others. Also showing is the Cyclorama LED 300W RGBW, which can very evenly illuminate an area of approximately 6m wide and 7m in height, from a distance of only 1.5m away. The FresneLED 200W UD has a light output equivalent to a 1000W incandescent source, and a life expectancy of up to 30,000 hours, providing a high-efficiency, low-maintenance, powerful white light source with a 14- to 81-degree zoom. Also showing is the BeeLED 25W + 50W, a modular lighting system with infinite combination possibilities -- providing aesthetic uniformity and the potential to change future applications as a result of utilizing the same luminaire for multiple applications. (www.spotlight.it)

See a selection of models from the award-winning GLP impression LED lighting solutions range. Designed for many different applications within the professional entertainment and architectural sectors, the impression line-up includes the compact body X4 S, mid-size X4, and extra-large X4 XL LED moving heads. These fixtures provide extraordinarily quick color changes as well as all the advantages of LEDs as a light source, including low power consumption, lower heat dissipation, and lower maintenance. Also showing are the impression X4 Bar 10 and X4 Bar 20 -- high performance color-changing LED battens that offer full pixel-mapping capabilities and a 7- to 50-degree zoom, giving effects from a narrow angle light curtain to a wide angle washlight. (www.glp.de)

From AC-ET's Audio division, the stand will provide hands-on demonstrations of the latest cutting-edge digital mixing console offerings from the wide portfolio of leading brands available, including the Allen & Heath Qu-16 and Yamaha CL5 & QL1 models, as well as the latest models from Midas and Soundcraft. Catch an exclusive demonstration of selected models from the touring, fusion, and live ranges of Dynamic Audio Device (DAD) exceptional value loudspeaker solutions, which offer phenomenal sonic performance while at the same time representing excellent value for money. Other speakers showcased include models from the RCF HDL and NEXO Geo M6 ranges. The stand will also feature Shure radio mics and Luminex Ethernet switch solutions. The stand will feature demos of these innovations, and attendees can discuss the huge range of technologies and brands available from A.C. Audio to trade and end users. (www.ac-et.com/audio)

AC-ET's Rigging division will showcase the latest Columbus McKinnon Entertainment chain hoists range, including the new Lodestar D8 Model RRS, economical 2-ton, multi-purpose single-reeved unit. Also featured is the extended lineup of BroadWeigh portable wireless weighing system shackles, which offer real-time load monitoring up to an 800m distance. On the trussing and staging side, the stand will feature the latest Litec trussing solutions, as well as models from Prolyte. Other brands featured include Manfrotto's popular range of support and grip products, and Out Board's high quality, low voltage and direct voltage chain hoist controllers. A selection of the wide range of rigging and lifting accessories available are featured, including Crosby Theatrical shackles, as well as Harken and Petzl PPE equipment. (www.ac-et.com/rigging)

From AC-ET's portfolio of video brands, the stand will showcase features launching in the very latest V4.1 software for the Green Hippo Hippotizer media servers range -- including pixel-mapping 122 universes of color and moving video content onto a wall of ProLights LED fixtures in the Jack Goff Racing area of the AZ-ET zone. In addition, a large video display in the Jack Goff zone, and a video cube above the stand's central bar area, will feature large ProLights Ultra 3 Plus 3.9mm pitch, high performance LED video panel displays -- creating a dynamic showcase of the creative possibilities available utilizing these complementary technologies. Other LED screen brands available include LedGo, whose innovative FLEX curved LED display provided one of the UK's largest fixed-installation LED walls for the industry award-winning World Duty Free Store project in Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 2. Other display solutions featured include a Philips Signage Solutions wall made up of different size large-format displays, mounted into position using Peerless AV wall mounts - as well as a Christie 3-chip DLP, 40,000 lumen J-series digital projector outputting onto a Draper focal point screen. Video content displayed around the stand is also provided by an end to end system featuring the award-winning Green Hippo AViary video playback devices range, and a video signal transmissions setup including Ophit, LynxTechnik and TV One products. Also featured is the Luminex range of Ethernet switch solutions. (www.ac-et.com/video)

A.C. Special Projects Ltd. (ACSP), a sister company of supplier A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd., will be present to discuss how they can provide custom integrated solutions of lighting, audio, and AV equipment -- including the very latest technologies showcased across the AC-ET Zone -- to the performance, architectural, educational, corporate, and retail sectors. The company's highly experienced project managers can handle all aspects of a project and have a diverse portfolio of previous client examples ranging from theatres to nightclubs and bars, restaurants, schools, houses of worship, cruise ships, and live performance venues. (www.acspecialprojects.com)

Returning to the show again is industry-sponsored 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Cars Championship (BTCC) racing driver, Jack Goff, who has a dedicated stand featuring his car from the current 2015 season. Jack will be present to discuss his performances so far in this year's BTCC Championship for the MG Triple Eight Racing team. As well as the chance to meet him, catch a dynamic lighting and video show on Jack's stand which will demonstrate some of the very latest cutting-edge entertainment technologies available from AC-ET's Lighting and Video brand portfolios - including Chroma-Q, Green Hippo Hippotizer, and ProLights. (www.jackgoffracing.com)