March 2009

Features

Expert Roundtable: The State of Fiber

By Bennett Liles

One of the most venerable yet dynamic areas of the AV industry is fiber optics, with a sustained growth rate spurred by growing bandwidth needs, more...

Technology Showcase: Outdoor Loudspeakers

By Kent Morris

Weather, in all its variables, can wreak havoc on loudspeakers. Intense heat weakens enclosures, while frigid temperatures combine with moisture to destroy...

Technology Showcase: Fiber-optic Video Extenders

By Bennett Liles

With long-term fiber costs going down and copper going up and the new considerations on weight and fuel use for mobile units, the momentum that fiber...

Installation Profile: Shedding Light on Franklin

By Trevor Boyer

Michael Mountjoy is the computer specialist for the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, and he's also an amateur climber. His skills with...

Reviews

Audio Review: Soundcraft FX16ii

By John McJunkin

It seems like every time you turn around, there's another small-format digital mixer. I don't mean to sound disdainful. I'm a digital mixer owner myself,...

Video Review: Digital Projection iVision 30-WUXGA-XB

By Jeff Sauer

The front-projection industry is awash with 7.5lb. projectors. In fact, there are by far more 6lb.-to-10lb. models than any other class, and the price...

Columns

Deal with IT

By Michael Goldman

Over the last year in this magazine, we've periodically discussed the divide between IT and AV professionals as they struggle to bring their respective...

Associations Focus: Register Today for InfoComm 09

Make plans to join your peers and colleagues this June and discover why InfoComm is the premier event for the AV industry. You can't afford to miss this...

Associations Focus: CEDIA Awards Deadline Approaches

Enter in one of the following Manufacturers' Excellence Award categories: Best New Product Best New Technology Product Hall of Fame All companies entering...

Associations Focus: NSCA Helps Create a More Productive, Profitable Staff

NSCA's latest Market Intelligence Briefings (MIB) report, Recruit and Retain Quality Staff: Organizational Issues and Structure, highlights how employee...

POV: Ten Ways to Maximize InfoComm Membership

By Duffy Wilbert, CTS

For 70 years, InfoComm International has been serving the needs of the professional AV industry. InfoComm is 5,000 members strong and growing each year....

Departments

The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: Commemorative Solutions

By Trevor Boyer

The newly opened Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex certainly has a New York flavor. Located in New York's SoHo neighborhood, it's mere blocks from long-gone...

What's New

Christie Digital Systems Christie LX1000

Christie Digital Systems is pleased to announce the Christie LX1000 projector, a new option for AV professionals and rental stagers who require low-cost, high-performance projection at an industry benchmark of 10,000 ANSI lumens...

RF Central RFX-RMR-X6-II-D

RF Central, part of The Vitec Group's RF Systems business unit and a digital microwave-technology provider, is debuting its RFX-RMR-X6-II-D six-way COFDM diversity receiver at NAB Show...

Electrosonic ES7100

Electrosonic will debut the ES7100 encoder for HD-SDI and 3G SDI streaming-over-IP networks at NAB Show (Booth SL9720)...

Advanced Media Design Digital Media Recorders, Digital Video Player, and MediaPointe Ensemble server

Advanced Media Design (AMD) announced a modular end-to-end video capture and distribution system that meets the varied needs of customers across diverse applications such as education, training, government, DoD, healthcare, corporate, public safety, and others...

Kramer Electronics VP-728 ProScale

Kramer Electronics is pleased to announce the introduction of the VP-728 ProScale presentation scaler/switcher...

QSC CSM series

QSC’s new CSM series stage monitors are set to make their debut. Representing the latest additions to the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based manufacturer’s catalog of premium concert-sound products, the CSM series comprises three models: the CSM10, CSM12, and CSM15...