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Extron Premiers the 'Annotator'

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Extron Electronics has introduced the Annotator, a high-performance, hardware-based annotation processor for video and computer-video sources....

NEC Bezels Get Thinner

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NEC Display Solutions of America announced the addition of the 46-inch MultiSync X461UN ultra-narrow professional display. The large-format display is intended for videowall solutions, where its narrow bezel is designed to allow for a screen-to-screen distance of 7.3 millimeters between two neighboring MultiSync X461UN displays....

Aurora Recruits Anew C.T. as Western Rep

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Aurora Multimedia signed on Anew Communications Technology as an independent manufacturer's representative. Under the agreement, Anew C.T. will promote and sell Aurora's whole product line throughout the Western U.S....

S.N. Shure Theater Opens for Business

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Shure recently opened the new S.N. Shure Theater at the company's corporate headquarters in Niles, Ill. Shure Chairman Rose L. Shure, and President and CEO Sandy LaMantia participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony before welcoming Shure Associates and special guests into the venue....

AMX Opens Midwest Office

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AMX announced the opening of its newest office in Lombard, Ill. The nearly 2,600-square-foot, Chicago-area facility is dedicated to providing dealers with the necessary training to deliver quality AMX solutions....

Samsung Transitions to New CEO

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Samsung Electronics of America has appointed Chang-Soo Choi to president and CEO, replacing Dong Jin Oh who is retiring after 35 years with Samsung. The company also promoted Tim Baxter to president of Samsung's Consumer Electronics Division (CED) and Young Hoon Eom to co-president of CED, replacing Jae-Soon Park....

Omneon Welcomes New President and CEO

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Omneon announced that its board of directors selected Suresh Vasudevan as the company's president and CEO and as a member of the board. Vasudevan comes to Omneon after serving as senior vice president of product operations at NetApp and as a member of the company's executive team....

Sennheiser, Swedien Partner on Classes

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InFocus Adapts DisplayLink for Macs

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Recognizing the growing population of Macintosh users around the globe, InFocus Corp. announced the availability of DisplayLink support for Mac, a display driver that allows Intel-based Apple computers to transmit audio and video content over a standard USB connection for instant setup with DisplayLink-enabled InFocus projectors....

BitWise Launches Community Program

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Inspired by President Obama's call for Americans to invest in rebuilding the country's economy and infrastructure, BitWise Controls executives announced the company has introduced a new community program....

Mitsubishi Extends Lantronix Partnership

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Lantronix, a provider of remote device networking and data center management technologies, announced that Mitsubishi Electric selected Lantronix's XPort embedded networking connectivity module to further provide remote management and monitoring capabilities for its high-volume projectors....

Crestron Releases Handheld Remote

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Crestron announced the availability of its new MLX-2 remote, a handheld controller that features Crestron infiNET EX two-way wireless RF with long-range communications. Advanced mesh network technology gives the MLX-2 exceptional reliability, true feedback, and dynamic frequency allocation....

Canon Upgrades with REALiS SX800

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Canon U.S.A. recently rolled out the latest in its line of REALiS multimedia projectors, the REALiS SX800. Offering 3,000 lumens and a contrast ratio of 900:1, the SX800 is Canon's affordable solution for XGA users wanting to upgrade to a higher-resolution SXGA+ projector....

Tandberg Debuts Mass-Market Telepresence

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Tandberg announced the Codec C60 video collaboration engine today, along with the telepresence-quality Tandberg Profile videoconferencing system....

Securing a Wireless Network

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Whether you're using Wi-Fi for an AV controller or a digital signage system, the devices you integrate must be secure?or you could compromise your client's network....

AV Gets the Party Started at Philly Nightclub

Ellen Parson

When Mark Marek set out to launch a new nightclub in downtown Philadelphia, he envisioned a space unlike anything the city had ever seen?something reminiscent of flashy Miami Beach or infamous Las Vegas hot spots....

Trends in Restaurant AV

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the National Restaurant Association projects that overall restaurant industry sales will increase in current dollars by 2.5 percent over 2008....

Peer Review: WorxAudio TrueLine M80X1-P

Paul Boone

Paul Boone, president of Boone Audio and Video, a design/build firm in Burlington N.C. that specializes in the house of worship market, gives his two cents on WorxAudio Technologies' TrueLine M80X1-P self-powered install line array....

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JL Audio Names VP of Sales

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JL Audio, a manufacturer of audio solutions for listeners in the mobile audio marketplace, announced the appointment of Carl Kennedy as its new vice president of sales. In this role, Kennedy will guide the company's sales efforts in the home, mobile, marine, and professional audio categories....

The Vitec Group Welcomes New VPs

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The Vitec Group's RF Systems division appointed Donald Hoeler as its new vice president of sales and marketing along with Nathan Lader as vice president of military, aerospace, and government (MAG) programs for RF Systems....

Auralex Teams with iSky for Star-Studded Design

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Auralex Acoustics, a producer of sound control solutions, and iSky, a high-tech low-voltage digital lighting company, joined creative forces to produce the SonoLux fiber optic star field lighting system with state-of-the-art acoustical performance....