InfoComm 13 is over, and after 3 days on the floor there, I started asking myself if I found what I was looking for. I made a comment that I was looking for three Howard Hughes-esque traits in manufacturers or their employees. Those traits were Courage, Passion, and Innovation. I only received a couple nominations […]
In 2012, the third most profitable category of AV was power management. Trailing right behind signal management and control systems, power management is a cash cow for an AV integrator. It’s a no-brainer install — house fires are everyone’s biggest fear when they buy a new home. And, one of the leading causes of house […]
We’ve all read about how important it is for us as integrators to provide good thorough documentation packages for clients on our integration projects. After all, we’re creating something custom and unique for them, and they need to know how it works. I’ve seen various document packages from several integrators, and they’re getting better and […]
For the second year in a row, we’ve asked our readers — the integrators, the designers and the installers of AV gear, who their favorites were. Back in April, we asked our readers to nominate ANY company they wanted for any one or more of 15 categories. And, we had well over 200 companies win […]
At InfoComm, Philips Signage Solutions demonstrated its 4K autostereoscopic (glasses free) 3D display, an industry first, which is now an actual SKU that you can buy from the company (for $14,999). The BDL5071VS is a 50-inch, LED-backlit display designed for 24/7 operation, which Philips is primarily targeting to retail digital signage applications. It can operate […]
Anyone who followed my last couple posts about my scAVenger hunt on the floor may be curious to know how things turned out. Well we invited quite a few folks to come and try out their Cat5 based extenders on the show floor. Who we invited and what they said: Atlona — Wanted to come, but […]
Philips showed at InfoComm a new IP-addressable LED displays for digital signage, called the QL series. The idea behind these displays is basically to remove the signage player from the equation, taking the model of consumer content distribution technology (such as Apple TV, Google TV, etc.) and applying it to “IP signage.” These displays were […]
For five years, we’ve attended the ProAV’s flagship North American-based tradeshow and shot thousands of videos of all the new products launched at the show. In fact, we’ve had over two million video views of our InfoComm videos over the years. Well, in 2013, we’re shooting them all in 720p. After years of shooting them […]
Primeview this week is unveiling its new 84” 4K HDBaseT-enabled display, a solution to the 4K distance problem that plagues commercial projects. HDBaseT can deliver 4K video up to 100 meters over a single Ethernet cable, making the installation process much simpler and more cost effective compared to all other cabling options for professional installers […]
Sennheiser has announced the availability of the latest K-array product: Anakonda is a bendable speaker meant for indoor our outdoor applications such as theme parks, museums and broadcast studios. Since each speaker element is bendable, the Anakonda can be wrapped around poles, columns or mounted to curved or otherwise uneven surfaces. Speakers are available in […]
I threw this idea out on Twitter last week, and I’m gonna try to pull it off on the show floor Thursday. I am going on an a scAVenger hunt. I will be looking for: 300 feet of Cat5e mod plugs termination tool Two small displays from different manufacturers (1080p) Two HDMI cables, less than 10 […]
Philips MMD will unveil two new Philips DICOM compliant clinical review displays at InfoComm 2013 — 24″ and 27″ LCD includes anti-microbial housing to inhibit bacterial growth, a medical grade power supply to ensure safety and low emission and D-image preset for consistent DICOM grayscale medical images. Along with these displays, MMD told rAVe it […]
A pre-InfoComm THE WEEK where host Joel Rollins speaks to leaders from DATATON and ShowSage about their amazing InfoComm plans including significant new product upgrades. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
Sean Matthews, Visix CEO, was so excited to show us their new InfoComm stuff, they custom edited a video for us. Sean has the energy every CEO in AV has and even though this is only 10-seconds long, you get excited about seeing them. And, they’re on our Top-10 Tour this year!
Gary’s latest episode of his (almost) daily Rants and rAVes is all about CONNECTORS. Why are there so many? There’s gotta be a standard! Watch this latest episode to see exactly what Gary is talking about!
Welcome to the all new rAVePubs.com! We have been working on this site for the last few months and we are so excited to bring you an even bigger and better website to serve our industry. There are a lot of ways you can now read and interact with rAVe… this infographic gives you a […]
Panasonic will launch a a new line of high definition LED LCDs for hospitality and digital signage, the LRU60 Series. Available in 32”, 39”, 42”, 50” and 65”, Panasonic’s new LED line will be aimed at the hospitality, digital signage and meeting room markets. Panasonic designed the Energy Star-rated LRU60 Series with functions that reduce […]
By Paul Gray DisplaySearch Could ‘iWatch’ be the trade name for Apple’s TV and not a watch at all? In the latest piece of the jigsaw puzzle to be turned over, Tim Cook recently hinted that Apple may open its ecosystem; might this pave the way for a TV product? While Apple connoisseurs might crave […]
By Allen Weidman Sustainability Officer, InfoComm International As InfoComm International’s sustainability officer, I read the column A Different Type of Green Show Checklist by Midori Connolly with great interest. Since InfoComm 2013 is right around the corner, I believe the column provides a great opportunity to engage in an open conversation about InfoComm’s role in […]
Sound Control Technologies is one of those “glue” manufacturers that specializes in solving connectorization issues with remotely locating VTC cameras away from their accompanying CODECs – today’s podcast is all about them! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
The projector market infographic for April 2013.
By Tim Kriedel Special to InfoComm International Within four years, half of all employers will have a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy for smartphones, tablets and PCs, the research firm Gartner predicts. BYOD is what tech types call a plan to welcome personal mobile devices on enterprise networks. Four years might sound like a long way off, […]
In my 18th year as part of this industry called AV, I am truly amazed at what has become of this great field we are in. While I have not been around as long as many of you, I still remember the days of the shoot outs. Not with projectors mind you, but with the […]
The words LCD beat CRT ran through my head as I walked through the exhibits at SID’s DisplayWeek in Vancouver. Though that observation may seem trite, I think it should be chanted by all of us until we declare victory and ask where we go from here. If we can learn anything from the last […]
The ASK Proxima brand will return to the ProAV market next month at InfoComm. You may recall, back at the pinnacle of its existence (when it was literally the top install projector company in the U.S.), Proxima was purchased by InFocus and then promptly dismantled – a move that would easily make a great business […]
It’s been said that video without lighting is just radio. The point being that it takes great lighting to make great video and a story isn’t complete without compelling audio (most of the time, at least). With YouTube stats setting records every year, we’re clearly a video-obsessed culture here in North America. It is no […]
When creating visual messages, we often concentrate our efforts on the text and select the background as an afterthought. Of course, the design should always be secondary to the content, but keep in mind that people often notice graphics before text. This is especially important in digital signage, where the viewers are some distance away […]
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By Anthony D. Coppedge House of Worship Technology Consultant The traditional sales pipeline and funnel effect says that the bigger the funnel at the top, the bigger the pipeline of leads. I’m not going to argue “sales physics,” but I will say that there is a unique dynamic in the house of worship market when […]
For over 34 years, Marty Schaffel has been one of the hardest working men in the business. In 1979, he started his first business with $2,000 selling Kroy lettering machines — machines that created black letters on scotch tape type material, transparencies and slides. He’d successfully convinced them to set him up as a dealer, […]
Everyone in ProAV generally makes fun of BOSE Corporation. For years, it’s sold products to consumers without any technical specs, performance details and without any information about how a product it makes is differentiated from another product of a different brand (e.g., Sony, Mitsubishi or Panasonic). But, there’s one thing we universally love with the […]
