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August 2004

August 2004

Features

Technology Showcase: Fixed-Installation Projectors

By Jay Ankeney

Business is booming for digital front-projection systems, especially for those intended for permanent installation in corporate, educational, and increasingly,…

Installation Profile: Vegas Style

By Bennett Liles

Visitors on the Las Vegas strip have been provided a new mecca for fashion marketing, and the Rouse Company, developer of the project, couldn’t have picked…

Installation Profile: Home on the Range

By Daniel Keller

Point your car westward headed out of Bozeman, and it’s easy to understand how the founding fathers of Montana came up with the state motto, big sky country….

Reviews

Telex S.A.F.E.-1000HD

By John McJunkin

Corporate espionage is a relatively new term, but it’s very much a reality. High-tech spying, wiretapping, and listening in used to be techniques restricted…

Columns

Editorial: Getting What You Pay For

By Mark Johnson

I am, like most soundmen, full of opinions about sound: how things should sound relating to a mix, how loud is too loud, and so on. I also have opinions…

Picture This: Off the Charts

By Jeff Sauer

I don’t mean to be cynical about the effect Moore’s law has had on the projector industry. After all, it’s really wonderful to see the progress projector…

Associations Focus: Training Day

CEDIA listened to your requests and is offering full-day Sunday workshops at CEDIA EXPO 2004, September 8-12 in Indianapolis. CEDIA and education volunteers…

Covering All the Bases

By Timothy Dorwart

With the increasing convergence of low-voltage disciplines in the systems integration business, some contractors could be forgiven for feeling more than…

Departments

The Buzz: Install of the Month

By Charles Conte

The concept of the wired home and its flashy heart, the home theater appeals to our desire to control our immediate environment. Sometimes, however, systems…

Sound & Video Contractor’s Pick Hits for InfoComm 2004

The 2004 InfoComm Pick Hits are products that help push the envelope by applying advanced technology while exhibiting immediate practicality for use in…

The Buzz: Excellent Icons

By Cynthia Wisehart

Here’s juxtaposition for you: industry veteran Hubert Wilke accepts his lifetime achievement award backed by the dazzling, modern glow of a Barco MiPIX…

The Buzz: 20 Years Ago In Sound & Video Contractor

By Mark Johnson

Dog Days of 1984 Integrators sweating out those hot summer days of 1984 could at least take solace in the August 1984 issue, which focused on grounding,…

The Buzz: Industry News

Home Technologies Acquires Digitech Home Technologies has completed its acquisition of Digitech Home Systems LLC for an undisclosed purchase price paid…

The Buzz: Condolences

Electrograph Mourns Loss of National Sales Manager Leonard Imperial, 36, died suddenly at his home in Wading River, New York on April 30, 2004. A graduate…

The Buzz: Upcoming Events

August23-2724th International Display Research Conference and 4th International Meeting on Information DisplayDaegu, Koreawww.k-ids.or.kr/e_main September8-12CEDIACustom…

What’s New: Residential Technology

Receiver Onkyowww.onkyousa.com The 6.1-channel TX-SR502 AV receiver has been upgraded with a power increase to 75W per channel and improved surround processing,…

What’s New: Audio Technology

Loudspeaker Azden Corp.www.azdencorp.com Incorporating a 20W amp, the APS 25 is a rugged, two-way speaker with a 5-inch shielded woofer and a 1-inch wide-dispersion…

What’s New: Video Technology

Enclosure Altinexwww.altinex.com The MT102-201 is a 20-slot enclosure developed to house MultiTasker AV component cards. With the current line of 4-,…

What’s New: Security Technology

Surveillance System Bosch Security Systemswww.boschsecurity.us The Eazeo digital observation system is for applications in which monitoring and recording…

What’s New: Information Technology

Gigabit Ethernet Controller DSS Networkswww.dssnetworks.com The Model 6267-SFP offers two ports of 1,000Base-X gigabit Ethernet over fiber and is fully…

What’s New: AV Technology

Phone Plugs Neutrik USAwww.neutrikusa.com The NP*X series improves on the design of the existing phone plug by offering a thin, -inch plug with chuck-type…

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