The Aurora RXS-2 is a 12th-generation Intel NUC Element PC designed for the AV industry. The company says its small size allows for mounting behind displays and under tables. It can also be rack-mounted as two in a 1RU or 12 in a 5RU. Available in i5 and i7 with 500GB or 1TB SSD, the […]

On this episode of my Rants & rAVes videocast, I was joined by Aurora’s founder, Paul Harris, along with HETMA’s vice chair, Erin Maher-Moran, to talk about Aurora’s recent donation and what HETMA plans to do with it. Watch this and, if you work at a university, apply to get some of the touch panels! […]

The SDVoE Alliance recognized members with “innovative technologies and outstanding project installations” through the Members’ Choice Awards at the 2023 Members’ Meeting. This year, the SDVoE Alliance recognized Aurora Multimedia with the Product Innovation Award and Lightware Visual Engineering with the Project Excellence Award. Aurora Multimedia’s IPX-UC1 ULTRA, the industry’s first 4K transceiver capable of […]

Aurora Multimedia is donating $6.6 million in IP control system products to HETMA to support growth in higher education locations that cannot upgrade or develop their AV technology. HETMA will distribute these products to schools that cannot afford to make this technology available to the faculty and students. A portion of the donation is the […]

Here’s our final episode of rAVe [TV] during CEDIA Expo/Commercial Integrator Expo 2023. On this episode, our guests include Jason McGraw, Group Vice President, CEDIA Expo, Commercial Integrator Expo and KBIS, Emerald, John Henkel, Director of SMB Product Marketing, NETGEAR and Chuck Espinoza, Global Education Director, Aurora Multimedia. We talk about the final show floor […]

Aurora Multimedia just debuted the RXT4D, a 4” desktop touch panel with a ReAX JavaScript-based control system with a built-in mic array. Designed for UCC applications and educational, hospitality and digital signage installs, the RXT4D has a 480 x 480, square 1:1 aspect ratio touch screen with 160° viewing. It incorporates a Dante-based, beam-forming microphone […]

Welcome to my 23rd annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! I wonder if this will be my last … are you bored yet? To think I have been opining this column for 23 years is stunning to me. I am humbled by your loyal readership, and I continue to be amazed by how many of you read […]

Are you sick of supply chain issues and wondering when they will end? Join Gary Kayye as he leads a panel of AV professionals in a fact-based discussion on the supply chain crisis and when product shortages will be solved during LAVNCH WEEK 6. “The problematic supply chain is important to all of us, because […]

You might remember the conversation that took #AVtweep LinkedIn by storm last month, all stemming from an Aug. 10 marketing email from Aurora Multimedia. Social Media Recap: Aurora Calls Out Crestron in Recent Marketing Email This week, Crestron responded by issuing a cease-and-desist order. Aurora then sent out the following second marketing email Sept. 13: […]

In mid-August, Gary Kayye shared an advertisement from Aurora on his LinkedIn page. In the advertisement, Aurora took on Crestron’s well-known stock issue directly. You can read more about the various reactions in Steph Beckett’s blog post here. The comments are interesting as a real-life experiment regarding what works with advertising — or what doesn’t. […]

If you’re a true #AVtweep or if you’re someone who frequents LinkedIn somewhat often, you may have seen the screenshot below from an email from Aurora. According to the email, Aurora‘s VPX 1GBPS AV-over-IP solutions claim to be the “solution for Crestron NVX lead time issues.” The email also says Aurora’s solution can perform everything […]

Aurora launched a product at InfoComm that Gary has been talking about for years. What is it, what does it do and why does he think it’s going to be big? Watch this! Also, don’t forget: We shot nine videos at Aurora‘s booth at InfoComm. You can watch them all here: https://www.ravepubs.com/?s=Aurora&cat=29068&post_type%5B%5D=rave-video. Podcast: Play in new window | […]

MORGANVILLE,NJ June 8th, 2022,(InfoComm 2022, Booth W919)— Aurora Multimedia will be demonstrating the most advanced unified communication IP Streaming solution on the market utilizing SDVoE™ technology and more. The IPX-UC1 ULTRA is the industry’s first 4K transceiver capable of simultaneous encode and decode over a single cable with zero compression or lossless compression with zero […]

VuWall will spotlight its latest products that allow operators and managers to build robust, modular video walls at booth 3R200 at ISE 2022 in Barcelona. The show will be the first in-person demonstration of VuWall’s new PAKTM Video Wall Node. Visitors can also expect a demonstration of the latest TRx 3.1 management software, managing all the […]

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Welcome to my 21st annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! I love writing this annual predictions article — it’s both humbling and rewarding. It requires me to stop and research anything new, evaluate the potential impact it will have and then articulate it in a way that matters to readers. If you’re a regular reader of my […]

In case you missed it, I recorded a live demo of the Aurora Multimedia TAVIS: Temperature Sensing digital signage tablet. Paul Harris was kind enough to join me on LinkedIn Live and give rAVe a tour of all the features.   Watch this — but only if you want to learn how the TAVIS uses […]

Aurora Multimedia just launched what the company is claiming to be the AV industry’s first USA-made thermal temperature tablet. The TAVIS is an all-in-one infrared temperature sensing tablet offering 5x resolution of other tablet brands adorning an 80×64 thermal sensor. It is offered in 10.1” (TAV-10), 15.6” (TAV-15), 21.5” (TAV-21) sizes with a variety of […]

Dubbed Tauri, Aurora Multimedia just launched a portable or “mountable” 10″, 15″ or 21″ ‘Temperature-Check Tablet’ that can be used to screen people in the lobby of urgent cares, corporations, schools and hospitality venues. Using an infrared temperature sensor/detector, Tauri provides alerts when a person is running a high temperature within 1 second – from 3-feet […]

Aurora Multimedia and Glory Star have partnered to build a unique business appliance for the post-COVID-19 world, the TTS-10. It’s a 10″ Android-based all-in-one infrared temperature sensing tablet that’s available in 15.6” and 21.5” sizes with a variety of stands, desktop and wall-mount options, designed to send an alert if a person with a high […]

Aurora Multimedia’s new IP-24PoE+, a 24 port PoE+/PoH+ injector to deliver power on a 10G connection, made its U.S. debut during InfoComm. Compatible with any standard 1G or 10G network switch, it delivers up to 30 watts of power per port thus, eliminating the need for local power supply. Aurora designed the IP-24PoE+ for its […]

Aurora Multimedia will demo the first ReAX-based IP wall mount (RXT-7, RXT-10) and desktop (RXT-7D, RXT-10D) Android touch panels — integrated with fully-functional Javascript-based control. Both styles are available in 7″ and 10″. The wall mount version is designed to mount flush in wall portrait or landscape display modes and the desktop versions are available […]

Aurora Multimedia announces the DXE-218 calling it the first ever eight-port 4K60 4:4:4 HDMI PoE Splitter with downscaling per individual output. The unit includes capabilities such as individual CEC control, EDID management, hot plug detection and EDID reporting per output. This is all done through the LAN port for full control and statistics of all […]

Aurora has shipped three new HDBaseT 2.0 products — the HTW-2, a two gang Decora wall plate HDBaseT transmitter, the HTE- TX2, a box-style HDBaseT transmitter and the HTE-RX2 receiver designed to decode the HDBaseT back to HDMI and audio. All three are capable of transmitting 4K60 4:4:4 18Gbps HDMI 2.0/HDCP2.2 up to 100m (330ft) […]

Aurora Multimedia announced at ISE this year the IP-24PoE+, what the company says is the first 24 port PoE+/PoH+ injector to deliver power on a 10G connection, which is now shipping. It’s compatible with any standard 1G or 10G network switch and will deliver up to 30 watts of power per port. This allows for […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM AURORA MULTIMEDIA Aurora Multimedia has had control systems for years — aimed mostly at controlling their own produce line in systems. But, at ISE 2019, they debuted something they are calling the world’s first open-platform control system in their ReAX control line — and it’s compatible with Windows, Android and Linux. Using […]

Aurora Multimedia announced the DXE-218, an eight-port 4K60 4:4:4 HDMI PoE Splitter with downscaling per individual output. The unit delivers individual port-level CEC control, EDID management, Hot-Plug Detection and EDID reporting per output. This is all done through the LAN port for full control and statistics of all ports. The downscaling per output allows 1080p […]

Aurora Multimedia will use ISE 2019 to debut an eight-port 4K60 4:4:4 HDMI PoE splitter with downscaling per individual output. Dubbed the DXE-218, it takes two HDMI inputs and splits it into eight HDMI ports all with CEC control, EDID management, Hot Plug Detection and PoE (power over Ethernet). This can all be managed and […]

Aurora Multimedia will be at ISE showing an encrypted 4K60 4:4:4 10Gbps AV-over-IP transceiver (transmitter and receiver combo), utilizing its patent-pending IPBaseT technology based on the SDVoE BlueRiver NT+ platform. The IPX-TC3 is a 10Gbps IPBaseT transceiver capable of 4K60 4:4:4 with a frame latency of only 100us (.1ms) offered in copper and fiber, thus […]

Aurora Multimedia has what it’s calling the only encrypted 4K60 4:4:4 10Gbps AV-over-IP transceiver utilizing the company’s patent-pending IPBaseT technology based on the BlueRiver NT+ platform. The IPX-TC3 is the world’s first 10Gbps IPBaseT transceiver capable of 4K60 4:4:4 with a frame latency of only 100us (.1ms) offered in copper and fiber. The IPX-TC3 is […]

Aurora Multimedia did something creative with HDBaseT at InfoComm with the ability to work at 4K60 4:4:4 with a single unshielded CAT 5e or better cable and an option for two- or eight-channel Dante. Three new HDBaseT 2.0 products were shown at InfoComm including the HTW-2 two gang transmitter Decora wall plate, HTE-TX2 transmitter box […]

Aurora Multimedia just announced ReAX, what they are calling the industry’s first non-proprietary IP Control based on AV/IT industry standards. The name ReAX represents action/reaction which is the essence of control automation. Aurora says ReAX is is not limited to a single manufacturer but to all who qualify and they say it is not limited […]