Best New Video Product: Cisco Show and Share. Cisco’s Show and Share is the best competitive product we’ve seen that could potentially unseat the market leader, the Sonic Foundry MediaSite, in video storage and serving on-demand content.

Best New Projection Product: (tie) Epson’s BrightLink 450WI. Epson’s new BrightLink 450WI is basically a WXGA (1280×800) resolution, short-throw LCD projector that’s an interactive whiteboard built right into the projector! Sanyo PDG-DWL2500. This is a short-throw, 1280×800 resolution (16:10 aspect ratio) 3D-ready DLP-based projector with 2500 lumens light output. Wow, it looked amazing at the […]

Panasonic’s TH Series 152” Plasma. How can you NOT give it to this?!? It’s a freakin’ 152” flat screen monitor! It’s just stunning — not to mention expensive!

Extron IPL 500. Loaded with 8-RS 232 ports, 8-IR Serial ports, 8-relays, 4 I/O ports and four switched 12-volt DC power ports, the network-controllable IPL 500 pits Extron against any other control system on the market.

Crestron’s Flash-Powered Touch Panel Interface. Crestron’s Flash-based touch panel interface is a dream for interface designers. Since Flash is already a widely-used web standard, you can now buy Flash objects (e.g., a turning knob) inexpensively or hire a Flash programmer (much easier to find inexpensively) to design custom objects, not to mention all the cool […]

Best Booth (tie): There were some really cool booths this year at InfoComm 2010. And, we had a touch time choosing just one, so we chose two: Christie. Highlighting their MicroTiles product, Christie set up venue-based application areas that included 3D, Digital Cinema, Restaurant and Bar, TV Set and Meeting Room applications. Kudos to whomever […]

Christie MicroTiles. This was the product everyone talked about at some point during the show. Although shown in a top-secret private suite at InfoComm 2009, MicroTiles didn’t actually ship until a few months ago and InfoComm 2010 was the first opportunity most ProAV’ers had to actually see it. It’s very creative, simple to build in […]

Networked AV. InfoComm 2010 will be remembered as the year that just about every manufacturer had an IP-addressable or “streamable” product. For years, companies like AMX, Crestron and Extron have had IP-addressable control systems; others like Christie, Sony, Sanyo and NEC have had IP-controllable displays and networked audio made its debut almost a decade ago. […]

PolyCom OTX. We continue to be wowed by Telepresence and the fact that it truly gives you an immersive videoconferencing experience. Using 50 percent less bandwidth than the RPX, the new OTX system is a complete turnkey room solution for telepresence.

NEC Display opened up a website where YOU can have a say in the first Best of InfoComm Award to be bestowed on the best product or service at InfoComm 09.  The winning company will be awarded $25,000 to give to the charity of their choosing.  As you probably know by now, InfoComm 09 will […]