Key personnel from the company's executive, sales and engineering departments will be on hand at the show to meet with customers, LDs and programmers. In addition to displaying their Hog 4 range of lighting consoles, the company is introducing several new products in their SolaRange and FX lines of LED based automated luminaires.
Unveiled at the recent PLASA show, the SolaWash FX 2000 is the latest addition to the SolaRange family, joining the revolutionary SolaWash FX 1000 and SolaSpot 1000 launched earlier this year. High End is also introducing SolaSpot Frame 2000 to compliment the 2000 Wash and Spot range.
High End will also be displaying their full line of Hog lighting consoles - the flagship Hog 4, the Full Boar 4, Road Hog 4, RackHog 4 and HedgeHog 4, as well as Hoglet and Hog 4PC, all driven by the recently released Hog 4 OS 3.5.0 operating system. The new OS fully supports Compound Fixtures, and is able to communicate directly with several major video switcher products over Ethernet. The company will also be showing new features in development for upcoming Hog 4 software releases.
On Friday, 21 October, High End Systems will also be holding the finals of their annual Hog Factor National Collegiate Lighting Show Programming Competition. Hog Factor is a lighting programming competition aimed at university students, enabling them to showcase their programming skills while getting the chance to win their University a $20,000 scholarship and a Hog. This year's Hog Factor finalists are The Fauxtons (Webster University), Hog Hushers (Carnegie Mellon University) and Los Monos De Muerte (Southern Methodist University).
HES general manager Jeff Pelzl commented, "We believe this will be a banner LDI for High End Systems, and we welcome all lighting professionals to visit us in Las Vegas. With the latest fixtures in the SolaRange, High End Systems now has the first fully realized family of LED based entertainment lighting products; with all the intensity and none of the problems of traditional lamp sources, our SolaSpot and SolaWash models offer classic HES quality, optics and performance, as well as unprecedented efficiency."
Sales manager Sean Hoey added, "Since its inception, LDI has always been a very important show for High End Systems. Our latest products - in both fixtures and control - are real game changers in the industry, and we look forward to showing our customers and friends these exciting new tools. I definitely suggest that all LDs stop by the High End booth, because as always, there will be a few surprises on the stand."
(Jim Evans)
