Table of Contents July 2005

AV Intelligence

Tech Tips

• Q & A: Hanging a 42-inch Plasma Display

  There are two ways to safely mount displays to these types of walls.

   

5-Minute Interview

• 5-Minute Interview: Paul Gulick

  Paul Gulick, founder and CEO, Clarity Visual Systems The Wilsonville, OR-based digital visual messaging solutions company announced the acquisition of French digital display manufacturer Synelec Telecom Multimedia S.A. in May.

   

Pop Quiz

• Pop Quiz: July 2005

  Test your knowledge of AV connectors.

   

Other Articles

• Selling Calibration Services

  CAN YOU make any money providing a service that customers either don't know exists, don't realize they need, or don't want to pay for because they think someone has already done it? The service is calibration.

   

Community Views

Parallax View

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  Hitting The Mark

  Ironically, as cathode-ray tube (CRT) imaging continues its slow march into oblivion, it's still the most accurate way to reproduce color of any electronic imaging technology.

   

Consultant's Connection

• Managing Expectations

  Having recently completed work on an “AV Best Practices” book, I still have the process of delivering AV systems on my mind.

   

Viewpoint

• A 10-Point Diagnostic

  At the InfoComm Manufacturer's Forum in June, it only took two audience questions to realize that the audience wasn't receiving what the manufacturers were saying with 100 percent signal transfer. In fact, the “impedance mismatch” was rather dramatic.

   

Features

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  How I Got Into The AV Business

  For some, AV has always been a passion; for others, it was a job that turned into something more. Either way, it seems that AV workers tend to have a better-than-average chance for a diverse biography than some of their professional peers from other industries.

   

• 5-Minute Interview: Kent Meredith

  Kent Meredith, general manager of United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, TX, and director at large for arenas at the International Association of Assembly Managers (IAAM).

   

• Doing Business In Sports AV

  Pro AV's essential industry guide, with crucial tips for positioning your company to leverage.

   

Install Solutions

Museum Install

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  Presidential Library Showcases AV

  The William J. Clinton Presidential Center is the nation's newest presidential library. Using a wealth of AV technologies, including large-format projected imagery, interactive computer-based exhibits, and LCD video displays, the facility features an 80-seat orientation theater, full-size replicas...

   

Sports Install

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  Ballpark Adds Major-League AV

  John Q. Hammons, a hotelier from Springfield, MO, funded the $32 million construction of Hammons Field as a gesture to show Minor League Baseball the sincerity of his mission. The 8,056-seat ballpark was completed in April 2004 and served as home to the Southwest Missouri State University (SMS)...

   

ProAV's Guide to Doing Business

Other Articles

• Breaking Into The Sports AV Business

  It's the contract of your dreams. Your NCAA Division I alma mater is planning a multi-million dollar renovation to its football stadium that includes a new PA system, a fiber optic cabling upgrade, scoreboard video, and AV toy-laden skyboxes.

   

• Trends In Sports AV Design

  In their quest to excite, entertain, sell, and market, sporting venues of all shapes and sizes are deploying cutting-edge AV systems at a clip that's keeping everyone from architects to construction companies to AV systems consultants and integrators busy.

   

• AV Takes Center Stage In College Rivalry

  Knowing that All Pro Sound had a hand in upgrading Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium, the University of Alabama's athletic department recruited Company Director Bobby Taylor to update the AV design of its football facility. The upgrades to Bryant-Denny Stadium incorporate some of the latest developments...

   

Tools & Tech

Peer Review

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  Peer Review-Logical Solutions VIS-3

  The Logical Solutions VIS-3 DVI Extender consists of a transmitter and receiver unit — each of which contains a single ST-type fiber connector and a DVI-D female connector.

   

What's Next

• Nice Gesture

  Raytheon's gesture-technology demo — called Interactive Gestural Exploitation and Tools (IGET) —consists of an off-the-shelf DLP projector and special gloves embedded with reflective beads.

   

New Products

Other Articles

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  New Products: July 2005

  Ergotron flat-panel mounts, Sennheiser ultra-directional loudspeaker, Lectrosonics audio transmitter ...

   
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  InfoComm 2005 Hot Products

  Twelve products you absolutely should have seen at InfoComm 2005.

   

Cheat Sheet

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  Optimizing Sightlines in Presentation Spaces

  The most basic of AV requirements, achieving optimal visibility in presentation spaces involves juggling a number of conflicting variables. Here’s what you need to know to create an effective presentation space every time.