Betopper Launches BSW500 Flagship Beam Spot Wash Hybrid Moving Head, Adding CMY Mixing and CTO Color Correction

Launch Summary

Betopper officially launched the BSW500 Beam Spot Wash Hybrid Moving Head on July 20, 2026, with the fixture going on sale the same day across Europe, North America, and Asia.

The BSW500 sits at the top of Betopper's hybrid moving head range, and it's the first fixture in that range to combine CMY linear color mixing with CTO color temperature correction.

This launch marks a new stage for Betopper in professional stage lighting. The new BSW500 flagship three-in-one moving head is built for large-scale stage productions and professional lighting designers, with fine-grained console programming support that meets the needs of experienced lighting engineers, rental companies, and large production teams.

Why Betopper Built It

The brief behind the BSW500 was straightforward: give the hybrid line a genuine flagship, with color control, optical effects, and programming depth suited to bigger shows.

That's what pushed Betopper to bring CMY and CTO into a hybrid fixture for the first time. Rather than aiming at entry-level or single-operator setups, the BSW500 is built around how console programmers actually work — its color system, gobos, prisms, animation wheel, zoom, and frost are meant to be layered together to build looks, not just triggered one at a time.

In short, this launch pushes Betopper's hybrid category out of compact, small-venue territory and into larger, more demanding professional productions.

BSW200 and BSW500: Two Tiers, Not a Replacement

Betopper's hybrid range now covers two fixtures aimed at different jobs.

The BSW200 stays as the compact, easy-to-run option — a good fit for smaller rigs or simpler setups where you still want beam, spot, and wash out of one fixture.

The BSW500 isn't a successor to the BSW200; it opens a new tier above it. On top of what the BSW200 offers, it adds CMY color mixing, CTO correction, and a deeper optical effects package built for large-stage, console-programmed work.

Product		Best suited for
Betopper BSW200		Compact Beam Spot Wash hybrid for small and mid-sized shows
Betopper BSW500		Flagship Hybrid Moving Head for large-scale, console-programmed productions

That's really the point of the launch — not just more output, but better color control, a fuller effects system, and a fixture that can carry more of a programmer's design work.

Built Around the Console, Not Around Standalone Mode

The BSW500 is aimed at lighting designers, rental companies, event production crews, touring shows, and venues running full DMX consoles. Its feature set assumes an experienced operator building a show, not someone running it off a controller in standalone mode.

With Beam, Spot, and Wash in one head, programmers get several roles out of a single fixture: tight aerial beams, gobo projection and texture work, animated effects, layered prism looks, clean spot hits, and wider wash coverage when a scene calls for it. Add CMY and CTO into the mix, and the same fixture can shift between saturated color looks and warmer, white-light-driven scenes.

That range is what makes the BSW500 workable across concerts, tours, theatre, and other large-format live shows where one fixture often needs to do more than one job.

First Hybrid Head in the Line With CMY and CTO

This is the first time Betopper has put both CMY mixing and CTO correction into a hybrid moving head.

CMY takes color control off a fixed wheel and puts it in the programmer's hands — smoother transitions, more nuance between scenes, less reliance on hitting a preset hue. CTO does the opposite job well: it lets warmer white tones sit alongside the saturated colors, so the fixture isn't limited to punchy color looks alone.

Both systems work alongside a fixed color wheel (8 colors plus white), so operators can still drop into a quick fixed color when that's faster than mixing one live.

For Betopper, pairing CMY with CTO in this fixture isn't just a spec bump — it's a new baseline for color control across the hybrid range.

The Optical System

At the core of the BSW500 is a 400W LED source feeding a Beam/Spot/Wash optical path. The beam narrows to 2.5° at its tightest, with a 2.5°–19° motorized zoom covering everything from a hard aerial beam to a wider wash.

On the spot side, the fixture runs both fixed and rotating gobos, motorized focus, and animation effects — enough to project sharp patterns or textures onto stage, set pieces, or performers and keep them moving. A dedicated ripple effect adds a softer, water-like texture to projections, which is a useful option for anything that needs to feel less mechanical.

Dual prisms split and stack the beam for more complex aerial looks, and between the zoom range and frost, the fixture can open up into a genuinely soft wash rather than staying locked to a hard-edged beam.

Key specs at a glance:

• 400W LED source
• 2.5° beam angle, 2.5°–19° motorized zoom
• CMY color mixing + CTO color correction
• 8-color + white fixed color wheel
• Fixed and rotating gobo wheels
• Dual prisms, motorized focus, frost
• Animation and ripple effects
• Full Beam / Spot / Wash operation

Why It Matters for 2026

Set against everything else launching in stage lighting this year, the BSW500 is a solid entry — but for Betopper specifically, it does three things at once: gives the hybrid line an actual flagship, brings CMY and CTO into that category for the first time, and targets large-stage production work the brand hadn't fully built for before.

None of that comes down to one spec on a sheet. It's the combination — flagship positioning, a console-first design approach, deeper color control, and a full Beam/Spot/Wash optical system — that makes this a meaningful step up from the BSW200, and a fixture aimed squarely at professional production use.

Availability

The Betopper BSW500 was officially launched on July 20, 2026, and became available for purchase on the same day.

FAQ

When did the BSW500 launch?

July 20, 2026, with same-day availability in Europe, North America, and Asia.

What kind of fixture is it?

An all-in-one Beam Spot Wash hybrid moving head — beam, gobo projection, and wash from a single unit. It's the flagship of Betopper's hybrid line.

Is this Betopper's first hybrid head with CMY and CTO?

Yes. It's also fitted with an 8-color-plus-white fixed wheel alongside the CMY/CTO system.

Who's it built for?

Lighting designers, rental houses, event and touring production teams, and venues running DMX consoles. It's designed with programming depth in mind rather than standalone use.

How does it differ from the BSW200? The BSW200 is the more compact, general-purpose option. The BSW500 adds CMY mixing, CTO correction, and a broader effects package aimed at larger, console-programmed shows — it's a new tier, not a replacement.

Where's it launching first?

Europe (including the UK), North America (US and Canada), and Asia.

Why does this launch matter for Betopper?

It's the brand's first CMY + CTO hybrid fixture, the new flagship of the hybrid range, and a clear move toward larger-scale professional production work.

Official Resources

• BSW500 product page
• Technical specifications
• User manual and DMX chart
• Official demo video
• Betopper sales and project support

About Betopper

Betopper designs and manufactures professional stage lighting — moving heads, LED PARs, linear fixtures, and effects lighting — used across live performance, entertainment venues, lighting rental, and professional production.