Premium audio brand Neumann has announced the launch of its new active studio monitor: the KH 310 A. The KH 310 A is a three-way system that is based on newly developed drivers housed in a sealed cabinet. The company says this ensures extremely accurate reproduction over the entire frequency response at surprisingly high reproduction […]

Vaddio’s new PowerVIEW PTZ cameras bring three-chip “broadcast camera performance” to a single-chip camera, according to the company. Based on third-generation Maicovicon MOS imaging sensor technology, the HD-22 and HD-30 improve color and brightness uniformity, ensuring an improved high definition image quality. The HD-22 comes equipped with a multi-element 22x optical glass auto-focus zoom lens […]

Sony surprised everyone at NAB with aggressive pricing for its 4K (3840×2160) TVs — the Bravia XBR-55X900A (55″) and the XBR-65X900A (65″) are $4,999 and $6,999, respectively. They will start shipping on April 21st. Starting today, six Sony Store locations (Century City, Calif.; Costa Mesa, Calif.; Houston; Las Vegas; New York and Palo Alto, Calif.) […]

Barco LiveDots (a Barco company) has added a new C-series LED display, dubbed the C8. It has a pixel pitch of 8.33 millimeters and is spec’d at 5,000 nits brightness. It’s an outdoor LED display that Barco says has been specifically designed for use in the rental and staging industry or for fixed installations. Because […]

Today Christie introduced two new 3-chip DLP, 4K projectors — the Christie D4K2560 and Christie D4K3560. The company says these new D4K models are the 3-chip DLP 4K projectors from Christie that also offer frame rates at 60 frames per second (fps). Both the Christie D4K2560 (25,000 center lumens) and Christie D4K3560 (35,000 center lumens) […]

High End Systems is launching a couple of new lighting products at the Pro Light & Sound show in Frankfurt this month. The SolaWash 19 and SolaWash 37 are high brightness moving wash lights that will complement High End System’s existing LED fixtures, the SolaSpot LED and Trackspot Bolt. Powered by 15-watt RGBW LEDs, and […]

Meyer Sound has introduced the Compass RMS, a new hardware and software solution that the company says streamlines the real-time monitoring of Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker systems. Building on Meyer Sound’s remote monitoring technology, the new Compass RMS system features the RMServer, the purpose-built network hardware that communicates loudspeaker performance data over Ethernet and twisted-pair […]

DVDO today announced the availability of the company’s latest product, the Quick6 x 2 4K Ultra HD HDMI switcher. The Quick6 HDMI switcher upgrades home theater installations to the latest video connectivity technologies including InstaPrevue technology, which enables a live picture-in-picture preview of each connected HDMI device. Quick6 offers 300MHz HDMI inputs, InstaPrevue and InstaPort […]

Atlas Sound is now shipping all its equipment racks with printed rack rails. The company says this makes it easier for integrators to plan a rack elevation and reduce product install time at the job site. The rack rails are printed with each 1RU section having a designated number and defined area. This easily identifies […]

BenQ America Corp. today announced its new M7 Series of high-brightness, high-performance projectors. Designed for education and other large-venue settings, the product line comprised of the MX720, MW721, MX722, MX766, and MW767 features up to 4,200 ANSI lumens of brightness, contrast ratios extending to 13,000:1, and power-saving technology to cut energy consumption by up to […]

Haivision today announced the launch of the Haivision Video Cloud, which simplifies the complexity of live and on-demand video workflows by providing an end-to-end media platform. Haivision’s online video platform provides a complete solution for companies to engage their audiences with dynamic media content, regardless of network or device. The Haivision Video Cloud simplifies the […]

Acer America today announced a new home theater projector, the Acer H5370BD. This 720p projector is 3D-ready and lists for only $549. The Acer H5370BD projector can deliver pictures up to 300 inches. It is specified at 2,500 ANSI lumens brightness and 13,000:1 contrast ratio with Dynamic Black technology. This projector supports popular 3D technologies […]

Here is the projector market report for February 2013.

The Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA) will produce a Digital Screenmedia Symposium May 9-10 at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas. Topics to be addressed include: Staying ahead of the consumer Omni-channel customer engagement How to rethink digital screenmedia: in-store and out QSR and fast casual: turning dining digital Integrating screenmedia into […]

Triad Speakers, Inc. today announced the availability of its new InWall Bronze/4 SlimSub. Measuring 3-15/16 inches deep to fit into a standard 4-inch deep wall cutout, the flat grill, flush mount design of the SlimSub is an aesthetical improvement over the model it replaces, the InWall Bronze/4 Sub, which protruded several inches from the wall. […]

Today Christie unveiled its latest electronics platform – Christie TruLife – with a proprietary, 1.2 Gigapixel per second, floating point architecture. Christie TruLife electronics forms the basis for the latest generation of projectors, which the company says is capable of delivering ultra high resolution, high frame rate video with high image fidelity (e.g., 4K resolution […]

A small article that appeared in this week’s news caught my attention. It was a report that Örebro University in Sweden had installed three Sectra Medical Systems AB (Linköping, Sweden) “Visualization Tables.” The attention catching part was that these systems are to be used in medical education programs to replace or complement the dissection of […]

On March 25th in Alabama, a true tragedy took place. A digital sign installed in an airport came crashing down on a family. It killed a 10-year-old boy and injured his mother and two brothers. You can read about the accident on rAVe’s site here. Before I go any further, I wanted to make clear […]

Entries for Visix’s Expression Awards for digital signage content are due April 30, 2013. The company is giving out one People’s Choice and three Judges’ Awards for the best digital signage designs created using a Visix software application. Winning entries can be from small or large organizations, and can be created by professional designers and […]

The inevitable is about to happen, perhaps sooner than anyone thought. The DVD format, first introduced in 1996, and its 2003 successor Blu-ray, as well as legacy VHS, are about to be passed in viewing volume by online paid video downloads. The legal, paid consumption of movies online in the United States will reach 3.4 […]

rAVe founder Gary Kayye will serve as a judge for the 2013 Digital Screenmedia Association Industry Excellence Awards, which honors the best self-service, digital signage and mobile technology deployments across all vertical market segments. Entries could be entered in the following categories: Technology: Digital Signage Self-Service/Interactive Kiosk Mobile Vertical market: Corporate Communication Digital Out-of-Home Campaign […]

BOXLIGHT has announced the release of the ProjectoWrite5 featuring dual screen link, which creates two separate and independent interactive screens by connecting two projectors to one computer. This feature allows for twice the interactive surface area and with the addition of dual pen, allows two separate presenters to interact with the screens and/or toggle interactive […]

At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, singers were told by organizers not to dress “sexy” in an attempt to stop the state of undress that decorates MTV today. Needless to say, that mandate felt limiting to many of the stars used to flaunting it as part of their act. One singer found a different route: […]

InfoComm International and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the completion of a major upgrade to audiovisual systems at the AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The project was the result of a collaboration between InfoComm and the AIA in which InfoComm members donated products and services to address the AIA’s changing technology needs. “This […]

Extron’s MediaLink for iPad, version 1.1, provides an additional point of control for systems with Ethernet-enabled MediaLink controllers and their associated control modules. With this app, users can wirelessly control their AV system using a Wi-Fi network, allowing them the freedom to move from room to room. This latest release adds powerful new features, including […]

RGB Spectrum’s new OmniWall 16 display processor has up to 16 inputs and 16 outputs – ideal for 2×2, 3×3 or 3×4 screen arrays, or linear configurations from 1×16 to 16×1. For larger video walls, the OmniWall 32 offers up to 32 inputs and 32 outputs. For even larger walls, multiple chassis can be connected […]

That’s right – we heard it from none other than movie producer Jon Landau. Starting March 28th and running for two weeks, you can see the new GI Joe: Retaliation movie at the AMC Theater’s Burbank 16 EXT Theater in 3D using a laser projector. The 65-foot screen will be powered by Christie and will […]

I am writing this today to ask for your help. We are on a mission to make this year’s InfoComm show the highest attended AV show, ever. And, there’s no reason that it can’t be. Why do we care? Well, at rAVe we spend a lot of time and money carefully tracking the industry trends, […]

The following is reprinted with permission from the Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA). For more information, go to http://www.digitalscreenmedia.org. Much has been said of the benefits digital signage offers marketers, but don’t forget the personal context in which digital signage viewers will likely see your message. Successful marketers know their ads exist in a context that […]

The VideoForge is a portable test pattern generator that can be used independently or incorporated with Spectracal’s CalMAN Software. It provides an HDMI output with video signals you need for testing, calibrating and servicing video displays, including 3D displays. The VideoForge’s features three distinct control interfaces. First the VideoForge utilizes a modern XML-RPC control interface […]

If you’re serious about sustainability, you must be committed to being educated on key concepts, technology and emerging trends. But, this type of education can be difficult to find! From green building materials to Cleantech, there are a number of associations and publications out there, but it can be overwhelming trying to decide which will […]

Recent rumors suggest the current subsidy program for energy saving appliances, which is scheduled to end in May 2013, will be replaced by a second generation program soon after expiration, with a higher EEI (Energy Efficiency Index), new size group splits, and new subsidy standards by size group. Indications are that the new program will […]