More AV-Integrateable X-Series AV Receivers Debut from Denon

This week Denon announced two new X-Series AV receivers. The Denon AVR-X2600H (95 watts per channel) and AVR-X1600H (80 watts per channel) support the latest surround sound formats including Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization Technology, which adds virtualized height and surround effects on traditional stereo or surround content as well as Dolby Atmos content while using […]

More AV-Integrateable X-Series AV Receivers Debut from Denon

Lithe Audio Launches Wi-Fi Ceiling Speakers

Lithe Audio just launched a line of Wi-Fi ceiling speakers that are designed as an all-in-one solution for multi-room music streaming. With the 60-watt RMS amplifier and Wi-Fi built-in, these speakers claim to be the only AirPlay-certified ceiling speakers available on the market today. They come with a dedicated App that has Spotify Connect, Deezer, […]

Lithe Audio Launches Wi-Fi Ceiling Speakers

Vivitek Releases V 3.1 of NovoConect Collaboration Software

So far, the Vivitek NovoConnect is the top competitor to the Barco ClickShare for a button-based wireless collaboration system. Vivitek also just released version 3.1 of its software, adding what it’s calling Quad View screen capability allowing four inputs to be wirelessly-streamed to one screen in nearly any layout format — not just a 2×2 wall configuration […]

Vivitek Releases V 3.1 of NovoConect Collaboration Software

Tightrope Media Systems Integrates Carousel Digital Signage Software with Apple TV

Tightrope Media Systems claims that it’s providing its customers in education, corporate, hospitality, healthcare and other AV verticals with an easier way to drive presentations, announcements, emergency notifications and other content to all displays through a facility. Tightrope is achieving this with integration of enterprise-level digital signage with Apple TV, we think the first in the industry. Being introduced at InfoComm 2017 (June 14-16, Orange County […]

Tightrope Media Systems Integrates Carousel Digital Signage Software with Apple TV

wePresent to Debut New Wireless Collaboration Platform and Management Software at ISE 2017

wePresent, a Barco-owned company, is making double debut at Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam. The WiCS-2100, which will be shown for the first time at ISE 2017, is the premiere model for wePresent’s Wireless Interactive Collaboration System line of products, and is designed to facilitate collaboration in any environment. As with all wePresent products, the […]

wePresent to Debut New Wireless Collaboration Platform and Management Software at ISE 2017

Twist Takes Aim at Whole Home (Err, Apartment) Audio

Offering an LED/Speaker combo, Twist — a new company that plans to ship its CR90 LED light with a built-in speaker — will ship in Early 2016. Unlike nearly every other entry-level LED/Speaker combo product, Twist does not require a Wi-Fi HUB or any sort of wireless controller — you just screw in the LED’s […]

Twist Takes Aim at Whole Home (Err, Apartment) Audio

InfoComm: Wireless AV: What’s the Best Way to Do It?

By Tim Kridel Special to InfoComm International Cutting the cord can be a great way to eliminate trip hazards, add network connectivity to a new camera or display or eliminate an unsightly rat’s nests of cables. But going wireless can also create headaches if the design and execution aren’t spot-on. The AV industry has a […]

InfoComm: Wireless AV: What’s the Best Way to Do It?

Autonomic Adds MMS-2A Music Player to Mirage System

Autonomic has introduced the new Mirage MMS-2A music player, which delivers what the company says is reference quality high-resolution audio through three independent streams to a multi-room system with as many as 96 zones. A new generation of the company’s cloud-based media server, the MMS-2A will store, sync, schedule and stream an entire music collection […]

Autonomic Adds MMS-2A Music Player to Mirage System

Crestron Ships Audio Streaming Box for the Home

Crestron announced its new Network Stream Player (CEN-NSP-1), designed to provide both wired and wireless options for streaming music from iPod, iPhone or iPad to a Crestron audio distribution system. Anyone in the home can access all her iTunes music. Basically, this is a fancy version of an Airport Express — integrating Apple Airplay (for […]

Crestron Ships Audio Streaming Box for the Home

Flipbox Intelligent Interactive Display

Polymedia is exhibiting its latest software solutions: Flipbox intelligent interactive display and Polywall data visualization management software. The Flipbox is an an all-in-one solution for a meeting room in that they hope replaces interactive display, computer, sound system, videoconferencing endpoint and a flipchart. Native Ultra HD 3840×2160 LED edge-lit LCD display Surface Light Wave interactive […]

Flipbox Intelligent Interactive Display

Wireless Video: The Apple TV Reprise

One year ago I wrote my first column for rAVe Publications. What a fun year it has been. I have been fortunate enough to have heard from dozens of people with feedback, comments and questions about my articles. Even my daughter got in on the fun a few months back. We had a conversation that […]

Wireless Video: The Apple TV Reprise

InfoComm: AirPlay, AirMedia or Something Else? Parsing Wireless Presentation Systems

By Brad Grimes InfoComm International Earlier this summer, Google came out with a gadget called Chromecast, which plugs into the HDMI port of a flat-panel HDTV and allows users to control the TV wirelessly from a mobile device and send video content to the screen. The mainstream media rejoiced. It was another technological step toward […]

InfoComm: AirPlay, AirMedia or Something Else? Parsing Wireless Presentation Systems

Airplay Is Here — Get Over It

So it’s been a couple of years now, and Apple’s AirPlay has reached, while not ubiquity, certainly a presence in the marketplace. For those of you who just awoke from a spell cast upon you by a wicked witch, AirPlay is Apple’s vehicle for streaming through networked devices. Beyond just Apple TV and devices running […]

Airplay Is Here — Get Over It

NAD Launches New Audio Products with AirPlay

NAD Electronics unveiled three affordable products: the D 7050 Direct Digital Network Receiver (MSRP: $999), the D 3020 Digital DAC/Amplifier (MSRP: $499) and the D 1050 USB 24/192 DAC (MSRP: $499). All three models will be July 2013. The D 7050 Digital Network Receiver is basically an amplifier with Apple’s AirPlay Wi-Fi streaming technology integrated into it (in addition to Apple’s AirPlay, the […]

NAD Launches New Audio Products with AirPlay

Sonos Adds Playback From iDevices

Sonos customers no longer need PCs in order to take advantage of multi-room audio — the latest Sonos Controller app update allows for playback of music stored on iDevices. Available in iPad and iPhone versions, version 3.8.3 of the app plays audio from the devices directly on the system, without need for Airplay turnarounds or […]

Sonos Adds Playback From iDevices

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2011 Edition

I simply cannot believe that I’ve been writing this for 12 straight years! I spent more than five weeks on this particular version of my annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball feature article due to the fact that the continued economic issues that have plagued our market, the growth of emerging markets (each discussed below) and the […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2011 Edition