by Craig Rutherford
For a few years, it wasn’t clear how soon we’d have LED engines capable of providing the raw output necessary to compete with high-wattage arc sources — those tiny bits of bottled lightning held their position as the brightest practical form of entertainment lighting we had for many, many years. As advancement in semiconductor science marched on, however, the first truly usable hard-edged LED fixtures appeared and have been steadily improving.
The choice to use LEDs in fixtures these days largely comes down to the physical size of the dies, required beam characteristics and heat management. Handling heat management is especially relevant in theatrical situations, as the fans that traditionally remove excess heat from the fixture can become distracting in a quiet space. The SolaFrame Theatre from High End Systems aims to address that, with a high-wattage LED engine that is intended to perform as well as traditional arc-source luminaires while providing virtually silent operation.
Read the full article here: http://plsn.com/current-issue/39-road-tests/23743-high-end-systems-solaframe-theatre.html
www.highend.com
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