Crestron Expands DigitalMedia With Three New 4K Presentation Switchers

Crestron is demonstrating three 4K presentation switchers that they say can be set up in just minutes without any custom programming: the HD-MD8X1-4K 4K Scaling Presentation Switcher, the DM-MD8X1-4K-C 4K Scaling Presentation Switcher with HDBaseT Output, DMPS3-4K-150-C 3-Series 4K DigitalMedia Presentation System 150. Based on the DMP3-4K-150-C, the HD-MD8X1-4K provides up to eight inputs and […]

Crestron Expands DigitalMedia With Three New 4K Presentation Switchers

AMX Intros New HydraPort Touch

At InfoComm, AMX launched the AMX HydraPort Touch — combining an AMX HydraPort with an ultra-slim AMX Modero S Series Touch Panel. The touch panel folds to hide into tables and accepts the MyTurn Source Selectors. The new HydraPort Touch integrates a HydraPort chassis with a 10″ or 7″ Modero S Touch Panel and, when […]

AMX Intros New HydraPort Touch

Hitachi Debuts CP-TW2505 and CP-TW3005 LCD Projectors

Hitachi today introduced its CP-TW2505 and CP-TW3005 LCD interactive projectors — both with 10,000:1 contrast ratio and aimed at K-12, higher education and corporate users. The Interactive Pen and multiple pen capability allow the use of interactive pens (two are supplied) to write, draw, point, navigate and more. In addition, an available FT-01 Finger Touch […]

Hitachi Debuts CP-TW2505 and CP-TW3005 LCD Projectors

Crestron Adds Microsoft Surface Hub Meeting Room Packages

Crestron has extended the meeting room experience for Surface Hub users by natively integrating Microsoft’s large format collaboration device with Crestron control technology. The solution is available in two complete turnkey packages, plus optional accessories. Built on the Crestron .AV Framework platform, these packages designed for Surface Hub deployments can be configured from Crestron’s TSW […]

Crestron Adds Microsoft Surface Hub Meeting Room Packages

Biamp Systems Expands Vocia Paging System Capabilities

Biamp Systems today announced the release of Vocia 1.7 public address and evacuation system. With its decentralized architecture, Vocia is designed with no single point of system failure for reliable public address and paging applications in healthcare, corporate office, convention space and high-volume transportation environments. Vocia 1.7 is equipped with new 2RU amplifiers, passive end-of-line […]

Biamp Systems Expands Vocia Paging System Capabilities

AtlasIED Intros HPA Series of Multi-Channel Amps

Atlas Sound launched the HPA Series power amplifiers here at infoComm. These amplifiers are designed as ruggedized amps for any application type or load condition. Each model has two channels output that can be used in stereo, bridged, or parallel operation. Balanced inputs allow easy connection of audio sources and stepped attenuators per channel enable […]

AtlasIED Intros HPA Series of Multi-Channel Amps

Bose Professional Expands FreeSpace Amplifier Line with Four New Models

Bose Professional has broadened its FreeSpace amplifier line with a set of four dual-channel amplifiers optimized for premium commercial applications such as retail, restaurants and hospitality. There are two mixer amplifiers (IZA 2120-HZ, IZA 2120-LZ) and two expansion amplifiers (ZA 2120-HZ, ZA 2120-LZ) each at 120 watts per channel. FreeSpace amplifiers can be quickly configured […]

Bose Professional Expands FreeSpace Amplifier Line with Four New Models

Listen Technologies Announces New Infrared Language Distribution System

Listen Technologies announced today another IR system in its line of ListenIR solutions. Following the introduction of iDSP IR and the new LT-84 Transmitter/Radiator combo earlier this year — an IR system that revolutionized the approach for a variety of venues — Listen Technologies debuts the new Infrared Language Distribution system. Engineered to be easy […]

Listen Technologies Announces New Infrared Language Distribution System

Marshall Enters Unified Communications Market with New Broadcast PTZ Camera

Marshall Electronics has announced the new CV620-PT is a PTZ conference camera with HD video, 20x optical zoom flexibility, easy remote control protocols and versatile outputs. Designed for corporate video conferencing, connected classrooms, lecture halls, medical facilities, houses of worship, studio broadcast, corporate meetings and event spaces, the camera has 20x (4.7 – 94 millimeter) […]

Marshall Enters Unified Communications Market with New Broadcast PTZ Camera

ATOMOS Racks the 4K/UHD Shogun Studio

Harnessing the latest recorder, monitor and playback technology with class leading Atomos usability and affordability, the Shogun Studio reinvents what is capable within a 3RU rack product. Designed from the ground up with the rack environment in mind, the Shogun Studio has an extensive recorder, monitor and playback deck feature set, making it perfect for […]

ATOMOS Racks the 4K/UHD Shogun Studio

AMX and Microsoft Announce Partnership to Integrate Surface Hub with AMX Meeting Room Control Ecosystem

At InfoComm, Microsoft and AMX announced that they have entered into a partnership to integrate Microsoft’s Surface Hub collaboration system with AMX control. Microsoft Surface Hub is a collaboration system that features a Windows 10-based 55″ HD or 84″ 4K display serving as a focal point for typical activities that take place during a collaboration […]

AMX and Microsoft Announce Partnership to Integrate Surface Hub with AMX Meeting Room Control Ecosystem

New Versions of Sennheiser’s MobileConnect and CinemaConnect Debut at InfoComm

The new versions of Sennheiser’s MobileConnect and CinemaConnect apps for accessible streaming allow users to not only adjust volume but also to adapt speech intelligibility and sound quality to their particular requirements for the first time. The apps are intended for users with early-stage hearing loss who have no hearing aid as well as hearing […]

New Versions of Sennheiser’s MobileConnect and CinemaConnect Debut at InfoComm

Powersoft Unveils Its Ottocanali Series Amplifiers at InfoComm

Audio manufacturer Powersoft announced the expansion of the successful Ottocanali Series, with the addition of three new high-performance eight-channel power amplifiers — under the series Ottocanali DSP+D. The Ottocanali Series DSP+D offers a wide range of system control and monitoring functions as well as sound shaping options, a total of up to 12,000 W output […]

Powersoft Unveils Its Ottocanali Series Amplifiers at InfoComm

Sony Adds New PTZ Camera –SRG-120DU With Plug and Play Functionality

Sony Electronics’ new SRG-120DU is the latest member of its SRG high definition remote-operated camera line-up. Taking its place alongside Sony’s SRG-300SE, SRG-120DH and SRG-300H PTZ cameras, the SRG-120DU is the first in the PTZ line to feature a USB 3.0 interface and is UVC video compatible. The SRG-120DU is designed to easily bring professional […]

Sony Adds New PTZ Camera –SRG-120DU With Plug and Play Functionality

Dynamic Microphones Go Mobile With MXL’s New MM-131 Mic Mate Mobile

MXL Microphones introduces the MXL MM-131 Mic Mate Mobile, a portable dynamic XLR-to-USB interface that works with computers and mobile devices. The Mic Mate Mobile is compatible with iOS products via the Apple camera kit. The Mic Mate Mobile turns a single dynamic microphone into a USB mic and a Mobile Media microphone, creating three […]

Dynamic Microphones Go Mobile With MXL’s New MM-131 Mic Mate Mobile

Biamp Systems Equips Tesira Platform With

Biamp Systems today announced new Lync Enterprise Voice integration and a new hardware dialer for its flagship Tesira platform. VoIP integration support coupled with the new HD-1 hardware dialer provides an easy-to-install, streamlined conferencing solution. By adding support for Lync Enterprise Voice to the Tesira platform, teleconferencing applications that utilize a Lync Server as their […]

Biamp Systems Equips Tesira Platform With

FSR’s HuddleVU Offers Adds Features, Offers New Mini-VU Model

FSR’s HuddleVU Collaboration system is designed as a meeting room system where users can share and view their multiple inputs; laptops, tablets, and smart phones, on a single or multiple displays. When FSR’s new DV-MFMV-74 DV PRO — MultiVU — Seven Input Multi-Format Windowing Scaler is integrated with the HuddleVU FLEX System. it creates a […]

FSR’s HuddleVU Offers Adds Features, Offers New Mini-VU Model

Revolabs FLX UC 1500 IP and USB Conference Phone with Extension Microphones

Revolabs today announced that it is now shipping its FLX UC 1500 IP and USB Conference Phone with Extension Microphones. Broadening the company’s UC product family to support larger conference rooms, the innovative device includes two extension microphones to create a wider pickup range, incorporates a high-performance speaker to expand sound capabilities, and provides the […]

Revolabs FLX UC 1500 IP and USB Conference Phone with Extension Microphones

Sennheiser Signs With 888VoIP to Distribute High-Performance Unified Communications Headsets in the VoIP Channel

Sennheiser announced it has entered into a new distribution agreement with 888VoIP, an industry leading distributor of IP telephony hardware, software, and services to the VoIP channel. As part of this agreement, 888VoIP will carry Sennheiser’s line of high-performance headsets for the contact center and office (CC&O) marketplace. By adding the Sennheiser products, 888VoIP will […]

Sennheiser Signs With 888VoIP to Distribute High-Performance Unified Communications Headsets in the VoIP Channel

AtlasIED Launches Strategy III Series In-Ceiling Speakers

AtlasIED just launched the FAP Strategy III Series ceiling loudspeakers integrated with a Safety First Mounting System (SFMS). This technology prevents mounting tab damage during installation that other offerings suffer. The damage is caused by over torqueing during the installation process. This excessive torque can damage the mounting tabs that over time can increase the […]

AtlasIED Launches Strategy III Series In-Ceiling Speakers

We Just Launched Both an iPhone and an Android rAVe NEWS App

Believe it or not, we’ve had a mobile app for three years. But, it was designed and developed for the iPhone 4 and iOS 6. So, it was time to re-design everything. We started from scratch and looked at the top five news apps on the market and come up with a simple-to-navigate but powerful […]

We Just Launched Both an iPhone and an Android rAVe NEWS App

Biamp Systems Introduces the Oreno Suite

Biamp Systems today unveiled its all-new Oreno platform — one of the products featured on our InfoComm TOP 10 TOUR. Created specifically for conferencing environments, the system has the ability to control any Biamp Tesira — equipped conference room via mobile devices. Designed to simplify the complexity of conference room setups, the Oreno suite is […]

Biamp Systems Introduces the Oreno Suite

Extron Intros New 4K Presentation Matrix Switcher with Seamless Switching

Extron has launched a new DTP CrossPoint 108 4K presentation matrix switcher. The DTP CrossPoint 108 4K includes a 10×8 matrix switcher with 4K inputs and outputs, four built-in 4K scalers (powered by Extron Vector 4K scaling technology) seamless switching and logo insertion, integrated DTP and XTP signal extension, audio DSP and AEC capabilities, a […]

Extron Intros New 4K Presentation Matrix Switcher with Seamless Switching

Aurora Ships QXT-700 Control Panel

Aurora is now shipping the QXT-700 7-inch HD control panel — a 1280×800 touch screen for their control system. Powered by a quad-core processor with a PoE-enabled 1-Gbps LAN port, multiple on-board RS-232/IR/relay ports, and DIO, the QXT-700 is designed for any conference room, classroom or hospitality A/V control application. Designed for integration with smartphones […]

Aurora Ships QXT-700 Control Panel

DVIGear Introduces DisplayNet

DVIGear is launching something called DisplayNet at InfoComm 2015. DVIGear describes DisplayNet as “AV distribution that uses off-the-shelf 10GbE Ethernet technology to switch, extend and distribute AV signals.” The transmitter (DN-100TX) accepts multiple signals such as HDMI (with embedded audio and HDCP), analog stereo audio, bidirectional IR, RS232, and 1GbE and transmits them over a […]

DVIGear Introduces DisplayNet

New beyerdynamic Revoluto Vertical Array Microphone Introduced

In 2006, beyerdynamic presented the first microphone with its patented Revoluto technology that was integrated with both horizontal array microphone capsules. At InfoCommn 2015 in Orlando, beyerdynamic introduced the newly developed vertical array microphone. With the vertical array, a horizontal corridor characteristic is created (horizontal cardioid, vertical lobar). This gives the speaker even more freedom […]

New beyerdynamic Revoluto Vertical Array Microphone Introduced

Just Add Power Adds Image Play Video Tiling to HD Over IP More Play Feature Set

At InfoComm 2015 Just Add Power debuted the 2G+4+ Tiling Transmitter with Image Play, which gives integrators the ability to display multiple video feeds on a single screen. The 2G+4+ device is a 1U rack-mountable video tiling processor that enables commercial integrators to deliver four HDMI sources to a single screen in a variety of […]

Just Add Power Adds Image Play Video Tiling to HD Over IP More Play Feature Set

Aurora Intros 4K Tuner

Aurora Multimedia unveiled its V-Tune Pro 4K Tuner at InfoComm. Designed for systems requiring IPTV, ATSC, QAM, NTSC or PAL formats, Aurora Multimedia’s V-Tune Pro 4K provides the additional capability of decoding MPEG2, MPEG4, VC-1, H.264 and H.265 with resolutions up to 4096×2160 at 60Hz via both RF and LAN access. Featuring an integrated 4K […]

Aurora Intros 4K Tuner

Media Vision Offers TAIDEN’s HCS-4851 Retractable Microphone Array

The new digital conference microphone by TAIDEN is designed for integrators and end users that want to hide all meeting technology solutions when not in use. The HCS-4851 is a flush-mount unit with a retractable line array microphone and microphone activation button. A cover plate hides all electronics when the microphone is fully retracted. When […]

Media Vision Offers TAIDEN’s HCS-4851 Retractable Microphone Array

HaiVision Updates Makito X Video Encoder with New Recording and Storage Capabilities

Haivision is updating the Makito X video encoder with new recording and storage options to simultaneously stream and capture hours of HD video. The Makito X encoder transports the live video at the lowest bitrates over any network. Building on the legacy of this award-winning technology, the Makito X now optionally includes 250 GB of […]

HaiVision Updates Makito X Video Encoder with New Recording and Storage Capabilities

InFocus LightCast Technology in Collaboration Solutions Enables Wireless Device Display and eWhiteboarding

InFocus Corporation today introduced its LightCast technology, which they say enables BYOD connectivity and all-in-one digital whiteboarding and Internet browsing. The company is also launching its first device with the new technology built in, the interactive touchscreen JTouch with LightCast (INF6501c). InFocus’ LightCast technology allows people to wirelessly cast content from their Windows, Apple OSX […]

InFocus LightCast Technology in Collaboration Solutions Enables Wireless Device Display and eWhiteboarding

The 2015 rAVe Readers’ Choice Award Winners

This year’s winners will be receiving the coolest looking award they’ve ever gotten – ever! Think I’m exaggerating? Just look at the photo! We received almost 54,200 votes this year for our 4th Annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards. And, the votes have been tallied and here are the winners! Favorite Manufacturer-Based Training Program: Extron Favorite […]

The 2015 rAVe Readers’ Choice Award Winners