wodp Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Looking around the web for a £200-ish scanner that has 5 channels of control (i.e. pan, tilt, colour, gobo, shutter) I stumbled across this skytec offering - product info here. I know as its cheap there will be some not worth it responses but seeing as they aren't gonna get caned and will be well looked after (tbh mainly so I can experiement with DMX and some software I'm working on) I figured two of them for under 400 wasnt bad as something to help me write + program lighting sequences with. So, any reason (apart from the obvious cost cost and reliability) why I shouldnt get a pair? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wodp Posted January 6, 2004 Author Share Posted January 6, 2004 Just found another potential candidate (Acne Winner). £20 more and still an unknown brand, with an offer of £399 for a pair of em from these guys. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampieman Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Acme Winners are good lights, I know of a couple of people who own these and they cant rate them enough, very much worth the money! Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P. Funk Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 yeah. the skytec ones dont look too bar either though. I might look into getting some for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterbassman Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Wot do people think of chauvets offering in the form of the Omega 2. Same spec as others. Chauvet Omega 2We can sell these for £180, rrp is £220.I have one of them myself and it is very good If this is of any interest PM me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfinn Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 what about acme panthers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampieman Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Panthers are DJ kit, as they are multi beam moonflower type lights. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiCo Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Wodp I was / am doing exactly the same as you, needing to experiment to write some software. I decided ont he ACME Winner and it is a fantastic unit. However having not had much experience with anything else like them... I have heard bad things about Skytec in general but I have not seen this scanner before. Iw ould be interested if you get it. That site says it is six channel, is that correct? The Winners are only 5 but they do have seperate colour and gobo wheels which is what I was after. Also a lot of Chauvet products are the Acme ones. The new Chauvet Moving heads are rebadged and coloured Acme moving heads (or visa versa!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wodp Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 Just to resurrect this while I think about all this again. 4mths on and theres STILL no Omega II manual on the chauvet website (which is sucky as the omega1 spec looks crud by comparison). Having been asked to do lighting for a concert next month my interest in this kicked up again (and the potential to acquire one or two Destroyers for zilch :** laughs out loud **:) I'm gonna get my PDC (Portable DMX Controller app) development going again. and if I get time add sequences and steps (atm its just 100 or 128 static memories). misterbassman in a few weeks I may be in touch to get hold of one of those Omega IIs seeing as the stuff that seemed to be favoured in initial reply flurry was rebranded Chauvet kit Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampieman Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 I have heard of a person recently who is haveing serious trouble with Chauvet Lights and imparticular the Omega 1's and 2's he brought a pair of 1's and had so many problems, I think he went thru about 2 pairs, then he got upgraded to 2's for extra cost and had nothing but trouble with them. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterbassman Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 What did you want to look up in the omega II manual? I'll see if I can dig mine out, but its a hard copy im afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon T Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Soundlab colourscans very good. Come at £160 each and can come as a kit of 2 + controller + all leads for £330 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham NZ Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Hi My experience is that the Chauvet stuff is good depending on the applications. If you are going to look after it it is worth the money you pay for. If you are having problems contact their main UK agent if that is where you are or contact them directly. They do try with their customer service in the US. In the UK: Chauvet UK and the person in charge of Chauvet is Tony Smith. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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