Clarity introduced new LCD and DLP displays at InfoComm, designed for control room and digital signage applications. The control room displays include the SP Series, rear-projection displays using Smooth Picture DLP technology for better video. These are available in 50, 67 and 70-inch sizes and use Clarity’s new (SiFi) technology that monitors and automatically balances […]
Lighthouse Technologies showed the company’s new 4mm R4 LED display screen. The company says it’s the first Lighthouse product to be fully RoHS (Restrictions on Hazardous Substances) compliant for lead-free products. This system uses 14-bit processing, a fanless design (cooled by natural convection) and it has a seamless mechanical cabinet system with interlocking king-pin connectors […]
The new the LDT321V and LDT371V (32″ and 37″ diagonal) LCD monitors from Mitsubishi are designed specifically for video displays in the digital signage market. Interestingly, these monitors come with their own scheduling controls for easy planning of on/off, presentation timing, image changeovers and more. Accessing menus and controlling information is done through the RS232 […]
Panasonic introduced the 9 Series plasmas at InfoComm. Performance improvements incude higher video capabilities, greater flexibility and a thin, 15-percent lighter design. The new series includes three high definition panels 50” TH-50PH9UK, 42” TH-42PH9UK, and 37” TH-37PH9UK and the standard definition 42” TH-42PS9UK. The 9-Series uses 16-bit processing, and is specified at 10,000:1 contrast level. […]
ViewSonic announced the NMP-500 Network Media Player and a 42-inch ND4200-LS Net IP integrated display at InfoComm06. The system allows streaming video and HTML information via Ethernet at up to 20 MB per second, and the integrated ND4200-LS also features an internal 40GB hard drive to support local playback of digital media content. Clarity says […]
Westinghouse Digital Electronics and Almo Corp. announced an expansion of their strategic distribution agreement to include the Pro AV market, targeting the system integrator and digital signage channels. The limited Westinghouse rollout at Almo in Q3 includes 27-, 32- and 42-inch Professional LCD monitors. The RS232 connector will be built into these displays’ boards, along […]
Adtec introduced at InfoComm the Soloist 4111 HD, a digital media server for MPEG 4 H.264, MPEG 2 and VC-1 high definition and standard definition media playback from a hard drive, IP stream decoding, and Cable QAM, Satellite QPSK and terrestrial ATSC and DVB-T interfaces. The Soloist 4111 allows playback of HD MPEG 4, MPEG-2 […]
Advanced Media Design announced six new Digital Media Recording products in the company’s MediaPOINTE line. The new additions include the ability to record and stream video in several new resolutions, including WXGA and HD, in real time and at frame rates of up to 30FPS, according to AMD. Several DMR models now include AMD/MediaPOINTE’s CopyMe! […]
At InfoComm, Crestron introduced a major new product called MediaManager Presentation System (MPS). There are four models in the new series and each is a complete presentation in a stand-alone box. MPS has an integrated 2-Series Ethernet control system, multimedia switcher, audio amplifier, balanced audio with professional DSP, mic inputs, discrete touchpanel preview out and […]
Grass Valley and Iomega announced a joint development at InfoComm that will result in the incorporation of Iomega REV removable storage technologies in Grass Valley’s ProAV products, beginning with the Turbo iDDR. Iomega and Grass Valley will also work to develop REV technologies for a broader set of professional applications. REV storage solutions are high-density, […]
NetStreams, a company with media-over-IP streaming products, has been a prominent player in the home entertainment market for some time. At InfoComm, NetStreams officially entered the ProAV market, where the company showed its products. The DigiLinX IP-Based Multi-Room Audio distribution distributes audio over CAT5e using TCP/IP on a segmented section of an Ethernet network. The […]
Polycom announced the RSS 2000, a network server that enables customers to record, stream and archive multimedia content on demand. The Polycom Readi Streaming Server 2000 helps enterprise customers access recorded multimedia content — including presentations, interviews, demonstrations, or training materials. It supports recording, archiving, streaming and H323 playback of high definition video content, and […]
Aviom showed Pro64 at InfoComm. Pro64 is a line of audio networking products that distribute multiple channels of audio to as many locations as desired. A Pro64 system can distribute audio without being restricted by the physical locations of inputs and outputs or the direction of the signal flow. In Auto Mode, up to 64 […]
JBL Professional introduced the lighter, more compact and better performing MRX500 Series. class. The new line consisting of five passive sound reinforcement loudspeakers use JBL Professional 400W Differential Drive transducers. The JBL MRX515 15″ two-way, multi-purpose speaker system has 70° x 70° nominal coverage with a power capacity of 400/800/1600 watt (continuous/ program/peak), a new […]
SoundTube showed a really cool product at InfoComm ? it’s a speaker that hangs from the ceiling on a cable, basically solving the problem of where to put speakers in an open ceiling environment. You paint them to match the décor, and you can make them look just like a lighting fixture or decoration, or […]
Da-Lite has a new large-venue screen, the Series 300 Lace and Grommet Frame System, that gives you sizes up to 90 feet wide. The new system is made of three-inch diameter aluminum tubing, and includes lacing cord and positioned “S” hooks for attaching a Da-Lite Lace and Grommet projection screen surface. It has a black […]
Nigel B Design introduced the Plenum, a box designed to house the amplifier, cables, power supply, AC receptacle and even other products such as Crestron’s QM-RMC an IM-RX1 and similar sized products. By storing all these components in the box, there is more security, less clutter. The box can be installed above the ceiling, with […]
At ISE, Vogel’s Professional introduced a new universal LCD/Plasma wall support safely fitting large screens from 55” – 103” inches. Large screens for public use — like shopping malls, waiting rooms and airports — are becoming commercially available as technology drops the price level. As a result, there is a growing demand for wall supports […]
LodgeNet, one of the largest interactive TV and broadband provider to hotels, and Panasonic, announced a partnership in which Panasonic will provide plasma TVs for LodgeNet’s HDTV platform for HD free-to-guest and video-on-demand services. To do this, Panasonic will adopt Pro:Idiom premium content copy protection technology to accommodate LodgeNet hotels with HD premium satellite and […]
NEC has done its share of shifting divisions over the past years, and here comes another. But it makes a lot of sense. The newly-formed NEC Corporation of American comprises IT, networking, and visual displays, creating an IT-AV convergence model. The new company is located in Irving, Texas. Company officials tell rAVe the visual solutions […]
The Axion is a new controller for high end, large events, incorporating multi-room and very large screen control using Soft Edge Blending technology. The Axion lets the user preview the multi-screen configuration on a 16:9 TFT monitor. The Axion can control several iX Hi Res. Seamless Switchers, the Di Ventix, the Eventix, the Natix or […]
Lectronics introduced the DM84, a digital audio processor with LecNet2 control software, at InfoComm. The company says it’s designed to provide easily configurable processing, mixing, and routing capabilities for sound reinforcement and conferencing applications often requiring multiple microphones and loudspeakers. The new DM84 can route any combination of inputs to any combination of outputs, in […]
