The global market for public displays remains strong, but in recent quarters, flat panel display manufacturers have emphasized revenue and profit over volume, thus lowering the overall unit shipment outlook for this category. As production of plasma displays continues to wind down, LCD-based commercial displays have yet to fully fill the void. With reduced production […]

Here we are, entering the third quarter of 2012 and looking back at the results from the second quarter. As we all know, the worldwide economy is by no means healthy or even on a good track to recovery. Financial worries in Europe, very slow growth in Japan, China and the USA are the key […]

AMX just completed an installation inside the Fort Frontier playhouse – a western-style playhouse that raises funds for Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), an organization of volunteers dedicated to helping abused and neglected children have safe, permanent homes. From reclaimed lumber to a wireless intercom system, this playhouse gives the Old West a new […]

We polled rAVe’s readers and wanted to know where they get their [regular] news. You know, the stuff that’s not AV news. 🙂 Clearly they get that from us.

On Sept. 6, rAVe founder Gary Kayye will speak in San Francisco at an NEC Showcase event. Kayye will give a new keynote called “Creating Creative Environments — The Future of Projection.” He will explain how projection technology isn’t just for classrooms, boardrooms and meeting rooms any more and how he thinks it’s all about […]

Chief has added a brand-new rewards site to its Certification Program. Participants in the Chief Certified Partner Program earn Chief points when completing courses. Once they hit 600- and 1,200-point levels, they pick out rewards from among dozens of items including tools, travel accessories, fashion accessories, gift cards and more. Chief Certified Partners can see […]

Extron has launched the DTP HDMI 230 twisted pair extender for transmission of HDMI, audio and bidirectional RS-232 and IR control signals up to 230 feet (70 meters) over a single Cat5-type cable. It’s priced at about 15 percent less than the company’s other longer-distance models. The HDCP-compliant extender provides an economical means for extending […]

Renkus-Heinz and Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG Technologies GmbH) have announced the restructuring of their long-standing strategic relationship, with AFMG stepping into a more prominent role. AFMG will provide direct sales, technical support and training worldwide for its acoustical measurement and simulation software products including EASE, EASERA and SysTune. Renkus-Heinz will continue to offer support […]

Following the continued downturn of the HomeAV market, SnapAV has launched a ProAV-only product line and dedicated commercial AV website. SnapAV is a manufacturer of speakers, power conditioning products, cabling, screens and rack products and its new commercial website is  here.

After a reasonable start to calendar year 2012, the projectors market (excluding pico) had another solid quarter in Q2 2012, bolstered by strong demand in the corporate and home markets of Western Europe as Poland and Ukraine played host to the European Football Championships. The worldwide projector market grew 3.5 percent from the same quarter […]

Premier Mounts announced radical changes to the LMV video wall mount design and manufacturing process that has resulted in a 30 percent list price reduction. The new LMV includes a spring-loaded locking mechanism for quick release, compact mounting arms with scissor design and top-adjustable mounting brackets. The new version shares components across all the Premier […]

The following is reprinted with permission from the Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA). For more information, go to http://www.digitalscreenmedia.org. Nike shows us, if used the right way, all technology can be interactive. They’re at it again with some over-the-top OOH installations, what they call Camp Victory. Sounds like some of the components of this installation will […]

It’s an interesting fact that cellular signal boosters are the highest-volume, highest-margin electronics category that virtually no one outside of the mobile channel knows exists. Before I continue, let me just make this disclosure: I work for Hitfar Concepts Ltd, a Canadian distributor of Wilson Electronics, a major manufacturer of cell signal boosters. I’ll skirt […]

Pacific Media Associates (PMA) just released its latest research report on the worldwide projector market. The worldwide projector market totaled 2.3 million units in calendar Q2. The second quarter is typically a seasonally slow one for sales of home entertainment projectors. That was not the case this year as Euro Football and the lead-up to […]

Kiko is a network-based audio system. Integrated with both a pre-amplifier and power amplifier, Kiko plays any audio from a PC or Mac using Linn’s Songcast app and streams Internet radio, podcasts and ‘listen again’ broadcasts. It also includes seven inputs including one RCA line and one 3.5-millimeter port, three HDMI inputs, a S/PDIF port, […]

According to RGB Spectrum, secure KVM is now attainable through the use of its External Desktop Agent (EDA) in SinglePoint KvM and Multipoint Control Room Management System (MCMS) installations. SinglePoint KvM enables a unified display space where users control the layout of the visual presentation as well as the operation of the computers displayed, all […]

Extron’s new DDX 102 Dual Link DVI Fiber Optic Extender is a tiny (only 1.5″ x 2.8″ x 0.6″) transmitter and receiver set for long haul delivery of DVI signals over fiber optic cabling. Extron says it uses all-digital technology to deliver pixel-for-pixel transmission of video images up to 2560×1600 resolutions, including HDTV 1080p/60. The […]

Episode 4: Recorded on July 20, 2012 Listen to the young Women in AV discuss what it means to be starting out in their career and what the futures holds for being a female in our industry. Jessica Spicer, AVI-SPL, Olivia Dumanovsky, Pakedge Device and Software, Molly Stillman rAVe [Publications], and Amy Fulton, Advanced AV share their thoughts and experience about everything […]

According to IDC Research, the EMEA enterprise videoconferencing equipment market will grow 14.6 percent CAGR, spurred by the increasing need of the enterprise market for the application of video and telepresence for unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) purposes as well as diminishing cultural barriers to video acceptance within organizations. Melissa Fremeijer, senior research analyst, EMEA […]

Developed for the Android operating system, the Energy Star-rated VIA ARM is an all-in-one digital signage player that can either stream network content or play content via its solid state memory on-board. The VIA ARM DS system is an energy-efficient system, consuming less than 10 watts, with a vertically-oriented design that measures just 18x12x2.5 centimeters. […]

Integrated Systems Europe launched a charitable program (called SeeHearTouch) to equip children’s hospitals with the latest in home-cinema and media technology and enhance the lives of terminally ill children. Obviously ISE can’t tackle all of Europe simultaneously, but integrators (and vendors) who can identify children’s hospitals and offer to join in the outreach can possibly […]

For more than a dozen years, Pacific Media Associates (PMA) has collected monthly sell-through data from leading North American projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. The company’s Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data and analysis on unit sales, true volume-weighted street prices, and inventories of front projectors for these channels. […]

You can find out how technical teams turned Danny Boyle’s vision into the London 2012 Opening Ceremonies as part of The Olympics Uncovered program at the PLASA Show, at London’s Earls Court Sept. 9-12. More than 120,000 people saw some of Boyle’s £27-million production, called Isles of Wonder, during two dress rehearsals this week and […]

Are you getting a little bit worn out by me? Need a break? Me too. With this month’s article I’m starting a new series called Inside the EcoChamber, wherein I will interview those brave folks out there in AV-Land who are transforming their companies to seize the opportunities offered by the smart sustainable building market. […]

Have you ever done your best to swim through the alphabet soup of eco-certifications? And with Apple voluntarily pulling the EPEAT label from its products (and then changing its mind two days later), there is increased scrutiny and more need than ever to understand how these labels differ and what each brings to the table. […]

MMD, the licensee for Philips Commercial Signage, has announced a new 47″ digital menu board called the BDL4771V. This display is a native 1080p LCD that features a DVI loop-through so you can daisy-chain multiple BDL4771V monitors from one source. The 700-nit brightness display is said by the company to be using a commercial-grade LCD […]

BenQ has introduced an entry-level home theater projector, the EP5920. The EP5920 is an 1,800 ANSI lumen, 1080p projector that’s specified with a 4500:1 contrast ratio and a 5,000-hour lamp. Using a single-chip DLP (with a six-segment color wheel), the EP5920’s inputs include two HDMIs, a 15-pin VGA, composite, S-video, component, audio in/out mini jack, […]

The new Artcoustic Multi Soundbar SL and C-2 SL soundbars are now shipping. The Artcoustic Multi Soundbar SL is available in four sizes (1,039 millimeters, 1,230 mm, 1,357 mm and 1,499 mm). All of them have an operating range of 65 Hz to 40 Khz; left, right and center SPL (sound pressure level) at 1-watt […]

Written by Dan Daley This column was reprinted with permission from InfoComm International and originally appeared here. Networked digital audio has become a goal for many live-event producers, with the Holy Grail being an analog-to-digital conversion that takes place at the stage box, with the audio signal staying digital until it hits an amplifier on […]

The Independent Technical Service Providers Council (ITSP), announced in Nov. of last year, emerged officially at InfoComm 2012. This Council is comprised of companies that focus predominantly on delivering services to the AV Industry, rather than product sales. The members focus on providing installers, staging techs, engineering, programming, calibration, repair/maintenance services, documentation/CAD, project management and […]