Nureva Audio Manager Adds New Functionality to the HDL300 System

Nureva Inc has announced the Nureva audio manager, software for the HDL300 audio conferencing system that automatically detects and performs updates to the HDL300 system’s firmware and to the audio manager itself. This means that HDL300 system customers will always have the latest advancements in the system’s Microphone Mist technology, which simultaneously processes audio from 8,192 virtual microphones that fill the meeting […]

Nureva Audio Manager Adds New Functionality to the HDL300 System

Audix Announces AVB-Enabled Ceiling Microphones

Audix today announced AVB-enabled models of several of its most popular models, including the M3 tri-element hanging microphone. Since it’s launch in 2014, the M3 has become a widely popular microphone for conferencing solutions. Its patented tri-element design incorporates three-phase coherent hypercardioid capsules with tailored frequency response. The M3 is designed for speech intelligibility and provides a 360-degree coverage pattern […]

Audix Announces AVB-Enabled Ceiling Microphones

AmpliVox Introduces New Classroom Audio System Package

Aimed at small to medium-sized classrooms and conference rooms, the AmpliVox Sound Systems now offers a comprehensive package of versatile sound products. AmpliVox’s new Classroom Audio System package combines a ceiling tile four-way speaker, a seven-channel mixer/amplifier and a universal wireless microphone to provide 360 degrees of clear sound coverage. The new Classroom Audio System includes a four-speaker unit that […]

AmpliVox Introduces New Classroom Audio System Package

Latest Bluescape Release Focuses on Collaboration With Virtual Workspaces

Bluescape today announced the latest release of their software that enables dispersed teams to innovate, iterate and deliver new products faster. With a focus on improving the way teams work with multiple, different types of content during a project, the release introduces new features — Canvas, Bluescape Clipboard and Layout — meant to evolve its virtual workspace solution. Bluescape’s […]

Latest Bluescape Release Focuses on Collaboration With Virtual Workspaces

Leyard and Planar Announce Third Generation Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System

Leyard and Planar announced the third generation Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System, which combines the industry’s thinnest profile ultra-narrow bezel LCD with improvements to video processing, installation, management and off-board electronics. The new Clarity Matrix G3 LCD Video Wall System advances nearly every aspect of the unique Clarity Matrix architecture. It features a new, off-board video controller that offers unrivaled video […]

Leyard and Planar Announce Third Generation Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System

Bose Professional Debuts S1 Pro Multi-Position PA System

Bose Professional is debuting the S1 Pro multi-position PA system — an all-in-one PA, floor monitor, practice amplifier and primary music system. Designed for general PA use, the S1 Pro is 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) and with dimensions of 13″ x 9.5″ x 11.2″ (330 x 241 x 286 millimeters), it easily fits in an airplane’s overhead compartment. The […]

Bose Professional Debuts S1 Pro Multi-Position PA System

DVDO Ships New TILE Digital Canvas Box

DVDO’s new TILE is a “universal wireless casting box” for both professional and commercial integrators. DVDO will also be demonstrating the TILE solution at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) February 6 – 9, 2018 in RAI Amsterdam in the Custom Home Europe, Stand #1N85. The DVDO TILE claims to simplify the process of wirelessly connecting multiple users to an […]

DVDO Ships New TILE Digital Canvas Box

New Extron Room Scheduling Panels Make Booking a Room Easier Than Ever

Extron just introduced a new generation of room scheduling solutions. The new TLS family of TouchLink Scheduling panels are designed to help ease integration and provide customers with powerful, dedicated panels for all their meeting space reservation needs. Right out of the box, TLS panels are ready to be customized with free Room Agent software and then to connect directly […]

New Extron Room Scheduling Panels Make Booking a Room Easier Than Ever

TAIDEN’s New Wireless Discussion Microphones Are Digital Infrared

Smaller than your average smartphone, the new digital infrared wireless discussion system by TAIDEN is a low-profile microphone designed for boardrooms and videoconference spaces. The HCS-5335 product series, with gooseneck or boundary microphone options, is officially being introduced at the February ISE Show in Amsterdam in booth 3-C105. The solution is ultra-portable, with no equipment rack pieces. The infrared transmitter […]

TAIDEN’s New Wireless Discussion Microphones Are Digital Infrared

Ten Months After Launching It, Yamaha Finally Ships CS-700 Collaboration Room Sound Bar

Better late than never, right? Well, late is now! Yamaha UC is now shipping the Yamaha CS-700 Video Sound Collaboration System for huddle rooms. The all-in-one wall-mounted UC solution is marketed as a Video Sound Collaboration System for huddle rooms. It includes an adaptive beamforming microphone array, four Yamaha speaker elements and a wide-angle HD camera that captures every meeting participant. Through […]

Ten Months After Launching It, Yamaha Finally Ships CS-700 Collaboration Room Sound Bar

Biamp Debuts Tesira Beamtracking Microphones and PoE+ Amplifier Technology for Conference Rooms

Biamp Systems announced the expansion of its Tesira audio and video platform which include new power over Ethernet (PoE+) amplifier technology and a series of beamtracking ceiling microphones. Providing full 360-degree room coverage, each of the new Tesira microphones uses Biamp’s beamtracking technology to identify and lock to a signal source — even if the person speaking is moving around. […]

Biamp Debuts Tesira Beamtracking Microphones and PoE+ Amplifier Technology for Conference Rooms

Ice Crystal Ball for 2018: Predictions in ICT and Sustainability

As we enter 2018 in the grips of a bomb-cyclone dumping frigid temperatures, snow, ice and floods up and down the eastern seaboard, it can be difficult to consider global warming particularly since global warming has nothing to do with weather and everything to do with climate change. Here is a good explanation of the […]

Ice Crystal Ball for 2018: Predictions in ICT and Sustainability

InFocus Introduces Its Largest Open Android-Based Touch Display for Collaboration

InFocus Corporation today launches an addition to their JTouch product family, with the JTouch Plus INF8630AG. It’s the largest open Android-based interactive touch display solution built for collaboration, featuring a 4K anti-glare 86-inch display that users can customize and annotate over any documents, whiteboard, browse the web and run Android apps, plus wirelessly cast with ease using LightCast. […]

InFocus Introduces Its Largest Open Android-Based Touch Display for Collaboration

PreSonus Expands Studio Series USB Interface Line

Following up on its Studio 26 and Studio 68 ultra-high-definition recording solutions, PreSonus announced the Studio 1810 and Studio 1824 USB 2.0 audio/MIDI interfaces. The new interfaces record at up to 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution and feature PreSonus’ famed XMAX Class A microphone preamps, audiophile-grade digital converters, ultra-low-jitter clocking and MIDI I/O. All analog inputs and the main L/R outputs have eight-LED, ladder-style level meters. Both […]

PreSonus Expands Studio Series USB Interface Line

Symetrix Composer 6.0 Adds Dante Enhancements

Symetrix has released the latest version of its Composer programming software for Edge, Radius, Prism and Solus NX DSPs. In addition to DSP design, Composer v6.0 for Windows natively configures the setup and routing of Symetrix Dante I/O expanders, along with select third-party Dante devices. With Composer, integrators can program a complete end-to-end DSP signal path using just one application. Composer 6.0 […]

Symetrix Composer 6.0 Adds Dante Enhancements

Extron Now in the Custom Control Market With Debut of Global Scripter Using Python

According to CodeEval in 2016 (the last year data is available), the world’s most popular programming language is Python — with nearly 27 percent of the market. Java is number two with a 22 percent share and C++ is third with 10 percent. That’s not just AV control system programming — we mean all programming languages for […]

Extron Now in the Custom Control Market With Debut of Global Scripter Using Python

Barix Introduces Openly-Programmable IP Audio Module for Third-Party Product Developers at ISE 2018

Barix is introducing at ISE 2018 its newest-generation IP Audio Module, the IPAM 400. The Linux-based IPAM 400 is Barix’s most powerful OEM audio platform to date, combining a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore processor and an open-source programming model for supporting complex signal handling and an array of applications. The new module supports multiple audio formats […]

Barix Introduces Openly-Programmable IP Audio Module for Third-Party Product Developers at ISE 2018

Almo ProAV Collaborates with Salamander Designs to Provide AV Furniture for Huddle Space Integration Projects

Almo Professional AV is collaborating with AV furniture manufacturer Salamander Designs to offer a variety of electric lift stands, credenzas and cabinets for collaboration and huddle spaces. The new relationship gives integrators the opportunity to streamline AV projects through one distributor and earn additional revenue. As part of the new relationship, Salamander Designs has joined […]

Almo ProAV Collaborates with Salamander Designs to Provide AV Furniture for Huddle Space Integration Projects

New Extron 7″ Wall Mount Touch Panel Blends Performance and Style

Extron just introduced the TLP Pro 725M 7″ wall mount TouchLink Pro touch panel. Extron redesigned this latest TouchLink Pro touch panel inside and out with a new quad-core processor and eight times more memory. The display is a higher resolution 1024×600 capacitive touchscreen built with scratch- and smudge-resistant, edge-to-edge Corning Gorilla Glass. The TLP Pro 725M also features […]

New Extron 7″ Wall Mount Touch Panel Blends Performance and Style

What Keeps an AV Professional Awake at Night

I still remember my first concerns about user engagement with the technology we provide. It was over a decade ago; we were fitting out four conference rooms per floor over about a dozen floors. Video teleconferencing in two, local presentation in the other. Pack up, head for the elevator, repeat. It was one of my […]

What Keeps an AV Professional Awake at Night

ClearOne Awarded New Patent for Integrated Beamforming Microphone Array and Ceiling or Wall Tile

ClearOne announced today that it has been awarded a new patent relating to integration of a beamforming microphone array and a ceiling or wall tile. The USPTO issued patent number 9,813,806 to ClearOne. This patent, entitled “Integrated Beamforming Microphone Array and Ceiling or Wall Tile,” among other things, describes a beamforming microphone array integrated into a ceiling-tile form that is […]

ClearOne Awarded New Patent for Integrated Beamforming Microphone Array and Ceiling or Wall Tile

New Crestron DM XiO Director Network Appliance Simplifies Deployment of DM NVX Network AV Systems

Crestron announced today that it is now shipping DM XiO Director. An enterprise-grade network appliance, natively running simple yet powerful software, the DM XiO Director centrally configures, manages, and controls DM NVX network AV systems. The DM XiO Director is available in three models, depending on the number of DM NVX endpoints. The software tool enables device discovery, domain […]

New Crestron DM XiO Director Network Appliance Simplifies Deployment of DM NVX Network AV Systems

Acoustic Geometry Introduces Starfield Ceiling Tiles

Acoustic Geometry has announced the launch of StarField Ceiling Tiles, an acoustical ceiling panel with a realistic star-field effect for home theatres, media rooms, studios, retail spaces and commercial businesses. Providing a “starry night” look, along with acoustical functionality and simple installation, the new tiles improve both sonic and visual quality in nearly any environment. Designed as an […]

Acoustic Geometry Introduces Starfield Ceiling Tiles

Samsung Flip Is New Digital Flipchart

Samsung Electronics just unveiled its new Samsung Flip digital flip chart display. Introduced at the company’s First Look event, the Samsung Flip 4K resolution WM55H allows for sharing, annotation, movement and even searching via a portrait-based, 55” LCD touch-screen. Additionally, the Flip’s portable, wheel-based stand transforms any location into a huddle room, meaning added flexibility to businesses with limited conference space. Through simultaneous multi-user engagement, the […]

Samsung Flip Is New Digital Flipchart

SDVoE to Do Side-By-Side Demos vs 1G Infrastructure

At ISE 2018 (Amsterdam, February 6-9, stand 3-B150), the SDVoE Alliance will feature a series of interactive, head-to-head demonstrations that highlight the pitfalls of trying to use a single 1G network to combine AV and IT. “The big dream of AV/IT integration is to simplify your infrastructure to a single, flexible network, and the benefits are huge,” said Justin […]

SDVoE to Do Side-By-Side Demos vs 1G Infrastructure

TechLogix Expands Its 18G Over Twisted Pair Range

TechLogix Networx is expanding its 18G over twisted pair product portfolio with the launch of the TL-TP100-HDC2, a compact extender set which transmits HDMI, bi-directional control and Ethernet up to 100 meters over standard twisted pair cabling. The TL-TP100-HDC2 supports 18G 4K@60 4:4:4 HDMI, HDR, HDCP 2.2 and multi-channel audio. The TL-TP100-HDC2 leverages VLC processing to extend full […]

TechLogix Expands Its 18G Over Twisted Pair Range

AudioControl Adds Dynaudio to Sound Partners Program

AudioControl has announced that Dynaudio has been added to its Sound Partners Program (SPP). The AudioControl SPP was established as a cooperative initiative with industry-leading architectural speaker manufacturers in order to implement optimized performance profiles as defined by each brand’s engineers. These profiles, when stored in the DSP onboard the AudioControl Director M-Series high-performance amplifiers as well as […]

AudioControl Adds Dynaudio to Sound Partners Program

Sharp Debuts the 70″ PN-L705H 4K Resolution AQUOS BOARD

Sharp has introduced its first 4K Ultra-HD resolution (3840×2160) AQUOS BOARD interactive display system. The 70″ PN-L705H interactive display offers Sharp’s Pen-on-Paper user experience that they says makes writing comfort close to using an actual pen on paper. The PN-L705H interactive display is especially designed for architecture, design, corporate collaboration, museums and libraries because of it’s ability to be mounted in various configurations (including flat). The […]

Sharp Debuts the 70″ PN-L705H 4K Resolution AQUOS BOARD

InFocus Introduces IN3140 Series Projectors Aimed at Classrooms and Meeting Rooms

InFocus Corporation just announced the IN3140 Series projectors — a less than seven pound line of 5,000 lumen (4,000 lumens in Eco Mode) projectors including the native resolution 1080p (IN3148HD), WXGA (IN3146) and XGA (IN3144). The projectors offer 1.5x optical zoom and supports aspect ratios of 2.35:1, 4:3, 16:9, and 16:10 with a contrast ratio of 11000:1. Inputs include two HDMI v1.4 (one with MHL […]

InFocus Introduces IN3140 Series Projectors Aimed at Classrooms and Meeting Rooms

NEC Display Releases New Native 4K Resolution RB Laser Projectors

NEC Display Solutions today announced the release of two new projector models, the 30,000 Center (26,000 ANSI) lumen PH2601QL and the 40,000 Center (35,000 ANSI) lumen PH3501QL. Both are native 4K (3840×2160) resolution projectors. Both projectors are designed for auditoriums, theaters, lecture halls, museums, sanctuaries and other large venues. NEC says they have dust protection for artifact free images and […]

NEC Display Releases New Native 4K Resolution RB Laser Projectors

Optoma’s Newest Projector Aimed at Both Corporate and House of Worship Installs

Optoma today announced two new ProScene projectors – the WU615T and EH615T are WUXGA (1920×1200) and 1080p, respectively, fixed lens projectors that are specifically aimed at both the corporate and houses of worship markets. These new Optoma ProScene projectors both have 1.8x zoom (throw Ratio: 1.2 – 2.16:1), 360-degree and portrait mode operation, four corner geometric correction, vertical and horizontal lens shifts and keystone […]

Optoma’s Newest Projector Aimed at Both Corporate and House of Worship Installs

Polycom to Acquire Obihai Technology

Today, Polycom announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Obihai Technology, Inc., a San Jose-based innovator in VoIP audio solutions. Obihai Technology develops software and hardware for VoIP endpoints. The strategic addition of its software and development team allows Polycom to compete more effectively in the global voice market and broadens Polycom’s portfolio to […]

Polycom to Acquire Obihai Technology