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Cut the Cord in Enlightening Ways

Tim Kridel

The radio frequency spectrum falls roughly between direct current electricity and daylight. Boston University and Intel are among the research organizations targeting the high end of that range with R&D work that aims to provide wireless connections at speeds north of 1 Gbps....

Turn Any Surface into a Speaker

Kimberly R. Griffin

If you've worked on the residential side of AV, you might be familiar with Induction Dynamics' SolidDrive technology, which turns nearly any surface into a loudspeaker. For the past two years, SoundTube, sister company under MSE Audio Group, has focused on selling the innovation to commercial installers....

Analyze This ? Online

Kimberly R. Griffin

Need an acoustic analysis of a room but money's too tight to bring in a consultant? Auralex Acoustics thought you might. The company recently launched its Room Analysis Plus service, which can remotely analyze a room's acoustics via the Internet....

Hands On: Coolux Pandoras Box

Yves Aucoin

Renowned production lighting designer Yves Aucoin weighs in on the strengths of Pandoras Box....

High Beams of Sound

Linda Seid Frembes

According to research firm Yankelovic, it's estimated that the average adult in today's society sees up to 5,000 advertising messages a day. That seems like an outrageous number but, given the rise of digital signage and multimedia, not an impossible one. Marketers are striving to cut through the clutter and grab attention, and they've turned to advanced AV technology to achieve their goal....

Cutting Through Wireless Mic Confusion

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unoccupied by TV channels. Some Pro AV readers have said they've put wireless microphone upgrades on hold until they figure out whether the new FCC rules will cause interference when white space devices (now known as TV band devices) come online....

5 Minute Interview: Henk Coppens, Philip Digital Projection Lighting

PRO AV Editors

Philips Digital Projection Lighting produces Ultra High Pressure bulbs used in everything from projectors to videowalls. The company supplies lamp systems to such manufacturers as NEC, Sanyo, and Sony. Increasingly, the bulbs that go into those systems are being counterfeited?a problem affecting many AV manufacturers....

Reality Check on Videoconferencing

Linda Seid Frembes

When times get hard, there's always someone who says they've got a cure for what ails us. Gas prices high? Economy in the tank? To many, the AV solution is videoconferencing....

Doctors Without Borders

Ellen Parson

Nestled in the Salt Lake Valley, the new 1.5 million-square-foot Inter-mountain Medical Center (IMC) campus in Murray, Utah, is the largest and most advanced medical facility in the region. With 26 operating rooms and an education facility, there's nothing small about Intermountain Healthcare's new flagship. Every facet of the medical campus is state-of-the-art, and its high-tech AV system is no exception....

Curve Appeal at the Navy Memorial

Brad Grimes

When officials at the Navy Memorial put out a request for proposals to bring into the 21st century its Arleigh & Roberta Burke Theater, it hoped the results could more than offset the expense....

Canary in the Coal Mine

Brad Grimes

I love numbers. Despite being in the word business, numbers were always my first love. So I've been happy as a pig in slop dissecting the results of our Pro AV Forecast 2009 Survey....

Commercial Display Sales Rise

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Analysts say the market confusion between commercial-grade and consumer-grade flat-panel displays sold through commercial AV channels continues....

Remember What's its Name? SED?

Pete Putman, CTS, ISF

For those who haven't been following the world of displays for the past year, you may have forgotten all about the SED, or Surface-conduction Electron-emitting Display....

Digital Signage: It's Time to Start Doing

Kris Vollrath, CTS

There's been a lot of talk?and writing?lately about why pro AV dealers aren't embracing the digital signage revolution. Surveys show they're very interested, but so far that interest hasn't translated into widespread business....

Special Report on Counterfeit AV

Linda Seid Frembes

to 10 different people and you'll likely get an equal number of different responses. To some, they have a literal meaning?an imitation or fake that is made to represent an original product. But to others, they mean a chance to purchase a brand that is out of their price range. In the AV community, counterfeiting draws ire from all sides....

2009 Outlook: The Road Ahead

Tim Kridel

If Matt Dlouhy is nervous about how the implosion of the worldwide financial markets might affect pro AV, it doesn't show. His firm, Communications Engineering Co. (CEC), had its highest-booking month of the year in September 2008, and when he talked to Pro AV, he was forecasting sales just as high for October....

Utah Scientific Has New VP

PRO AV Editors

Utah Scientific, a manufacturer of routing switchers and related products for the broadcast industry, announced the hiring of Rich Hajdu as senior vice president....

New Account Manager Joins AVI-SPL

PRO AV Editors

AVI-SPL, a national provider of AV presentation technology and services, welcomed Jeffrey Karlan as the newest account manager in its Columbia, Md., office....

Yamaha Expands HOW Staff

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Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems (YCAS) announced the appointment of Jacob (Jake) Cody to house of worship marketing specialist as part of a planned expansion of the department directly responsible for all product marketing activities in support of dealers and customers within the houses of worship market....

Mitsubishi Promotes New VP

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Kambara to vice president of its Presentation Products Division. Kambara will manage all marketing and sales activities for its projectors, data walls, and flat-panel LCD display products in the United States and Central America....

AKG Microphone Runs Gamut of Apps

PRO AV Editors

AKG designed the Light Condenser Premium Vocal Microphone as an affordable acquisition for any musician to use in a wide range of applications, from vocals and live sound to recording and studio use....