Fort Wayne, Ind., July 30, 2015 – Sweetwater Sound, one of the top online music retailers in the world, recently implemented a Sennheiser Tourguide system to facilitate its corporate tours. The company, which features a brand new, 300,000 square foot, LEED Platinum certified facility and is set amidst an exquisite 100+ acre campus, has realized […]
Since 1996, LA’s Skirball Cultural Center has gained a reputation as one of the world’s foremost Jewish cultural institutions, a leading cultural venue and a truly elegant event space designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie. With the latest addition to their campus, the 44,000-square-foot Herscher Hall/Guerin Pavilion, Skirball has dramatically enhanced its ability to serve […]
Smart-e has launched a range of “cost effective” HDMI extenders and splitters that distribute signals over a single Cat6 cable, including some 4K signals. Starting at just £142 (approximately $222) for the 4K-700, a 3D compatible and HDCP compliant transmitter and receiver pair to extend HDMI, DVI or DP++, together with IR signals over a […]
CorpComm Expo (CCE) today announced that its Thurs., Oct. 1 keynote will present a panel discussion featuring representatives from a trio of Fortune 500 companies — Aramark, Wells Fargo and Mohawk Industries — at its inaugural educational conference taking place Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2015 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Greg Lennox, senior […]
Extron has started shipping its new IN1608 HDBT, a new model of the IN1608 product family integrated with HDBaseT-compatible output for streamlined integration with HDBaseT-enabled displays. This twisted pair output can be used to send digital video and embedded audio, plus bi-directional RS-232 and IR signals up to 330 feet (100 meters) over shielded CATx […]
Aviom has launched three complete personal mixing system packages, the Mix320-A Personal Mixing System, the Mix320-Y Personal Mixing System, and the Mix320-D Personal Mixing System. All three packages are available immediately, and will be sold in the US only. Each system is built around the A320 Personal Mixer, Aviom’s most affordable Personal Mixer to date. […]
InFocus Corporation says it has made it easier for people to connect and collaborate across platforms and the globe with a major expansion of its ConX Video Meeting (pronounced “Connects”) cloud-based group video conferencing service. The enhanced abilities include: the addition of full HD meeting rooms that can connect up to 25 participants, new Web […]
Aviom is already shipping its new D400 and D400-Dante A-Net Distributors. The D400 and D400-Dante A-Net Distributors are designed to distribute power and digital audio data to an Aviom personal mixing system and provide users with an easy and affordable way to get into Aviom personal mixing for live performance or recording applications. The D400-Dante […]
Austria’s AV Stumpfl claims the world’s first triple-stream 4K uncompressed media server in their new Wings Engine Raw. Using a single custom engineered RAID 10 system, Wings Engine Raw is capable of delivering constant data stream of three channels of true 4K (4096×2304 pixels) uncompressed video content at 60fps plus up to 16 text and […]
The Challenge In early 2014, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) was putting the finishing touches on its new student center, the UCR Student Recreation Center, a building planned as the hub of recreational, intramural, and club sports on the campus. From health classes to casual sports games to personal training and even a […]
Extron is shipping its TLP Pro 1520TG TouchLink Pro Touchpanel. This configurable 15” tabletop touchpanel has a capacitive, edge-to-edge glass touchscreen; and, as with all TouchLink Pro models, it features faster processing and more memory. The 1366×768 touchscreen is all one giant responsive control surface and it features video preview inputs that support high resolution […]
When a French fashion company opened a store in Manhattan’s trendy SoHo neighborhood, it wanted a specific architecture style. However, a major concern was that the store’s existing skylights would wash out any video screens. Sharp professional displays proved to be the right monitors for the job. Business Environment Challenges A world-famous French fashion designer […]
NY CityFest, a region-wide initiative focused on helping churches saturate their neighborhoods with the good news of Jesus Christ through regional gatherings and evangelistic outreaches, teamed up with Luis Palau and dozens of other partner evangelists to celebrate its achievements with a free concert and gospel sermons at Central Park in Manhattan on July 11, […]
NEW YORK, NY — JULY 2015: Bounding off the success of its midtown location, upscale gastro-pub and sports bar Stout opened a second location in Manhattan’s financial district. Dubbed Stout FiDi, the new establishment operates out of a 6000 sqft. space and incorporates many of the distinctive design elements of the original Stout, including a 50ft […]
We love you Crimson! Recently, we finished a gigantic project in Uptown Charlotte. It included 169 TV’s that had to each be custom mounted in all different locations and ways. We’ve done really large TV’s projects before like this but we have also spent a lot of time customizing every aspect of the mounting solution […]
Bill Fletcher got the call he was hoping for: The job was his, but only if he could meet a less than friendly deadline. The owner of Sound Stage Inc. in Winter Park, Florida had less than a week to prepare his client’s new party space for the biggest party of the year: The Super Bowl. Big […]
AmpliVox Sound Systems launched the SW300 Mity-Lite PA system, a compact PA that’s designed for rooms up to 1,500 square feet and audiences of up to 350. Weighing only 6.5 pounds, the Mity-Lite can be placed on a tripod or simply worn on a shoulder strap and outputs 35W sound while running on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery for […]
Extron’s Quantum Connect videowall processor is now offered in two HDMI configurations with new, lower pricing. The Quantum Connect 82 and Quantum Connect 84 feature eight HDMI inputs and two or four HDMI outputs. Extron says they are integrated with the same video scaling, windowing capability, and performance as Extron’s flagship Quantum Elite processors. Quantum Connect is designed […]
Bowers & Wilkins announced three additions to its range of custom installation speakers. The new CCM Cinema 7 in-ceiling speaker and CWM Cinema 7 in-wall speaker get their high performance thanks to the application of Bowers & Wilkins core acoustic technologies. While the new CCM632 offers discreet musical fidelity, clever new fixings now make installation […]
The PreSonus DigiMax DP88 eight-channel microphone preamplifier and A/D/A converter combines eight remote-controllable mic preamps with remote control features with the new Studio 192 audio interface. The newest member of the company’s DigiMax series, the 24-bit, 96 kHz DigiMax DP88 has an audio path using by Burr-Brown A/D/A converters with 118 dB of dynamic range. […]
When designing large venues, ballrooms or architecturally appealing rooms, a consultant, integrator or architect may feel conflicted when installing a traditional screen in a room with high ceilings that will require a lot of black drop to accommodate the AV needs and an appropriate screen viewing height. The Wireline Advantage from Da-Lite is the aesthetic […]
UK-based Smart-e has unveiled a new multi-format nine input presentation switcher (SDS-7000) that’s capable of managing digital and analog signals as two if the inputs include three HDMI, one HDBaseT, two RGBHV (VGA), one DisplayPort, one composite and one component. The two outputs (simultaneous) are HDBaseT and HDMI. An internal image processor provides video switching […]
By now, it’s likely that everyone knows that the new Da-Lite Parallax screen is an OEM’d dnp screen, but dnp is known for awesome ambient rejection screens. And, it means that it’s available to everyone in the ProAV market. Parallax features an advanced optical lens system that rejects light, rather than only diffusing light. This […]
Extron has started shipping their DTP T 3G-SDI 230 D and DTP T 3G-SDI 330 D, single-gang Decora-style transmitters for sending 3G-SDI, HD-SDI or SDI, audio, and bidirectional RS-232 and IR signals over a shielded CATx cable to Extron DTP-enabled products. The DTP T 3G-SDI 230 D extends signals up to 230 feet (70 meters), […]
Screen Innovations (SI) has just launched a new design that will create its largest “affordable” screen option to date with their new Slate Micro Seam — they are claiming it to be the world’s largest ambient-light rejecting screen available in sizes up to 390 inches diagonally in 16:9. With Slate Micro Seam, SI can manufacture […]
Premier is now shipping the new Symmetry Series — designed as a simple mounting solution that is supposed to decrease installation time by more than 40 percent but still allows for precise alignment features to ensure perfect display bezel alignment. Designed for installation efficiency, the Symmetry Series offers the most optimum bundled solutions for scalability […]
Extron has started shipping the SM 28 SpeedMount Surface Mount Speaker, a two-way speaker with a patent pending, concealed wall mounting system. This 8 ohm speaker features an 8″ (20.3 cm) woofer with dual tuned ports and a 1.1″ (2.8 cm) tweeter. The SM 28 provides a frequency range from 59 Hz to 22 kHz, […]
We installed our first digital sign at Bates College over 12 years ago. About seven years ago we installed a server based system and the signs have continued to spring up around campus. Bates is a environmental-friendly institution and one of the questions we get asked is how much power it takes. We also often […]
Crestron announced today the release of its TST-902 8.9″ Touch Screen saying that it’s an enterprise-grade wireless tablet. The nine-inch tablet is designed for wireless control and it uses a capacitive touch screen panel and delivers video via H.264 and is integrated into an edge-to-edge glass design. The TST-902 primarily communicates via Crestron ER instead […]
EIKI has just launched its brightest projector yet, the 14K-lumen 3-chip DLP-based EIP-UJT100. The EIP-UJT100 is spec’d to have a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, is native WUXGA 1920×1200 resolution, has four digital video inputs including HDMI, DIsplayPort and HDBaseT as well as 3G HD-SDI and has a Dicom Simulation mode for viewing grayscale images such as […]
Audio-Technica just debuted its AT2020USBi Cardioid Condenser USB Microphone featuring iOS compatibility. Combining high-resolution audio with increased connectivity options, the AT2020USBi cardioid condenser microphone adds a new level of sound-quality and convenience to Audio-Technica’s USB microphone line. Modeled after the AT2020, this digital output mic features an A/D converter with a 24-bit/96 kHz sampling rate […]
AKG is introducing the DMM8 U and DMM14 U reference digital microphone mixers. Ideal for large meeting rooms and conferencing applications, these mixers offer advanced DSP functionality and multiple routing options. DMM8 U and DMM14 U feature built-in DSP to ensure precise mixing of up to 80 and 140 channels, respectively, by cascading up to […]
