Here's how important sustainbility if to InfoComm and the pro AV community: InfoComm recently hired a dedicated sustainability officer. Read about how he's approaching his job.
A long-time member of the pro AV industry and former executive at companies like Polycom and Tandberg now works for Cisco to build bridges between AV and IT.
The FCC finalized rules for operating wireless devices and pro audio systems in the TV spectrum. Shure lobbied hard to protect pro AV. In case things didn't work out, it also came up with new gear.
With more than 3,000 digital signage deployments to date, Cisco Systems must be on an AV pro's radar. Now the company is building a media infrastructure to help ease the setup of new video networks.
As more technology systems within buildings sit on a standard IT network, there's a big opportunity for AV pros to branch out into other specialties. Crestron is betting on it big time.
As a member of CEA's TechHome division board, Dan Fulmer is a well-respected residential installer. But his company, Fultech Solutions, recently branched out into commercial work. Here's how.
Control4 started out selling wireless control solutions into the residential market, then it won the right to supply systems to MGM's massive CityCenter. Now it's bringing its tech to InfoComm.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU, THE AV PRO: It began on Pro AV's 2,000-member LinkedIn group. Kevin Diaz, CTS, of Visual Solutions Distributing, asked, "How do we convince consultants and their clientele to avoid using residential equipment in commercial applications?"
Jim Clements, head of education at Extron, explains the strong demand within the industry for education and training.
As immersive AV goes mainstream, the job of serving intricate, high-resolution media to nontraditional surfaces (curved screens, domes, globes) becomes a challenge. In October, Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry opened an exhibit called You! The Experience with a 13-foot-tall virtual heart...