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Cheat Sheet: Planning for 3D

PRO AV Editors

Surprisingly little has been written about calibrating displays to show 3D content, or setting up a display and its environs for optimal viewing. Still, here are a few tips for doing a pro 3D install....

Closing the Gender Gap

Linda Seid Frembes

In the 1970s, AVI-SPL's Helene Andersen remembers there weren't many women working in pro AV. Over the years, that's changed ... for the better....

Q&A with Thomas Wyatt, Cisco Systems

Brad Grimes

With more than 3,000 digital signage deployments to date, Cisco Systems must be on an AV pro's radar. Now the company is building a media infrastructure to help ease the setup of new video networks....

Flat Is Indeed the New Up

Brad Grimes

InfoComm's latest Economic Snapshot Survey show industry sentiment bottomed out last year. Now AV pros are holding steady in hopes that business will improve....

Know Your Worth

Thom Mullins

What's your real worth as an AV professional? Hint: You store it between your ears. The sum of your AV education isn't the classes you take. It's the trial and error you overcome on job sites....

Installation Projector: Canon Realis WUX4000

PRO AV Editors

Canon showed its Realis WUX4000 installation LCoS projector, which delivers 1920x1200 images in an aspect ratio of 16:10 and a brightness level of 4,000 lumens. It can take one of three lenses....

Hum Elimination: RDL EZ-HK2 and EZ-HK3

PRO AV Editors

Radio Design Labs has come out with EZ Series Hum Killers for eliminating hum due to ground loops when installed between a source and the input of a grounded video monitor, projector, or amplifier....

DVI Switcher: GefenPro 10x4 DVI DL Matrix

PRO AV Editors

The latest addition to Gefen's professional line of connectivity products is the GefenPro 10x4 DVI DL Matrix. It comes with 6-foot, dual-link DVI cables for connecting 10 source inputs....

Just Another Brick in the Videowall?

Brad Grimes

In an increasingly visual world, videowalls represent a golden opportunity for AV pros to show they're not like all the other digital signage integrators....

Not Just a Videowall

Brad Grimes

These days it's amazing what creative AV designers and integrators can make out of display technology. With the right software, content, and planning, videowalls become works of art....

Special Report: 3D in the Real World

Pete Putman

Equally hyped and scrutinized, the latest 3D technology shows off its potential best when used in non-entertainment situations. The second in a two-part series....

ViewSonic Ships Sub-$1,000 HD Projector

PRO AV Editors

ViewSonic Corp. announced the addition of the Pro8200 projector to its Pro 8 Series projector line, with full HD 1080p resolution for high-definition viewing in the home....

Analog Way Debuts New Seamless Switcher

PRO AV Editors

At last month's InfoComm Asia, Analog Way, which makes image converters and presentation switchers, unveiled Smart Edge, a high-resolution seamless switcher with dual-output edge blending....

Hitachi Ups Short-Throw Ante

PRO AV Editors

Hitachi America has introduced yet another ultra-short throw projector, the company's new CP-AW250N Ultimate Short Throw projector....

Startup Launches New Presentation Switchers

PRO AV Editors

Presentation Switchers, a new Los Angeles-based AV manufacturer, recently launched operations and debuted its flagship line of modular digital presentation switchers....

High Res Systems Offers Controller Options

PRO AV Editors

High Resolution Systems introduced four size options and four different price levels for its Universal Device Controller (UDC), a software-based control platform that allows simple, cost-effective control of devices using IP (TCP/UDP) or serial (232/422/485) protocols....

Presentation Switchers Adds Western Reps

PRO AV Editors

Presentation Switchers has signed strategic marketing agreements with Anew C.T. and Mizzen Marketing to represent the company in the western United States....

Listen Tech Signs Canadian Rep Firm

PRO AV Editors

Listen Technologies has appointed Vellone Communication as the company's new representative for Eastern Canada....

Planar to Design High-Traffic Videowalls

PRO AV Editors

Planar Systems has introduced what it calls the first LCD videowall designed specifically to meet the requirements of high-traffic public venues....

Visitec to Distribute Cisco TelePresence

PRO AV Editors

Visitec Marketing Associates announced that it has earned official designation as a specialty distributor of Cisco TelePresence products....

It's Just a Box

Pete Putman

Long live the lowly overhead projector. Schools still use it today because, well, it gets the job done. What does that tell us about more modern AV equipment?...

InfoComm Launches GovComm 2011

PRO AV Editors

InfoComm International announced yesterday it is launching GovComm 2011, a professional audiovisual and information communications exposition and conference to be held November 1 and 2, 2011, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C....