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Volume 10, Issue 2 — January 23, 2013
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Why You Need To Either Be An Electrician Or Hire One
By Lee Distad
rAVe Columnist The fact is that the AV pro and the electrician have more in common than they have differences. Not only that, but both roles on the jobsite are intertwined. The AV pro needs the electrician to meet the AV system’s needs in terms of supplying necessary locations and load capacity for the outlets that the system requires. And on large, complex projects, the AV pros and the electricians need to work together to ensure that lighting control and other automation is adequately designed and executed.
Like any relationship that’s requires closeness, sometimes it’s not smooth sailing. Every AV pro has had conflicts with an electrician either because the latter couldn’t grasp the integrator’s master plan, or wouldn’t play ball. That’s not meant to say that the electrician was the bad guy, intentionally or otherwise, just that communication between the two was insufficient.
Because of the inter-relation of the two disciplines, cross-over is not unusual. Some AV pros have determined that they need a licensed electrician on their staff, or they partner with an electrical contractor to work together on projects. At the same time, electricians have been known to look at what systems integrators do, especially on the security side, and decide, “We can do that!”
That mentality towards isn’t just limited to either security or prewires, either. I’ve had plenty of reports of electricians offering AV services, including full installations, with audio and video gear.
Then again, some AV companies do the same thing: While it’s more common for integrators to have a preferred electrical contractor or two that they partner closely with, it’s not unheard of for residential AV pros to have electricians on staff, primarily for taking care of their AV systems’ electrical, but occasionally branching out into full electrical work as well. In those cases, a division of the company is set up to offer full electrical contracting to the builder market, going after the electrical side just as electricians are pursuing the AV side. After all, just as the electricians think: There’s another piece of the pie here, so why not claim that business?
Of course, this leads to the need to question the long-term implications of these moves in the residential AV channel. Is this strictly an increase in competition, or are there greater opportunities for collaboration as a result? Can we expect the quality of work done by electricians to be equal to, or less than that done by more established AV Pros? Can the same be said for AV Pros offering electrical contracting? Does this ultimately benefit the client, or is it more about revenue for the contractor? I wish I knew.
Lee Distad is a rAVe columnist and freelance writer covering topics from CE to global business and finance in both print and online. Reach him at lee@ravepubs.com
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If You Missed CES, There Are Only Four Things You Need to Know
By Gary Kayye
rAVe Founder Last week's CES had to be the most over-hyped trade show in history. It reminded me of one of the last years of the famed PC-industry shows called COMDEX – the coincidences aren't lost on me. For example, CEA — the people who put on the CES-fest exclaimed at show's end that it was the BIGGES CES, ever. In fact, they bragged there were over 150,000 people — but they let end-users in. Real buyer numbers? Closer to 20,000.
But, it's still a giant show. How giant? Well, it takes two hours to get from the MGM Grand to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Need a reservation to eat at a non-buffet? You better have made it in December. And, need a taxi? Good luck with that — ain't gonna happen without waiting in line at least an hour. Seriously.
And, the week before the CES show, by the way, the Venetian was offering rooms for $59. The week of CES? $369.
But, on TV you hear all the hype. Even radio-personality and Sirius/XM savior Howard Stern sent a crew to cover this year's CES. And, what did they talk about in the CES wrap-up? A fork that monitors how much you eat and a device you strap on your waist to tell you how many calories you are intaking.
There's an easier way to do this without a $200 waist strap and an iPhone App — and you don't need a special $150 fork. Just read the labels.
But, the Stern Show CES analysts did get one thing right — there sure was a lot of hype surrounding the new 4K HDTV (or, UDTV for ultra-definition).
So, in case you missed it, here are the four things that mattered at CES (including that 4K crap):
4K: As I said earlier, anyone who makes TVs who didn't have a 4K one, blew it. No one cared about 1080p, LED or plasma, all they wanted to see was 4K and 4K in 3D. So, LG, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Mitsubishi and a handful of others didn't disappoint with their 4K wonders – all using 3840×2160 pixels (8.3 megapixels). Heck, toaster manufacturer Westinghouse even launched a 110" LED-lit LCD 4K TV — only problem is, it's $300K (yes, $300,000). But, alas, 4K is hype, hype, hype. Not as much hype as 3D, mind you. 4K will eventually be a mainstream resolution — like in 10 years. And, if you're nuts enough to buy a 4K TV, then you should pay $30,000 for the for the Sharp 60", or $100,000 for the 80" from LG. Suckas!
More 3D: Seriously, four years after it became mainstream, 3D was STILL one of the top four things people talked about at CES. Stupid, huh? I am not sure what else can be said about 3D that hasn't been said already, but just in case you haven't heard it — it's a gimmick. It is a GIMMICK. It will NEVER, EVER, EVER be mainstream in the home. No matter what. Look, nearly 20 percent of humans can't see 3D, anatomically. Another 20 percent have severe viewer fatigue with 3D after 45 minutes of watching. That leaves a total audience of 60 percent – assuming those 60-percenters aren't married to one of the 20-percenters. But, they are. So, in reality, the total audience for 3D is maybe, at best, 30 percent. And, 50 percent of that 30 percent are too cheap to pay more for 3D movies and TV shows over 2D (that's about the percentage that would rather wait 2-3 years for a TV show to appear on streaming on Netflix vs. pay for it right after it airs on AppleTV or GooglePlay). So, it's a GIMMICK.
Samsung's and LG's Flexible Displays: One really cool thing at CES were the flexible, amorphous shaped LCDs. Certainly a ways into the future, but it was cool to see phone screens that can be bent to fit into things and that had wrap-around screens that allow you to see visual notifications and icons on the sides of the phone — as well as the face. This is cool technology and eventually we'll see TVs that can form a shape around a corner for digital signage and can be bent around windshields for integrated displays in cars. It's a trend worth following.
The Pebble Watch: Originally a Kickstarter project, the Pebble watch is the first app-driven watch. It's infinitely customizable, with beautiful downloadable watchfaces and useful internet-connected apps. Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting you with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. While designing Pebble, the company strove to create a minimalist yet fashionable product that seamlessly blends into everyday life. And, it uses ePaper — so the battery lasts months. However, I have sources that tell me that the reason Apple changed the form-factor of the iPod Nano last year is because the company's planning to launch its own iWatch (an iOS driven watch). Either way, the smart-watch is coming.
So, other than that, if you went to CES, you wasted a lot of time seeing stuff that doesn't matter. Agree? Disagree? Leave me a comment below and tell me what I missed.
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Share Article Back to Top Connected Conundrum and CES
By Paul Gagnon
DisplaySearch Earlier this month was the International assault on Las Vegas that tests business travelers’ patience, attentiveness and immune system resilience, also known as CES. This was my 11th trip in a row, a light count for many, but a very important visit from my perspective. Our research has shown that the TV industry is at a crossroads: Continue down the path of developing more advanced features to embed in the TV set, or allow other connected devices to take over the TV experience and turn the beautiful large display that many of us count on for hours of entertainment into a dumb monitor.
The path chosen by TV and CE manufacturers, and the consumers who use their products, will significantly reshape the future of the CE industry. It’s one of the main topics for our upcoming US FPD: Smart Devices conference in March.
Before I share what I learned from the show, I want to share a quick personal story about “TV” entertainment.
Just after Thanksgiving, my wife and I decided to perform an experiment. We would pretend the TV in the living room was “broken” and leave it off for the entire month of December. We have three small children, so you can imagine this was not a decision we took lightly. Our other CE devices include two iPhones, an iPad and a 32” bedroom LCD TV with an Apple TV connected to it. We wondered: How our household would react to not watching TV in the living room on a regular basis?
The answer was: what TV?
We still watched plenty of “television” via streamed content (Netflix and Hulu Plus) but consumed it in entirely new ways. Smart phones became quick 10 minute distractions to learn about dinosaurs via a video clip or app. The iPad became a kitchen TV to catch up on the latest TV episode while making dinner. The bedroom became a movie theater to watch a movie as a special event, complete with popcorn. In short, we watched less mindless TV, and instead consumed it in bites-sized chunks of targeted content in specific situations, but on new devices. At the end of the month we became official cord-cutters, cancelling our pay-TV subscription. Access to our desired content is not always easy, seamless and uniform across devices, and we wish that it were. At the same time, we found ourselves easily adapting to the circumstance with the devices we had precisely because they all had a high degree of redundancy and overlap of services.
Circling back to CES I found that TV makers have been very busy improving their Smart TV offerings and enhancing them with even more features such as better gesture controls and voice recognition. At the same time, in a parallel universe, these same companies were adding many of the same features to their tablets and smartphones, or announcing partnerships with connected devices makers that also performed many of the same functions. To borrow a gambling strategy, CE companies are covering all possible bets, allowing the consumer to choose which set of options works best.
And therein lies the connected conundrum: Devote precious R&D resources to multiple solutions or choose one solution, and execute at a high level? Do companies pursue proprietary connected device strategies (like Apple) or open platforms (like Google), and across which devices? Does a company determine the best solution for the consumer or wait for consumers to signal their preferred solution? Come to San Jose on March 18-19 to hear more about this conundrum!
This article was reprinted with permission from DisplaySearch and originally appeared here.
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3D Did Not Headline CES 2013, But It Was Well Represented
By Chris Chinnock
DisplayDaily As we expected, 4K and OLED displays were one of the key highlights from CES 2013. 3D technology and products were clearly well represented, but did not command the headlines they have at past CES events. But that’s just fine. It proves that 3D is moving beyond the introductory hype phase into a sustainable, product, market and technology development phase.
3D will become part of many products going forward. It is almost as if manufacturers are taking a “yea, of course it is 3D capable” attitude. That doesn’t mean that everyone will use this capability, but having it there opens up great new opportunities for those interested in 3D.
Perhaps the most important aspect of this maturity of 3D is the growth of the installed base of 3D products.
According to a press release last October from DisplaySearch, the 3D display market is set to grow from 50.8 million units and $13.2 billion in revenue in 2011 to 226 million units and $67 billion in revenue in 2019 worldwide. 3D TVs contribute heavily to this projection and create the largest revenue stream with anticipated growth from 25 million units in 2011 to approximately 180 million units in 2019. “Despite some industry sentiment that the 3D bubble has burst, we expect 3D to continue to grow across several categories including TVs, portable devices, and public displays,” noted Jennifer Colegrove, PhD, vice president of emerging display technologies, NPD DisplaySearch.
The growth of 3D TVs, tablets, smartphone, PC, cameras, camcorders and more creates an installed base that now makes economic sense to target. These numbers will get app developers, advertisers, content creators, game developers, distribution partners, technologists and many others far more interested in 3D. It is getting to the scale where business models can work. This is one of the reasons why I remain optimistic about the 3D market.
There was tons of 3D news from CES. We learned about a lot of it, but clearly not all of it. We will have a lot more coverage on these pages and in our news videos in the coming days. Below are some of the news items we will be covering or have covered.
- Glasses-free 3D TVs and displays from StreamTV, Dimenco, Dolby, Vizio, HiSense, DTI and others
- Glasses-based 3D TVs from Sony, Samsung, LG and others (almost all of the 4K TVs are 3D capable, by the way)
- 3D conversion tools from 3D Impact Media, StreamTV, RealityBox and Zero Creative
- 3D cameras and camcorders from Panasonic and Samsung
- 3D content creation tools from Leonar3Do, Etron and PrimeSense
- 3D distribution news from Netflix, Lionsgate, Disney, Eutelsat, DDD, Sensio and more
- 3D projection products from BenQ, Epson, HB Opto, Wolf Cinema, SIM2 and others
- 3D glasses, headgear and innovations from Vuzix, XpanD, Sony
- 3D Tablets from Gadmei and others
I am sure there is more that I did not mention above. The point is, 3D is not dead as some self-proclaimed journalists decided because of the lack of high visibility promotion of 3D at CES. In fact, it is just the opposite. 3D is maturing with a continual flow of new products, innovations, content and business deals. It just won’t be so “in your face” – so to speak.
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The ISE Megapixel Summit – Why You MUST ATTEND Insight Media is producing a new conference at next week's ISE show in Amsterdam. Called the Megapixel Summit, it focuses on display with more than HD or Full HD resolution. Examples include high resolution native displays, blended projectors, tiled LCDs, cubes or LED modules, etc. The event will cover the display technology trends, image processing and management hardware/software, markets and applications, as well as case studies and system integration issues.
We're media sponsors of the Megapixel Summit and if you're designing systems using multiple displays, this is a must-attend event!
Chris Chinnock and his team over there at Insight Media have compiled an agenda that includes a day and a half of speakers that are a who's who in display design and engineering (including Christie, Scalable Display Technologies, Planar, Cyviz, Barco and projectiodesign). The entire stage is back-dropped with a Megapixel display system that includes tiled displays and seamed projection systems equalling more than 40,000,000,000 pixels!
So, if you're doing ANY multi-image systems design, you need to go! Here's the complete agenda: http://www.insightmedia.info/conferences/megapixel-summit.php |
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Share Article Back to Top rAVe Europe Editor to MC the ISE SmartBuilding Conference The inaugural Smart Building Conference @ ISE lines up international experts familiar with the latest trends in integration, energy management, intelligent building, working and living.
With the promise of a day full of industry insight, opinion, practical design advice and business intelligence, the Conference will take place at the Amsterdam RAI on Mon., Jan. 28 — the day before ISE 2013 opens.
A joint venture of ISE’s co-owners CEDIA and InfoComm International, the Smart Building Conference program will attract architects, design consultants, developers, electrical contractors and other key stakeholders in the construction sector, along with the electronic systems integrators, distributors and manufacturer channels from ISE’s core audience.
“While other events have taken a star-gazing approach to the topic, the Smart Building Conference @ ISE promises a practical look at how intelligent buildings are already being designed, built and used,” comments Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events. “Delegates will learn how emerging technologies offer them new possibilities today, not just in the future.”
The Conference program includes expert case studies illustrating the different possibilities available in specific technology areas, along with bigger-picture presentations from some of the industry’s pre-eminent educators and consultants.
Among the former, highlights include Lucy Martin of London-based John Cullen Lighting discussing the importance of control in good lighting design, while Gwen De Meyer, CEO of Belgian integration firm Van Havere, offers examples of multi-room media distribution being integrated with building-management technologies.
Energy management is a significant theme at the Conference, with Lutz Steiner of Germany’s Technische Universität Darmstadt outlining the transition from smart buildings to sustainable cities, and InfoComm’s sustainability officer Allen Weidman discussing the business opportunities promised by the newly created STEP rating system.
Energy saving will also play a part as Joost Brinkman of Accenture describes the award-winning Amsterdam Smart City project, introducing the additional topics of intelligent working and living which will also be touched on by Arup’s Graham Naylor-Smith in his presentation From Smart Rooms to Smart Buildingsand by CEDIA’s Geoff Meads as he discusses The Smart Home Future.
The Conference will be MC’d by Bob Snyder, editor-in-chief of rAVe Europe, and will conclude with a panel discussion on The Future of the User Interface in Smart Building Control featuring representatives from AMX, Crestron, Legrand and Control4.
“As befits the global appeal of Integrated Systems Europe, the Smart Building Conference @ ISE boasts a truly international panel of acknowledged experts and thought leaders,” concludes Blackman. “We are looking forward to an event that truly helps to set the smart-building agenda, not just for our industry but for adjacent sectors as well. Add superb networking opportunities, the additional post-Conference attractions of the Marco Tempest Keynote and ISE 10th Birthday Party and, of course, ISE 2013 itself, and this Conference really is an industry meeting point not to be missed.”
The Smart Building Conference @ ISE pre-registration is available online now, priced at €199 per delegate (InfoComm and/or CEDIA members €179). On-site registration will be €249 (€229 for InfoComm and/or CEDIA members).
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Share Article Back to Top Our ISE 2013 Portal is Up! For the third year in a row, we'll be covering the world's largest AV show LIVE: Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2013) from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 2012, we shot over 1000 new product videos, wrote over 30 blogs from the show floor, tweeted live and even posted over 300 product stories to our ISE 2012 MicroSite. You can review our 2012 coverage here.
Like 2012, we'll be taking 15 reporters to the show – some from our USA office and some from our rAVe Europe office in Malta. So, we'll have the show covered.
So whether or not you are attending, you can follow along with our coverage LIVE, if you wish, by simply bookmarking: http://www.rAVeNOWise.com
Or, you can download our rAVe NOW iPad App that is dedicated to the ISE 2013 show here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rave-now-for-ipad/id442127371
In the meantime, check out ourpre-show coverage of the ISE 2013 show here http://www.rAVeNOWise.com as we're already posting new product news, plus we have a few blogs already posted. We've also aggregated all the ISE 2013 tweets there too!
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Kramer and WAVE to Hold Free Webinars Kramer Electronics will sponsor monthly webinars in partnership with the Women in AV (WAVE) organization to educate, support and inspire women in the AV industry. Topics and experts will cover a range of interests for women, including career advancement, mentoring, personal presence, and cutting edge technical topics such as digital to analog conversion and AV/IT convergence.
The webinars will be held the last Friday of every month from 3-4 p.m. EST and each session will be recorded for on-demand playback. The kick-off webinar will be held Fri., Jan. 25, 2013 and will provide an overview of the series and seek input from attendees on the topics and areas women are most interested in receiving expert advice and guidance on in future webinars.
Attendees can register for the event at the following link: https://student.gototraining.com/r/8953022266336114176
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Share Article Back to Top 2013 CES International is Largest Ever The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced last week that the 2013 International CES is the largest in the show's 45+ year history, with 1.92 million net square feet of exhibit space. The previous record was 1.86 million net square feet of space at the 2012 International CES. More than 3,250 exhibitors unveiled some 20,000 new products at the 2013 CES, drawing more than 150,000 attendees, including more than 35,000 from more than 170 countries outside the United States.
Major product launches occurred across all 15 product categories at the 2013 CES. In wireless/smartphones, highlights include the launch of Sony's Xperia Z, the Huawei Ascend Mate and ZTE Grand S. In video displays, LG featured its touchscreen Ultra HD, Sony launched the first Ultra HD OLED display, Samsung featured its bendable OLED and Hisense launched its transparent 3DTV. Digital Health and fitness launches included new products from Fitbit, Withings and BodyMedia. Audi and Lexus featured driverless vehicle technologies. For gamers, the 2013 CES saw the launch of Nvidia's Project Shield, the Oculus Rift, the Sifteo and Razer Edge. Other noteworthy products launched at the 2013 CES included: the Valve SteamBox, Tobii eye recognition technology, the Kickstarter-funded Pebble smart watch, Qualcomm's Vuforia augmented reality, multi-device connectivity from Ultraviolet, NFC technology from LG and Sony, tabletop applications from Lenovo, MakerBot's Replicator 2x and Samsung's Smart TVs with voice recognition.
Learn more at http://cesweb.org
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Share Article Back to Top Recently from rAVe's BlogSquad Back to Top Mitsubishi's HC8000 Is Most Affordable True 3D Home Theater Projector Ever Most inexpensive 3D projectors are junk. But, the new $3,000 HC8000 from Mitsubishi is not only getting incredible reviews, it's also one of the hottest projectors at CES. Spec'd to have 333,000:1 contrast ratio and output 2,000 lumens of brightness, it's both a native 3D and 2D to 3D conversion projector using DLP technology. The native 1080p HC8000 includes a 1.5x zoom lens, is integrated with a six-segment 3D deep color DLP color wheel and includes both dual HDMI ports and a component video input.
Here are all the specs: http://www.mitsubishielectric.ca/en/displays/projectors/PDF/brochure_8000D.pdf
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Share Article Back to Top SIM2’s Fuoriserie Makes World Debut at CES 2013 What do you give the person that has everything? In answer to that question, SIM2 has launched its LUMIS Fuoriserie projector at the home of bling, CES in Las Vegas.
Fuoriserie is used in Italy to describe a custom-built, high-performance, exclusive and expensive auto that "qualifies the owner’s financial ability and desire to stand out from the crowd."
SIM2’s wants Fuoriserie to have only the latest, most carefully selected components (each one individually tested). That built-out quality gives it high performance, coupled with SIM2’s signature red-gloss finish, SIM2’sLUMIS Fuoriserie embodies luxury.
The LUMIS Fuoriserie will only be made available to SIM2 Premiere dealers and is rumored to cost $100,000.
For more information, go to http://www.sim2.com/
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The Next Trend: Curvy OLEDs? Both Samsung and LG claim to have brought "the world's first curved OLED TV" to CES 2013.
The curved OLED TVs are both 55" displays that appear concave when viewed from the front and even more bent from the sides. Apparently the shape improves on viewing angles, even if an over-enthusiastic Samsung PR describes it as "IMAX-like" (never mind IMAX screens measure around 70 feet/21 meters).
Being OLED displays, both curved TVs benefit from deeper blacks and impressively crisp colors, with the LG's offering (EA9800) also boasting Cinema 3D support.
Neither Samsung nor LG give price points or even release dates for the curvy OLEDs, but expect more details should CES 2013 drum up enough industry interest in the technology.
Here is LG's: http://www.lgnewsroom.com/newsroom/contents/62967
Here is Samsung's: http://www.samsung.com/us/news/20352
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Share Article Back to Top Crestron Rava SIP Intercom Now Shipping Rava is the hands-free communication over Ethernet technology that Crestron showed at CEDIA Expo last September. Rava technology is built into many Crestron touch screens, integrating hands-free intercom, telephone, paging and room monitoring in one IP-based system.
Rava does two things. First, it allows for Rava-to-Rava devices to communicate with each other. Place two or more Rava devices on the local network; they are now set up to intercom, page and monitor point-to-point with each other. No other wiring or special central routing devices are required.
Second, it allows Rava-to-SIP VoIP, bridging a SIP system with a Rava-enabled device. Take any SIP VoIP phone system and use the existing Ethernet connection to enable intercom, paging and monitoring with Rava devices. Cisco, Mitel, Panasonic, 3CX and other SIP systems integrate easily with Rava devices.
Rava support is available on the following Crestron touch screens:
- TPMC-4SM-FD
- TPMC-4SMD-FD
- TPMC-8T-GA
- TPMC-8X-GA
- TPMC-9L
- TSW-750
- TST-600
- TST-600-WALL
- TSW-550
- TSW-1050
Learn more at: http://www.crestron.com
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Share Article Back to Top Peerless-AV Intros Peer-Air Pico Broadcaster Peerless-AV's new Pico Broadcaster is designed to transmit HD content over the air to any number of DTVs within a 350-foot (106-meter) radius. This device can receive content from a computer or select media players with IP transport output capabilities, then broadcasts the signal in HD quality to any open "white space" channel local to the area. Then all you need is a TV with a digital ATSC tuner and an antenna to receive the signal. This scalable technology offers a flexible option to run and add an unlimited number of DTVs within range.
Features include:
- Long range transmission of an omni-directional broadcast signal up to a 350' radius
- Streams HD broadcast quality content to an unlimited number of DTVs within effective range
- LAN port for Transport Stream input, network/internet connectivity, as well as local and remote control of content
- Includes Streaming Media Server software to transcode virtually any media format to MPEG2 broadcast format
- Adjustable power output setting to match installation requirements
- Configurable IP addresses for system control and setup to join any pre-existing network
- FCC compliant
- Mounting flanges for mounting securely to a wall or ceiling
Here are all the specs: http://peerair.peerless-av.com/products/HDS-PB100-4639752801
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Share Article Back to Top Autonomic Appoints Vivateq GMBH as New European Distributor Autonomic, supplying the custom electronics industry with cloud-based media solutions, has announced the appointment of VIVATEQ GMBH as its new European distributor, beginning Jan. 1, 2013. Owned by parent company COMM-TEC, VIVATEQ was founded in 2006 and is headquartered just outside of Stuttgart, Germany with additional sales offices in Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic/Slovakia and Poland.
To read the complete press release online, click here. Back to Top CORE Brands Appoints Mitchell Witten Brand Manager For Niles And Sunfire CORE Brands announced the appointment of industry veteran Mitchell Witten to the position of brand manager for Niles and Sunfire, according to an announcement made today by CORE Brands Audio Segment Director Mark Weisenberg, to whom Witten reports.
To read the complete press release online, click here. Back to Top Premier Mounts Europe and Vogel's Products Announce Strategic Alliance Premier Mounts announced this month a strategic alliance with Vogel’s Products, an A/V mount manufacturer in Europe. Starting Feb. 1, 2013, Vogel’s will sell 18 selected Premier Mounts' products exclusively under the Vogel’s brand in Europe, the Middle East and Australia, not including the United Kingdom. All other Premier Mounts products will be available as before from Premier Mounts Europe.
To read the complete press release online, click here. Back to Top FSR's Jon Melchin to Present at Smart Building Conference at ISE 2013 Jon Melchin, FSR Inc.’s director of architectural development, is among the expert speakers participating in the inaugural Smart Building Conference @ ISE 2013 to take place on Monday, 28 January at the RAI in Amsterdam. Melchin will present Building Information Modeling: What It Means for the AV Industry, which will explore Building Information Modeling (BIM) — a 3D design, modeling and simulation technology that has changed the way architecture is practiced. It will delve into the benefits that BIM offers as a shared knowledge resource including its ability to draw all parties into the initial discussion and design processes.
To read the complete press release online, click here. Back to Top For all you REGULAR readers of rAVe HomeAV Edition out there, hopefully you enjoyed another opinion-packed issue!
For those of you NEW to rAVe, you just read how we are — we are 100% opinionated. We not only report the news and new product stories of the high-end HomeAV industry, but we stuff the articles full of our opinions. That may include (but is not limited to) whether or not the product is even worth looking at, challenging the manufacturers on their specifications, calling a marketing-spec bluff and suggesting ways integrators market their products better. But, one thing is for sure, we are NOT a trade publication that gets paid for running editorial or product stories. Traditional trade publications get paid to run product stories — that’s why you see what you see in most of the pubs out there. We are different: we run what we want to run and NO ONE is going to pay us to write anything good (or bad).
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