April 2003
Features
Boundary Microphones
Chris Steinwand
Sound concepts are really deceptively simple. To make sound, you have to move air. For humans that’s the job of our vocal cords. To hear sound, you have…
Reviews
Panasonic PT-D7600U
Peter H. Putman, CTS
Panasonic’s SXGA-resolution PT-D7600U front DLP projector attracted considerable interest at InfoComm 2002, and for a good reason. It and its companion…
Columns
Crossing Borders and Boundaries
MARK MAYFIELD
SOME 20 MONTHS AFTER 9/11, WHEN AMERICANS SLOW DOWN LONG enough to look around, they continue to see signs that their world has changed. Perhaps it’s…
THE OUTSOURCING ALTERNATIVE
MARK MAYFIELD
In nearly every industry, in almost every business function, outsourcing has become a common business practice. Many companies use the services of outside…
Plug This!
By Sam Berkow
The professional audio community now there’s a concept. The pro-audio community is a great example of market segmentation in the extreme just look at…
Departments
Install of the Month
Daniel Keller
As the world settles comfortably into the new millennium, China has begun to live up to its promise as a vast new frontier of economic and technological…
20 YEARS AGO IN THE INDUSTRY
Editor’s Note: As part of S&VC’s 20th anniversary, we are bringing you 20 Years Ago in the Industry, a retrospective glimpse of the industry and S&VC…
REPRESENTATIVE AND DISTRIBUTION NEWS
Electrograph Systems was appointed by Sanyo Fisher Company as a distributor of Sanyo plasma displays throughout the United States. Audix has added the…
PEOPLE NEWS
NEC Solutions (America) appointed Ron Gillies to senior vice president of its visual systems division. Barco Media, a division of BarcoProjection, appointed…
UPCOMING EVENTS
April25-262003 Small Rep Firm ForumBaltimorewww.era.org or www.manaonline.org May7-9ShowtechBerlinwww.showtech.de19-23InspirationCincinnatiwww.tfwm.com…
CONTRACTOR’S WEB WATCH]
www.hoffmanvideo.com After several months of development, Hoffman Video System’s marketing department in partnership with Silicon Space, a San Diego based…
INDUSTRY NEWS
Quad Moves into Commercial Sound Market The name of Quad has extended its market base into the world of architectural acoustics under the banner of Quad…
OFFICE SPACE
Panamax Moves for Growth In response to its sustained growth, Panamax has moved its corporate headquarters and operations center to Petaluma, California….
PUBLICATIONS
The Consumer Electronics Association High End Audio Board has made available the It’s All About the Performance demonstration guide (www.ce.org/performance)….
AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ACQUISITIONS
SpeakerCraft and CorAccess announced an alliance to deliver solutions for the whole-home integration market. Avesco plc will combine Screenco with Creative…
ASSOCIATIONS
ICIA Elects Governors and Officers The International Communications Industries Association (ICIA) has elected its 2003 Board of Governors and the presiding…
What’s New
AUDIO PRODUCTS
Plug-Ins Denon Electronics www.usa.denon.com/pro A second set of eplug-in software has been released for the DN-D9000 dual CD player. Six plug-ins and…
VIDEO PRODUCTS
Projector Toshiba www.csd.toshiba.com The TDP-D1 is an ultrabright projector designed for presenters who need versatility, power, and portability. Weighing…
A/V ACCESSORIES
Optical Fiber Segment Richco www.richco-inc.com Part No. OFS90-30R is for fiber routing around a 90-degree turn. The design is low profile for tight spacing…
Installation Profiles
A South African DIAMOND
By Craig Astler
To accommodate growing passenger loads, South Africa’s Johannesburg International Airport embarked on an ambitious project in 2000 to expand its domestic air terminal. DOMTEX, as the project was dubbed, was a huge undertaking….
Clean Signals
CMRR IN BALANCED INTERFACES: part 2
BILL WHITLOCK
A balanced interface can reject any interference whether because of ground voltage differences, magnetic fields, or electric fields as long as that interference…
Articles
Doing Business Across Borders
Mark Mayfield
As the world grows smaller because of increasingly efficient global communications and multinational corporations, chances are good that your business…
Safe and Sound
Dan Daley
The disastrous and lethal fire at the Station in Warwick, Rhode Island, last February shocked the nation. Ninety-nine patrons died after heavy metal rockers…
Innovations in Technology Awards
S&VC Staff
From now on, the spring awards season will no longer be dominated by talk of the famous gold statuettes coveted by Tinseltown. In the systems integration…
