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Touchpanel controller: Crestron TPS-4L

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Crestron's TPS-4L wall-mount touchpanel controller features a 3.6-inch, 320x240 resolution active-matrix color touchscreen with 16-bit Isys color graphics and 10 white backlit pushbuttons....

Decoding Converters: Crystal Vision ADDEC Series

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Crystal Vision has released the ADDEC-100, ADDEC-200, and ADDEC-300 12-bit decoding converters, which are designed to convert composite PAL/NTSC, Y/C, or YUV signals to SDI....

Automated Flat Panel Mounting Solutions: Chief Manufacturing's Cinematic Series

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Chief Manufacturing's Cinematic Series of automated mounting solutions includes the CM1 automated swing-arm mount (pictured here), CM2 automated pop-up lift, and CM3 automated swivel table stand....

Audio Vs. Video

John McKeon

The ongoing struggle for supremacy will always exist, but convergence continues to bring the two worlds together....

The Truth About Exotic Cables

Linda Seid Frembes

They've been around for decades, but are exotic cables really worth their weight in gold?...

Calibration 101

Tom Schulte, CET

Tips for using video test patterns and signal generators more effectively....

Custom AV Technology Enhances R&D

Linda Seid Frembes

AstraZeneca R&D Boston relies on high-resolution projection to display complex 3D images for scientific applications....

AV Travels The Universe

J.C. Costa

A California planetarium modernizes its technology to bring viewers into a fully dimensional universe of video and sound....

AV Joins The Nuclear Waste Debate

Daniel Frankel

Install adds AV capabilities to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 8,000-square-foot Nevada hearing room....

Test Your Knowledge of the Laws of Networking

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Test Your Knowledge of the Laws of Networking...

I'm installing a screening room for digital cinema. The client wants to be able to play DVDs in his screening room that will provide sound and image quality as close as possible to what the films' creators had in mind. Are there any standards for audio and projection systems to achieve this goal?...

5-Minute Interview: Sam Taylor

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President, Electrograph Systems...

The Big Picture

Mark Mayfield

How to Aim Loudspeakers

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High-quality professional loudspeakers can provide excellent pattern control, and modern software tools can accurately predict coverage based on specific hanging and aiming details. Here?s what you need to know to implement loudspeaker aiming in the field....

Guide to Doing Business in Retail AV

PRO AV Editors

PRO AV's essential industry guide, with crucial tips for positioning your company to leverage: market trends, AV spending patterns, and economic factors that affect the market....

Laser Based Fiber Optic Safety

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Observe the following guidelines when using laser-based fiber optic products....

Smartvue S2 urveillance system

PRO AV Editors

The Smartvue S2 surveillance system from Nashville, TN-based IP video solutions company Smartvue could save AV integrators time on a large install project....

Can We Sole Source?

Tim Cape, CTS-D

When it comes to writing specifications for individual AV components, the pro AV industry may need to do things a bit differently ? once again....

Breaking Into Digital Signage

John McKeon

Digital Signage Group fields national team of integrators to boost signage business....

Running The Gamut(s)

Pete Putman, CTS, ISF

Color measurement for electronic displays is getting easier and easier....

What Good Are Power Ratings?

Pat Brown

One of the sacred cows of the audio industry, the loudspeaker power rating is likely the most widely recognized specification, and undoubtedly one of the most useless....

A Better Light

Tim Kridel

IF YOU'VE seen a laser in a boardroom or movie theater, chances are that it was nothing more than a red dot coming from a pointer. But if proponents of laser projection have their way, the technology should start appearing in a variety of consumer and pro AV products by the end of this decade....