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Mitsubishi Completes LCD Lineup with 65-incher

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:38:51 EST

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics launched its new 65-inch LCD monitor at InfoComm 2010, the first monitor in Mitsubishi's line that is IP-addressable using the company's own networking software for control and management.

Sign Waves

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:42:59 EST

At Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., a university for the deaf and hard of hearing, advanced AV technology isn't just an important part of the education process–it's a way of life.

No Place Like Home: A Resi Install

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:52:32 EST

The 31,000-square-foot Monarch Resort Club at Trilogy, a community by Shea Homes, is the centerpiece for residents of this exclusive 1,200-home development along the coast of central California. Once inside, the high-end interior design by Design Lines of Greenwood Village, Colo., and the discrete AV systems installed by Jensen AV of Santa Barbara, Calif., ensure residents never want to leave.

CNN 360°

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:53:03 EST

At the CNN Communications Center in New York's Time Warner Center, set designers work closely with the AV systems integrator to build a multipurpose broadcast studio.

Crestron Takes on the Network

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:38:16 EST

Crestron announced a new managed network operating system. Designed as a core platform for AV and running as an integrated part of an enterprise or building management system, Power of 3 is also the engine inside new Crestron control systems, company officials say.

InfoComm 10 Las Vegas: New and Improved

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:36:08 EST

InfoComm 2010 is almost here. PRO AV previews 10 things you can do, see, or learn this year that you couldn't last year. Commercial 3D anyone?

2010 Best Retail AV Project

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:18:27 EST

Candy-maker Just Born opened its flagship Peeps & Company store at National Harbor, Md. RTKL Associates, which designed the AV and lighting systems, calls it "an example of brand-focused retailing."

What Does a Digital Signage Setup Really Cost?

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:51:12 EST

One of the most difficult things to do is determining how much something will cost when it's beyond one's knowledge base. I'm sure every integrator reading this has been asked by a client to produce a budget estimate for a project where, in many cases, the client probably had no idea what to expect. When it comes to digital signage solutions especially, that's more often the case than not.

NEC Debuts Displays for High and Low End

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:30:22 EST

NEC Display Solutions of America announced the addition of the 55-inch P551 to its professional-grade P Series. It also recently introduced the 42-inch V421 to its value-driven V Series.

3D Out in Public

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:35:17 EST

The world's talking about 3D entertainment and the potential boon to the movie industry and TV makers, but DisplaySearch has already started to define the market for something else–3D public displays.

Buyer's Guide to Digital Signage Players

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:30:30 EST

If you've spent much time working with information technology, you know there are a couple of schools of thought to deploying network systems: Build them yourself, loading the required software on computers you purchase separately; or buy a dedicated appliance that's (hopefully) ready to go out of the box. Digital signage players similarly come in both flavors.

Court Creates Order With AV

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:10:50 EST

THE NEWLY-ERECTED courthouse at 320 Jay Street in Brooklyn, NY, occupies 25 floors of a new 32-story, 1.1 million-square-foot office tower. The $670 million building's modern architecture designed by Perkins Eastman Architects belies the fact that it houses the state's largest number of courtrooms in a single facility.

3D: It's No Slam Dunk...Yet

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:39:30 EST

Amid the significant hype surrounding 3D technology, reasonable minds are pondering where it might even succeed--and why. PRO AV columnist Pete Putman has talked it over with industry luminaries. Here's his assessment.

How To Set Up A Digital Signage Network

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:19:42 EST

Real-life lessons learned in the digital signage trenches.

NEC Expands Reach of Vukunet

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:38:53 EST

NEC Display Solutions says it wants to accelerate the growth of digital signage. To that end, the company is making its full Vukunet digital signage software management platform available free of charge to any signage network operator.

Digital Signage Software Lament

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:57:20 EST

The vast majority of digital signage software tools are designed with a power user in mind, or at the very least a user who will learn the application intimately and be responsible for its use. And although the tools range from simplistic to sophisticated, they all have something in common: They weren't designed for the masses. And that's a problem.

2010 Judges' Award

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:18:02 EST

For a new NYC information center, VideoSonic Systems worked with GestureTek on a wayfinding system that includes three multitouch projection tables with both finger-touch and object recognition.

NEC Ships 16:4 Display

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:27:00 EST

NEC Display Solutions of America announced a new addition to its X Series LCDs, the 43-inch X431BT bar-type display.

L.A. Live's Massive AV Install

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:51:20 EST

Keeping consumers in one place in a competitive entertainment market like Los Angeles, not to mention revitalizing the city's long-neglected downtown area, has required ambition and deep pockets. Over the past 10 years, billionaire developer Philip Anschutz has shown both in his efforts to bring people back to the heart of the city.

Sharp Debuts Videowall Monitor

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:39:15 EST

Sharp this week introduced its first professional LCD monitor with LED backlighting, designed specifically for videowall applications. With a slim profile and built-in energy savings, Sharp officials say the new 60-inch PN-V601 can be used in a variety of signage and commercial display applications, in both landscape and portrait mode.