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Ross Video XPression M7 Hardware Platform & V8 XPression Software Ross Video has launched the XPression M7 hardware platform, which has been designed to address the changing needs of graphics customers. This new version, with a smaller 2 RU footprint, offers improved scalability so users can more easily upgrade from single channel up to Quad-Link UHD/4K. SMPTE IP stan- dards are also supported using the same base hardware. In addition, all upgrades are software licenses. Users have a choice between additional channels of graphics or baseband video preview outputs using the XPression M7 hardware, depending on software editions. Also launched is V8 of the XPression software. A major component of this latest version is Tessera SE, a single-engine edition of Ross Video’s multi-engine graphics control system. Adding Tessera SE to an XPression engine helps users with dynamic display needs not addressed by traditional graphics engines. For more information, contact Ross Video: 613-652-4886, [email protected], www.rossvideo.com. Ayrton Ghibli LED Spotlight Ayrton is now shipping the Ghibli, the company’s first LED spotlight. The Ghibli is factory-equipped with a framing system and delivers 23,000 lumens of output from a 600-W source with an 80 per cent efficiency, which makes it powerful enough for large arenas. An optional High TM30/CRI Mode can be implemented for situations demanding even higher-quality light output. It’s designed to create a crisp, clean, and uniform beam with no hotspot and high centre-to-edge uniformity across the whole field, along with a fat, even beam, making the Ghibli also suitable for theatres. It has 8:1 zoom from seven to 56 degrees, and other features include CMY colour mixing, variable CTO, and a complete effect section, including two gobo wheels, a prism, an animation wheel, two frosts, and a rotating framing system that allows a full wipe. For more information, contact Theatrixx Technologies: 514-939-3077, FAX [phone], [email protected], www.theatrixx.com. Fall 2018 | 37