Altinex Debuts Anywire TP315-101 and TP315-102 Transmitter/Receiver System That Sends 1080p Over Speaker Wire

Altinex just launched the Anywire TP315-101 and TP315-102 Transmitter / Receiver System designed for sending 1080p/60 Hz HDMI signal over any type of copper wire, including speaker wire, low voltage wires, any type of CAT wires, coaxial wires and more. Anywire facilitates the transmission of live video and computer video signals with synchronized audio over […]

Altinex Debuts Anywire TP315-101 and TP315-102 Transmitter/Receiver System That Sends 1080p Over Speaker Wire

Hitachi Introduces First Solid-State DLP Laser Projector

Hitachi America introduced the LP-WU9750B model, their first solid-state laser projector. The single-chip DLP-based WUXGA 1920×1200 resolution projectors aimed at large auditoriums, conference rooms, museums and concert or stage productions as it claims to have 8,000 ANSI lumens light output and a 20,000:1 contrast ratio. Like all other solid-state projectors on the market, the engine […]

Hitachi Introduces First Solid-State DLP Laser Projector

InfoComm Partners with BICSI to Introduce New Course on Using Category Cable in AV Applications

InfoComm International has partnered with information and communication technology association BICSI to develop a new online education course titled, How to Install and Validate Category Cable, foundational training for AV and IT professionals working with high-resolution video and real-time audio. The new course provides fundamental education for installation technicians working with category cable in the […]

InfoComm Partners with BICSI to Introduce New Course on Using Category Cable in AV Applications

Barco Names Jan De Witte as Next CEO

Barco announced today that current CEO Eric Van Zele plans to retire later this year. In anticipation of Van Zele’s retirement, the board has appointed Jan De Witte, a former corporate officer of the General Electric Company, as CEO-designate. Jan De Witte will join Barco’s Core Leadership Team in June 2016 to effectively take over […]

Barco Names Jan De Witte as Next CEO

Three Exceptional Days at InfoComm 2016: Day One

By Brad Grimes Director of Communications, InfoComm International [Editor’s note: As a politician might say, what follows depends on what you mean by “three.” Three is so relative. InfoComm 2016 is way more than three days. Maybe you’re there all week, in which case “three” really means, like, “five” or “six.” See what we mean? […]

Three Exceptional Days at InfoComm 2016: Day One

Focusrite RedNet A8R Offers Eight Channels of Analog I/O With Redundancy

Focusrite announces the introduction of its RedNet A8R, adding eight channels of analog I/O to its RedNet line of Dante-based audio-over-IP interfaces. In keeping with other modules in the series, RedNet A8R is housed in a 1U enclosure, and offers network-connected analog input and output with 24-bit, 192kHz A-D/D-A conversion, along with full network and […]

Focusrite RedNet A8R Offers Eight Channels of Analog I/O With Redundancy

Sony Adds HDR to Its 4K VPL-VW365ES Projector

Sony Electronics announced today that it is bringing HDR capability to its 4K VPL-VW365ES home theater projector in May, and that current owners will be able to add the feature with a firmware update. Introduced at CEDIA 2015, the VPL-VW365ES is the third Sony home cinema projector, after the VPL-VW5000ES and VPL-VW665ES, to support the […]

Sony Adds HDR to Its 4K VPL-VW365ES Projector

Canon Debuts New Laser Projector and Lens Line

Canon has introduced the LX-MU800Z, the company’s first single-chip DLP Projector with a Laser-Phosphor light source spec’d at 20,000 hours of operation to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO). Additional key features on the LX-MU800Z projector include native WUXGA (1920×1200) resolution, a spec of up-to-8000 lumens, a dynamic contrast ratio up to 10,500:1, and […]

Canon Debuts New Laser Projector and Lens Line

Barco at Almo Professional A/V’s E4 Tour

Barco has teamed with Almo Professional A/V to invite AV professionals to experience the future of 4K now at the E4 AV Tour, coming to Atlanta, Ga. on April 27. Barco will showcase its latest products in the growing ClickShare wireless presentation family and its pioneering laser phosphor business projector during this event. Now in […]

Barco at Almo Professional A/V’s E4 Tour

Extron Ships CCI Pro 700 Conference Room Control Interface

Extron is shipping the CCI Pro 700, the industry’s first control system user interface optimized for conferencing, collaboration and AV control. The CCI Pro 700 is designed to support the functions needed in a conferencing environment, while providing an intuitive room control user interface that includes a 3.5” color display, a numeric keypad and backlit […]

Extron Ships CCI Pro 700 Conference Room Control Interface

InfoComm International Names 2016 Michael Vergauwen Scholarship Winners

The International Communications Industries Foundation (ICIF), a non-profit charitable and educational organization created by InfoComm International to support the audiovisual industry, is pleased to announce two recipients of the 2016 Michael Vergauwen Scholarship. Lauren Koske, a junior from the University of Central Missouri, and Sarabeth Mullins, a junior from Biola University in California, will both […]

InfoComm International Names 2016 Michael Vergauwen Scholarship Winners

Canon Announces New Short Throw LCoS Projectors

Canon introduced the REALiS WUX450ST Pro AV LCoS Projector. The newest short throw projector in Canon’s non-interchangeable lens product line, the REALiS WUX450ST has a native WUXGA resolution (1920×1200), is spec’d at 4500 lumens of brightness and uses Canon’s LCoS technology with AISYS-enhancement  — all in a compact size (only 13.9 pounds). The REALiS WUX450ST […]

Canon Announces New Short Throw LCoS Projectors

Datapath’s ActiveConnect Cables Don’t Require Power

Datapath has launched a series of long-range fiber optic DisplayPort1.2 and HDMI2.0 cable, with lengths up to 100m that don’t require additional power and measure just 7mm in diameter. They are designed to provide a direct connection from any graphics card, including the Datapath ImageDP4, to either DisplayPort or HDMI monitors or from media players […]

Datapath’s ActiveConnect Cables Don’t Require Power

Venue Debuts New LED Series

Venue (by Proline) just debuted its Venue series’ LED technology that they says minimizes drops in brightness when the LED elements warm up over time. The Venue series includes the Control16 16-channel DMX controller and three LED fixture models that can be mixed and matched to create custom systems, providing complete scalability for shows both […]

Venue Debuts New LED Series

NEC Europe’s Display Showcase Set for May

Visitors to the NEC Solutions Showcase on 18-19 May can once again expect a visual experience as NEC and its Partners collaborate to demonstrate fully integrated solutions presented in real-life scenarios. ‘The NEC Experience’ installation will welcome visitors to the event, setting the scene on NEC’s unique market leading position, showcasing NEC’s extensive technology in […]

NEC Europe’s Display Showcase Set for May

Waves Introduces the H-Series Bundle

Waves Audio just introduced the H-Series bundle. The H-Series is a collection of Waves’ Hybrid plugins, which model the original behavior of diverse analog gear and give it digital control. The Waves H-Series combines all of Waves’ Hybrid plugins in one package: Waves H-Reverb: A FIR reverb with rich and smooth reverb tails that sit […]

Waves Introduces the H-Series Bundle

New Extron LinkLicense SMP 351 Upgrade Enables Simultaneous Recording of Two Independent Sources

Extron just upgraded the LinkLicense SMP 351 with a Dual Recording Upgrade that enables enhanced recording, streaming and audio DSP capabilities for the SMP 351 H.264 Streaming Media Processor. With this new upgrade, the SMP 351 can record two sources at the same time, at resolutions up to 1080p/30 and bit-rates up to 10 Mbps. […]

New Extron LinkLicense SMP 351 Upgrade Enables Simultaneous Recording of Two Independent Sources

Sennheiser Demos MK 4 Digital Mic for USB and iOS

Sennheiser just demoed the new digital version of its MK 4, one of the audio specialist’s most popular recording mics. With high-quality Apogee A/D conversion and mic preamp technology, MK 4 digital connects directly to iOS devices, Mac and PC computers. The large-diaphragm MK 4 digital is designed for any mobile recording task. The MK […]

Sennheiser Demos MK 4 Digital Mic for USB and iOS

Peerless-AV Adds SmartMount for Microsoft Surface Hub

Peerless-AV has announced its SmartMount line of mobile carts and flat, tilt and articulating wall mounts for the Microsoft Surface Hub. For mobile solutions in corporate applications, hospitality events, and education settings, Peerless-AV’s stylish SmartMount Flat Panel Cart (SR598-HUB) was designed to securely mount the 55″ and 84″ versions of the Microsoft Surface Hub at […]

Peerless-AV Adds SmartMount for Microsoft Surface Hub

LeGrand Buys Luxul Wireless

Legrand has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Luxul Wireless, an IP networking provider for professionally-installed, custom integration systems for residential and small-to-medium business (SMB) markets. Luxul, along with Pakedge that was acquired by Control4 earlier this year, are one of only two networking companies that specialized in routers and switches specifically for ProAV and […]

LeGrand Buys Luxul Wireless

It’s Time to VOTE for the 5th Annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards

We received over 10,000 nominations – yes, 10,000 – for our 5th Annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards! And, now it’s time for you, the readers, to vote. You nominated them and now it’s time for you to vote for the best of the best. Here’s a list of the top companies and products in each […]

It’s Time to VOTE for the 5th Annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards

Sennheiser Debuts EK 6042, Two-Channel Camera Receiver

Sennheiser has debuted the EK 6042 slot-in camera receiver, which was previewed earlier in the year at IBC. The true-diversity, two-channel EK 6042 can work with analog and digital Sennheiser transmitters or a mix thereof, across a bandwidth of 184 MHz. It is designed to partner with Sennheiser’s Digital 9000 series and all analog transmitters […]

Sennheiser Debuts EK 6042, Two-Channel Camera Receiver

Kramer Introduces DIP-30 4K Automatic Switcher

The Kramer DIP-30 is a 4K UHD automatic switcher for HDMI, VGA, Ethernet, data and unbalanced audio signals. It supports resolutions up to 4K@60 UHD (4:2:0) and various modes of input selection and transmits the signal via HDMI cable to a compatible receiver (for example the VS-62H or when connecting directly to a display/projector). The […]

Kramer Introduces DIP-30 4K Automatic Switcher

Display Summit China to Feature Leaders form Hot Laser Projection Industry

May 9-10 in Yixing China is where world leaders in solid state projection technology will gather for a symposium on this red hot market segment. Some in the industry are predicting RGB laser projectors will be the ONLY cinema projector product sold by 2022. Meanwhile RGB laser, laser phosphor and LED projectors are rapidly overtaking […]

Display Summit China to Feature Leaders form Hot Laser Projection Industry

Drunk Unkles Announce InfoComm Event

The NSCA Education Foundation is excited to announce the first and largest Drunk Unkles fundraiser of 2016, scheduled for Wednesday, June 8, 2016, from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Las Vegas’ Vinyl in the Hard Rock Hotel. In the 11th year of supporting the NSCA Education Foundation, the Drunk Unkles have raised more than […]

Drunk Unkles Announce InfoComm Event

EPSON Debuts 12,000 Lumen 3LCD Laser-Phosphor Projector Using Inorganic Color-Wheel and Panels

You are no long forced to buy a DLP projector if you want laser-phosphor. Two months ago, at the ISE show in Amsterdam, Epson launched the world’s-first laser-phosphor 3LCD projector line that not only lasts for (and is warranted for) 20,000 hours, but can garner a 12,000 lumen light output. The Pro L1505U large-venue projector […]

EPSON Debuts 12,000 Lumen 3LCD Laser-Phosphor Projector Using Inorganic Color-Wheel and Panels

wePresent Announces Wireless Presentation System Aimed Exclusively at Education Market

wePresent has announced an expansion to its line of wireless presentation systems, adding the WiPG-1600 aimed at education installs. We actually gave this product an ISE Best New Product for Higher Education Award earlier this year. The WiPG-1600 wireless presentation hardware provides a solution for those who require the basic functionality of the wePresent, but […]

wePresent Announces Wireless Presentation System Aimed Exclusively at Education Market

Sennheiser MKE 440 Camera Microphone Employs Technique to Match Sound and Picture

Sennheiser is unveiling the MKE 440, a stereo camera microphone that solves a typical challenge encountered by DSLR users — capturing focused stereo sound from the filmed object. DSLR filmmakers have always had a hard time getting good sound from their camera-mounted stereo microphone. The new MKE 440 achieves this task: Thanks to two mini-shotgun […]

Sennheiser MKE 440 Camera Microphone Employs Technique to Match Sound and Picture

Extron Now Shipping All DTP CrossPoint 4K Matrix Sizes

Extron has announced they are shipping the DTP CrossPoint 84 4K and DTP CrossPoint 82 4K (4:4:4 @ 60Hz) presentation matrix switchers featuring an 8×4 or 8×2 I/O configuration. The DTP CrossPoint 4K Series provides 10×8, 8×6, 8×4, and 8×2 I/O sizes to suit a wide range of applications and delivers all of the technologically […]

Extron Now Shipping All DTP CrossPoint 4K Matrix Sizes

Acquisitions in AV: What Really Happens

My companies have been acquired twice and I have attempted numerous acquisitions. While I don’t have the experience of an investment banker like GE or SilverLake, I have been down many roads that few have the opportunity to travel, and it’s nothing like you think. Yes, there is almost always human impact because maximizing profits […]

Acquisitions in AV: What Really Happens

Extron Intros New TouchLink Pro Touchpanels With Capacitive Touch and Edge-to-Edge Glass

Extron is introducing the TLP Pro 1720MG and TLP Pro 1720TG, 17ʺ wall mount and tabletop TouchLink Pro touchpanels with capacitive, edge-to-edge glass touchscreens. These 1920×1080 capacitive touchscreens provide a vibrant image and a more responsive control surface. As with all TouchLink Pro models, these new, customizable touchpanels feature faster processing and more memory. Both […]

Extron Intros New TouchLink Pro Touchpanels With Capacitive Touch and Edge-to-Edge Glass

Combined UCC Power: Mitel and Polycom Announce Merger

Mitel and Polycom announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement as talks had recently reached final stages after months of discussions. This has created what has been termed by both a new company with shared vision for seamless communications and collaboration – and according to a statement in a Polycom […]

Combined UCC Power: Mitel and Polycom Announce Merger