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REVIEWED: Liteconsole XPRS TV Support Bracket
For mobile DJs, the thought of a smart, modern, robust but quick-and-easy setup, partially based around booths, has been the focus for a long time. Booths are at the forefront of most mobile DJ rigs and many of us have varied our setup to help distinguish ourselves from the competition.
Today’s booths – such as those made by LiteConsole – are designed to be multi-use and may offer a distinct ‘look’ or unique features like lighting gantry overheads, laptop stands, monitor stands and height-adjustable parts. This flexibility helps DJs tailor their setup for their area of work, customising it to their requirements and (hopefully) making their jobs easier.
The original LiteConsole was designed for Paul Oakenfold when he accompanied Madonna on her Sweet’n’Sticky global stadium tours during 2008/2009. The console featured Paul’s brand name profiled on the upper-front panel and two internally mounted, high-quality (but very heavy) 50” plasma screens. This was a game-changer and LiteConsole decided to incorporate the potential to use screens into its MK2 and XPRS console designs.
For those unfamiliar with LiteConsole, its popular XPRS booth was designed and engineered with stability and a fast set up time in mind. They even claimed the XPRS would take no more than two minutes to set up completely. Having owned one myself since 2012, I can testify that it does literally take one or two minutes to assemble (and the LiteConsole team proved this with a time trial challenge at BPM on the product’s launch day).
Constructed of aluminium in a truss design, the XPRS folds compact into itself and comprises three removable shelves. It also comes with a white-acrylic front façade, as standard, which many DJs have since customised with their own logo, branding and colours. The stand’s upper aluminium panel also lends itself to branding and customising such as laser-profiling. But the front of the booth also lends itself to having a screen mounted in the middle (in place of the original acrylic) allowing DJs to show music videos, branding, live FaceTimes with family and friends, atmosphere-enhancing visuals, and photos of clients, such as the bride and groom or their guests.
Whilst some DJs have constructed their own TV brackets for their stands, the demand for a professionally manufactured bracket was clear to see. And LiteConsole has now released its all-in-one XPRS TV Support Bracket, tailored to the XPRS and XPRSlite consoles.
As we know, TV/LED screen designs have mutated over the years, and they now weigh much less, especially looking back to when the original LiteConsole was designed. Screens are cheaper to buy and, due to the removal of the original frame trim, a 55” screen now has the same frontal dimension as older 50” screens.
LiteConsole has designed the sturdy 3.5kg XPRS TV Support Bracket to fold, which allows you to fix it inside the XPRS frame during transport and storage. This concept significantly reduces and simplifies the screen installation time at events. As a bonus, you won’t need an additional VESA bracket to attach your screen to the XPRS bracket.
The bracket comes in a milled aluminium finish and is packed in a custom high-quality waterproof bag with individual compartments for all parts. A selection of nuts, bolts and washers is included, allowing you to attach the bracket to any regular screen. LiteConsole has also incorporated neoprene pads, which provide added grip and prevent you scratching the frame sides (especially important if powder-coated). These pads are securely bonded to the insides of the jaw clamps. In fact, you could easily spray-paint the exterior (but not interior) sides of the jaw clamp fittings in matt black or gloss white to match the individual frame finish.
Once mounted, your screen will sit slightly recessed inside the XPRS frame. For added protection, it’s easy to insert your own clear acrylic panel in front of the screen in the same place as the standard XPRS acrylic panel would fit (dimensions: 5mm x 790mm x 1260mm). A 5mm panel will fit inside the XPRS Padded Bag and you could also wrap it in cling film to keep it clean and scratch-free. (Other DJs, like myself, have sourced a flightcase with customised compartments to store and transport our XPRS setups.)
In a nutshell, that’s the LiteConsole XPRS TV Support Bracket. The XPRS console is a firm favourite amongst mobile DJs – and now we have the tailored TV bracket that we’ve all been waiting for, allowing us to take our booths to the next level with custom visuals. I would also like to thank Nick McGeachin and the team at LiteConsole for allowing me to test the prototype at a recent corporate event – it was faultless and the bracket fitted effortlessly to the console.
Well done once again, LiteConsole!
Today’s booths – such as those made by LiteConsole – are designed to be multi-use and may offer a distinct ‘look’ or unique features like lighting gantry overheads, laptop stands, monitor stands and height-adjustable parts. This flexibility helps DJs tailor their setup for their area of work, customising it to their requirements and (hopefully) making their jobs easier.
The original LiteConsole was designed for Paul Oakenfold when he accompanied Madonna on her Sweet’n’Sticky global stadium tours during 2008/2009. The console featured Paul’s brand name profiled on the upper-front panel and two internally mounted, high-quality (but very heavy) 50” plasma screens. This was a game-changer and LiteConsole decided to incorporate the potential to use screens into its MK2 and XPRS console designs.
For those unfamiliar with LiteConsole, its popular XPRS booth was designed and engineered with stability and a fast set up time in mind. They even claimed the XPRS would take no more than two minutes to set up completely. Having owned one myself since 2012, I can testify that it does literally take one or two minutes to assemble (and the LiteConsole team proved this with a time trial challenge at BPM on the product’s launch day).
Constructed of aluminium in a truss design, the XPRS folds compact into itself and comprises three removable shelves. It also comes with a white-acrylic front façade, as standard, which many DJs have since customised with their own logo, branding and colours. The stand’s upper aluminium panel also lends itself to branding and customising such as laser-profiling. But the front of the booth also lends itself to having a screen mounted in the middle (in place of the original acrylic) allowing DJs to show music videos, branding, live FaceTimes with family and friends, atmosphere-enhancing visuals, and photos of clients, such as the bride and groom or their guests.
Whilst some DJs have constructed their own TV brackets for their stands, the demand for a professionally manufactured bracket was clear to see. And LiteConsole has now released its all-in-one XPRS TV Support Bracket, tailored to the XPRS and XPRSlite consoles.
As we know, TV/LED screen designs have mutated over the years, and they now weigh much less, especially looking back to when the original LiteConsole was designed. Screens are cheaper to buy and, due to the removal of the original frame trim, a 55” screen now has the same frontal dimension as older 50” screens.
LiteConsole has designed the sturdy 3.5kg XPRS TV Support Bracket to fold, which allows you to fix it inside the XPRS frame during transport and storage. This concept significantly reduces and simplifies the screen installation time at events. As a bonus, you won’t need an additional VESA bracket to attach your screen to the XPRS bracket.
The bracket comes in a milled aluminium finish and is packed in a custom high-quality waterproof bag with individual compartments for all parts. A selection of nuts, bolts and washers is included, allowing you to attach the bracket to any regular screen. LiteConsole has also incorporated neoprene pads, which provide added grip and prevent you scratching the frame sides (especially important if powder-coated). These pads are securely bonded to the insides of the jaw clamps. In fact, you could easily spray-paint the exterior (but not interior) sides of the jaw clamp fittings in matt black or gloss white to match the individual frame finish.
Once mounted, your screen will sit slightly recessed inside the XPRS frame. For added protection, it’s easy to insert your own clear acrylic panel in front of the screen in the same place as the standard XPRS acrylic panel would fit (dimensions: 5mm x 790mm x 1260mm). A 5mm panel will fit inside the XPRS Padded Bag and you could also wrap it in cling film to keep it clean and scratch-free. (Other DJs, like myself, have sourced a flightcase with customised compartments to store and transport our XPRS setups.)
In a nutshell, that’s the LiteConsole XPRS TV Support Bracket. The XPRS console is a firm favourite amongst mobile DJs – and now we have the tailored TV bracket that we’ve all been waiting for, allowing us to take our booths to the next level with custom visuals. I would also like to thank Nick McGeachin and the team at LiteConsole for allowing me to test the prototype at a recent corporate event – it was faultless and the bracket fitted effortlessly to the console.
Well done once again, LiteConsole!
The full review can be found in Pro Mobile Issue 115, Pages 82-83.
