Futuresource Consulting expands its offering with three new appointments. Specialist research and consulting firm Futuresource announces the recent appointment of three new employees to expand its offering to clients and build upon the company’s successful track record. Phil Maddocks joins the education technology team as a market analyst, focusing primarily on mobile computing devices within […]
Texas – October 3, 2013 – AMX® is pleased to announce that Scott Bahr has joined the Companyas Executive Vice President, Global Sales effective October 1. Mr. Bahr comes to AMX from Nokia where he held a number of senior sales executive posts, mostly recently as General Manager of Global Channel Sales. Prior to Nokia, Mr. Bahr had a […]
Extron is now shipping the DSC 3G-HD A and the DSC HD-3G A scalers for 3G-SDI and HDMI. The DSC 3G-HD A converts 3G-SDI, HD-SDI and SDI video signals to HDMI, while the DSC HD-3G A converts HDMI to 3G-SDI/HD-SDI/SDI. Both products feature advanced Extron video signal processing with 1080i deinterlacing, Deep Color processing, aspect […]
Savant Systems has introduced two Wi-Fi enabled Lamp Modules and two Wi-Fi enabled Plug-in Modules to complement its SmartLighting product lineup and extend its presence in the growing connected home market. This new group of products has been designed to give users easy control over plug-in devices such as tabletop lamps without the need for […]
GREENVILLE, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– From the SYNNEX National Conference — SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a leading distributor of IT products and services, has been selected by Four Winds Interactive as its exclusive distributor of digital signage solutions in the US and Canada. Integrators and resellers have access to cutting-edge products to run digital signs, interactive kiosks, desktops, web and mobile content through […]
The new Sigma Series of loudspeakers from dB Technologies is a new portable audio system for live sound that the company says can be set up quickly and can be easily tweaked after rigging. The Sigma Series features new custom speaker components designed exclusively for the series by RCF, as well as the latest generation […]
Atlas Sound will be the Premier Sponsor of this Fall’s NSCA Best Practices Conferences to be held in October and November 2013. As a founding manufacturer partner of the NSCA, Atlas Sound looks to support integrators and their teams in helping to improve their business. Atlas will be on hand exhibiting key growth product categories […]
Focusing specifically on the retail sector, Platt Retail Institute (PRI) released a research article this month on retail attitudes and adoption trends of multi-channel and omni- channel marketing (OCM). Sponsored by Digital Signage Expo, the research article was published recently in the Digital Signage Connection. The original research was conducted earlier this year in cooperation […]
By Brad Grimes InfoComm AV companies are at it again. You’re reporting growing sales, surging cash balances and two-year-high gross margins. What’s not to love about these business conditions? “We are seeing a strong uptick in all the AV indicators,” reports Frank Coker, CEO of CoreConnex, which recently published a new InfoComm AV Industry Index, […]
We accidentally got a scoop today during my (Almost) Daily Rants and rAVe’s podcast (special video interview edition) when I was interviewing Almo’s VP of Marketing Melody Craigmyle. The video interview was supposed to be the opportunity for us to announce our partnership to bring all the future Almo ProAV E4 AV Tours LIVE via […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Oct. 3, 2013 — Wohler Technologies today announced that Kirk Marple, chief software architect of Wohler’s RadiantGrid™, will join Ernie Sanchez, chief operating officer at Cinnafilm, to present their paper, “Enhanced Image Processing Beyond Baseband: CPU/GPU Process Model Unlocks Performance Possibilities,” co-authored by Hank Frecon, technology and partner specialist for file-based products […]
This morning, rAVe Founder Gary Kayye, recorded a special edition of his Daily Rants and rAVes and we got a big scoop! It appears that Almo ProAV is about to announce that it’s the first ProAV distributor to distribute the entire Epson projection line, including the Epson BrightLink line. The details are in this video […]
Anaheim, California (October 3, 2013) – Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the DSC 3G-HD A and the DSC HD-3G A scalers for 3G-SDI and HDMI. The DSC 3G-HD A converts 3G-SDI, HD-SDI, and SDI video signals to HDMI, while the DSC HD-3G A converts HDMI to 3G-SDI/HD-SDI/SDI. Both products feature advanced Extron video signal processing with 1080i deinterlacing, Deep […]
TORONTO — Oct. 3, 2013 — BenQ Canada Corp., the world’s No. 1 DLP® projector brand and globally renowned provider of digital lifestyle innovations, today announced its product lineup for GTEC 2013. With an award-winning portfolio of projectors, monitors, and digital signage displays, BenQ will showcase new standards in quality, collaboration, and energy savings designed to satisfy […]
Peerless Industries, Inc., the Illinois-based manufacturer of mounts, accessories and digital content delivery solutions, has sued NingBo Loctek Visual Technology Corporation, a Chinese manufacturer of TV mounts, for infringement of five different patents related to flat panel mount technology and design. The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of Illinois. Peerless-AV said this month […]
This week, Joel talks with rAVe editor Sara Abrons about CEDIA Expo, and then lets the listener in on the lunchroom conversation when five AV industry guys gather at lunch to talk about the potential effects of the shutdown. Guests include Neil Willis, Mike Whitman (both of Hypersign) and Scott Gottlieb and Mike Macri of […]
We do our best to help you sell into the house of worship market, but sometimes you have to know which churches you shouldn’t try to sell. Chances are, you’ve experienced this: the “cheap church.” Understanding the church buyer sentiment is one of the new columns written expressly for those in the A/V/L industry who […]
MIDAS this week announced the availability of its new Mixtender 2 iPad App for the PRO Series and XL8 digital consoles. Providing remote access to virtually all key console functions with smooth and responsive system metering, Mixtender 2 offers support for multiple iPads, allowing FOH and monitor engineers to work collaboratively from any location in […]
The focus of this series “Power of Content” is to help people with content strategies and how they relate to digital screen media. Consumers today are more demanding and frustrated than ever with their in-store shopping experience. And evoking a positive reaction to motivate a shopper to buy a product in a retail store is […]
By Ron Bowers SVP, Business Development, Frank Mayer & Associates Six degrees of separation is the theory that any two individuals could be connected through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries. It is popularly used to espouse the concept that we occupy a small world. We borrowed that concept for […]
Many consumers and professionals alike think 3D is out and 4K is in. A new forecast report on 3DTVs from Futuresource got me thinking about the trajectories of these two mega-trends. The reality is much more nuanced than a simple in/out conclusion. Let’s start with the forecast. Futuresource says that by 2017, 58 percent of […]
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Wokingham, UK – (3rd October 2013) – The Walt Disney Studios has entered into an agreement with Christie® to provide the latest digital cinema technologies and a variety of professional services for The Walt Disney Studios’ production, post-production, screening rooms and premieres. Christie’s Managed Services department in North America will provide Disney’s accomplished engineering team […]
PLASA London 2013 will feature a brand new floor plan, two new bars, three new business lounges, and three new educational theaters — all in line with its mission to be the world’s premier platform for pro audio, lighting and stage technologies. This year the show (at ExCeL London from Oct. 6-9) will host a […]
Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its 2Q13 Enterprise Telepresence and Video Conferencing Equipment report, which tracks dedicated and PBX-based video conferencing and telepresence infrastructure and endpoints: There’s now evidence the videoconferencing market is bouncing back. “After a tumultuous 2012 that saw growth in the videoconferencing market screech to a halt, sales returned to year-over-year […]
Extron’s new XTP T FB 202 is a two-input XTP transmitter in a unique form factor designed for floor boxes commonly used in European AV installations, rAVe Europe reported this week. The XTP T FB 202 can be conveniently mounted into a variety of floor boxes from OBO Bettermann, MK by Honeywell, Electraplan and PUK. […]
Christie will supply and install the world’s first commercial digital laser projection solution at the Seattle Cinerama Theatre, a 4K Christie digital laser projector, with scalable light output up to 60,000 lumens. “When hi-tech visionary Paul G. Allen bought the theater in 1999, he gave Cinerama full rein to innovate in order to provide our […]
Lipinski Sound will celebrate its 10th anniversary with the unveiling of a new self-powered and upgradable loudspeaker system. The revised L-707A series of monitors are the latest development in a series of loudspeakers starting with their legendary L-707. Lipinski’s modular speaker system will be shown with their newly developed L-700A Dual Power Amplifier and L-700B […]
Several years ago I wrote a blog about class capture, and the expense of the systems that existed. I was frustrated that these systems cost so much money. I had been trying to bring class capture into my institution for a couple of years, and could not justify the cost. The systems that we looked […]
Clinton, New Jersey – Pete Putman, CTS, KT2B; owner and principal of ROAM Consulting and technology consultant for Kramer Electronics USA, will present, moderate, and also chair a session at the annual technology conference of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. The conference will be held from October 21 – 24 at the Loew’s Hollywood Hotel in […]
MONTREAL, CANADA — October 2, 2013 — Today, Haivision released a major upgrade to the Viper, a fully integrated appliance, giving users easier ways to capture, stream, review, distribute and publish rich, multi-stream HD video content used in situational training, skills assessment, advanced instruction and detailed presentations. Adopted by organizations in the enterprise, education, medical, […]
VIENNA, Austria – Led by Bishop Samuel L Carruth, The Holy Light Church Of Deliverance has opened its doors for nearly 50 years for the St. Portsmouth, Virginia community. With an aging sound reinforcement system installed in the early ‘90s, Vicom was tasked with designing and supplying the house of worship with a new system […]
