Viewpoint

• The Big Picture

AV Intelligence

• 5 Minute Interview
  Sam Taylor
• Q & A Question of the Month for May
• Pop Quiz
  Test Your Knowledge of The Laws of Networking

Installations

• Government Install: AV Joins The Nuclear Waste Debate
  Install adds AV to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 8,000-square-foot Nevada hearing room.
• Entertainment Install: AV Travels The Universe
  A California planetarium modernizes its technology to bring viewers into a fully dimensional universe of video and sound.
• Corporate Install: Custom AV Technology Enhances Research and Development
  AstraZeneca Research and Development Boston relies on high-resolution projection to display complex 3D images for scientific applications.

Features

• Calibration: 101
  Tips for using video test patterns and signal generators more effectively.
• The Truth About Exotic Cables
  They've been around for decades, but are exotic cables really worth their weight in gold?
• Audio vs. Video
  The ongoing struggle for supremacy will always exist, but convergence continues to bring the two worlds together.

Products

• New Products
• Tannoy V300 Loudspeaker
  Michael R. Garrison- Peer Review
• Polycom Vortex EF2280
  Michael O'Donnel- Peer Review

Columns

• What's Next: Powerless To Change
  Some AV products have gone wireless. When will they cut the power cord, too?
• What's Next: The Big Unit
  Fledging multi-dwelling unit sector promises big revenue for integrators with the credit and skill to keep up.
• Sound Insight: Listen, Measure, Predict
  The major attributes of sound system performance can be calculated with very good accuracy and should be predicted, even when you don't think you need to.
• Parallax View: A Matter of Terminology
  It's important to understand the relationship between image brightness and projection distance..
• Consultant's Connection: Working With AV System Owners
  AV system providers can greatly affect a project's outcome, but the AV system owners who contractually set up the project process also share this responsibility.