Video wall manufacturer Orion debuted its brand new seventh-generation Infinite Plasma at ISE 2011. The 42” display offers increased brightness and contrast and a smaller seam gap over the previous generation, according to the company. The Infinite Plasma OPM-4260R has the same specs as the OPM-4260 model, but has a thin metal trim along the […]

At ISE 2011, Audipack demo’d the FS-QR120E, a one-man system for transportation and installation of a flat screen at variable heights. The compact system allows you to put together the components and stand and attach the screen while it’s still inside the flight case. Then when you push a button, the display will be lifted […]

At ISE 2011, Christie previewed the new YK50, which is a small yoke equipped with a Christie LX700 projector (a 7,000-ANSI lumen XGA LCD projector) that can be used as a light or for video projection. The final product should have a yoke, the projector, and a media server available as a bundle, according to […]

At ISE 2011, Alcorn McBride showed two new iPad Apps for lighting and show control. The first iPad App is Touch, a brand-new drag and drop utility for creating show/media control applications. It allows users to design full-featured touch screen interfaces for applications of any size, according to the company. Its platform includes a large […]

At ISE 2011, Stealth Acoustics announced updates to its FX and AX invisible speaker lines that the company says offers enhanced fidelity, high-frequency smoothness and bass performance over the previous models. The new LinearResponse (LR) Series of invisible in-wall or in-ceiling speakers incorporate all-new face-panels that create a flatter front surface area, effectively eliminating the […]

At ISE 2011, speaker manufacturer DesignQ announced Elementz, a speaker component system (one SKU) that can be assembled into a number of different speaker types, including a soundbar, line array, on-wall, bookshelf, or tower speaker. The company has just finished the patent stage of the product and is hoping to ship the product by September […]

At ISE 2011, European home automation company Niko introduced a brand-new energy management system that monitors electricity, gas, and water usage, and controls heating, cooling, and ventilation.   It can determine the cost to power a home, or a single room, and a touch screen shows live or historical energy usage in terms of consumption […]

A recent entrant in the U.S. market, WallWizard used ISE 2011 to exhibit its line-up of residential mounts (13 in all), including the DM65 Manual Tilt Wall-Mount, a “slim TV” mount solution that completely conceals the mount and interconnect cables by floating a TV on the wall. The DM65’s is a WallWizard proprietary design and […]

Sure, 80 percent of the attendees of this year’s ISE show in Amsterdam are European, but, it’s the sheer numbers of them that astounded me — and many others here at Integrated Systems Europe in February 2011. Literally almost 35,000 attendees scanned their badges as they walked into the 10 massive halls of AV exhibits […]

SANYO showed a series of new projectors at ISE 2011, including a new flagship projector – the PLC-HF15000L. This 2K-resolution (2048×1080) projector has a brightness spec of 15,000 ANSI lumens and features SANYO’s QuaDrive optical engine. It also has a new automatic air filter cleaning system, offering maintenance-free operation up to 12,000 hours, according to […]

At ISE 2011, Epson introduced its G 5000 Series. The EBG-5750WU WXGA projector is 1920×1200, has a brightness spec of 4500 lumens, and a variety of lens options. The EBG-5650W is a WXGA, 5000-lumen projector with a network feature that allows multiple presenters or collaborators to show different content on a single screen.

At ISE 2011, Intelligent Lectern Systems (ILS) showed the ILS 21, a presentation lectern with an integrated high-resolution 22” touch screen, XLR mic mount, and reading light. The lectern incorporates ILS’s sho-Q presenter software for managing presentation content, which allows annotation and other interactivity with the content. For more information on the ILS 21, click […]

rysm is now shipping its laser phosphor display, which the company showed again at ISE 2011. We thought (along with everyone else at the show) that the product looked much, much better than it did at InfoComm, and is now poised to become a serious digital signage display contender. The laser phosphor display uses an […]

At ISE 2011, SurgeX International introduced the SEQ1200i, a sequencer, surge eliminator and power distribution platform. The units have banks that are sequence-able with a 2-, 5-, 10-, 15- or 20-second delay and have two IEC outlets per bank. The unit they showed us had four banks. They can be cascaded, used in a master/slave […]