After Electrosonic’s hugely successful Hippo School hosted in South Africa in February 2014, the demand for Green Hippo Professional media servers has grown from strength to strength. Knowledge is power as they say, and as the pool of Hippo knowledge grows so does the demand for servers.
Video Walls and projection are fast becoming the norm in many productions, live shows and TV broadcasts. Thus the need for a professional reliable real time media server for content playback and manipulation is rapidly on the increase. Stages large and small can benefit from the Hippotizer media server’s flexibility, functionality and ease-of-use that allow for the simplest to the most complicated setups. Furthermore the Hippo range is so vast that the same software platform but different hardware capabilities mean there is a server for every budget and application.
The first orders where placed just after the training and in just a few months 6 x Hippos has found new homes.
Of course the primary application of the Hippo’s is in the live eventing industry but one of the key focus areas for Electrosonic SA is to grow into the new and emerging markets such as Architectural Projection. Architectural and environmental video-mapping have become increasingly popular over the past few years with many high profile celebrations incorporating stunning projection mapping projects. Hippotizer boasts a host of components enabling the most intricate mapping projects. Using Mask, Warp and Keystone features the projection can be perfectly aligned, while unrestricted DMX universes allow for the most elaborate LED designs.
The happy Hippo customers of late include:
Staal van der berg – Visual Audio Productions
Chris Bolten – Keystone Productions
Durban Christian Centre
Clint Stevenson – Wired Media and Vimal from Insane Sounds
Johan Louw – Jaylo Productions
Wilhelm Disbergen – Yello Bunny Productions
by Renier Smit (Entertainment Lighting – Technical Sales & Support at Electrosonic SA)
