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Wow, the 2008 Beijing Olympic opening ceremony trumped and completely surpassed all others to date, in nearly all respects. It was the most beautiful, creative, intricate, expensive, and lavishly pyrotechnic show I've ever seen. Seeing it live remains the only way I could like it better.

And now, in the typical spirit of things, a bit of technical info for those interested...
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Beijing Olympics Technical Information
(incomplete, being updated as I find more info)
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Lighting gear:
- (308) Vari*Lite VL3500 Spot
- (316) Vari*Lite VL3000 Spot
- (180) Vari*Lite VL3500 Wash
- (112) Clay Paky Alpha Spot 1200
- (980) Martin Mac 2000 Wash
- (162) Martin Mac 2000 Wash XB
- (12) High End Systems Showgun luminaires

Video gear:
- (86) Christie Roadster S+20K projectors (with (78) HES orbital heads)
- (63) Christie Cinema CP2000-ZX projectors
- (110) High End Systems Axon media servers (official Highend press release says 110, contrary to other sources that say 120)

Lighting consoles:
- (6) grandMA full size consoles (3 main, 3 as backup)
- (2) grandMA Lite consoles
- (4) High End Systems Wholehog 3 consoles (for media server control)