Epson and Show Sage at USITT 2025 - Showcasing New 4K Projection with New Media Server and Control Tech for the First Time

Epson and Show Sage to Demonstrate Scenic Projection Tools Designed to Inspire and Captivate Audiences

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Projection technology is growing in popularity for theater use, offering versatile, high-resolution visuals that enhance stage backdrops and deliver immersive storytelling. Epson today announced it will join Show Sage at the USITT Conference and Stage Expo in Columbus, Ohio from March 6-8 at booth #279. Combining high impact projection with impressive media server and control technology, Epson and Show Sage will demonstrate how to create complete visual solutions for theaters. Showcasing Epson's new large venue 4K projectors alongside Show Sage's portfolio of media server solutions, including  Dataton WATCHOUT, Hive, LightAct, and PIXILAB Blocks, the booth will immerse attendees in vibrant visuals while offering hands-on experience with expert scenic projection and mapping tools.

"Epson continues to push projection innovation in the theater market with our high-lumen projectors, offering advanced features and supporting software to help bring stages to life," said Philip Tierney, product manager, Epson America, Inc. "At the USITT show in Columbus, we will feature our impressive new EB-PQ series of 4K projectors, designed to work seamlessly with Epson's ultra-short throw lenses to deliver vibrant, high-resolution displays ideal for backdrops and various theater applications."

Epson at USITT
Epson's energy efficient large-venue laser projectors come with convenient features for the theater industry such as a mechanical shutter to protect the projector during laser light shows and enable smooth changes of scenery. Plus, with DMX/Art-Net support end users can manage the projector from theater lighting consoles and controllers. Featuring a filterless cabinet, hermetically sealed optical and light source unit, and a virtually maintenance-free 20,000-hour laser light source,¹ they also include HDR support,² adaptive gamma correction and NFC functionality.³ Plus, the projectors are designed to work with Epson's range of optional lenses and attachable PixAlign^® camera to simplify complex multi-projector installations. Leveraging stacking frames and mounts from its new lineup of accessories, Epson solutions at USITT will include:

• EB-PQ2220B with ELPLX02S lens: The world's smallest and lightest 20,000-lumen 4K projector,⁴ this projector utilizes Epson's 3-chip, 3LCD technology and new state-of-the-art 4K Crystal Motion technology with a high native contrast ratio, bringing stages to life with extraordinary detail, vibrant colors and deep blacks. While offering up to 20,000 lumens of brightness,⁵ the projector can operate at 16,000 lumens⁵ from a standard 120 volts power source for simpler setup and installation. The ELPLX02S lens with 0.35 throw ratio and zero offset is ideal for theater backdrops, limiting shadows in close-up projection and simplifying installation in narrow spaces and rear-projection applications.
  
  
• EB-PU2216B with ELPLU04 lens: Featuring a sleek, black cabinet, this premium laser projector is optimized for live events with 3G-SDI input and output to accommodate daisy-chaining and long cable runs. The projector produces ultra bright, 16,000-lumen⁵ images from a standard 120 volts power source and features a hermetically sealed optical engine for high dust resistance and a filterless cabinet for low-maintenance operation. Perfect for extra-large stage visuals, the ELPLU04 short throw zoom lens projects high-quality images up to 1000 inches, even in narrow locations.

Show Sage at USITT
Show Sage offers a range of media-server and control solutions which can be configured into a system to meet requirements – large or small, basic or highly interactive – with real-time content. Helping creative minds deliver stunning multi-display events, scenery and installations, Show Sage solutions at USITT will include:

• Dataton WATCHOUT and WATCHPAX: WATCHOUT is multi-display production and playback software solution that is powerful, impressive and easy to use. With WATCHOUT, users can orchestrate stills, animations, graphics, video, sound, and live feeds into a single impressive show across multiple display areas. Whether a huge, seamless image or a whole array of displays working together, WATCHOUT will make it happen. WATCHOUT is fully scalable and operates on a Windows platform.  Although WATCHOUT requires no proprietary hardware, Dataton does have a range of WATCHPAX servers available to optimize playback.
  
  
• Hive Media Control System: Hive is a system designed to power complex and creative visuals, without relying on large, power-consuming servers, or software that's overloaded with unnecessary features. With Hive everything works around each project with the ability to scale from small, intimate experiences, to large, long-term installations. Hive products are designed to work together like a bee colony, where the 'queen bee' (any device you assign) controls a network of 'worker bees' to power complex visuals. A naturally intelligent and interconnected system is why it's called Hive.
  
  
• LightAct Media Server Software and Hardware: LightAct is a cutting-edge software and hardware platform designed to meet the needs of live-events, fixed installations, and broadcast industries. LightAct software is a suite of software that includes LightAct, LightAct Manager and LightAct WebUIs. It enables end users to deliver additional pixels to the surface of their choice seamlessly. A LightAct server provides the tools needed to create mind blowing AV creations. Iris is LightAct's computer vision system, enabling users to calibrate dozens of projectors in just a few moments and adjust virtual scenes to match reality.

About Show Sage
Show Sage is a provider of A/V display and control solutions. Now in its third decade, Show Sage is the team behind your team, supplying solutions to create stunning multi-display events, scenery, and installations. Show Sage solution set includes Dataton WATCHOUT, LightAct, Hive, Blocks® (PIXILAB), Ovation (Merging Technologies), and Medialon (7th Sense). Show Sage has helped numerous customers tell their stories in dramatic and engaging ways and is always looking for new ways to help solve challenging multi-channel A/V problems. Further information is available at www.showsage.com.

About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.

Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/

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1 No required maintenance for the light source and filter for up to 30,000 hours (Extended Mode) or 20,000 hours (Normal Mode). Approximate time until brightness decreases 50% from first usage. Measured by acceleration test assuming use of 0.04 - 0.20 mg/m³ of particulate matter. Time varies depending on usage conditions and environment. Replacement of parts other than the light source may be required in a shorter period.
2 HDR performance available with select third-party devices. For more information, see www.epson.com/hdrcompatibility.
3 NFC requires use of a device that includes NFC and may require additional software.
4 Comparison based on 4K projectors rated at 20,000 lumens. Lumens, resolution, size and weight based on the manufacturers' online specifications and industry-available data as of October 2023. 
5 Color brightness (color light output) and white brightness (white light output) will vary depending on usage conditions. Color light output measured in accordance with IDMS 15.4; white light output measured in accordance with ISO 21118.

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