Crestron Design Tool for Shades Released

Crestron has released its Web-based design tool to help integrators with designing, quoting and ordering the company’s new line of shades, named the Crestron Design Tool (CDT). Benefits include: Automatically selects the appropriate motor and tube size Eliminates guesswork – all configuration options are displayed – and if you make an incompatible selection, CDT shows […]

Crestron Design Tool for Shades Released

What Does North America’s Dynamic Signage Industry Need to Develop Further?

By Lyle Bunn This initiative was undertaken by Lyle Bunn of BUNN Co. to gauge industry insights about its ongoing development. See http://www.LyleBunn.com – RESOURCES. On Sept. 19, 2012, this question was posed in an email that was sent by Lyle Bunn to about 5,000 industry contacts. 914 people opened the email and in total five […]

What Does North America’s Dynamic Signage Industry Need to Develop Further?

rAVe SMB Back 2 Basics: Facebook Status

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THE WEEK – Episode 2: Plan ‘B’

In this episode of THE WEEK, host Joel Rollins introduces us to Bayardo Carrillo, an industry veteran who has done everything from live events production to web and mixed media. This busy corporate media and event producer shares tips about the life, the technology — and even what to do when things go wrong. Podcast: Play in […]

THE WEEK – Episode 2: Plan ‘B’

Rants and rAVes – Episode 11: Peerless-AV’s Best Kept Secret: HD Flow

One of the best kept product secrets in the AV industry is a product from Peerless-AV — yes a mount company. It’s called HD Flow (www.hdflow.com) and it allows you to send HDMI signals (up to 1080p) wirelessly over an 802.11n network up to 40 meters. But, it doesn’t just do one-to-one HDMI; they even have a version that takes two HDMI inputs […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 11: Peerless-AV’s Best Kept Secret: HD Flow

DisplaySearch Sees Recovery in the Display Industry

By Norbert Hildebrand DisplaySearch just released its new Quarterly Worldwide FPD Shipment and Forecast Report. They forecast a recovery of the display industry for 2012. According to the data, the total sales volume of the industry will grow to $120 billion in 2012 from $111 billion in 2011. The new number even exceeds the result form […]

DisplaySearch Sees Recovery in the Display Industry

Premier Adds Single Latch Design to Video Wall Mount

Premier Mounts has added its single latch design to the company’s line of video wall LMV mounts. The new single latch release adds ease to the LMV installation process by simplifying the release technique and ensuring a reliable opening and closing of the mount. Applying direct pressure to the mount, then slowly releasing will allow […]

Premier Adds Single Latch Design to Video Wall Mount

Rants and rAVes – Episode 10: Barco’s ClickShare is the real-deal

If you’ve ever wanted Apple’s wireless video streaming product to work with BOTH Macs and PCs, well Barco’s ClickShare does just that. It creates a wireless network that’s capable of sending whatever is on a laptop’s screen to a connected projector (via ClickShare) wirelessly just by pressing the ClickShare button. All you have to do is connect a ClickShare button to any […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 10: Barco’s ClickShare is the real-deal

Community Expands Distributed Design Family with DA6

Community Professional has added to its Distributed Design Series with the new DA6. This architectural surface-mount loudspeaker offers an elegant, sconce-like form factor, designed to complement upscale environments. The two-way, 6.5-inch surface mount DA6 offers a unique, 115-degree cone-shaped coverage pattern that emanates from the face of the loudspeaker downwards at a 26-degree angle from […]

Community Expands Distributed Design Family with DA6

Optoma Adds Second 6,000-Lumen Projector

Optoma also announced another 6,000-lumen single lamp projector, the TW865-NL. This 1280×800 projector offers VGA and HDMI inputs and carries three optional lenses — allowing for a throw ratio from 1.0 – 3.07. A single-chip DLP projector, the 3D-capable TW865-NL is spec’d at a 4000:1 contrast ratio with a 2,000-hour lamp, and can be controlled […]

Optoma Adds Second 6,000-Lumen Projector

Optoma Ships Its First Large-Venue Projector

The new Optoma TH7500-NL is Optoma’s first high-brightness projector aimed at large-venue applications. Spec’d at 6,000 ANSI lumens and using single-chip DLP technology, the TH7500-NL is a native 1920×1200 (16:10 aspect ratio) projector that uses two lamps (each 330 watts). It includes motorized lens shift, analog (VGA and BNC) and digital (HDMI) inputs and has […]

Optoma Ships Its First Large-Venue Projector

rAVe Europe Editor Bob Snyder Delivers InfoComm MEA Seminar: I Will Survive IT in 2015

As part of the InfoComm University Seminars, rAVe Europe’s Bob Snyder will present the seminar “I Will Survive IT in 2015.” How will the AV/IT systems integration world look in 2015? If you think the commercial road ahead will be straight, it won’t be. Technology shifts are now carving out the big curves ahead. You […]

rAVe Europe Editor Bob Snyder Delivers InfoComm MEA Seminar: I Will Survive IT in 2015

The Second Edition of InfoComm MEA

The second edition of InfoComm MEA 2012 opens Sunday, Oct. 14. After last year’s success, it’s almost one-and-a-half times larger than last year’s event, with 112 exhibitors, 68+ percent in number of exhibitors and 46 percent growth in size The secret to the success? Well, it is InfoComm after all. Organized jointly by the Asia-Pacific […]

The Second Edition of InfoComm MEA

Vewell LCD Tiling Video Wall

At InfoComm MEA, a little-knows Chinese manufacturer, Vewell, will show its LCD video wall with narrow bezel display. The company says the gap between the two displays can be as narrow as 1 millimeter. With high brightness spec of 700 cd/m² and offering 1920×1080 resolution display, the video wall supports inputs such as VGA, HDMI […]

Vewell LCD Tiling Video Wall

dnp Introduces Supernova Blade

The dnp Supernova Blade is a completely frameless front projection screen designed for meeting rooms, retail stores and residential applications. Only 3 millimeters thick and available in sizes 100”, 110” and 120” in 16: 9, the Supernova Blade, we have to say, has a cool, slim format with a contemporary architecture and interiors design. Designed […]

dnp Introduces Supernova Blade

BenQ Releases All-White, Mac-Compatible Monitors

BenQ’s new VW30 Series of vertical alignment (VA) LED monitors are designed to match Apple computers. BenQ’s white, asymmetrical VW2230H and VW2430H monitors do have a pretty sleek, simple look and are 21.5-inch and 24-inch displays, respectively. One interesting feature is a so-called Reading Mod where BenQ says the monitors will adjust their settings automatically […]

BenQ Releases All-White, Mac-Compatible Monitors

The Cloud and the Church

By Anthony Coppedge The promise of ‘The Cloud,’ Internet-based software access and storage, has firmly taken root in both the desktop and mobile spaces. Even if people can’t easily articulate what ‘The Cloud’ means, they do know that their favorite companies, such as Google, Amazon and Apple, have made cloud-based services a big deal and an everyday occurrence. Churches, too, […]

The Cloud and the Church

Rants and rAVes – Episode 9: David Labuskes Gets It!

InfoComm’s new Executive Director, succeeding Randy Lemke, is David Labuskes -a VP ofRTKL Associates. RTKL is the 5th largest architectural and engineering design firm in the world. David currently leads their practice in technology systems encompassing voice, data, audio-visual, wireless, environmental media, electronic security and acoustics. So, he’s got what it takes to COMPLETE the AV/IT convergence. Show Links: rAVe [Publications]: InfoComm International Appoints David Labuskes as New Executive […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 9:  David Labuskes Gets It!

New FUSION Series Carts Combine Sleek Aesthetics and User-Friendly Features

Chief is now shipping its new FUSION Series carts in North America. The design updates include flexible cable covers to allow access at any point along the column while concealing cables for a clean installation. A turn knob lets a single user smoothly raise and lower the screen to any height between 50 and 70 […]

New FUSION Series Carts Combine Sleek Aesthetics and User-Friendly Features

InfoComm International Appoints David Labuskes as New Executive Director and CEO

InfoComm International announced a new executive director today, David Labuskes, CTS. He is currently vice president of RTKL, a division of ARCADIS, one of the world’s leading architectural and engineering firms and founder of the company’s Technology Design Practice. Labuskes’ responsibilities at the company are full operational, financial and marketing strategy for the delivery of […]

InfoComm International Appoints David Labuskes as New Executive Director and CEO

Rants and rAVes – Episode 8: Visix’s Mini Form Factor Media Player – Terrible Name, Great Box

Visix’s latest is in the form of a solid state media player with a 60GB drive. Designed to fit behind an LCD hanging on a wall in a digital signage system, it’s perfect for simple digital signage systems… Show Links: rAVe [Publications]: Visix Adds Super-Slim Media Player Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 8: Visix’s Mini Form Factor Media Player – Terrible Name, Great Box

ALMO and Samsung Partner for U.S.’s Only Samsung Surface Training Roadshow

Starting next week, Almo Professional A/V is bringing free certification training for the Samsung SUR40 40-inch HD Interactive Touch PC with Microsoft PixelSense to resellers, consultants and integrators across the country. The five-city training event kicks-off in Irvine, Calif., on Oct. 15 and runs as half-day morning and afternoon sessions. It features in-depth training from […]

ALMO and Samsung Partner for U.S.’s Only Samsung Surface Training Roadshow

Visix Adds Super-Slim Media Player

Visix has added a new thin-profile small form factor media player to its line of digital signage hardware. Dubbed the Mini Form Factor media player, this new unit is ideal for mounting to the back of displays. It supports multiple content blocks, tickers, layouts and just about 90 percent of what DS players are used […]

Visix Adds Super-Slim Media Player

BrightSign Introduces XD Digital Signage Player Line

BrightSign made a major announcement today with its XD product line, the company’s first line of solid-state digital signage media players with PC-based player capabilities. BrightSign’s new XD products offer video and other multimedia capabilities that, until now, were only possible with a PC-based solution. This includes the ability to display live HDTV broadcast content […]

BrightSign Introduces XD Digital Signage Player Line

Extron Dual Link DVI Fiber Optic Extender Now Shipping

Extron is shipping its DDX 102 Dual Link DVI Fiber Optic Extender, a transmitter and receiver set for long haul delivery of DVI signals over fiber optic cabling. It uses all digital technology to deliver perfect pixel-for-pixel transmission of video images up to 2560×1600, including HDTV 1080p/60. The extender delivers dual link DVI-D signals up […]

Extron Dual Link DVI Fiber Optic Extender Now Shipping

Digital Signage Federation Launches Educational Program Series Designed for Healthcare Professionals with “Healthcare 101: A Day In the Life of a Hospital”

The Digital Signage Federation is launching a comprehensive educational program designed specifically for professionals and institutions in the healthcare industry. In addition to a robust resource platform that offers a “getting started” guideline, articles and white papers, photographic installation examples, the webinar program debuts on Thurs., Oct. 25 at 2 pm EDT, featuring Tomer Mann, […]

Digital Signage Federation Launches Educational Program Series Designed for Healthcare Professionals with “Healthcare 101: A Day In the Life of a Hospital”

Second-Screen Apps Penetrating Consumer Living Rooms

By Aldo Cugnini zeebox, a UK-based startup, has launched a second-screen app in partnership with some of the most influential media companies in television. In an unprecedented alliance, Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, HBO and Cinemax are all teaming with zeebox in an endorsement of a universal, cross-channel TV viewing companion app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, and […]

Second-Screen Apps Penetrating Consumer Living Rooms

Revolabs Introduces Hybrid HD Microphones and XLR Adapter

Revolabs’s new Hybrid HD microphones are designed for conferencing installations requiring a powered audio solution, wirelessly. Constantly powered and located around the conference table, the wired Hybrid microphones and XLR adapters take the guesswork out of microphone placement. For meetings where wireless operation is required, the microphones can easily be removed from the power source […]

Revolabs Introduces Hybrid HD Microphones and XLR Adapter

Polycom Dropping HDX? Heck No!

On Monday, Polycom spent the better part of the day launching an entirely new product line, both in hardware and services, as well as setting forth the company’s vision for the future of videoconferencing. Included in those announcements were a totally new (and, so far, the industry’s only) open-standards scalable video codes in the form […]

Polycom Dropping HDX? Heck No!

B.M.C. Audio Introduces Integrated Amplifier With Built-in Power Amp

Balanced Music Concept (B.M.C.) Audio launched its CS2 amplifier yesterday. It includes a built-in option that automatically changes it from operating as an integrated amplifier with B.M.C.’s exclusive Load Effect Free (LEF) technology into a stereo power amplifier with LEF by simply connecting it to a B.M.C. digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The amplifier is specified to […]

B.M.C. Audio Introduces Integrated Amplifier With Built-in Power Amp

Light Harmonic Introduces Da Vinci DAC, Claiming First Bit-Perfect 384K

Light Harmonic’s new Da Vinci 384K USB Digital-to-Analog Converter claims to be the world’s first bit-perfect 384K asynchronous USB 2.0 DAC. Housed in a 61-lb. aluminum chassis, which the company says enhances thermal stability and RF and EMI shielding, the Da Vinci DAC is designed to provide digital music playback while preserving the data stream […]

Light Harmonic Introduces Da Vinci DAC, Claiming First Bit-Perfect 384K

Some Days Everything Goes Wrong

By Lee Distad As an AV Pro, there’s an expectation that your company will present the most cutting edge solutions. And that’s true to some extent, and dealers are always on the lookout for what’s new and exciting. But being “new and cool” in and of itself isn’t a good enough reason to add a product; […]

Some Days Everything Goes Wrong