Volume 6, Issue 22 — November 20, 2020

AV Buyers.Club — Volume 6, Issue 22
Latest headlines: Gary Kayye on Barco’s Overture, David Danto on the arrival of video collaboration and the work-life blend, and more

November 20, 2020 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 22

 

#AVtweeps! What’s up? I hope you’re ready for the weekend because I know I am! I’m going to keep this short and sweet, but I want to quickly point out Gary Kayye’s column this week. There is an action item: Check out the Barco Overture microsite because there is a solid chance you won’t be able to do so for much longer. Barco is no longer “spending any more R&D money of development on Overture but, the company is ‘retaining the rights and intellectual property.'”

Also, in a special column from David Danto, he explores the work-life blend concept as video collaboration permeates workers’ lives just as it was always meant to pre-COVID. I don’t have to tell you it has arrived — folks, you’ve been using it for six+ months already.

Catch the solid amount of product features I have for you this week — starting with Extron’s brand-spanking-new, full-bandwidth, uncompressed 8K switcher. Also, check out Sony’s two new compact WUXGA laser projectors, Epson’s brightest projector to date, and Aurora’s USA-Made Thermal Temperature Tablet.

Talk to you in December.

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

 

+ Updated: Barco “Freezes” Overture Control System Development [Gary Kayye]

If you haven’t visited Barco’s Overture microsite, hurry as it’s likely about to disappear. I received a “tip” that Barco may be discontinuing Overture, one of only a few software-based AV control systems, last week and it turned out to be mostly true.

+ Video Collaboration Has Finally Arrived [David Danto]

The horrific pandemic we’re living through forced people to use and get good at collaboration platforms to an extent that no formal adoption plan could ever have achieved. The result is that video platforms and components — just like the cars — have stopped touting their performance and reliability. Now they talk about how cool their virtual backgrounds are, how well their AI performs at automatically setting shots and tracking action, how strong their noise reduction is and how fancy their group shot layouts are. The industry didn’t get the celebration it deserved (as no one has really been in a mood to celebrate considering the pandemic) but the fact that video collaboration works as well as we always said it could has finally become a given.

 

PRODUCT NEWS

 

+ Extron Just Became the First Full-Bandwidth, Uncompressed 8K Switcher Company [Gary Kayye]

+ Portrait Displays Announces Release of Calman 2020 R2 [Gary Kayye]

+ JVC Expands Livestreaming Features for GY-HM250 4K Camcorders [Sara Abrons]

+ Avaya Upgrades UCC App With More Zoom- and Teams-Like Features — But, One-Ups Them With 61-People View [Gary Kayye]

+ Sharp Adds IoT Dashboard, Synappx, for Its Windows Collaboration Display Users [Sara Abrons]

+ Sony Electronics Releases Two New Compact WUXGA Laser Projectors [Sara Abrons]

+ Sanus Now Shipping New In-Wall Cable Management Kit [Sara Abrons]

+ iRoom iO Announces New Docking Station for Apple iPad Air 4 [Gary Kayye]

+ Salamander Designs FPS Series Mobile Stands Now Microsoft-Certified, Authorized [Steph Beckett]

+ Epson Intros Its Brightest Projector — the Pro L30000UNL [Gary Kayye]

+ Atomos Offers Apple ProRes RAW Recording Support for Sony FX6 [Gary Kayye]

+ Peavey Electronics Intros Aureus Digital Mixer [Sara Abrons]

+ Symetrix Expands In Control Solution — Adds Lua Scripting to Composer 8.0 [Sara Abrons]

+ Eastern Acoustic Works Intros MKD1200 Series Full Range Loudspeakers [Gary Kayye]

+ Aurora Multimedia Unveils USA-Made Thermal Temperature Tablet [Steph Beckett]

+ Extron Ships Its Most Powerful NetPA Ultra Amplifier With 2×200 Watts, Dante and DSP [Gary Kayye]

+ Atlona Launches AT-OME-MH21 Switcher Aimed at UCC [Gary Kayye]

+ An AV Integrator Just Created a Driver to Allow Control4 to Steer Yamaha MTX DSPs for Commercial Installs [Gary Kayye]

+ Kramer Electronics Releases 18G 4K HDR Presentation Switcher/Scaler [Sara Abrons]

+ Epson Announces Availability of Six New Laser Displays [Steph Beckett]

+ Atomos Unveils New HDR Monitor Recorders [Sara Abrons]

+ Yamaha Unified Communications Says ADECIA Family of UCC Products Will Ship in 2021 [Gary Kayye]

+ 22Miles Offers Post-COVID Touchless Interactivity Using a Smartphone and Protection-as-a-Service [Steph Beckett]

+ Sharp NEC Display Solutions Adds to Its Desktop Portfolio [Gary Kayye]

+ New Black Box Desktop KVM Switch Designed for the Multiple-Computer User [Gary Kayye]

+ Roland Announces P-20HD Video Instant Replayer [Steph Beckett]

+ TASCAM Releases Professional-Grade 4K Blu-ray/Media/Network Player [Steph Beckett]

+ Vanco International Intros Two New HDMI Extenders Over Fiber [Gary Kayye]

+ Studio Technologies Announces Model 5482 Dante Bridge [Sara Abrons]

+ AVI Systems Announces the Acquisition of Avyve [Gary Kayye]

+ Lumens Unveils the VC-TR1 Auto-Tracking Camera [Gary Kayye]

+ PreSonus Intros New Revelator USB Microphone [Steph Beckett]

+ Marshall Electronics Intros New USB3.0 HD POV Camera [Gary Kayye]

+ Matrox Video Releases New 1G AV-over-IP Encoders, Decoders [Steph Beckett]

INDUSTRY NEWS

 

+ SignageOS and Nexmosphere Partner for Sensor Compatibility [Steph Beckett]

+ The Zigbee Alliance Has a Plan to Bring the Wireless Standard to the Commercial Construction Market [Gary Kayye]

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