Vote for 8th Annual Innovative Product Awards
Finalists in Sound & Video Contractor's 8th Annual Innovative Product Awards are announced and voting is now live.Sound & Video Contractor's Innovative Product Awards acknowledge both electronic and mechanical innovations, and, most of all, celebrate the engineering and engineers ...read more
Synnex VISUALSolv
This professional design, installation, and support group combines certified AV and CE hardware and software expertise with comprehensive IT, services and support skills. The team supports audio-visual, digital signage, presentation, professional video, and physical security ...read more
Gefen 4K Displayport KVM Over IP Receiver Unit
The EXT-DPKA-LANS-RX from Gefen completes the company’s new 12-model Gen 2.0 AV over IP line-up. The unit features a maximum output resolution of 4K 30 Hz 4:4:4. HDCP 2.2 and 1.4 are also supported. USB, RS-232 2-way IR, and audio can be routed independently between any sender ...read more
Arista ARD-5816-31 Cluster for AV Over IP Copper/Fiber Transmitter and Receiver Cards
The ARD-5816-31 cluster is designed for use with the company’s IP Flash Caster AV over IP copper/fiber transmitter / receiver cards. Housing 16 AV over IP copper transmitter/receiver cards, the unit incorporates the latest SDVoE uncompressed 4K/60 4:4:4 AV over IP core technology ...read more
Arista IP Flash Caster AV Over IP Signal Distribution System
This platform delivers uncompressed 4K audio-visual content over IP via off-the-shelf Ethernet hardware. IP Flash Caster is designed to deliver a single, cost-effective, scalable AV signal processing and distribution unit that integrates the functionality of several costly, ...read more
Contemporary Research 232-ATSC 4K HDTV Tuner
This fifth generation HDTV Tuner builds on the previous model, 232-ATSC 4, with video output scaling up to 4K, the ability to decode channels up to 1080p, and, in a future free firmware release, the option for IP streaming via Ethernet output. The 232-ATSC 4K is a commercial HDTV ...read more
SI Announces the World’s First Motorized Short Throw Ambient Light Rejecting Screen
Austin, TX—October 20, 2918—SI has announced that its popular ambient-light-rejecting Short Throw (ST) screen material is now available on Solo Pro for commercial installations. Solo Pro is a highly customizable motorized screen that can be carried and installed in 5-minutes by a ...read more
Clair Brothers Shines Bright at Lollapalooza Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: The Lollapalooza festival, created by Jane’s Addiction front man, Perry Ferrell, is a global entertainment phenomenon that brings the world’s hottest music acts together. This year’s festival in Argentina saw the likes of Chance the Rapper, The Red Hot ...read more
The Newly Reopened "My Father's Place" Goes with an All Danley Unconventional Design
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: My Father’s Place played a critical role in the New York music scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Located in Roslyn on Long Island just outside the New York City limits, My Father’s Place helped launch the careers of scores of musicians who were unknown at the ...read more
Danley's Speakers and Subs Convey Every Nuance of Hungary's Lamantin Jazz Fest
SZOMBATHELY, HUNGARY: It is the Montréal Jazz Festival of Hungary, a talent-packed week in the ancient and yet forward-thinking city of Szombathely near Hungary’s western border with Austria. The Lamantin Jazz Fest draws over 3,000 jazz fans and musicians from Hungary and beyond ...read more
Danley GO2 Loudspeakers Serve Hard Time at Alcatraz
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: First a lighthouse, then a military base, then a military prison, then a federal prison, and finally a National Park Service historic site, Alcatraz Island attracts over 2,000 visitors every day. Although it only served as a federal prison for 29 years ...read more
RCF Rocks Record Setting Eastern States Exposition
The Eastern States Exposition, known as “The Big E,” set another attendance record this year with over 1.5-million visitors. It’s the only event in the country with a state fair-like structure in the nation where more than one state participates (six New England states partake). ...read more
Platinum Tools® to Give Away Two EXO™ ezEX-RJ45® Termination & Test Kits During 2018 Security Canada Central
NEWBURY PARK, Calif., Oct. 18, 2018 - Platinum Tools (www.platinumtools.com), the leader in solutions for the preparation, installation, hand termination and testing of wire and cable, is proud to announce that it will give away two new EXO ezEX-RJ45® Termination & Test Kits ...read more
Martin Audio Demo Tour Heads to Washington, D.C.
Following successful stops in New York, California and Milwaukee, the Martin Audio North American Demo Tour takes the stage at the iconic DAR Constitution Hall, 1776 D Street NW, Washington, D.C. on November 8 from 1:30 to 3:30pm.The demonstrations will feature Wavefront ...read more
Custom-Engineered Bolero S Ensures Reliable Referee Communications for German Bundesliga
WUPPERTAL/FRANKFURT Germany — Oct. 18, 2018 — Today's large-scale sporting events, as well as their technical broadcast requirements, are growing at an astounding pace. To meet and surpass these requirements, Riedel Communications has initiated their Managed Sports Services ...read more
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New TriOak Foods conference room runs on ClearOne Pt2
On this edition of the SVC Podcast, Contributing Editor Bennett Liles completes his conversation with Phil Earnest of Collins Communications about the complete conference room installed for TriOak Foods in Oakville, Iowa. Phil discusses the setup of the Clearone CONVERGE Pro ...read more
New TriOak Foods conference room runs on ClearOne
On this edition of the SVC Podcast, Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Phil Earnest of Collins Communications about the complete conference room installed for TriOak Foods in Oakville, Iowa. A warehouse-to-office space conversion project, the job called for a very large ...read more
Andretti Indoor Karting and Games set up for action by BCI Integrated Solutions Pt 2
On this edition of the SVC Podcast, Contributing Editor Bennett Liles concludes his conversation with Mike Fraioli, Vice President of AV Sales at BCI Integrated Solutions about their AV, security and data network design and installation for Andretti Indoor Karting and Games in ...read more
Andretti Indoor Karting and Games set up for action by BCI Integrated Solutions Pt 1
On this edition of the SVC Podcast, Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks with Mike Fraioli, Vice President of AV Sales at BCI Integrated Solutions about their AV, security and data network design and installation for Andretti Indoor Karting and Games in Orlando. Mike provides ...read more
Leveraging the disruption to traditional AV control paradigms
The traditional paradigm for AV control is breaking up. The trend is away from hardware-based models and custom programming towards more flexible options including software and configuration-based models. It's more important than ever to be educated to paradigms and ...read more
Design Strategies for the Open Office
Available on demandJoin us for a free webcast with architect and workflow designer Rebecca Landau of the integrated architecture and workplace design firm HLW International. She will discuss the evolution of the open office, methodology for determining how open an enterprise ...read more
AV over IP: Tiered Solutions Turn Challenges into Opportunities
Although new technology can make it tempting to do AV over IP with a ‘plug-n-play’ approach, properly and carefully tailoring the solution to each application is the only way to succeed in this market– for you and your clients. Find out how to evaluate application needs and ...read more
How to Sell AV-over-IP Technologies
Differentiating AV-over-IP technologies - the where, when and why to use them – can be a challenge in today’s market. It doesn’t have to be.Join this practical overview to optimizing AV-over-IP technology for modern systems design and their application into real world solutions. ...read more
WEBCAST: Advances in Interactive Direct View LED
Register and ViewUser demand has pushed the rise of touch solutions for fine pitch direct view LED. What are the applications that drive it? What are some of the key considerations when considering a touch solution for an LED video wall? What are the pros and cons of various ...read more
Stampede Invites ProAV Industry to Move Upstream, Away from Mainstream Commodities at 2018 United States Vendor Summit
AMHERST, NEW YORK, October 3, 2018 — Visibly energized by the full commitment and resources of the DCC Technology Group, Stampede yesterday invited several hundred manufacturer partners at its 2018 United States Vendor Summit in Buffalo, New York to embark upon a new era of ...read more
PODCAST: John Meyer talks Bluehorn System
In this special pre-AES podcast, Mix talks to John Meyer, co-founder of Meyer Sound, about the development and introduction of the Bluehorn System, the company’s revolutionary new studio monitoring system that will be on display at the AES convention in New York City in Demo Room ...read more
Review: Sony VPL-FHZ120L
All too often, I have a client who has a projection need that falls into the gap between the available options. It may be pricing or features, but I find the available options are less than ideal. This time it was an auditorium that had the need for a projector that was bright ...read more
Californian dreaming: AV User Group heading to San Jose this October
The AV User Group will hold its inaugural San Jose CA-area meeting on October 18 at Google in Sunnyvale CA. Chairman Owen Ellis (pictured) will deliver a welcome and background briefing to this independent group, which adds to previous launches in New York (2012) and Hong Kong ...read more
What About AV1?
Launched in late March 2018 by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), and backed by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco, AV1 challenged traditional business models and enabled innovation in social video, mobile video, VR and online TV without having to pay historical IP ...read more
InfoComm Best of Show Awards 2018
These awards recognize outstanding products exhibited at the 2018 InfoComm Show. Winners were selected from more than 200 submitted entries by a panel of professional users and editors, who demo’ed and/or viewed the entries on the show floor. Judges evaluated the products against ...read more
