November 2002
Columns
The Content Wars
NATHANIEL HECHT
AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS EDITORIALS IN S&VC, I HESITATE TO make predictions. However, with the indicators as strong as they seem to be in the business…
THE POWER OF A NAME
ALAN KRUGLAK
Many times people fail to recognize that a word like service can have different meanings to both clients and integrators. The failure to effectively communicate…
Beeps, Voices, and Van Halen
By Steve Filippini
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I worked for a security company that had just taken over a large chain of stores from the competition. With a January 1 deadline to…
Departments
Install of the Month
Daniel Keller
As any seasoned systems contractor will tell you, visual design and sonic integrity are rarely players on the same team. Nowhere is that dichotomy more…
AWARD WINNERS
The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) honored 24 CEDIA members for excellence in the custom electronics design and installation…
CONTRACTOR’S WEB WATCH
www.zenith.com/hdtvprograms To help educate consumers about the growing amounts of free over-the-air high-definition television (HDTV) programming, Zenith…
FEEDBACK
Temps as Trendsetters I enjoyed Line Out: Just a Dip in the Stream in the August 2002 issue, and I wanted to inform you of a trend that we are seeing….
CONDOLENCES
Longtime AES sustaining member John G. Humble passed away on July 27 at the age of 79. He was a graduate of Midland Radio School and began his career…
REPRESENTATIVE AND DISTRIBUTION NEWS
Hibino Corp. of Japan has been named Shure’s Distributor of the Year for the Asia/Pacific Region in 2002 . Niles Audio Corp. launched its Road to Success…
PUBLICATIONS
OnQ Technologies (www.onqtech.com) is introducing a custom literature offering that will enable OnQ Professional Installer companies to cobrand their…
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 12-14 Electronic House ExpoLong Beach, Californiawww.ehexpo.com 16-20 2002 Fall Education Conference of the National Fire Protection AssociationAtlantawww.nfpa.org/meetings…
AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ACQUISITIONS
Tandberg Television and Irdeto Access have launched Earlybird, an end-to-end system designed to minimize the startup costs and time to market for new…
OFFICE SPACE
AVAD Central/Allnet Opens Indianapolis Facility AVAD Central/Allnet has opened a facility in Indianapolis. The 6,000-square-foot office provides dealers…
PEOPLE NEWS
Veteran Russound engineer Bill Ramsdell has been promoted to the newly created position of lead software engineer. Bill Edmondson joins the company as…
INDUSTRY NEWS
Stanton Acquires Assets of Cerwin-Vega The Stanton Group has announced the purchase of the assets and brand name of Cerwin-Vega. Recognizing the difficulties…
What’s New
audio products
Crossover Ranewww.rane.com The AC 24 four-way crossover features conventional analog controls with digital signal processing. This approach allows you…
video products
Video Enhancer SynelecUSAwww.synelecusa.com RGB Parallel Processing enhances display-wall performance, generates high levels of uptime, and provides real-time…
a/v accessories
Micromodulator North American Cable Equipmentwww.northamericancable.com The enhanced Cabletronix CT-AMM micromodulator is designed for commercial-grade…
Installation Profiles
A Grand Old Room: Boston’s Symphony Hall
By Gregory DeTogne
In terms of sound reinforcement, Boston Symphony Hall is a tough acoustical act to follow. But despite its fame as a venue for acoustical performance, the hall calls for sound reinforcement for a surprising number of events….
Pressure Drop
BY JOSH YAFA
In the spring of 1994, a small fledgling company not yet called Strike Holdings began negotiations to embark on its first bowling alley renovation. The…
More Than a SANCTUARY
By Keith Clark
It has become increasingly common for modern worship spaces to have more than one primary use, such as hosting services while operating as a community-based…
A Glimpse of the Sea
By Kelly McCarthy
In 1968, the year the summer Olympic games were held in Mexico City and Apollo 8 began its first mission to orbit the moon, the North Carolina Marine…
THE BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE
By Christian Doering
When Miami Dolphins owner Joe Robbie arranged the private financing and construction of the $115 million Pro Player Stadium in the late 1980s, he revolutionized…
Video Projections
DOES BIAS BUY US ANYTHING ANYMORE?
PETER H. PUTMAN, CTS
The timing couldn’t be worse. I’m sitting in my powerless office, waiting for the electric company to turn on the juice again after the remnants of Tropical…
Contractor’s Toolbox
ENTERTAINMENT OR NOISE?
GLEN BALLOU
You have all heard the terms CD, DVD, stereo, home theater, subwoofer, plasma display, and CRT. After all, most of you have some form of entertainment…