InfoComm 08: Where the Pros Are
Brad Grimes
For the first time, InfoComm and NSCA Expo will be housed under one roof?a boon to busy integration firms, especially when travel is more challenging and expensive than it's been in recent years....
Friends in Low Places
Kimberly R. Griffin
The Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Va., has a lot going for it. It's minutes from Washington, D.C., and the Pentagon, and even closer to Reagan National Airport. But a recent renovation provided the perfect opportunity to add an amenity that would give the hotel a competitive edge: a complete, distance conferencing-enabled meeting room....
4D at the Newseum: A Stitch in Time
Linda Seid Frembes
At its new home on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C., the Newseum is a seven-story, 250,000-square-foot tribute to the history of news reporting. The Newseum's Annenberg Theater is capable of hosting event broadcasts, musical performances, and a 4D time-travel experience....
Test Your Knowledge of InfoComm Technology Firsts
PRO AV Editors
True or false: Toshiba unveiled the first commercially available portable DLP projector at an InfoComm trade show. If you know the answer, maybe you can get the rest of these right....
Inside the Numbers: Users and Displays
PRO AV Editors
LCD or plasma? Pro or consumer? What really drives an end-user's choice of display technology? As TFC Info's latest end-user survey shows, it depends on whether the display is for a business or entertainment setting....
How to Calibrate Videowalls
Tom Schulte
Ever been to a network operations center you didn't do the AV for? Had a burger in a sports bar with multiple flat-screens? In either case, have you stopped to notice the differences from screen to screen? (Of course you have.)...
Looking Ahead: Q&A with AV Luminaries
Brad Grimes
In April 2008, two AV integration giants consummated a pretty significant merger. Audio Visual Innovations and Signal Perfection Ltd. became AVI-SPL. So it was a fitting time to take stock of the AV industry. A virtual roundtable sheds light on a still-growing market....
Attention is Good?Thrive on It
Brad Grimes
When I picked up the telephone recently to talk to Marty Schaffel and Chad Gillenwater, the executives leading the newly merged AVI-SPL, about the deal that brought their companies together, it was immediately obvious we were onto something exciting?Marty was calling in stateside, while Chad patched in from Cairo....
Parasound Closes Deal with AVAD
PRO AV Editors
Parasound signed a nationwide distribution deal with AV distribution company AVAD....
Vaddio Appoints Northeast Rep
PRO AV Editors
Vaddio named New Jersey-based Sapphire Marketing as its manufacturer representative for New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Northern New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine....
Sidney Harman to Retire, Annoints Successor
PRO AV Editors
Harman International announced that founder and chairman Dr. Sidney Harman would retire December 3, 2008....
Anti-Slip Pads Reduce Cable Weight
PRO AV Editors
Middle Atlantic Products developed the ASP-OWP series anti-slip cable pads as a way to improve cable management and performance in AV applications....
Glowpoint Launches Telepresence Exchange Network
PRO AV Editors
Glowpoint announced the launch of the Telepresence Exchange Network, a service designed to solve the challenges of placing telepresence video calls between companies on different networks....
Sanyo's New Portable Projectors Include AMF
PRO AV Editors
Sanyo introduced two new LCD portable projectors, the PLC-XC55 with 3100 lumens and the PLC-XC50 with 2600 lumens....
Neutrik Hologram Wards Off Counterfeiters
PRO AV Editors
Neutrik began identifying its products with a unique hologram of the Neutrik name and logo in its continuing effort to fight against product counterfeiting....
Crestron Debuts Classroom Controllers
PRO AV Editors
Crestron rolled out its new Multimedia Presentation Controller (MPC) line of all-in-one classroom control solutions....
Gin Blossoms to Headline NSCA ExpoJam! at InfoComm
PRO AV Editors
NSCA this week announced that the Gin Blossoms will headline the NSCA ExpoJam! on June 17 at InfoComm 08....
Meyer Sound Co-Founders Receive Award
PRO AV Editors
Meyer Sound founders Helen and John Meyer were given the 2008 Harold Burris-Meyer Distinguished Career in Sound Award....
BTX Named Soundog Distributor
PRO AV Editors
BTX Technologies announced that it has been chosen as the U.S. distributor of the Soundog audio system....
New NSCA AE Toolkit Focuses on Healthcare
PRO AV Editors
NSCA added four new articles that examine architecture, low voltage, fire and life safety, and green issues within the healthcare industry to its AE Toolkit....
Barix Partnerships Further Technology in Schools
PRO AV Editors
Barix AG announced the establishment of business and OEM product development partnerships with SchoolView Technologies and Calypso Control Systems....
Harris Corp. Launches Channel Partner Program
PRO AV Editors
Harris Corp. will introduce its newly developed Channel Partner Program for Harris digital signage solutions during InfoComm 08....
Atlantic Ships THX Select2 Loudspeaker
PRO AV Editors
Atlantic Technologies is now shipping its THX Select2 Certified IWCB-727 in-wall loudspeaker system....
SIM2 Starts Shipping HT3000 HOST
PRO AV Editors
SIM2 is currently shipping its latest HD video projector, the Grand Cinema HT30000 HOST....
Shure Uncovers Counterfeit Products
PRO AV Editors
Shure revealed that several hawker stalls in the popular electronics marketplace are selling counterfeit Shure earphones....
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