Chief’s Portable Flat Panel Stand Designed for Rapid Setup and Teardown

Chief has released a new stand designed for portable AV applications. Chief says its engineers worked with the rental and staging space every day to find out the common problems with display stands. The main issues they discovered were speed, storage and wear. The PRSU was made to be intuitive to set up so anyone can figure it […]

Chief’s Portable Flat Panel Stand Designed for Rapid Setup and Teardown

New Storage Solutions Ship from Chief

Chief is now shipping new storage solutions including the PAC527 Extra-Large In-Wall Storage Box, the CSPR Component Storage Panel, and the CSPH Under-Table Component Storage Panel. The PAC527 Extra-Large In-Wall Storage Box simplifies flat panel installation by providing an organized, recessed space for routing excess cables and AV components. A multi-level, multi-sectioned backplane with universal mounting slots makes it […]

New Storage Solutions Ship from Chief

What Do I Think of Legrand Buying Milestone AV?

Legrand announced the acquisition of Milestone AV early this morning but the rumors of a Milestone AV purchase had been flying for weeks. (Here’s a link to our breaking news story.) There was no question they were selling, but this is a merger of two giant, awesome companies. I can see nothing but fantastic things […]

What Do I Think of Legrand Buying Milestone AV?

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

Chief’s Rental and Staging Stand Debuts at InfoComm

Chief is debuting a new stand designed for the rental and staging market at InfoComm. Chief engineers worked with AV professionals who work in the rental and staging space every day to find out the common problems with display stands. The main issues they discovered were speed, storage and wear. The PRSU was made to be intuitive to […]

Chief’s Rental and Staging Stand Debuts at InfoComm

Fusion Modular Series Expands to Multi-Row

Chief is expanding its new modular approach to multi-display solutions to include multi-row video walls. The Fusion Modular Series uses common components of Fusion multi-display mounts and a new online configurator to give customers the ability to build and order the parts necessary to meet their exact application requirements. Demo the new capabilities at InfoComm booth 2600. Customers will […]

Fusion Modular Series Expands to Multi-Row

Chief Bringing Outdoor Mounts to InfoComm

Chief developed a new outdoor mount series designed to protect outdoor display investments. The new weatherproof ODM series kicks off with two durable wall mount solutions. The new mounts will be on display at InfoComm booth 2600. Both mounts feature weatherproof design, including outdoor-rated finishing, galvanized plating and stainless steel hardware. They pair perfectly with many outdoor-rated displays for […]

Chief Bringing Outdoor Mounts to InfoComm

Chief’s Freestyle Rotation Products Will Be at InfoComm

Chief has opened new creative possibilities with the freestyle rotation accessory that works with Fusion and ConnexSys mounts. The FRA enables infinite orientation possibilities with 90 degrees of rotation that can be set in multiple positions. The accessory is compatible with Fusion wall, ceiling and freestanding mounts. When combined with the new Fusion Depth Accessory, FCADA, certain […]

Chief’s Freestyle Rotation Products Will Be at InfoComm

Chief’s InfoComm Focus Is 100 Percent Digital Signage

Chief is packing InfoComm booth 2600 with new solutions for the digital signage market.Floor-to-Ceiling plates provide an aesthetic solution that adds stability to locations where the ceiling or wall aren’t available or able to support an installation. The system works with current Fusion ceiling mounts and accessories, and supports a wide variety of configurations, including stacked and back-to-back. […]

Chief’s InfoComm Focus Is 100 Percent Digital Signage

The Skinny on Stretch Displays

It is InfoComm season and the new products and their associated press releases are flooding the AV airwaves. With the plethora of information circulating, it is hard just to keep track of what’s new, let alone wrap your head around what it may take to actually integrate it into your next project. One category of […]

The Skinny on Stretch Displays

Chief Debuts Freestyle Rotation Video Wall Mount Adapter

The new Chief Freestyle Rotation Adapter allows designers to generate a wide variety of video display wall configurations using either ConnexSys or Fusion mounts. The accessory provides infinite orientation possibilities to support your most creative installations and also serves as a fast and flexible landscape-to-portrait solution. It’s perfect to spec in a system when you are designing it when you don’t know exactly […]

Chief Debuts Freestyle Rotation Video Wall Mount Adapter

Chief Ships WBM4E XL Mount for Over Chalkboards and Whiteboards

Chief has a unique monitor mount that mounts over top of chalkboards and whiteboards called the WBM4E. The WBM4E allows integrators to mount XL interactive displays over existing whiteboards or chalkboards while keeping all existing equipment intact and maintaining a stable surface for the optimal touch screen experience. The features of the mount include integrated […]

Chief Ships WBM4E XL Mount for Over Chalkboards and Whiteboards

Almo Professional A/V Expands Distribution

Almo Professional A/V today announced it has expanded its distribution partnership with Milestone AV Technologies to include the Vaddio brand of PTZ cameras, professional AV solutions, and full suite of communication and collaboration products for the audio visual, videoconference and broadcast markets, effective immediately. Almo Pro A/V offers a large range of Vaddio products, including […]

Almo Professional A/V Expands Distribution

NYDSW: Milestone shows off Chief’s, Da-Lite’s and Vaddio’s solutions at the NEC New York Partner Showcase

Milestone brought Chief, Da-Lite, and Vaddio to present some of it’s products and collaborations with NEC Displays to the New York Partner Showcase at the 2016 NY Digital Signage Week.   Chief demonstrated and the Fusion Series   Chief talked about the LPAUB cart and its configurations.   Milestone explained their free AV consulting service to […]

NYDSW: Milestone shows off Chief’s, Da-Lite’s and Vaddio’s solutions at the NEC New York Partner Showcase

SurgeX Adds Power Solutions for Digital Signage for Chief

Chief is now offering three new SurgeX solutions designed to safeguard digital displays. SurgeX FlatPak and MultiPak solutions are the premier power protection choice to safeguard digital displays and projectors from the dangers associated with electrical transients. Their multi-stage technology is superior to the single-stage MOV circuitry found in conventional surge protectors and is instrumental […]

SurgeX Adds Power Solutions for Digital Signage for Chief

Chief Adds Dynamic Height Adjust to Fusion

Chief is now shipping the new Fusion Dynamic Height Adjust Mounts to provide instant, tool-free height adjustment and greater accessibility to interactive displays. DHA Mounts are faster to position than electric display mounts and can be combined with a range of fusion accessories. Features include: Mobile, wall and floor-supported solutions available Height adjustable box allows […]

Chief Adds Dynamic Height Adjust to Fusion

Fusion Modular Series Brings Flexibility to Multi-Display Design

Chief has launched a new modular approach to multi-display solutions. The Fusion Modular Series uses common components of Fusion multi-display mounts and a new online configurator to give customers the ability to build and order the parts necessary to meet their exact application requirements. Customers will be able to buy the pieces of Fusion needed […]

Fusion Modular Series Brings Flexibility to Multi-Display Design

Want to Learn How to Develop Products the Right Way? Ask Milestone AV

I am not sure there is a better example for how to design and market products right now in the ProAV market than how Milestone AV Technologies – parent company for Chief Manufacturing, Da-Lite, Vaddio, Sanus and Projecta — is doing it. I won’t bore you by going through each and every product case over […]

Want to Learn How to Develop Products the Right Way? Ask Milestone AV

My InfoComm 2016 Video Interview with Chief

Chief Marketing Manager Karen Smidt and Product Manager Kathryn Gaskell joined me for a video interview today at InfoComm 2016 to launch their new Fusion Modular Mounts. This system doesn’t seem revolutionary, but it is. Chief has always had a plethora of standard configurations for video walls and menu-board mounts, for example, but now you […]

My InfoComm 2016 Video Interview with Chief

What’s To See At InfoComm 2016? Part 2: Some of the (Many) Exhibitors at the Show

Yes, over 1000 exhibitors for the first time at any InfoComm show. Where to begin? Here are some suggestions: Oblong (N2337) will unveil new capabilities of Mezzanine, the immersive visual collaboration solution for globally connected enterprises that is changing the way teams work at companies including IBM, Accenture, Fujitsu and Dentsu Aegis Network. Dubbed Mezz-In, this […]

What’s To See At InfoComm 2016? Part 2: Some of the (Many) Exhibitors at the Show

Chief Ships Solutions for Mounting Surface Hub

Chief is now shipping a custom heavy duty flat panel mount designed for the Microsoft 84” Surface Hub on walls. Chief already manufactures several mounts that can accommodate the 55” Surface Hub. The PSMH2079 is a wall display mount option designed to quickly install the 84” Surface Hub. Key features include: +1.6° plum adjustment 3” […]

Chief Ships Solutions for Mounting Surface Hub

Chief Increases Coverage of Digital Signage Market

Chief has announced the addition of a Technology Solutions Group to better serve customers with digital signage rollouts from start to finish. The group will provide a full service offering to manufacturers, content providers and their end users. From product phase recommendations, site surveys, pilot phase support and project management to product modifications and engineering […]

Chief Increases Coverage of Digital Signage Market

Captured at #ISE2016 Part 2: The Show

In Part 1 I explained that I’ve previously written blogs capturing Twitter and Facebook moments at InfoComm 2015, InfoComm Connections in NYC and other trade shows. This time I decided to do a “4000 mile” social media view of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Amsterdam – the AV industry’s largest trade show event which takes place […]

Captured at #ISE2016 Part 2: The Show

Chief Launches New Suspended Ceiling Projector System

Chief is now shipping the new suspended ceiling projector system that they say is designed to cut install time by one-third. The new design incorporates an improved suspended ceiling plate, column system, mount and universal interface. The process began when Chief engineers went into the field to observe and interview installers about current systems and […]

Chief Launches New Suspended Ceiling Projector System

Chief Fusion Menu Board Wall Mounts Launched

Chief has launched the Fusion Menu Board Wall Mount, which joins a robust line of ceiling mounted solutions to execute any digital menu board application. The new mounts offer display positioning and flexible adjustments and the single horizontal extrusion with depth adjustment aligns displays quickly, even on irregular mounting surfaces. The mount allows for easy […]

Chief Fusion Menu Board Wall Mounts Launched

Fusion Menu Board Wall Mounts Launched from Chief

Chief has launched the Fusion Menu Board Wall Mount, which joins a robust line of ceiling mounted solutions to execute any digital menu board application. According to Chief, the new mounts offer perfect display positioning and flexible adjustments. The single horizontal extrusion with depth adjustment aligns displays quickly, even on irregular mounting surfaces. The mount […]

Fusion Menu Board Wall Mounts Launched from Chief

Chief Adds Da-Lite’s ViewShare Fusion to Mounts

Chief is adding Da-Lite’s ViewShare technology to Fusion display mounts. The new ViewShare Fusion kits include all the video conferencing accessories needed to create a bring-your-own-device video conferencing room. ViewShare technology fills the gap between high-end video conferencing systems and personal smart devices. The solution helps meet the increased need for face-to-face meetings in today’s […]

Chief Adds Da-Lite’s ViewShare Fusion to Mounts

Chief Bringing XL Fusion Mounts

Weert, NETHERLANDS – Chief, an industry leader in AV mounting solutions, expanded the installer-friendly Fusion Series to accommodate extra large displays and touch panels. “Extra large panels are being used more and more in commercial applications such as digital signage,” said Nathan Bohl, Director or Product Management. “These larger panels require specific solutions to not […]

Chief Bringing XL Fusion Mounts

Milestone AV Partnering with SurgeX; Next Stop: Buyout

Milestone AV Technologies and SurgeX have just announced a new partnership that they’ll roll out at InfoComm. We predict the next step will be a buyout. The two companies are developing a new line of power protected infrastructure solutions exclusive to the Chief brand. This initial offering combines SurgeX’s surge protection technology, power and filtering […]

Milestone AV Partnering with SurgeX; Next Stop: Buyout

Chief Ships Fusion Wall Mounts and Accessories

Chief is now shipping the newest Fusion mounts — everywhere in the world — and a new line of accessories is also available and works across wall, free-standing and ceiling mounted Fusion solutions. According to Chief, their engineers and designers held extensive interviews with installers and also watched installations in process to note any trouble […]

Chief Ships Fusion Wall Mounts and Accessories

Chief Expands Fusion Bolt-Down Configurations

Chief has expanded its available line of configurations for bolt-down video wall and single display mounts. The new options include portrait and landscape single XL mounts, portrait and landscape 1×2 mounts and a landscape 1×3 mount. The freestanding solutions include ControlZone micro-height and leveling capabilities as well as plumb and lateral shift adjustment knobs make […]

Chief Expands Fusion Bolt-Down Configurations

Milestone Documents Its History with Gary Kayye

Milestone, the parent company for Chief, Da-Lite and Projecta, had a visual representation of their company’s history in AV and it dates all the way back to 1909. Chief Sr. Marketing & Product Manager EMEA Commercial Robert de Jong, talks with me about their history and future in this one-on-one video interview from ISE 2015.

Milestone Documents Its History with Gary Kayye