Volume 7, Issue 6 — March 19, 2021

AV Buyers.Club — Volume 7, Issue 6

March 19, 2021 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 6

Hello, end users. I’m back with a question: Is it time to finally shake hands with our IT neighbors? (Metaphorically, of course. It’s still a pandemic outside.) Scott Tiner says heck yes. You might not be a stranger to the AV and IT convergence school of thought, but Scott Tiner makes an excellent argument for why AV is IT. Check it out.

Also, Paul Konikowski is back with his latest #SecuringAV piece, this time on the Nashville bombing during Christmas 2020. I was surprised at first when Paul submitted this article (this does not seem to be about AV at first glance), but as you start to read, you’ll see how close this lies to technology and those who make the technology.

Have a great weekend. Get your vaccines. Catch you on the flip side.

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ AV Is IT [Scott Tiner]

During End User Day of LAVNCH WEEK 3.0 in February (in partnership with HETMA), I enjoyed listening to end users speak about AV security. It was particularly interesting to me since I had just written a blog on how the SolarWinds hack should serve as a lesson to the AV industry. I was tweeting a few thoughts during the event. In my tweets, I wrote about how AV and IT are the same things. Many of the panelists on the talk had indicated the same thinking. Yet, some of the responses to my tweet surprised me. There are people in our (AV) industry who will still argue that AV and IT are not, indeed, the same thing.

+ SecuringAV: The Christmas Morning Bombing in Nashville [Paul Konikowski]

The explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, Dec. 25, 2020, suggests that at least some extremists separate technology from the people who make the technology happen. Early that morning, around 6:30 a.m., an RV camper full of explosives was detonated in the downtown portion of the city, causing significant damage to an AT&T telecommunications hub.

PRODUCT NEWS

+ DVDO Releases New H264/5-Encoder and Decoder [Steph Beckett]

+ SurgeX Now Shipping Squid Power Management Device [Gary Kayye]

+ Tightrope Media Systems Releases Cablecast VIO Stream [Gary Kayye]

+ TRENDnet Debuts 2.5G Unmanaged Network Switches [Gary Kayye]

+ PPDS Now Shipping T-Line Interactive 4K Touch-Display Range [Steph Beckett]

+ Sharp NEC Solutions Upgrades ME and MC Series Projectors [Steph Beckett]

+ Extron Adds Wall-Plate Encoders for Its AV-over-IP NAV Line [Gary Kayye]

+ Audio-Technica Intros Two New Miniature Boundary Microphones [Gary Kayye]

+ Kramer Electronics Releases KIT-400 Auto-Switcher/Scaler Kit [Gary Kayye]

+ BrightSign Collaborates With Bluefin International for Video Wall Solution [Steph Beckett]

+ Marshall Electronics to Launch 4K Version of NDI PTZ Camera [Gary Kayye]

+ Vivitek Adds LauncherPlus Button Solution to NovoConnect Lineup [Gary Kayye]

+ MAXHUB Releases BM21 Speakerphone for UCC [Steph Beckett]

+ Applied Electronics Limited Partners With New Wave Workspace [Gary Kayye]

+ Premier Mounts Adds LG-LSA dvLED Mount to Convergent Line [Steph Beckett]

+ Legrand | AV Now Shipping Chief Koncīs Series Monitor Arm Mounts [Steph Beckett]

+ Da-Lite Now Shipping Agility Battery Motor for Designer Contour Electrol [Gary Kayye]

+ ATEN Technology Launches 2-Port USB 4K HDMI Cable KVM Switch With Remote Port Selector [Gary Kayye]

+ NowSignage’s CMS Now Added as a BrightSign BSN.Cloud Integrated Partner [Steph Beckett]

+ tvONE Releases Universal Multivoltage DC Power Solution [Steph Beckett]

+ Nortek Control Launches New ‘2GIG EDGE’ Security and Automation Panel [Gary Kayye]

+ Atlantic Technology Launches Gatecrasher3 PowerBar [Steph Beckett]

+ Powersoft Now Offers Dynamic Routing Embedded Within Fixed Install Amplifier Platforms [Steph Beckett]

+ Barco Releases Newest Generation of UniSee 500 LCD Video Wall System [Gary Kayye]

+ Crestron Announces New In-Wall, In-Ceiling, Landscape Speaker Line [Gary Kayye]

+ Atomos Develops Apple ProRes RAW Recording From Sony’s Alpha 1 Camera [Steph Beckett]

INDUSTRY NEWS

+ Almo E4v Opens Flex Experience — A Month-Long Extension of Its Virtual Event! [Gary Kayye]

CASE STUDIES

+ Using Peerless-AV Xtreme High Bright Outdoor Displays, National Theatre of Iceland Enables Outdoor Digital Signage in Freezing Temps [Steph Beckett]

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