Back in the golden era of disco the Solar 250 became probably the best known effects projector in the world. The company subsequently embraced the various evolutionary stages of lamp technology and has this month announced the OPTI Solar LED, in its customary white chassis.
Boasting light output of over 650 lumens from a 40W LED module, along with a high colour temperature for truer colour projection and image clarity, the OPTI Solar LED is suitable for all gobo and effect projection applications.
LED technology offers the operator many benefits, including cool running, virtually silent operation and a 100,000-hour effective life of the LED module - over 300 times that of an M33 lamp. LED technology also provides low maintenance and significant energy savings (for example, power consumption is around 18% of the draw required by a traditional OPTI Solar 250).
Commented OPTI sales director, Neil Rice, "The Solar projector has been on a long and mesmerising journey since carrying out its first liquid light shows back in 1973.
"After being adopted by mobile DJ's and discotheque installers around the globe, the corporate and advertising world turned to the gobo projections as a dynamic form of brand enhancement. The Solar 250 has since migrated into the educational world, as a valuable stimulus for children with special needs, and into the medical sector for the physically and mentally handicapped. All the while it has continued to be regarded as an essential effect by rave and dance promoters, and at retro concerts looking to recapture the zeitgeist of the early liquid lightshows."
(Jim Evans)
