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Tech Tips

  • Calibrating Video Displays

    TO CALIBRATE A VIDEO DISPLAY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACCURATELY ADJUST: Black level (brightness control), Peak white level (contrast control), Color saturation, Hue

     

5-Minute Interview

  • 5-Minute Interview: Doug Swan

    New director of sales at Point Source Audio, he has more than 20 years of sales experience and founded a marketing firm, rental company, and wholesale audio product distributor.

     

Marketwatch

  • Financial Benchmarks

    LAST FALL, NSCA RELEASED ITS ANNUAL “Financial Analysis of the Industry” report.

     
  • Going Strong

    DESPITE THE BUZZ ABOUT GROWTH opportunities in the house of worship market, studies show that the commercial market has the most new construction, which should mean more opportunities for AV installation and integration.

     

Pop Quiz

Q&A

  • Sound Master

    DR. EUGENE PATRONIS IS A PROFESSOR Emeritus in the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He continues to enjoy a long a distinguished career as an educator, author, and inventor in the fields of audio and acoustics.

     

Fascinating Facts

Other Articles

  • Greening Lessons

    THE POPULARITY OF GREEN BUILDING grows more every day, especially in the education vertical market.

     

Community Views

Parallax View

  • As Good As It Gets?

    Columnist Pete Putman had the chance to evaluate Pioneer's new 50-inch 1080p KURO plasma HDTV, Elite PRO-110FD. For those who don't know, “kuro” is Japanese for “black,” and its use by Pioneer refers to the low black levels its plasmas are claimed to produce.

     

Data Links

  • Technology Twist

    ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING ASPECTS TO THE CONVERGENCE of AV and IT is the crossover of techniques and technologies between the two camps. The two cultures sometimes think differently in terms of new technologies, but techniques are another story.

     

Consultant's Connection

  • Learn the Lingo

    IN LAST MONTH'S COLUMN, I TALKED ABOUT HOW THE tip of the project “iceberg” belied the solid foundation provided by the various members of the project team. Now that we are all sitting on top of the iceberg, we have to learn to play together or communicate with one another. Like a musical band...

     

Viewpoint

  • AV Indictment

    Editor Mark Mayfield was recently called on to perform a civic duty. That's right — jury duty. Nine days of it. Him impressions of the AV systems? Not great.

     

Other Articles

  • Dynamic Virtual Spaces

    AS INNOVATION RACES AHEAD AT LIGHT SPEEDS, THERE is a dire need for all of us to make a critical design analysis and construct a new design architecture for interacting with the artificial spaces we are creating. By fusing architectural design with inspiring space and flow management, we can bring...

     

Features

  • More from "Wireless Mics"

    Antenna cable loss, scanners and frequency finders, and a little science.

     
  • Managing Customer Expectations

    You know it; we know it. Sometime the customer is not always right.

     
  • 10 Wireless Microphone Problems

    We've all felt it — that ugly, sinking feeling you get when a simple AV job mutates into an unpredictable nightmare.

     
  • Lofty Presentation

    One of the most anticipated events of the year for the 4,000 employees at the AFLAC headquarters in Columbus, Ga., is the company's annual holiday party.

     
  • Sweet Sounds of Success

    Stretching limited resources is a principle that unifies most of New York's independent creative community.

     
  • Using AV As Architecture

    Architects and designers commonly use innovative lighting as an element of interior and exterior design.

     
  • Head of the Class

    When a typical classroom installation at the 19-acre campus of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., suddenly grew from five rooms to 20—and without an extension to the original deadline—Audio Visual Innovations didn't flinch.

     
  • Cross-Vertical Solutions

    Sometimes the best answer to your AV problem is a fresh approach borrowed from another market segment. Here are four projects that conquered their challenges with solutions that are adaptable to almost any AV project.

     

Install Solutions

Government Install

  • By the People

    Challenge: Incorporate AV technology into a newly constructed city council chambers that encourages open government and information sharing with the audience.

     

Entertainment Install

  • In the Final Frame

    Provide clear sound in a very high ambient noise environment without leaking unwanted sound into adjacent areas.

     

Tools & Tech

Feature

  • The State of VoIP

    JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, VOICE OVER IP (VoIP) was considered a novelty, but with annual growth rates of more than 20 percent, adoption of this service is widespread throughout the business and private sectors.

     

Peer Review

  • 360 Systems Maxx-400 Server

    We had been looking at 360 Systems image servers for several years at NAB. We have two 360 Systems instant replay audio clip players and really like them.

     

Spec to Spec

What's Next

  • A Peek at Pico Projectors

    IS A PROJECTOR IN HAND WORTH ONE IN ceiling? That's one question facing pico projectors, a new breed of projectors designed for a variety of handheld applications, including cell phones aimed at the enterprise market.

     

Other Articles

  • RFI Quick Fix

    It's a common scenario in sound reinforcement. You just set up your PA, turned it on, and you find that a local radio station has pirated your system for broadcast to the entire room. Look out the window; sure, enough, a row of AM transmitting antennas are within sight. What do you do?

     

New Products

Audio

  • Loudspeaker

    The new M80i two-way compact line-array loudspeaker is part of WorxAudio Technologies' TrueLine series.

     
  • Mic

    The HCS-4341B is a gooseneck-free conference microphone and the latest addition to the Taiden HCS-4100 series offered by Media Vision USA.

     
  • AKG Acoustics

    AKG Acoustics offers the WMS 450 wireless system with its new C 5, D 5, and C 555 MicroMic microphones.

     
  • Mic Adapter

    The STA200 from Zaxcom is a microphone input adapter that is specifically designed for theater use and allows the production staff to connect two additional microphones to a single body pack, for a total of three mics supported by one unit.

     
  • Stage Boxes

    A new SH-8X0 sub snake is the latest addition to the SH Series Little Bro stage boxes from Hosa Technology.

     

Video

  • Mounts

    New from Peerless Industries, the SmartMount 600 series of flat and tilting wall mounts uses a 6-inch-high open wall plate for flexible flat-panel wall installation.

     
  • Swing-Arm Mounts

    Chief Manufacturing's first integrated in-wall swing-arm mounts, which include the MIWRF and the PIWRF (shown), are designed for 26-inch to 63-inch flat-panel TVs weighing up to 200 pounds and can be installed without any retrofitting.

     
  • Projection

    Da-Lite Screen Co. now offers larger versions of its wide seamless tensioned professional Electrol screen: a 270-inch diagonal video format and 247-inch, 275-inch, and 298-inch diagonals in HDTV format.

     
  • LCD Projector

    The LV-7585, Canon's brightest LCD projector at 6,500 ANSI lumens, is a large-venue model intended for lecture halls, auditoriums, houses of worship, and other commercial venues.

     
  • Peerless Industries

    Peerless Industries introduces its first in-wall mounts for 32-inch to 60-inch flat-panel TVs that allow installation between two 16-inch stud centers.

     
  • Networking Projector

    The CP-X308 projector from Hitachi America's Ubiquitous Platform Systems division features wireless connectivity and networking capabilities and a variety of management and setup options.

     

Signal Management

  • Matrix Switcher

    The 4x4 component audio matrix from Gefen supports all set-top boxes, digital video recorders, disc players, and video devices equipped with component video connectors.

     
  • Presentation Switcher

    Kramer Electronics introduces the VP-26, a presentation switcher for both audio and video.

     
  • Twisted Pair Transmitter

    Extron Electronics' MTP 4T 15HD RS mini twisted pair transmitter offers four independent transmitters for RGBHV and bi-directional RS-232 within a single rack-mountable enclosure.

     
  • Fiber-Optic Meter

    The Fiberlink optical power meter kit (6625) from Communications Specialties allows users to install, test, and maintain fiber-optic links.

     
  • Distribution Amplifier

    The VM-5DS high-bandwidth distribution amplifier from Kramer Electronics accepts one Composite video and one unbalanced stereo audio input.

     
  • Switcher Lines

    AMX expanded its AutoPatch fiber-optic switcher line by adding the HD-SDI input and output boards.

     

Cheat Sheet

 

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