Purchase dilemma

[Doc]

Have you thought about getting the RGB and adding extra green?
Best of both worlds.

Jim

Like mine

[sk_1810]

@ SK_1810

Hoping to help you to choose...

Take a look at this short movie I made few days ago. Watch from 2:29 minutes to the end of movie.
http://stevemilani.blip.tv/file/2480708/
You can see:
- on left screen 1W RGB;
- on right screen 650-680mw RGB.
They are both playing a multi-color "wheel" of rays.

Infos for your better valuation:
- venue dimensions was about 20x10 meters;
- n°2 smoke/hazer machines (there was also a very boring "gentle breeze" coming from sea ) this means not so much smoke into venue
- movie taken about 15 meters far from laser projectors.

Greetings!
Steve

Thanks Steve!

Can I just ask which brand are the projectors?

[Steve Milani]

Projectors are both self-assembled by me.
All laser modules and optics are from Laser-Wave. I bought them from *Bridge* and *Stanwax* here on PL. I'm fully satisfied of their specs, so I highly recommend them.

Galvos are from Laserworld: LW-50 model, labeled at 50kpps. I usually play my shows at 23-25k max. to obtain wider projection angles.

Software is Showeditor2009. I well know it is not "the top" between software... but at the present I can't afford to buy better (FB3 by Pango...)

Projector cases are self-built by me also.

Feel free to ask more infos or pics.

Greets!

[sk_1810]

Projectors are both self-assembled by me.
All laser modules and optics are from Laser-Wave. I bought them from *Bridge* and *Stanwax* here on PL. I'm fully satisfied of their specs, so I highly recommend them.

Galvos are from Laserworld: LW-50 model, labeled at 50kpps. I usually play my shows at 23-25k max. to obtain wider projection angles.

Software is Showeditor2009. I well know it is not "the top" between software... but at the present I can't afford to buy better (FB3 by Pango...)

Projector cases are self-built by me also.

Feel free to ask more infos or pics.

Greets!

The problem with Showeditor for me was unstability...

As for the LW-50 scanners, for that kind of money, I found them pretty OK, even though they are from Laserworld...

Thanks to everyone for your input!

[Adrian Cavaleru]

I agree with you regarding the advantages of the RGB system. The problem is the output power. I think that spending 6k or 7k euros for a system which can only be used in small venues isn't a very good choice (maybe I'm wrong )...

As for testing units - in my country there is only one more company which has lasers, and there is no chance that they would allow me to just "come and see their systems"...

sk_1810, where are you from?

[edison]

i would go for the green and ad a red later. My projector has a 600mw red from kvant and a green 500mw that does 680mw

red green and yellow is great. also the orange. For the bigger venues outside you need a lot of visibility to get the wow factor. Do a couple of them and save $ for the red.

[flecom]

1.6W should look pretty good in an indoor venue this side of a football stadium provided its smoked or hazed properly.

Insanity has had a 1 Watt whitelight laser for some time for professional shows so he can probably advise you on the kind of venues size wise it will work well in.

Outside yes its going to be far less impressive because of the problems of smoking / hazing the area. As Doc said, green is by far the brightest colour, so outside will give you the best visibility.

Just to throw another option in the pot, one thing you could do is get a Spectrum for indoors and then pick up a CuBr for outside (OVERHEAD ONLY - THEY'RE PULSED) use. They're relatively cheaply available second hand (although you do need big scanners) and will give you multiwatt powers far in excess of 2W.

This is a 10 Watt rated(?) CuBr we had at UKLEM last year (bearing in mind its pulsed its probably nearer 40 Watts+: