"A good point, it isn't fair to lump the good in with the bad. For the time being at least, unless you're placing orders by the container it's not going to make sense to buy direct from one of those manufacturers. And the…"
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Justin Wardell replied to Bill Nelson's discussion LED strip lights and border lights
"There's no question that the Asian factories learn fast and are very good at copying and improving upon designs. My concern has always been the longevity of the fixtures. A company I do a fair amount of work with purchased a…"
Justin Wardell replied to cody stoltz's discussion Gear quality? cyber 2's alpha beam 700s, Glp spot ones, coemar acl's and more
"Are you still working for Ray? Yeah, cross-rentals are always a pain--we always double check any subrented gear for our shows because you can't trust someone else's techs to do it right (or at all).
Let me know if you're…"
Justin Wardell replied to cody stoltz's discussion Gear quality? cyber 2's alpha beam 700s, Glp spot ones, coemar acl's and more
"If you're looking for lights in the Gulf Coast I would check out RZI lighting and Solomon Group in New Orleans. Depending on where you are you may also want to look at TLS in Huntsville or Texas Scenic in Dallas.
We have a ton of the…"
Justin Wardell replied to Bill Nelson's discussion LED strip lights and border lights
"I have a lot of Chroma-Q Color Force 72s in our inventory and we love them, they're very well designed, easy to use in production, and overall a great fixture. I also like the Altman Spectra-cycs, and recommend them for a lot of my system…"
Justin Wardell commented on Nook Schoenfeld's blog post The big box
"I don't know what they're smoking over there--I do this all the time and have never once had an issue billing to the receiver, whether it's a manufacturer, marketing rep, or customer of mine.
I once had a client that ordered…"
Justin Wardell replied to Brett Gilbert's discussion wDMX for small gigs?
"The website for City Theatrical just has the press release for the show baby, but if either of you would like the tech specs and send me an e-mail at:
Justin@intelligentlighting.com
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Justin Wardell replied to Brett Gilbert's discussion wDMX for small gigs?
"I've had really good experiences working with City Theatrical's wDMX system. It is consistently reliable, and the only complaints I have is that there can be a slight lag time; noticeable (if you're looking for it) if you have…"
Justin Wardell replied to SDCEvents's discussion What is up with Extremely Cheap companies?
"I've had a lot of people undercutting me in the past few years--mostly it's been people that need the cash infusion and have the gear available. I agree that it is terrible for the industry, and in the end they are devaluing their…"
Johnny Shi left a comment for Justin Wardell
"Hi, I’m Johnny from China.
Our factory professionally produces the led moving head, led light, moving head, laser light and effect lights. We are the most professional factory in China.
Welcome to see our website www.glow-lites.com . If you…"
Justin Wardell replied to Brian David Essad's discussion Rental Software
"I've worked on a number of different software formats, and they all have bugs. Some of them just can't handle the sheer volume of items that we put in. Whereas most retailers or wholesalers will stop at a few thousand bits and…"
Jeff Gooch commented on Justin Wardell's blog post Ten Things Every Stagehand Should Know About Computer Networking
"Absolutely a great article. Whenever I set up gigs on the fast and furious, I can't tell you how many times I get the "brook trout" stare when I say "use a CAT5 jumper and address that box to XXX.XXX.XX.XX, would you mind…"
Justin Lang commented on Justin Wardell's blog post Ten Things Every Stagehand Should Know About Computer Networking
"It is a great article, just like your name! ;)
You can also read Richards article on PLSN: http://ht.ly/4iUbL"
Justin Wardell replied to Jesse Sutten's discussion Anyone know of a powered track to power Moving Scenery?
"I can't recommend using tension lines with a voltage differential in the middle of a stage with moving set pieces--the potential for diasaster is too likely, and I doubt any fire marshall in the country would let that fly. Are you going…"
Justin Wardell replied to Jake Jorgovan's discussion Video and Lighting are Merging in the group Lighting Designers
"Apparently I'm sitting 20 feet from Mike in my office at ILC.
This is a definite trend that all lighting professionals need to prepare themselves for, because unless you want to limit yourself to designing Checkov and Ibsen, this is the…"
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- What's your current occupation?
- lighting designer, sales
- Where did you learn your craft?
- college
- Who have you worked for or where have you worked in the past?
- Intelligent Lighting Creations, DesignLab Chicago
- What's your favorite new technology?
- Prism Projection Products
- Do you have any words of wisdom for your fellow lighting pros?
- The best way to learn is through doing. Now get off your computer and go design something.
- Do you currently subscribe to PLSN?
- Yes
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Ten Things Every Stagehand Should Know About Computer Networking
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 11:30am 2 Comments 0 Likes
I just read Richard's article on the basics of computer networking, and it is a great overview of network terms and what they mean--I'm going to print it out and post it in the shop so all of our guys on the floor can read it. I highly recommend that if you aren't familiar with gigabit switches and MAC addresses, you take 5 minutes and go through this article.
We're starting to see fixtures that take direct ethernet cable (finally) and anyone dealing with installations knows…
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- At 9:37am on May 26, 2011,
Johnny Shi said… Hi, I’m Johnny from China.
Our factory professionally produces the led moving head, led light, moving head, laser light and effect lights. We are the most professional factory in China.
Welcome to see our website www.glow-lites.com . If you are interested, just give me a reply.
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