Two Halls. That was the first sign that something was different. Sure those two halls at the Las Vegas convention center were not as packed as you would get at NAB, but you could at least say this: InfoComm 2018 would not have fit in one hall. The other early sign was the buzz ...read more
As we go to press, the first AVIXA InfoComm looms over my calendar like a Royal Wedding with what feels like just as many moving parts. I have my shoes picked out (Camper wedges alternating with Ecco Biom Fjuel racers if you must know), which judging from my Twitter feed puts me ...read more
Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and demonstrate how they apply to each industry we serve. Need to Know stories appear on our websites and in our magazines. Keep coming back for future topics, to include 5G, ...read more
Voice control is gaining steam and it seems a genuine possibility that it could replace the swipe as the default workflow for… everything. It also seems possible—from my conversations with some commercial AV manufacturers that is being taken quite seriously in our industry. So ...read more
As we go to press, SVConline has moved to a new web platform. I really like it. I hope you will too. It’s much faster and allows us to use more art and video and make our longstanding podcast series more visible. I want to use this opportunity to re-introduce you all to one of ...read more
Today is Valentine's Day. I'm sure you've thought of this idea many times, but this is a reminder. Concert tickets. Theater tickets. Grungy local band at the local pub tickets. Your local philharmonic, music festival, jazz nightclub.... Something in the future, something ...read more
Net neutrality is often misunderstood as effecting internet service speeds for consumers—much the way some users experienced throttling or other forms of sluggish service to their devices. But there is something much, much more important at stake, for all of us as citizens, and ...read more
I’ve never done this before but this month I’m going to go personal and local. Especially since many of you have seen my Out of Office messages these past two weeks as I struggled to meet our deadlines while evacuating first one fire near my home, and then managing the evacuation ...read more
Drones are fun, but are they AV? That remains an open question. We took a look at some of the available products starting on page 15 of this issue, and then Bennett Liles (our AV guy and ultra-light pilot) talks to Bob Elliott who uses them in AV applications for a living. I’m ...read more
As we go to press, the biggest industry news is InfoComm’s debut as AVIXA. It’s a large scale reimagining of the association (the trade shows will remain InfoComm, though in my imagination I can see how that too could change in time). First the initials. AV for AV, IX for ...read more
This month, the biggest industry news is InfoComm’s debut as AVIXA. It’s a large scale reimagining of the association (the trade shows will remain InfoComm. though in my particular imagination I can see how that too could change in time).First the initials. AV is for AV, IX is ...read more
One of the most important products in the AV industry turned 10 last month. I don’t have to tell you what that product was or why it has mattered so very much. The tech press went overboard with paeans and fun stories about using a 2007 iPhone in 2017. David Pogue wrote about the ...read more
It was a proud and special InfoComm for our family this year. My husband Jim Bowie is retiring as CEO of Electrosonic on his 30th anniversary with the company in just a few days as we go to press. Therefore this year I wore two hats; we went to Orlando as a family to participate ...read more
This month I took a field trip to the offices of DLR Group in a downtown LA highrise. I’d been reading about new workplace thinking, especially as it relates to collaboration. I wanted to come to InfoComm with a better sense of context, especially for schools and workplaces. So ...read more
Master & Dynamic has made a name for itself with headphones that combine style, premium materials, and good sound. For its first wireless speaker, the company is going all in on style. Thirty-five pounds worth, to be exact.The new $1,800 MA770 speaker is unlike most other ...read more
Below are three songs, each presented in three different versions: a lossless version at 1,411 kbps, a “premium” version at 320 kbps, and standard version at 160 kbps. Try and see if you can pick the lossless audio out of the three.MORE@TheVerge ...read more
The theme this month is education. In my travels I came across an education story that I really liked. I wrote about it on page 37 of the print issue. It struck me because it captures the changing user dynamic as younger people grow up with devices, taking signal quality for ...read more
Apple admitted that its flashy 2013 Mac Pro redesign was a mistake, and executives indicated that Apple intends to better support its professional users in the future. “I think we designed ourselves into a bit of a thermal corner, if you will,” one of Apple’s top executives ...read more
Life’s a little quieter when I’m wearing the Here Ones, a new pair of earbuds from Doppler Labs. These $300 buds are headphones and then some. They put a volume knob on the real world, letting you control what you hear and what you tune out. I’ve been wearing them on planes, in ...read more
ISE continues to grow with a reported 11.7% increase in attendance this year to 73,413 people. That’s something like 7000 more people than last year. The show reports almost 1,200 exhibitors--about 200 of them new for 2017. ISE 2018 will take place at the RAI Amsterdam Feb. 6-9 ...read more
Sometimes I’m reminded of just how small and interconnected the theme park design world is. As we went to press I attended a technology event at Electrosonic (which included very cool projection mapping on the castle by Super 78). It was a great evening and I ran into many of my ...read more
THE AES/EBU PIPELINE In the early days of digital audio we lacked a reliable means of passing signals between devices in digital form. An error in the handoff is a show-stopper (literally). Compatibility issues, format wars and bleeding edge implementations made the ...read more
What at you see before you are the Final Audio Piano Forte X in-ear headphones, which cost a spectacular $2,199 and look, in the merciless words of a friend of mine, "like mini...[censored]. Not only are they expensive and garish, they aren’t even all that impressive technically. ...read more
In this issue we honor the readers’ choice for 30 Innovative Products of 2016—our 5th year doing these awards. Readers voted from a long list of submitted products—the ones with the most votes are acknowledged here starting on page 48.I’m an engineer’s daughter and an engineer’s ...read more
The ability to collaboratively communicate, and do it effectively, is of paramount importance in a higher education setting. Lectures and presentations ranging from simple board meetings to complex PhD defenses are conducted in on-campus conference rooms at universities of all ...read more
Praha, Czech Republic – July 2018… Renkus-Heinz, a leading manufacturer of loudspeakers and audio technologies, has announced the appointment of SONING Praha Inc. as the company’s distributor in the Czech Republic.Founded in 1990 as an acoustics consulting firm, SONING has become ...read more
Los Angeles, CA (July 18, 2018)—Focusing on social media content creators, Roland has introduced the Go:Mixer Pro audio mixer and Virtual Stage Camera app, an integrated hardware and app solution for creating content with a smartphone.The Go:Mixer Pro offers multi-channel mixing, ...read more
July 23, 2018 — Nanjing, China: Magewell is well known for its high-performance yet cost-effective capture products, which enable end-users, systems integrators and OEM developers to reliably integrate professional video and audio signals into today’s software-based media ...read more