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

LG Debuts Pro:Centric Direct Hospitality Management System

LG Electronics is launching an advanced new content management system for hotels called Pro:Centric Direct that features an authoring tool using drag and drop widgets as well as a new Internet video streaming and casting service. The new Pro:Centric Direct platform allows system integrators unlimited design options for guest user interfaces while providing them access to new streaming services in partnership with system […]

LG Debuts Pro:Centric Direct Hospitality Management System

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

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

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

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

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

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

Larson Intros Low-Profile LED Canopy

Larson Electronics announced the release of a new low profile LED canopy light (LEDCPL-LP-500-MS-WCM). This quick mount LED features a compact microwave motion/occupancy sensor. This low profile LED canopy light assembly consists of an integrated LED assembly paired with a polycarbonate lens to produce a wide light distribution suitable for replacing 250 watt metal halide […]

Larson Intros Low-Profile LED Canopy

Oblong Introduces Mezzanine 200 ‘In a Box’ Solution

Oblong Industries has released its Mezzanine 200 Series visual collaboration solution with a new Partner Kit. This ‘Mezzanine 200 in a box’ Partner Kit is designed to be a packaged solution for huddle rooms. The Mezzanine 200 Series offers the a platform for global team collaboration in these smaller connected spaces. From a technical standpoint, this solution services a simple, dual-screen configuration, making it easy […]

Oblong Introduces Mezzanine 200 ‘In a Box’ Solution

Extron Ships Industry’s First Control Processor With AV LAN Ports and PoE+ 

In a move to, no doubt, be watched by both Luxul and Pakedge, Extron’s new IPCP Pro 360 is a control processor with three dedicated AV LAN ports and one standard Ethernet port. The control processor provides PoE+ to external devices, eliminating the need for additional power supplies. It features security standards and Gigabit Ethernet ports, which ensure compatibility with multiple […]

Extron Ships Industry’s First Control Processor With AV LAN Ports and PoE+ 

Optoma Debuts 4000 Lumen Education and Meeting Room Projectors

Optoma today announced three new projectors designed for large classroom, corporate meeting room and training lab settings. The Optoma EH400+, W400+ and X400+ all feature a spec of 4,000 lumens and 22,000:1 contrast ratio and are integrated with Wall Color Adjustment Allowing you to adjust the projected image to accommodate different color walls — so you don’t have to use a screen. With a 1.3x […]

Optoma Debuts 4000 Lumen Education and Meeting Room Projectors

Losing Our Moonshot

We are losing our generation’s “race to the moon” in clean energy technology innovation. Plain and simple. The EU and Asia are beating us. Hands down. The main driver for this is two-fold. First and foremost is financial. The 2009 Recovery Act stimulus package poured $27 Billion into energy efficiency and research into renewable energy […]

Losing Our Moonshot

multiCAM Systems Intros Integrated IP Input Support for All-In-One Production Systems

multiCAM Systems is launching a new IP interface feature that receives IP video streams directly from the local area network. The new capability, which requires no additional hardware or software, works with the company’s entire product line as well as any PTZ camera available today. multiCAM Systems’ integrated IP interface supports a much greater number of cameras than is traditionally available through SDI capture cards. The IP functionality also […]

multiCAM Systems Intros Integrated IP Input Support for All-In-One Production Systems

Atlona to Expand OmniStream AV-over-IP Capabilities 

Atlona has announced a firmware update to its OmniStream AV-over-IP platform that will add 4K and HDR compatibility, video wall processing, HDCP 2.2 compliance and AES67 audio over IP interoperability.Topping the list of new features is the addition of encoding and decoding of UHD @ 60 Hz 4:4:4 (8-bit color) chroma sub-sampling. This feature will be available as an optional licensed upgrade for the OmniStream 111 (AT-OMNI-111) single-channel […]

Atlona to Expand OmniStream AV-over-IP Capabilities 

Synthax and Ferrofish Announce New Verto Series Dante Digital Converters

Synthax, the Americas distributor for Ferrofish, has introduced the new Ferrofish Verto 32, Verto 64 and Verto MX Dante format converters. The Verto 32 and Verto 64 offer ADAT (32×32 or 64×64 channels) while the Verto MX has MADI. With the ability to easily integrate ADAT and MADI into an existing Dante network, the Verto converters feature word […]

Synthax and Ferrofish Announce New Verto Series Dante Digital Converters

Savant Adds Amazon Alexa Skill

Savant has announced today the release of the Savant smart home skill for Amazon Alexa. Savant was one of the first to use voice control as part of the connected home by introducing the Savant Pro Remote, enabling homeowners to activate a Savant Scene, choose a favorite channel or select a source within their entertainment system. Now they’ve […]

Savant Adds Amazon Alexa Skill

Yamaha Announces YVC-1000MS Speakerphone for Skype for Business

Yamaha today announced the Yamaha YVC-1000MS, a USB speakerphone solution engineered with Yamaha’s quality audio technology and expertise to enhance the Skype for Business meeting user experience. Available in October 2017, the Yamaha YVC-1000MS microphone and speaker system has passed Skype for Business’ Certification Version 3 tests, meeting the high standards that define the Skype […]

Yamaha Announces YVC-1000MS Speakerphone for Skype for Business

LG Launches Pro:Centric Direct for Hospitality TVs

LG Electronics USA Business Solutions is launching an advanced new content management system for hotels called Pro:Centric Direct that features an authoring tool using drag and drop widgets as well as new over-the-top Internet video streaming and casting services. The upgraded Pro:Centric Direct platform allows system integrators virtually unlimited design options for guest user interfaces while providing them access […]

LG Launches Pro:Centric Direct for Hospitality TVs

Legrand Buys Milestone AV

Legrand (parent company for Middle Atlantic, Luxul, ON-Q and Vantage) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Milestone AV Technologies, the parent company of AV brands including Da-Lite, Vaddio, Sanus, Projecta and Chief, which makes projector mounts, projection screens, PTZ cameras, equipment racks and AV furniture for both the HomeAV and […]

Legrand Buys Milestone AV

LG Unveils World’s Thinnest Hotel TV

LG Electronics USA Business Solutions today unveiled the LG OLED “Wallpaper” Hotel TV. The world’s first 65-inch class OLED Wallpaper Hotel TV (model 65EV960H) combines LG’s hotel TV technology with the sleek aesthetic of the LG SIGNATURE OLED TV W, now available on the consumer market. At just 3.86 millimeters (0.15 inches) thick, the 65EV960H can be installed in luxury […]

LG Unveils World’s Thinnest Hotel TV

AJA Ships Ki Pro Ultra Plus

AJA Video Systems is now shipping Ki Pro Ultra Plus, its new multi-channel recorder with one-, two-, three- or four-channel simultaneous HD recording up to 1080 50/60p or in single-channel mode, 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD recording and playback, with full HDMI 2.0 input and output (up to 12-bit capture and output). Originally unveiled at NAB 2017, Ki Pro Ultra Plus captures […]

AJA Ships Ki Pro Ultra Plus

RCF Introduces MZ8060 8×6 Matrix Mixer

RCF just introduced the MZ8060, an 8×6 digital audio matrix mixer built on the company’s RDNet DSP platform. RDNet is a proprietary protocol for RCF loudspeaker products that provides dedicated networking software that makes is possible to control and monitor all system components and parameters. The DSP allows for configurable system programming including room combining, automatic level control, along […]

RCF Introduces MZ8060 8×6 Matrix Mixer

Extron Ships Three New Control Processors with Network Isolation for Added Security

Extron announced the immediate availability of several new IP Link Pro control processors, including the IPCP Pro 555, IPCP Pro 355 DR and the IPCP Pro 255. Each control processor in this lineup features advanced security standards and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, which ensure compatibility with multiple TouchLink Pro touchpanels using a standard network infrastructure. Of the two […]

Extron Ships Three New Control Processors with Network Isolation for Added Security

But We Will Always Have Paris…

June 1st, 2017 will be one for the history books. This was the day that the administration of the United States announced the withdraw from the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement for purely political purpose and partisanship. This move does not position the USA at the back of the line but removes us from the […]

But We Will Always Have Paris…

rAVe NOW’s InfoComm Coverage Is Next Best Thing to Being There

There’s no substitute for going to InfoComm — it’s a must-attend trade show if you are in the commercial AV industry. But, not everyone is allowed to attend. If you weren’t one of the lucky 44,077 people that were in Orlando for InfoComm 2017, then we have a solution for you. We actually brought over 25 reporters […]

rAVe NOW’s InfoComm Coverage Is Next Best Thing to Being There

Extron Ships New 4K Twisted Pair Extension Products for XTP Systems

Extron is now shipping the XTP 4K twisted pair products. The XTP T USW 103 4K three input switcher is ideal for use beneath tables and within lecterns, while the XTP T HWP 101 4K transmitter provides discreet and elegant options for wall mount applications. They are HDCP 2.2 compliant, and enable extension of 4K […]

Extron Ships New 4K Twisted Pair Extension Products for XTP Systems

Delta Debuts New Line of Laser-Based Vivitek Large Venue Projectors and 4K DLP Video Wall Solutions

Delta Group together with its brand Vivitek, at InfoComm last week, announced the debut of a 4K (3840×2160) DLP Solution consisting of four UHD-4K cubes, listing it as the world’s brightest 4,000 lumen laser phosphor illumination source. Delta also launched a series of Vivitek large venue projectors, including the DU9800Z, and the latest Novo Connect […]

Delta Debuts New Line of Laser-Based Vivitek Large Venue Projectors and 4K DLP Video Wall Solutions

Optoma Debuts UHZ65 Laser Phosphor 4K Projector for $4,999

At InfoComm, Optoma introduced two new 4K UHD resolution (3840×2160) projectors to bring the ultimate in crisp, sharp images to the market. With the laser phosphor-based Optoma UHZ65, the $4,999. In addition, the company unveiled availability and pricing for its 4K500 lamp-based 4K UHD projector at $6,999. The UHZ65 is spec’d at 2,800 lumens, a 1,500,000:1 contrast ratio, compatibility with HDR10 and […]

Optoma Debuts UHZ65 Laser Phosphor 4K Projector for $4,999