2009 PRO AV Brand Leaders
PRO AV Editors
As readers of PRO AV have come to know, the installations profiled in the magazine and online are a pretty good indicator of what product brands their colleagues generally specify or install. Still, we asked readers which brands they use most....
FBI's Chicago Regional Office Earns LEED Platinum
KJ Fields
For the past decade, USAA Real Estate Co., San Antonio, has managed its portfolio of more than $4.9 billion in assets with energy efficiency in mind. But the seven-time recipient of the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s Energy Star Partner of the Year award decided to expand its efforts to include LEED certification from the Washington-based U.S. Green Building Council. In the fall of 2006, the company, which specializes in office, medical-office, industrial, public-sector, retail, multifamily and hotel properties, became one of the first participants in the pilot for LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance....
Vizio Files Suit against LG
PRO AV Editors
Vizio, which makes consumer flat-panel TVs, announced it has filed an infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Korean manufacturer LG Electronics and its wholly owned subsidiary, LG Electronics U.S.A....
AV Strategy Planning Program on Tap
PRO AV Editors
The goal of the one-day group strategy session is to analyze trends affecting the AV industry over the next three to five years....
Bosch Incorporates Audinate Networking
PRO AV Editors
Bosch Communications Systems has entered a licensing agreement with Audinate and will implement the company's Dante audio networking solution into Bosch's Electro-Voice, Dynacord, Telex, Midas, Klark Teknik, and Bosch-brand products....
Avid Unveils New Digital Console
PRO AV Editors
Avid introduced the Digidesign Venue SC48, a new fully integrated audio and processing live sound solution for small- to mid-sized houses of worship, clubs, touring and corporate AV applications. Touted as a cost-effective solution, the compact system is compatible with industry standard professional AV systems, and combines I/O, digital signal processing, and tactile control, with built-in support for several pro audio plug-ins....
Gefen Converts Dolby to Analog
PRO AV Editors
Gefen rolled out its new GefenTV Digital Audio Decoder with Dolby, allowing any movie or TV show broadcast in 5.1 Dolby digital audio to be decoded then output in analog two-channel left-right format....
Intensity3D Technology to Make Debut
PRO AV Editors
Creative design house 7thSense and Danish integrator Sirius 3D have joined forces to produce the Intensity3D....
Optoma Bundles Products for Teachers
PRO AV Editors
Optoma says it will begin offering a cost-saving display and mounting bundle for the educational and corporate markets. Combining the company's EX525ST short-throw projector and custom wall mount (BM-2021N), Optoma says it hopes to delivers an affordable solution that can simplify installations....
Bosch Security Expands with New Hires
PRO AV Editors
Bosch Security Systems has recently made three key appointments to its Communications Systems Division....
Condenser Microphone: AKG C 3000
PRO AV Editors
AKG redesigned its C 3000 condenser microphone, adding the company?s new corporate design....
Out With the Old HDMI, in With the New
Brad Grimes
version of the High-Definition Multimedia Interface? Well here's a tip: It's time to start boning up on that specification's successor....
Stadium AV: Boys of Summer
Brad Grimes
As sure as Opening Day follows Spring Training, every year baseball stadiums seem to undergo AV upgrades. Perhaps more than any other AV experience, entertainment needs to keep pace with or exceed the in-home experience or risk losing customers....
An InfoComm 2009 Wish List
Pete Putman, CTS, ISF
InfoComm preview stories used to be a lot easier to write. Ten years ago, most AV manufacturers were all too happy to provide a detailed laundry list of new projectors, monitors, interfaces, and other goodies, sometimes as early as late March. But that's all changed....
Receiver/Stream Processor: Harmonic Inc. ProView 7000
PRO AV Editors
The ProView 7000 from Harmonic is a receiver and stream processing platform that combines a scalable video receiver, DVB descrambler, multiformat decoder, and MPEG stream processor in a single rack unit....
Projector Lift: Chief Manufacturing SL151
PRO AV Editors
The Chief SL151 automated Smart-Lift Projector Mount is now UL listed and resized to drop directly into 2x2 tiles....
Camera Control Console: Vaddio ProductionView HD-SDI
PRO AV Editors
Vaddio?s new ProductionView HD-SDI camera control console offers HD-SDI and SD-SDI video switching, video mixing, and automated control functionality....
Ear-Worn Mic: Point Source Audio Reversable Dual Ear Microphone
PRO AV Editors
The Reversible Dual Ear Microphone accessory from Point Source Audio (PSA) is a ?one-size-fits-all? approach to ear-worn microphones that provides users with four configurations in which to wear their PSA ear-worn mics, says the company....
Microphones: Williams Sound MIC Series
PRO AV Editors
Williams Sound?s new MIC 020 is a lightweight, unidirectional, behind-the-head headset. The microphone features a 39-inch cord, 3.5 mm plug, and high-quality audio for use in high-noise environments, the company says....
Wireless Intercom: Riedel Acrobat Wireless Communications Intercom
PRO AV Editors
The Riedel Acrobat is a wireless communications intercom that uses the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) standard as a foundation....
Surround Loudspeaker: Atlantic Technology 1400 SR-z
PRO AV Editors
Atlantic Technology?s new 1400 SR-z dipole/bipole selectable surround loudspeaker was designed with height-speaker channel applications in mind, the company says....
Ribbon Microphone: Royer Labs SF-24
PRO AV Editors
The new SF-24V Vacuum Tube Stereo Ribbon Microphone from Royer Labs is designed for stereo and distance applications....
Pencil Microphone: AKG C 747 V11
PRO AV Editors
AKG?s update of its C 747 microphone makes the new C 747 V11 pencil mic better able to cope with specific installed sound issues, the company says, by eliminating unwanted interference from mobile phones and wireless mics using an integrated RFi shield....
Audio Interface: Riedel RockNet 100
PRO AV Editors
RockNet 100 from Riedel is a three-in-one audio interface bundled with an expansion card for Yamaha mixing consoles. It combines the input and output sections of three RockNet 300 devices into a single 3RU digital stage box....
Video Wall Processor: Aurora Multimedia DIDO LT
PRO AV Editors
The DIDO LT Video Wall Processor from Aurora Multimedia lets integrators design videowalls with up to 64 monitors....
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