FSR has announced the launch of the OWB-500P, the newest addition to the Company’s Outdoor Wall Box series. The OWB-500P box features locking white doors as standard with color and decorative selections, including windows. The covers have “flip up” cable entry doors so that the main cover can be locked once the cables are connected, […]

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 […]

Earlier this year, FSR announced its partnership with Connectrac, a manufacturer of the Wireways floor-based series of cable management solutions. Now, the FSR+Connectrac Wireways Line will be making its InfoComm debut at this year’s show and will be on display at FSR’s Booth C7730. FSR+Connectrac offers users in the professional AV/ICT market two ADC Compliant […]

FSR will be introducing its Revolution Table Solutions at InfoComm 2016, a series that supports the integration of AV, IT and power all in the same box. The addition of the Revolution line enables FSR to offer square, round, rectangular and table edge box options that feature retractors, USB charging, AC, AV, touch panel control […]

FSR is expanding its popular Project Wall Box Line (PWB) with the new PWB-450 — one of the industry’s largest ETL Listed multi-purpose Project Wall Boxes. The PWB-450 is designed for applications where users need to mount larger interfaces or equipment in a wall box behind a display or in other custom applications. Its optional […]

FSR has announced its partnership with Connectrac, manufacturer of Wireways. Wireways is a floor-based series of cable management solutions for bringing power, data and communications from the wall to all interior commercial applications. The newly branded partnership, FSR+Connectrac, will allow FSR to extend its product line and offer customers the ability to run cabling across […]

Four well known audiovisual and classroom technologies manufacturers, FSR, Inc, Biamp Systems, Utelogy Corp. and SpinetiX, have partnered to create the first Higher Education Technology Summit (HETS). Created specifically for college and university managers of educational technology, HETS is designed to combine a day of product training, networking and peer-to-peer discussions in a fast moving […]

When we look out at the landscape of the AV industry, we first and foremost see the manufacturers, integrators and consultants that comprise the space. When we talk about #AVTweeps, as there’s been so much discussion about in the last month especially, we are of course talking about what many of us like to refer to […]

I pick up in Part 2 with the show that has certainly been a large part of my year in 2015, working with some of the best and most dedicated people I have ever come to know. When you talk about a team, the AV Power Up crew embodies that term – in fact so much […]

This past week, many industry professionals and end users attended InfoComm Connections in New York’s Jacob Javits Center where certain industry manufacturers exhibited. Co-located with NAB CCW (now NAB Show New York), the statement put out by the industry organization was as follows:  We realize that not everyone has the time or budget to attend […]

This was my first time attending an InfoComm Connections show and I was facinated that InfoComm partnered with NAB, CCW and SATCON to provide an all-encompassing show to the attendees. As I walked the aisles, I quickly realized that any kind of AV technology was at my fingertips… digital signage, displays, projectors, collaboration, UC, automation, […]

Months back, after I had fully developed my second show techXchange (AV Power Up being the other) – a show designed to be about technology, news and trends with a measure of opinion inserted as well – I began to come up with a concept for a new podcast show. The show would exist on the “Edge […]

AV Distributor SYMCO rolled into town today for its annual roadshow. Various other commitments kept me from the various days’ events — including an end-users’ roundtable featuring not only one of our clients from SMW, but also one with whom I’d worked personally. However, I did have the opportunity for a quick stop to chat […]

FSR is once again showing its support for the local community by continuing its partnership with United Way of Passaic County for the hugely successful “Backpacks 4 Kids” program. FSR joins other local businesses and the United Way of Passaic County in their efforts to help more than 900 local students with such essential school […]

This was originally posted on FSR’s education website, fsr.education, here. The last time you visited your library, what were you there to do? It may have been to hear a professional development speaker, participate in a book club, bring your child to a “mommy/ daddy and me” group. I was recently reading an article focused […]

FSR’s HuddleVU Collaboration system is designed as a meeting room system where users can share and view their multiple inputs; laptops, tablets, and smart phones, on a single or multiple displays. When FSR’s new DV-MFMV-74 DV PRO — MultiVU — Seven Input Multi-Format Windowing Scaler is integrated with the HuddleVU FLEX System. it creates a […]

FSR has announced that it will re-launch its Plasma Wall Box Line (PWB) at this year’s InfoComm show, with new features and models that will now fall within its Project Wall Box family of solutions. Additionally, the company is also introducing a number of Floor Boxes and Table Coaster Chargers all aimed at offering AV/IT […]

At this year’s InfoComm, FSR is introducing a variety of new products, including the DV-MFMV-74 and DV-MFSS-71 scaling switchers; DV-HSW4K-41, DV-HSW-21A and DV-MFSW-21A HDMI switchers; the HD-HPC-SP-Tx and HD-HPCWP-Tx additions to the company’s HDBaseT product family; the relaunch of its FLEX IO-16 I/O Interface Unit and a sneak peak at significant upgrades and design changes […]

Like so many of us, as a young girl, Gina Sansivero was a little unsure of “what she wanted to be when she grew up.” Coming from an Italian family, she knew she loved the language and she knew she enjoyed children, so she went to study at Fordham University. She started out with a […]

Integrators will be happy to know that FSR has improved its Digital Ribbon (DR) cable family by adding multiple Aramid reinforcing cords to the cable assembly. The result is that the pull strength specification of the cable has been increased to 40 pounds from the previous 20-pound rating. Most other cables on the market are […]

Following a disruptive snow storm in the North East this week, students across the region (especially Long Island and New England) are home sledding, playing video games, drinking hot chocolate and doing everything but thinking about school. Many schools, however, are implementing continuity of learning plans that may require students to “attend class” during snow/ […]

FSR has introduced its Flex Control Builder (FCB),  a new software application used to configure FLEX-LT control system panels. The company’s popular FLEX-LT is a wall or table box mounted control system intended for use in classrooms, meeting rooms, lecture halls, conference rooms, boardrooms and more. The FCB allows users an easy way to configure […]

FSR has started shipping its new HD-H70-SP HDBaseT Extender Set. The extenders are designed to send uncompressed full HD digital HDMI video, audio and IR and RS-232 control signals up to 70-meters via a single CAT-5e / CAT-6 / CAT-6A / CAT-7 cable. Input resolutions include 4K (2160p @30 Hz), 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 576p, 480p, […]

The honest answer is “not exceptionally important.” The reason, however, may surprise you. Many schools have sustainability initiatives in place that cover a wide variety of campus life processes from printing and food services to facilities and grounds keeping. While technology is an obvious environmental concern, that concern is usually a result of the amount […]

At InfoComm, FSR debuted a set of color-coded (black, blue, red, and yellow) cable retractors (for HDMI) that are designed specifically to integrate its  HuddleVu HV-T6 (6″ 4-user table box) and HV-T3 (3″ single user table box) as well as the T6 and T6-Flex table boxes. The cables are simply pulled by the user and […]

I recently wrote an article for EdTech Digest called “Keys to Engagement: Connectivity Challenges in a Technology-Rich Classroom.” In it, I outlined some challenges and solutions common to modern learning spaces, but which are often not at the top of mind when designing or installing room equipment. One of the ideas I brought up was […]

FSR’s new T3-DV2S Table Box integrates connectivity for HDMI and AC power. The T3-DV2S allows users to power and connect their laptop or any HDMI source to an external video display and house sound systems as well as connect with network, phone lines and other AV system infrastructure. All T3-DV2S models are HD ready with […]

FSR has expand its infrastructure line of Wall Box solutions with the introduction of the PWB-353 Wall Box. It features an open face design with a white interior and white extended trim ring, rather than a closed cover, which facilitates quick access to cables and connectors without cover removal. The PWB-353 features multiple knockouts for […]

FSR’s newest matrix switcher is the DV-HMSW4K-88, an 8×8 switcher for routing HD sources to any eight HDTV displays. Capable of routing up to 4K resolution content, the DV-HMSW4K-88 also manages multichannel digital audio formats such as PCM, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio and control is accomplished via front-panel push buttons, IR remote […]

Sure disruptive, it’s just about become my middle name. However, the industry is almost ready to re-name itself as a newly formed arena of disruption to go along with the standards like digital signage, control systems and more. But then again if I search hard next year, I’ll likely come up with disruptive technologies there […]

FSR just introduced two new HDMI adapters — the DV-HAS (HDMI audio separator) and the DV-PC2HD (analog PC to HDMI converter). The DV-HAS is designed to de-embed the stereo audio from an HDMI signal and provide a separate unbalanced line level stereo audio output so that it can be fed to an external sound processor, […]

New year, new company, new blog post…wow, I am on a roll.  It has been a while since I have submitted a blog for rAVe. The past three months have been a crazy ride. I probably should have written about the feeling of leaving a company I have been at for nine years — more […]