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July 2001

July 2001

Columns

The State of Broadband Entertainment

NATHANIEL HECHT

We just don’t have the bandwidth available to see full-length movies in the way we are used to. WHILE THERE ARE PLENTY OF BOOTLEGGED VERSIONS OF BLOCK-BUSTER…

AVOIDING THE AVOIDABLE

ALAN KRUGLAK

Treating your proposal as a list of commodity items only reduces the sales price and the value perceived by the client. ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS,…

Departments

Industry Notes

Compiled by Elizabeth Price

MMC to Provide Media Conversion Services Muller Media Conversions, N.Y., will provide media conversion services for Verbatim Corporation, Charlotte, N.C.,…

UPCOMING EVENTS

Compiled byElizabeth Price

August 6-10Syn-Aud-Con TrainingHuber Orchard and Winery Starlight, INwww.synaudcon.com 29-31INFOCOMM JapanThe Big Sight Tokyowww.infocomm.org September…

Agreements, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Compiled byElizabeth Price

SIA and Biamp Systems Biamp Systems, Portland, Ore., joined SIA Software’s Smaart Partners. Biamp Advantage MSP-22 and MSP-11 processors can use Smaart…

People

Compiled byElizabeth Price

John Mozzi took on the newly created position of East Coast direct sales engineer for Tascam’s Production Products GroupKevin Smith has rejoined Arbitron;…

Representatives

Compiled byElizabeth Price

Middle Atlantic will use Anixter’s North American distribution network to bring Middle Atlantic products to local sound and security contractorsCrown…

What’s New

Video Spotlight

Signal Management System Altinexwww.altinex.com New at INFOCOMM! Based on a modular card cage concept, the Multi-Tasker can be loaded with cards to provide…

Audio Spotlight

Laser Alignment Tool Sound Alignment Systemswww.checkpoint3d.com The LG-120 laser line generator, made by Sound Alignment Systems (a division of Checkpoint…

Installation Products

Compiled by Elizabeth Price

Polysilicon Projectors Boxlight’s XP-5t ultra-portable projector has 800 ANSI lumens and true 1024768 XGA resolution. The company’s MP-38t super-bright…

Installers’ Supplies

Compiled by Elizabeth Price

Calibration Kit Spinner North America offers a type-OSL kit with individual components for open, short and load testing. This coaxial component calibration…

Publications

Compiled by Elizabeth Price

White Paper Co-Location of xDSL and Alarm Communicators, a white paper on DSL communications and their potential effect on alarm signal transmission,…

Meetings

Compiled by Elizabeth Price

Fiber Optics Conference The 24th Annual Newport Conference on Fiberoptics Market will take place October 15-17, 2001, at the Hyatt Regency Newport in…

Installation Profiles

Highland Park United Methodist Church

By Alex Artaud

WITH ITS GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, ORNATELY DESIGNED vaulted beams and tiled marble floor, the main sanctuary of the Highland Park United Methodist Church…

Green Acres Baptist Church

By Mel Lambert

THE IDEA FOR GREEN ACRES BAPTIST CHURCH CAME IN 1952 from Brother W. V. Henson, a deacon at First Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas. During the following months…

Video Projections

THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES

PETER H. PUTMAN, CTS

Texas Instruments rules the big screen market for now. JVC phased out ILAs and switched its attention to the D-ILA, viewing it as the future of high-resolution,…

Security Trends

SCARED STRAIGHT

STEVE FILIPPINI

Graphic imagery of pain and injury is intended as a reminder that job safety should be your first priority on any install. Work gloves, shatterproof protective…

Articles

Feedback Forum

Keeping the Resource Complete I ROUTINELY TEAR selective technical articles from my issues of S&VC for later reference. Recently I discovered that an…

Corrections

To correct an omission from Presentation Jitters: Tools and Tips for Troubleshooting Presentations by Eddie Ciletti (June 2001), we would like to mention…

RACK & DON’T ROLL

BY BOB SCHLUTER

Seismic rating is a major consideration when integrating and installing equipment racks EARTHQUAKES ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE STATE OF California or the…

Unsafe Levels

By Rachel Cruz & Dilys Jones

The idea that you’re responsible for the health and safety of your own ears is common sense. That you may be responsible for somebody else’s is now being…

An OSHA Handbook for Small Businesses: Workplace Safety Focus

AS A SMALL-BUSINESS OWNER, YOU ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY a risk taker. Each day, you match your business acumen against larger and better financed corporations,…

ICIA Acquires Pacifiq’s A/V Database

ICIA announced its purchase of an A/V-product database from Pacifiq Technologies. The database of 92,000 entries will be made into a service offered as…

Dave Hosbach Joins NSCA Team

We want to provide a link between the education that takes place in the meeting rooms and the many products on the show floor. We want to show how a product…

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