PRG has a long history of developing innovative proprietary products for the entertainment production industry. Beginning with the revolutionary Stage Command rigging control system in PRG’s Scenic Technologies group and continuing with Icon and Icon M automated luminaires and control console from Lighting and Sound Design and the original Vari-Lite luminaires and Virtuoso lighting control system from VLPS Lighting Services. All of this equipment was specifically designed to serve the needs of the professional rental markets in the entertainment industry.

PRG continues with this long tradition by employing engineering personnel in Dallas, TX and New Windsor, NY in the US and Birmingham, UK to develop professional rental equipment such as the S400 Power and Data Distribution system, the MBox media server and the Virtuoso control system. Developing proprietary equipment for rental allows PRG engineers to design equipment that is targeted to the needs of top industry professionals with very sophisticated features, rugged and road-worthy packaging, modular construction for efficient shop and road maintenance and a long market life with product upgrades and enhancements.

For example, S400 is the first product to offer a power distribution system that combines power and an Ethernet network in a single cable and distribution system. Any DMX universe can easily be routed to any DMX output in the system and S400 supports 120V or 208V circuits and employs many safety features. The MBox media server is based on the revolutionary Icon M digital luminaire software and it has many sophisticated video playback features and the innovative I/O module provides theatrical style dimming and integrated SDI and HDSDI outputs. The Virtuoso console has been a mainstay in the lighting industry for years and PRG continues to support and improve the performance of Virtuoso with software upgrades such as the recent V6.0 release that added many new features.

PRG will be introducing several exciting new proprietary products this year that are targeted to the needs of the professional entertainment production markets.