Vinten’s Vantage is a lightweight robotic camera head that offers houses of worship and in-house production suites broadcast-quality movement and control at the same price point as a traditional pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera head. Vantage enables HOW production teams to choose the camera and lens so they can match manual camera positions, work over long distances […]

FUJIFILM Corporation has developed, from what we at rAVe can tell, the world’s first projector equipped with a rotating FUJINON lens to project images in various directions without moving the projector. FUJIFILM will release this product in 2019 and newly enter into the projector market. The new projector appears to feature the world’s first “two-axial […]

Bose Professional today announced the release of the Bose Array Tool, a new software application to help make sound system design easier for AV professionals. Bose says the software features an intuitive workflow that requires minimal training. The Bose Array Tool brings variables — such as room size, budget constraints, loudspeaker model and placement — […]

Sonoran Video Systems is introducing two new broadcast-quality video playback solutions — the Coyote Q3G and the Coyote S12G playback servers. The Coyote Playback Servers feature four 3G SDI outputs that can be configured as independent, spanned, sync roll or UHD playback. The S12G model also has the ability to be configured for a single […]

Panopto and Matrox Graphics announced the availability of the Matrox Maevex 6020 Remote Recorder, a new Panopto-certified media capture appliance. The media capture box is tightly integrated with Panopto and provides live streaming and video recording. Production units are entering the manufacturing process and will initially be available to customers in the United States, United […]

Mackie today announced the latest DL Series digital mixers, the 16-channel DL16S and 32-channel DL32S Wireless Digital Live Sound Mixers with built-in Wi-Fi for multi-platform control. Master Fader 5.0 is also available as of today. In this update, a requested feature by DL users, Android support is now a reality. Master Fader 5.0 will be […]

Marshall Electronics has a new 17.3-inch professional production monitor with HDMI/HDSDI conversion capability, the Marshall V-LCD173HR. In a 6RU form-factor, the Marshall V-LCD173HR comes with built-in histogram, peaking, false color, exposure, adjustable safety markers and can monitor up to two audio channels. The Marshall V-LCD173HR has both HDMI and HDSDI inputs and outputs and features […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM MVIX By Lillyan Wamaitha Marketing Manager, Mvix Digital signage is becoming a popular option for many ministries. These churches understand the benefits of digital signage and how they can use the technology to increase the reach of their message and communicate with their congregation. Below are three ways churches […]

Dynacord’s IPX multi-channel DSP amplifiers, integrated with Dante and OCA (AES70) audio networking technology, are now shipping. The amplifiers are accompanied by the 4.0 release of IRIS-Net software for system configuration, remote control and management. The IPX Series comprises three four-channel and one eight-channel amplifier model, spec’d at 5 kilowatts, 10 kilowatts and even 20 […]

Peavey just announced the SP 2P Powered Speaker System. Expanding on the SP Series for live audio performance, the SP 2P is comprised of two switching power amplifiers that are capable of up to 130 dB peak SPL for sound reinforcement, public address, side fill system, karaoke and musical playback. The dual power amplifiers in […]

PK Sound has released Trinity 10 that uses the identical voicing as the full-size Trinity module. Like the larger version, the Trinity 10 is configured remotely, providing advanced users with a new set of tools and control over the vertical and horizontal polar directivity of the entire array. In addition, Trinity 10 is powered by […]

FOR-A is shipping three new products — the HVS-490 and HVS-100 switchers and FA-9600 signal processor. The HVS-490 is for the events market and is an HD and 4K-UHD (3840×2160 @ 60fps and 4:4:4 at 12-bit color) multi-effects production switcher designed for mobile shoots, events and in-house large-scale corporate productions. They include “event memory” for […]

NEC Display Solutions of America today announced the launch of InfinityBoard — the EMEA office of NEC has been marketing the InfinityBoard collaboration board system for a few years and now it’s available in North American, too. The Windows 10-based InfinityBoard collaboration solution is designed for corporate and higher education customers and includes an NEC […]

Roland Professional AV and JVC Professional Video made a joint announcement for LAN-based camera remote control for several of JVC’s most popular models, directly from the Roland’s V-60HD and XS-62S HD Video Switchers. With new version 2.0 firmware for the V-60HD, XS-62S and companion RCS (Remote Control Software for PC and Mac), LAN-based pan, tilt, […]

Roland Professional AV just launched the VP-42H Video Processor, a multi-source layering and switching box for single-screen display of presentations, digital signage content and meetings. The VP-42H supports simultaneous output of up to four layered source signals even when resolutions vary between its four HDMI inputs. The processor features Motion Scene Switching for “fluid” transitions […]

Extron is shipping the IN1804, a series of four-input scalers that provide video scaling, switching and new integration features. They support HDMI 2.0 data rates up to 18 Gbps and incorporate the company’s Vector 4K scaling engine with 4:4:4 chroma sampling and 30-bit internal video processing. Offering a host of features including seamless switching effects, […]

Automation isn’t new to the audiovisual industry, but a new kind of automation for this technology-focused trade will be centered around automating the customer’s buying journey. As innovation has led the consumer markets to automate the discovery process for buyers, so too has the time come for the long-established AV industry to adapt and embrace […]

Helping prospects and clients inform themselves during their customer buying journey is not a one-size-fits-most process due to the exponential growth of online search. Instead of manufacturers and systems integrators publishing generic product features, benefits and specifications, today’s influencers and decision-makers are searching for how products work in their unique vertical markets and applications. To […]

Large venues, sports facilities, domes, giant screens, planetariums and theme park attractions are among the application targeted by the new Christie D4K40-RGB 3DLP projector (3840×2160). Designed with Christie TruLife electronics and Christie RealLaser illumination, the company says that the Christie D4K40-RGB produces greater than 90 percent of the Rec. 2020 color space. Specified at over […]

JVC Professional Video today announced the ProHD zRAMP — a content-aware error correction for simultaneous live video streaming to multiple CDNs like Facebook Live and YouTube, as well as decoders for distribution to a local cable headend. Designed for live sports, events, houses of worship, schools and local governments, the ProHD zRAMP delivers reliable QoS […]

Marshall Electronics is adding to its range of camera offerings with three new compact and miniature cameras: the 4K60 Marshall CV420-CS, the 4K30 Marshall CV380-CS and the 1080p CV506-H12. The CV420-CS will be the first to launch in November 2018 and is for use in live events as well as film production, sports broadcasting and […]

Studio Technologies is showing two new audio interfaces for applications that use the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards to implement Audio-over-Ethernet (AoE) network connectivity — the Model 5512 Audio Interface and the Model 5518 Mic/Line Interface. The Model 5518 allows users to connect eight analog microphone or line-level sources and then output the signals […]

The PreSonus Studio 24 2×2 USB-C bus-powered audio/MIDI interface can record up to 24-bit, 192 kHz audio. Integrated with PreSonus XMAX-L solid-state preamps and high-end converters, the newest member of the company’s Studio series is housed in a rugged, metal enclosure that the company says can withstand the stresses of travel. A complete, all-in-one recording […]

Draper is launching a trim solution for the Barco UniSee video wall system. SmartTrim for Barco UniSee is a patent-pending, design protected solution co-developed with SMS Smart Media Solutions, a Draper subsidiary in Sweden. It provides a simple and elegant trim remedy for a wide range of standard and custom Barco UniSee configurations. Standard kits […]

Optoma today announced two new projectors aimed at large classrooms, museums, houses of worship and large venue settings. The Optoma W512 and EH512 are 1-chip DLP projectors with 1.6x zoom, vertical lens shift (up to 16 percent), four corner correction and full RS232C control, keystone correction (±20 vertical and horizontal) and two 10-watt speakers. The […]

As a part of our regular business practice, we check back in with completed HOW projects to ensure everything is still working properly and that no new issues have arisen that might need attention. Over the decades, this approach has proven to be both helpful in maintaining relationships and also often provides new opportunities to […]

Professional Wireless Systems has announced the addition of the 1RU Alpha Quad-4 and 2RU Alpha Quad-8 to the Alpha Series, which was introduced earlier this year. The Alpha Quad-4 and Quad-8 are designed for use with multiple Shure Axient AD4Q receivers in Quadversity mode. The units provide four individual unity-gain signals (A, B, C, D) […]

Egan Visual announces the acquisition of the assets and ongoing business of Working Walls Solutions. The line includes Acoustic Wall Panels, Acoustic Ceiling Products, Tackable Wall Panels, Partition Extenders and other solutions for noise reduction and sound transmission reduction. This acquisition complements the Egan Sound Ideas line, which includes Egan Disperse and Egan Tacet Acoustical […]

Spitfire Creative Technologies, the parent company of Magenta Research and tvONE, has purchased Green Hippo, a developer and manufacturer of media servers and digital display products with offices in the UK and the U.S. Spitfire also owns tvONE and Magenta Research, manufacturers of video processing and signal distribution products. “Green Hippo and tvONE each have […]

AmpliVox just launched a wireless personal PA dubbed the S208 Digital Belt Blaster. It’s a 2.4 GHz headset microphone with a belt-pack speaker to amplify speech for teachers, coaches, tour guides, product demonstrators and other presenters. The Digital Belt Blaster weighs less than a pound using three-inch speaker pairs with the wireless headset for sound […]

Avocor today introduced the first Windows collaboration displays featuring touchscreen, Windows 10 and Microsoft 365. The first Windows collaboration displays by Avocor will ship in December of 2018. Avocor says they worked with Microsoft to create a single-cable solution that connects a Windows PC to the display. It allows for immediate control of the camera […]

Church AV needs are wide and varied, but one of thing they all have in common when it comes to technology: Church AV tech needs a greater focus on innovation than new inventions. Innovation Over Invention Perhaps my favorite example of a firm that gets innovation and obsesses over it is IDEO, a firm that […]