Kaptivo Introduces an Enterprise Version of Their Whiteboard Capture Technology

Kaptivo today announced Kaptivo Enterprise, a new product specifically designed to provide live whiteboard sharing within the corporate meeting rooms, breakout rooms, and huddle rooms.Kaptivo Enterprise will be available October 2017 (for $699 plus an annual subscription service of $300). Kaptivo claims to transform any standard dry-erase whiteboard into an online collaboration tool. The device is a connected micro-optical camera and advanced processor that sits above […]

Kaptivo Introduces an Enterprise Version of Their Whiteboard Capture Technology

Full Sail University Partners on AV Education With InfoComm Foundation

The International Communications Industries Foundation (ICIF), a non-profit charitable and educational organization created by InfoComm International to support the audiovisual industry, is partnering with Full Sail University to bolster the institution’s AV coursework. Full Sail University is an educational leader for students pursuing careers in entertainment, media, arts and technology, offering programs online and on campus in Winter Park, Fla. Its philosophy centers on […]

Full Sail University Partners on AV Education With InfoComm Foundation

Harman Is Finally Showing Us the Synergy Between Brands with New AMX Incite

The AMX Incite is a family of three different 8×1 (with three outputs all with the same content) 4K 3840×2160 resolution presentation switcher aimed at classrooms and meeting rooms and combines AMX switching, scaling and control, BSS digital signal processing, dbx Advanced Feedback Suppression and amplification by Crown DriveCore — all in one 1U rack unit. Each in the series has eight inputs (four HDMI, […]

Harman Is Finally Showing Us the Synergy Between Brands with New AMX Incite

Extron Ships AES67-Based DMP 128 Series – And, Here’s Why This Matters…

Several competing Audio over IP protocols have emerged over the last several years and have been implemented in certain markets by various manufacturers. However, equipment using incompatible audio over IP protocols often needs to be part of a single system. Without an interoperability standard, designers and integrators have been forced to modify their equipment choices or abandon audio networking […]

Extron Ships AES67-Based DMP 128 Series – And, Here’s Why This Matters…

Sennheiser Addresses FCC’s Ruling

Sennheiser has announced a trade-in program in the U.S. region following the decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to phase out use of the 600 MHz band for wireless audio over the next few years. Between now and December 14th, Sennheiser will offer any owners of non-compliant wireless systems from any manufacturer a unique opportunity to trade-in their outdated gear […]

Sennheiser Addresses FCC’s Ruling

RHC’s Stagemaster Debuts Line of USB Adapters for Audio Applications

StageMASTER has introduced three brand new USB Record/Play Adapters to its line of sound solutions. These adapters allow customers to plug directly into a computer without the need for additional driver/software installation. The first of the three USB Record/Play Adapters is the SMA-USB-8GB-10. This product functions as two adapters in one, with an XLRF for analog to digital […]

RHC’s Stagemaster Debuts Line of USB Adapters for Audio Applications

InFocus Partners With MultiTaction for Collaboration Software and Hardware Solution

InFocus Corporation today announced that its BigTouch interactive PC displays have been selected by MultiTaction to offer customers a single, large-screen, hardware and software solution for visual collaboration. The InFocus BigTouch combines the same functionality as an iPad or tablet but uses Windows 10 Pro PC in a giant capacitive touch screen. The on-board Windows PC has Intel Core i7 […]

InFocus Partners With MultiTaction for Collaboration Software and Hardware Solution

Ocean Matrix Intros Four Problem Solving AV Interfaces

Ocean Matrix just released four new ProAV and HomeAV adapters including an audio extractor, an audio embedder, an Ethernet to fiber converter and an HDBaseT HDMI extender. The OMX-HDMI2-AEE 4K HDMI 2.0 Audio Extractor and Embedder extracts audio signals from an HDMI source and allows simultaneous S/PDIF (Toslink) and stereo (3.5mm) analog and digital output. This device can also embed external stereo […]

Ocean Matrix Intros Four Problem Solving AV Interfaces

Zoom Launches Room Display Sign Software for Zoom Rooms

Zoom Room Scheduling Displays use an iPad that’s placed outside the room to show current availability, display upcoming meetings and allow people to reserve time for a Zoom meeting. The scheduling system integrates with Zoom Rooms and any calendar system. Basically it’s an iPad app that allows the iPad to be locked out to only be a room scheduling device. After you […]

Zoom Launches Room Display Sign Software for Zoom Rooms

Galaxy’s Launches TQ8 Portable All-In-One PA

Galaxy’s new TQ8 is a spec’d as a 150-watt portable PA with mixing, wireless and a long battery life. With an 8-inch woofer and a wide-dispersion HF horn with 1-inch compression driver. Two wired mic/line inputs complement a music system with an SD card slot, USB connector, left/right audio connections and Bluetooth compatibility for use with a phone or iPod […]

Galaxy’s Launches TQ8 Portable All-In-One PA

Pexip Infinity Fusion Becomes Certified for Microsoft Skype

Pexip announced its Infinity Fusion product was certified by Microsoft as a video interoperability solution for Skype for Business Server today. Pexip Infinity Fusion allows Skype for Business meetings and calls to be joined by non-Skype users using video teleconferencing. Pexip collaborated with Microsoft in the certification of the latest version of Infinity Fusion, which features a gateway mode allowing VTCs to […]

Pexip Infinity Fusion Becomes Certified for Microsoft Skype

RTI Ships CX10 Countertop/Under-Cabinet Touchpanel

RTI today announced that it has begun shipping its all-new CX10 touchpanel. Designed for both commercial and residential applications, the CX10 is a 10-inch, touch-capacitive 1280×800 LCD with an integrated HDBaseT input and stereo speakers. Easy to mount on a countertop or beneath a cabinet, the display has a tilt range from 10 to 90 degrees for the best viewing […]

RTI Ships CX10 Countertop/Under-Cabinet Touchpanel

Audio-Technica Ships New AT5047 Cardioid Condenser Microphone

Audio-Technica is now shipping its new AT5047 Cardioid Condenser Microphone. An addition to the company’s 50 Series (which also includes the AT5040 vocal microphone and AT5045 instrument mic), the AT5047 is a studio microphone that features the same capsule as the AT5040 but with a transformer-coupled output and optimized electronics. It’s equipped with a transformer-coupled output, so the microphone maintains a […]

Audio-Technica Ships New AT5047 Cardioid Condenser Microphone

Key Digital Introduces New 4K HDMI Switchers

Key Digital just launched the KD-2x1CSK (a 2×1 switcher) and the KD-4x1CSK (a 4×1 switcher) — both are capable of switching 4K HDMI signals with HDCP 2.2. Both of these HDMI switchers supports all SD, HD, VESA and 4K video standards including 4096×2160, 1080p60, 1920×1200 and 3D and both have front panel push buttons or optical IR switching. With EDID control and a […]

Key Digital Introduces New 4K HDMI Switchers

Aurora Hires Sam Malik as VP of Sales and Marketing

Aurora Multimedia has appointed industry veteran Sam Malik, as vice president of sales and marketing. Aurora is actively expanding its leadership team, sales force, and product line. Bringing more than 20 years of experience with display technology and system integration, with previous positions at Toshiba, Sanyo and Proxima, Malik joins Aurora from his most recent position as VP/GM […]

Aurora Hires Sam Malik as VP of Sales and Marketing

Delvcam Intros Eight LCD 1RU Rack Monitor for 3G-SDI

Delvcam just unveiled the new DELV-8LCD-SDI 1RU rack mounted monitor panel featuring eight 2-inch displays, each with one 3G-SDI input and one 3G-SDI output and multiple functions. With functions such as equalization and reclocking as well as on-screen audio meters, timecodes and UMDs, this eight LCD rack mounted monitor is designed of both live events and in-house production […]

Delvcam Intros Eight LCD 1RU Rack Monitor for 3G-SDI

Gefen Ships EXT-UHD600A-44 4K 600 MHz 4×4 Matrix for HDMI

Gefen from Core Brands today announced they are already shipping their new EXT-UHD600A-44, a 600 MHz 4×4 HDMI matrix. Compatible with HDMI 2.0 signals (thus, 4K 60 Hz at 4:4:4 Chroma subsampling at 10 bit color) with HDR (High Dynamic Range) and HDCP 2.2 support. Compatible with resolutions up to 4096×2160 at 60 frames per-second […]

Gefen Ships EXT-UHD600A-44 4K 600 MHz 4×4 Matrix for HDMI

Datapath Fx4 Now Has 4K60 HDMI Input

Datapath launched the Fx4 around InfoComm last month and now the multi-display controller supports 4K resolution at 60 fps (8-bit color) on the HDMI input. Added as part of the latest firmware upgrade, this new capability makes the Fx4 capable of handling 3840×2160 resolution signals. Datapath says its Fx4 provides four outputs from a single […]

Datapath Fx4 Now Has 4K60 HDMI Input

Key Digital Introduces Affordable Distribution Amplifiers With Support for UHD 4K60 4:4:4 Signals

Key Digital introduced today the KD-DA1x2, KD-DA1x4 and KD-DA1x8, three cost-effective distribution amplifiers that offer resolution support up to UHD 4K60 4:4:4. The KD-DA1x2, KD-DA1x4 and KD-DA1x8 provide one HDMI input to two, four or eight HDMI outputs, respectively. Key Digital says these distribution amplifiers were designed for a superior distribution system without signal degradation, […]

Key Digital Introduces Affordable Distribution Amplifiers With Support for UHD 4K60 4:4:4 Signals

Money for Nothing

Long before the 1987 movie “Wall Street” and the now-legendary quote from the fictional Gordon Gecko “Greed is good” became part of the American business worlds’ verbal infrastructure, success, wealth and growth in business were built on the startlingly simple notion that to create, run and succeed in a business, you actually had to know […]

Money for Nothing

QSC Introduces Q-SYS Small-Format Touch Screen Controller

QSC just introduced the TSC-47W-G2, a color 4.7” in-wall touch screen dialer/controller. The new touch screen uses capacitive LCD touch with a 960×540 display and Power over Ethernet (PoE – IEEE 802.3af class 3 device) for a single-cable installation. The TSC-47W-G2 can operate in both portrait or landscape mode and can be mounted to US and European standard wall and […]

QSC Introduces Q-SYS Small-Format Touch Screen Controller

Extron Intros New Scaling Presentation Switchers

Extron Electronics is introducing the IN1608 xi, the newest members of the Extron scaling presentation switcher family that offer several key enhancements. Added features include DTP output with HDBaseT compatibility, RS232 insertion from the Ethernet control ports and for IPCP models, an integrated three-port AV LAN switch. The IN1608 xi  includes an HDCP-compliant, multi-format video […]

Extron Intros New Scaling Presentation Switchers

Are You the Keymaster?

In the original movie Ghostbusters, Rick Moranis (in his immortal role as Vince Tully, CPA) is taken over by an evil spirit from another dimension and transformed into the Keymaster, the minion who will enable Gozer the Gozerian to enter our plane of existence and destroy the world. First, if you don’t understand that reference, […]

Are You the Keymaster?

FOR-A Ships Newest in Line of HANABI Video Switchers, the HVS-490 HD/4K-UHD

FOR-A’s is now shipping the latest solution in its line of HANABI video switchers, the HVS-490 HD/4K-UHD unit, originally introduced this year a NAB. Offering an extensive feature set in a compact unit, the new HVS-490 production switcher offers 4K-UHD and 3G capabilities, and is designed for use in any live environment, including mobile shoots, […]

FOR-A Ships Newest in Line of HANABI Video Switchers, the HVS-490 HD/4K-UHD

PreSonus Ships StudioLive 24 Series III Digital Console/Recorder

PreSonus’ new StudioLive 24 digital console/recorders are now shipping. Like all Series III consoles, StudioLive 24 features touch-sensitive, motorized faders, recallable XMAX Class A preamps, and the full 32-channel mix DSP under the hood. With the StudioLive Series III mixers you can now do complete multitrack recording without a computer. PreSonus Capture multitrack recording software with virtual soundcheck is installed directly into the […]

PreSonus Ships StudioLive 24 Series III Digital Console/Recorder

Plantronics Enters ProAV Market With Weirdest Product Ever — But It’s Profitable

Plantronics today announced Habitat Soundscaping, an “intelligent acoustic management service” that helps transform distracting, dysfunctional, open office spaces into peaceful environments where people can focus, collaborate and thrive (think sound Masking using water and nature sounds instead of pink or white noise). The service uses nature-inspired audio and visuals, coupled with intelligent software to mitigate distractions due to speech -– the most common complaint employees have about […]

Plantronics Enters ProAV Market With Weirdest Product Ever — But It’s Profitable

Lightware Launches UBEX

Lightware’s latest is UBEX (Ultra Bandwidth Extender), an AV-over-IP extender that’s capable of sending 4K UHD@60Hz 4:4:4 (12-bit color) signal extension with the use of packet-based transmission. The video signals are handled fully uncompressed and transmitted (or receive – keep reading) over 20 Gbps or using minimal, visually lossless compression. UBEX can extend two full 4K signals simultaneously over […]

Lightware Launches UBEX

NEC Europe Launches Incentive Program for Integrators

NEC Display Solutions Europe has today launched SolutionsPLUSMORE, a web-based incentive program designed to incentivise its channel partners with target based rewards, an additional benefit alongside its established SolutionsPLUS channel partner programme. New and existing NEC channel partners are invited to join the SolutionsPLUSMORE promotions by registering via the dedicated on-line portal. Participating resellers must first be registered with SolutionsPLUS, NEC’s partner […]

NEC Europe Launches Incentive Program for Integrators

New Quad Wireless Receiver from AmpliVox Controls Up to Four Microphones

AmpliVox Sound Systems has introduced a new microphone receiver system to manage up to four wireless microphones from a rack-sized unit. The S9190 Quad Wireless Microphone Receiver System can be rack mounted for permanent applications or the used for rental or traveling applications. The 2RU roto-molded chassis houses four independent receivers that can be used […]

New Quad Wireless Receiver from AmpliVox Controls Up to Four Microphones

InFocus Intros Affordable Jupiter 1000 4K Wall Processor

InFocus Corporation today announces its Jupiter Control 1000 Series, an entry-level range of 4K (3840×2160) display wall processors. Designed for smaller installations, Control 1000 processors come fully pre-configured as stand-alone display wall processors with hardware that can decode up to eight IP streams and support up to 10 direct video connections. InFocus Jupiter Control 1000 processors can be […]

InFocus Intros Affordable Jupiter 1000 4K Wall Processor

Osprey Video Announces Talon G2 Encoder to Stream to Up to Three Destinations Simultaneously

Osprey Video today announced an extension of its Talon hardware encoder line with the launch of the Talon G2. Like other Talon encoders, the Talon G2 creates live RTMP streams for unmanaged networks such as the internet. Designed for A/V and broadcast customers looking for end-to-end video-streaming tools for professional workflows, the Talon G2 ingests […]

Osprey Video Announces Talon G2 Encoder to Stream to Up to Three Destinations Simultaneously

Christie Digital’s Video Walls for Control Rooms Guide Is Pure Awesomeness

Christie Digital just launched an educational white paper for selecting the right video wall for control system applications. Of course, it’s full of Christie products – they produced it. But, even with that in there, we think this is a must-have guide of you are in the market for designing or building a control system. […]

Christie Digital’s Video Walls for Control Rooms Guide Is Pure Awesomeness