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April 2014 Tech Showcases Power Amplifiers By Bennett Liles Crammed with sophisticated features including DSP, multichannel signal routing, and networked control, power amplifiers have become much more complex and...

February 2014 Tech Showcases PTZ Cameras By Bennett Liles | Posted by Web Editor Jessaca Gutierrez There have been substantial advances in camera imaging and having this technology coupled...

January 2014 Tech Showcases Mounts and Racks By Bennett Liles The devices shown here illustrate the trend toward innovation and creative functionality in mounts and racks. … Display Monitors...

October 2013 Tech Showcases Line Arrays With Mark Johnson The line array concept has been around since the late 1950s, though for more than 35 years, the systems were...

September 2013 TECH SHOWCASES Boundary Mics & Auto Mic Mixers By Mike McIntyre, CTS-D, EST-L2+ In this showcase, we will explore interesting solutions to common problems facing AV integrators...

August 2013 Tech Showcases Installation Audio Mixers By Mike McIntyre, CTS-D, EST-L2+ It is unbelievable how many powerful features are now a part of audio mixers designed for installation....

Sound & Video Contractor April 2013 Tech Showcases Power Amplifiers By Mike McIntyre If your go-to amplifiers don’t include some of the new breed of power mentioned below, you...

February 2013 Tech Showcase Power Conditioners As the deployment of AV devices increase to new types of installations, the need for AC power conditioning and management has never been...

January 2013 Tech Showcases Racks and Mounts By Mike McIntyre Racks and mounts are the mainstays of quality installations in our industry and can often set an integrator’s work...

October 2012 Tech Showcase Column Line Array Loudspeakers By Mark Johnson Tried and true, the venerable column array is a design that many of us have cut our teeth...

September 2012 Tech Showcases Boundary Mics and Automatic Mic Mixers By Bob McCarthy This month’s showcase will feature boundary microphones and automatic mixers. The coupling of these two entities...

August 2012 Tech Showcase Projection Screens By Mark Johnson Screen types are available for front or rear projection, fixed installation or portable, manual or electric operation, and commercial or...

April 2012 Tech Showcases Power Amplifiers By Bennett Liles The power amplifiers available today make those that were top of the line only a few years back look like...

February 2012 Tech Showcases Large-format Projectors By Mark Johnson Large-format projectors, or large-venue projectors, are the NASCAR racers of projectors. … Power Conditioners By Bennett Liles The poor state...

January 2012 Tech Showcases Display Monitors Technology Showcase By Bennett Liles Led by the explosion of digital signage applications, the professional large-screen video-monitor industry has expanded the capabilities and...

Sound & Video Contractor October 2011 Tech Showcases Routers and Switchers Technology Showcase By Bennett Liles The routers and switchers sampled here include a wide assortment of the ways...

September 2011 Sound & Video Contractor Tech Showcases Boundary Microphones and Automatic Mic Mixers Technology Showcase by Bennett Liles A selection of Boundary Microphones and Automatic Mic Mixers from...

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April 2011 Features PTZ Cameras Technology Showcase By Bennett Liles The market for PTZ cameras has exploded over the past few years, and from this has emerged a huge...

February 2011 Features Large-format Projectors and Screens Technology Showcase by Bennett Liles Over the past few years the market for large displays has opened dramatically, and the demand has...

January 2011 Features Sports Venue LED Displays Technology Showcase By Bennett Liles The march of video technology has rarely been as public and spectacular as in the realm of...

October 2010 Features Compact Line-array Systems By Mark Johnson Everything old is new again. Look around and you’ll see movie remakes and new car models that look like classic...

September 2010 Features Boundary Mics and Automatic Mixers By Mark Johnson Automatic mixers and boundary mics go hand in hand (or at least XLR to XLR). … Corporate Projectors...

August 2010 Features Home Theater Projectors By Bennett Liles The movement toward home-centered entertainment has produced some personal theater systems that until recently might have appeared suited only to...

April 2010 Features Power Amplifiers By Bennett Liles Traditionally, one of the most vulnerable points in any sound system has been the power amplifier. Operating at high temperatures for...

February 2010 Features Outdoor Loudspeakers By Bennett Liles It’s one thing to craft the finest sound reproduction in a controlled environment with the critical junction of hardware and acoustics–the...

January 2010 Features Recording Ministries By Trevor Boyer The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, directed by Carol Cymbala, has won six Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album, most...

October 2009 Features Keeping the Economic Faith: Houses of Worship Roundtable By Dan Daley Amid a two-year-long recession, it’s difficult to analyze anything except through the prism of economics....

September 2009 Features 2009 AES Convention Preview By George Petersen The Audio Engineering Society (AES) returns to New York in October, and from all indications, this 127th AES Convention...

August 2009 Features Technology Showcase: Home Media Servers By Bennett Liles The A•CMS from Autonomic Controls meets the requirements of the very largest, top-end media installations with 24-hour content...

April 2009 Features Technology Showcase: Corporate Projectors By Jay Ankeney The projectors being used in corporations today reflect the realities facing our society. They are being squeezed by cost-conscious...

February 2009 Features Technology Showcase: AV Control Systems By Bennett Liles There are a number of factors that make the selection of an AV control system a critical choice...

January 2009 Features Not Built for Video By Dan Daley In the grand scheme of things, 1980 doesn’t seem so long ago in the house-of-worship market, but in the...

October 2008 Features Connecting Homes at CEDIA Expo By Rebecca Day Installers who have traditionally felt sheltered from bad economic news by a luxury base immune to market downswings...

September 2008 Features Expert Roundtable: Trends in Education By Jack Kontney The education market for AV installation is both segmented and expansive. In terms of needs, goals, and requirements,...

August 2008 Features InfoComm 08 in Review By Trevor Boyer InfoComm 08 was a packed and energetic show, with important technology on display in all categories video, audio, AV,...

April 2008 Features Moving to HD Videoconferencing By Jay Ankeney Although the perception of high definition is in the eye of the beholder, HD has rapidly become associated by...

February 2008 Features Audio for the Arts By Charles Conte A decade ago, the city of Modesto, Calif. dreamed of building an arts center… Digital Signage Servers and Players...

January 2008 Features Media for the Message By Jay Ankeney The capital expenditure needed for sophisticated AV installations in houses of worship can take significant funds away from other...