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5-Minute Interview

  • 5-Minute Interview: Doug Hall

    Hall is CEO of The Whitlock Group, a $135 million AV integration firm in Richmond, Va. Last month The Whit-lock Group announced the formation of the Global Presence Alliance with European integrator Impact Marcom.

     

Marketwatch

  • Forget the Flicker

    FLAT-PANEL MAY SEEM COMMODITIZED these days, but manufacturers continue to look for ways to improve their products. One way is to boost motion performance with 120 Hz processing technology, which effectively doubles the rate at which a moving image is refreshed on-screen.

     

Pop Quiz

Other Articles

  • Turn Out the Lights

    At press time, InfoComm figured more than 34,600 people from 93 countries attended Info-Comm 08, which was more than the organization's pre-show estimates and nearly 10 percent more than last year—a sign, many say, that the industry remains strong, at least for now, during trying economic times.

     

Community Views

Parallax View

  • Through a Lens, Brightly

    A tour through Epson's LCD fab fascinates, but underscores some significant projector challenges in the home theater market.

     

Consultant's Connection

  • Getting in Your Reps

    The manufacturer representative is sometimes considered a necessary evil. But that doesn't have to be the case.

     

Viewpoint

Features

  • One of These Things is Not Like the Others

    Call it Best Buy Blowback or Wal-Mart's Revenge. Dirt-cheap prices on consumer electronics have spurred growth in the commercial AV market, while also creating new headaches for professional AV integrators. More than ever, organizations are looking to deploy flat-panel displays and other high-end...

     
  • Stadium AV: Mine's Bigger Than Yours

    When it was completed just before the start of the Atlanta Braves' 2005 baseball season, Turner Field's $10 million, 71-foot-tall, 79-foot-wide LED screen made the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest high-definition display ever made. Of course, this being the Steroid Era in pro sports...

     

Install Solutions

Education Install

  • Doesn't Take a Genius

    THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT), just south of Chicago's famed downtown Loop, is the kind of place that isn't likely to tolerate outmoded technology. So when IIT began in 2006 to plan an upgrade of its classroom AV systems to bolster both its distance-learning and AV capabilities, it...

     

Sports Install

  • Nice Shot, Mate

    Clocked at nearly 150 MPH, Andy Roddick's serve was the fastest recorded at last January's Australian Open tennis tournament. But that speed was no match for the integrated network that distributed the radar gun's data throughout Melbourne Park, the sprawling sports facility that hosts the Grand...

     

ProAV's Guide to Doing Business

Other Articles

Tools & Tech

Feature

  • It's the Network

    AS AV AND IT APPLICATIONS CONVERGE and acquire the characteristics of each other, so too do the products themselves. AV gear takes on IT features, and networking hardware not normally considered AV equipment, suddenly is. For example, networking giant Cisco Systems, already highly recognized in...

     

Peer Review

  • Altinex Multitasker Matrix Switcher

    Richard Dussaigne, vice president for audiovisual integration at Americon in Camarillo, Calif. Americon specializes in control room environments, manufacturing furniture but also offering complete AV services.

     

Software Suite

  • Drop and Go

    PLAYING VIDEO OVER ONE manufacturer's digital signage network could now be as simple as a click, a drag, and a drop. According to UK–based Cabletime, its new MediaStar Drag and Drop control and scheduling software for the company's MediaStar EvoNet content delivery systems allows for easier editing...

     

Bright Idea

  • HD Art Gallery

    If HDTVs can be mounted on a wall or over a fireplace like art, why not use them as art? Samsung and Thomas Kinkade Co. have teamed up to produce a prototype that's just that.

     

Spec to Spec

  • Digital Signage

    Software and solutions for the management, operation, and/or creation of digital signage content and networks.

     

What's Next

  • AV Attempts to Tread Lightly

    Although there is growing demand for energy-efficient audio/video products, green AV is by no means a slam dunk.

     

New Products

Audio

  • PORTABLE PA SYSTEM

    With a wireless mic and a remote control that can operate the system from up to 50 feet away, the new all-digital, portable public address system from AmpliVox gives users the freedom to move around during presentations, the company says.

     
  • MIXER/RECORDER

    Zaxcom introduces the Fusion, a high-resolution audio mixer and recorder for surround recording and electroneurograph (ENG) applications. Fusion maintains its light weight and power efficiency by eliminating the hard drive.

     
  • In-Ear Monitor

    Carvin introduces the EM900, an in-ear monitoring system designed for performing musicians. According to the company, the EM900 is an alternative to fl oor monitor wedges, providing performers with the ability to move yet allowing them to hear the audio in either high-fi delity mono or stereo.

     
  • THREE-WAY LOUDSPEAKERS

    The W8VDQ compact, three-way system from Martin Audio provides even coverage over wide angles and throw distances. The system, which blends line array and differential dispersion technologies, has a short-throw horizontal dispersion of 120 degrees that narrows to 100 degrees as throw increases;

     

Video

  • DOCUMENT CAMERA

    Elmo USA adds the P30S to its line of P30 document cameras.

     
  • DLP PROJECTOR

    The newest projector from Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America specifi cally targets the education and business markets. The XD211U data projector has native XGA resolution using DLP technology and the new DDP 2230 DMD chip with BrilliantColor.

     
  • PLASMA DISPLAYS

    Pioneer Electronics launches a new line of KURO plasma displays with black levels that, it says, are fi ve times deeper than the previous KURO line. The PDP-5020FD is approximately 50 inches diagonal and the PDP-6020FD is about 60 inches diagonal.

     
  • Videoconferencing

    Videré Conferencing introduces Videré Presence, a series of three videoconferencing solutions that aims to be a cost-effective, fl exible, customized telepresence package incorporating technology from LifeSize, Polycom, Tandberg, and other manufacturers.

     
  • Video Mixer

    The VJX16-4 video mixing console from Vixid is a portable 16-channel mixer designed primarily for professionals working with moving images, such as video jockeys (VJs), multimedia artists, studio managers, producers/directors, and special event organizers.

     
  • LCD PROJECTORS

    Hitachi Home Electronics’ latest projectors are designed to provide educators with usability, quality, and security. The three new models all include a new 2,000-hour filter, 7 watts of built-in audio, and the Audio Pass Through function, which allows audio to play while the projector is in...

     

Signal Management

  • HDMI DISTRIBUTION AMPS AND SWITCHERS

    Comprehensive expands its line of HDMI distribution amplifiers and switchers with the CDA-HDMI20 and CDA-HDMI40 amps and the CSW-HDMI210 and CSW-HDMI410 routing switchers. The two compact amps are designed to meet the requirements of distributing HDMI signals with HDCP copy protection.

     
  • PRESENTATION SWITCHER

    Kramer Electronics introduces the Sierra Pro 64 XL series of high-bandwidth RGBHV routing switchers. Offering eight I/O configurations for up to 64x64 connections, the switchers can be ordered as five- or three-channel systems.

     

Cables & Accessories

  • RACK OPTIONS

    Several new racks from Middle Atlantic feature both functional and aesthetic improvements, offering more options for locations where the racks are visible, such as video suites and conference rooms. The depths of the deeper models range from 16 inches to 28 inches; height sizes vary from two to 28...

     
  • Power Management

    Ultrapower, a division of Ultralink/XLO Products, introduces the Powersource PS-103 to its line of AC power management and surge protection products.

     

Cheat Sheet

  • Firestopping Cable Installations

    Don’t introduce fire hazards when working on a new project. Ensuring your cable runs don’t compromise established barriers is often your responsibility.

     
 

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