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Lessons Learned In the White Spaces

The deadline to move wireless microphones out of their usual spectrum has come and gone. Who’s made the transition and who hasn’t?

When the FCC set June 12, 2010, as the deadline for vacating the 700-MHz premises, AV integrators and wireless microphone manufacturers faced a flood of new orders to swap out old 700-MHz equipment in time. Then June 12 came. And went. Little seemed to happen.

 

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2010 PRO AV Spotlight Awards

Take a pair of 21st century arts schools, mix in a casino's giant LED screens, add a sprinkle of Army distance learning with hospital telemedicine, then shake it all up in a giant soda bottle that doubles as a projection surface and you've got a taste of what the pro AV industry's best have to offer. This year, 16 projects took home Spotlight Awards. Will yours be in the running next year?


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July/August 2010

This issue: 2010 Spotlight Awards. Also take a look at Wireless Microphone Controversy / Green AV Rratings / Fiber Takes on UTP.

 

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Introduction to Acoustical Engineering with Walid Tikriti

As Principal at Acoustonica, Walid Tikriti works to ensure noise levels at hotels, convention centers, and other building structures are never noticeable.