This writer thinks it’s possible there will never be flying cars. Every sci-fi writer from Jules Verne to Ray Bradbury and Rod Serling has referenced them for over one hundred years. None of those visionaries considered the astonishingly simple reality upon us now: everything you can think of can be accessed instantly through flat panel […]

NAD Electronics will launch a trio of new products at CES this week including upgrade modules for NAD’s Modular Design Construction (MDC) program, the compact, big-sounding VISO THREE Music System, also from NAD, and PSB’s versatile new CS1000 Universal/Outdoor Speaker. Now in their third generation, NAD’s new modules include the VM 150 high-speed Digital Video […]

Work with architects, interior designers or contractors? More than 10 courses at InfoComm 2010 will provide continuing education credits for AIA. The list includes sessions that architects have been asking to attend. This is a great way to let your architect clients know that the AV industry has valuable training for them. The AIA exhibition […]

We’re coming up on a month since the 2010 CES, and like partygoers waking up with a hangover, manufacturers, analysts, and reporters are slowly sobering up, taking a second, harder look at the blizzard of 3D products and demonstrations that dominated this year’s show… and what it all means. TV manufacturers are definitely looking for […]

Last week I discussed Casio’s startling announcement that they were going to end production of projectors with mercury lamps and exclusively build projectors with a hybrid laser/LED/phosphor light source. By no means was that the only projector news from CES, other companies presented their new projection products as well. These included picoprojectors, mini-projectors, toy projectors, […]

A company called Light Blue Optics was at CES showing some cool holographic applications – real-world applications.  HLP, or Holographic Laser Projection, is a totally new projection technology that allows for in-focus all the time, images that can be projected on any surface.  OK, now that you’ve seen their technology, check out the applications they […]

Sherwood launched two interesting products at CES that bring streaming Internet content into the home – one for the tabletop or bedside, and the other for the primary AV system. The RD-7505N A/V receiver is one of the first to accommodate the new HDMI 1.4 3D standard, providing three inputs with repeater and a single […]

By Logan Enright Principal, The Enright Company Several years ago an optometrist told me I have a slightly lazy eye. “What does that mean?”, I asked.  “Those 3D movies at IMAX and Disneyland don’t look as dramatic to you as to others,” he said. I shrugged and thought, “So what?” Ratchet forward to 2010. The […]

A first-time keynote address from Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and cutting-edge product launches fueled momentum on the eve of the 2009 International CES. Produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the 2009 International CES, the world’s largest tradeshow for consumer technology, was held last week in Las Vegas. During a market research presentation on Tuesday afternoon, […]

It may be a down economy, but CES still had a record 2700 exhibitors – making it still the biggest and the worst traffic jamming, waiting in lines that last forever, bumping into people as they cough and sneeze AV show in the US.  While continuously washing our hands with pocket antibacterial gel, it’s clear […]

Having spent two days wandering around the 40th annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas this week, I thought I would just ramble (or professionally called Blog) about what I noticed (or didn’t notice) that could (and probably will) affect the AV market, eventually. Gaming Projectors: I am convinced this newly emerging market will eventually dominate […]