Entertainment
Is Video Streaming Killing Blu-ray?
Will online streaming be the death of physical media?
Industry
Entertainment
Will Blu-ray be the Last Physical Medium in Home Theater?
For my entire adult life, physical media has ruled the home-entertainment realm.
Industry
Ozer Releases Book: Video Compression for Flash, Apple Devices and HTML5
New book helps streaming producers navigate the confusing waters of live and on-demand delivery to multiple platforms, covering both adaptive and single file delivery.
Corporate
AV/IT Expertise: Programming Readiness
What does it really mean for a jobsite to be “ready?”
Industry
SVC Redesigned
Welcome to our redesign. As those of you who have read Sound & Video Contractor these past three decades know, our mission has always been a technical one.
Industry
Case Study: Infiniti Leadership Summit, Chicago
For Infiniti, brand-leadership expert AMCI sought out Three Byte Intermedia, a custom software studio specializing in innovative AV solutions, to develop a unique personal presentation and interaction platform based...
Digital Signage
Content Licensing: Keep it Legit!
There is a common belief that any data feed found on the Internet can also be used freely in a digital signage application. This is often not the case.
Audio
JBL EON 515XT
This revision’s improvements over the original EON 515 include more powerful amplification, increased input sensitivity, a lower noise floor, and improved EQ controls.
Entertainment
Coming Home to Windows Home Server Part 38: WHS 2011 is here!
Last Tuesday, Microsoft announced that the Home Server team “signed off” and released the product to manufacturing. Can I get a WOOT WOOT?!
Audio
High-impedance vs. Low-impedance Systems
The differences between low- and high-impedance speaker systems, while only minor, are still significant.
Industry
IP-based Power Management Control
The ability to access individual installed electronic components—either through a local area network or over the Internet—for direct function control or status/data monitoring is a growing trend, and the...
Industry
Net-centric AV Hopes and Fears
Net-centric AV Hopes and Fears Mar 23, 2011 10:31 AM, By Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., Executive Director and CEO, InfoComm International A few months ago I wrote about the...
Digital Signage
Reinventing Integration: DSE 2011
The most interesting thing to me about Digital Signage Expo last month was the extraordinary way veteran manufacturers reached for reinvention.
Audio
A Wiz of an Installation
With CinemaCon in mind, I thought I’d reflect on one of the strangest theater installs I’ve done.
Entertainment
Netflix: To Stream or Not to Stream—That Is the HD Dilemma
Blu-ray discs are more durable for rental, but that Netflix streaming content is alluring. Is the quality high enough for home theater enthusiasts? Whatever the case, Netflix is a...
Audio
Music to Dine For
As music-themed restaurants and cafés proliferate, the bar gets raised for sound quality.
Industry
Roland at NAMM 2011
What does a pro AV journalist notice at NAMM? The Roland booth stood out for me.
Corporate
Building Information Modeling
The BIM Task Force, formed by the InfoComm board of directors in 2010, has completed a comprehensive document addressing Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Industry
Your Most Valuable Assets
Items in your inventory, your shop building, and your vehicles are all obvious business assets. Yet while much of any company’s emphasis is on these tangibles, there’s another asset...
Entertainment
How Do You Make Your iPod Work for You in Your Connected Home?
I got an iPod touch for Christmas.
Industry
Understanding Real-world Applications
Understanding the real-world application of our systems is more important than ever.
Corporate
The Evolution of Hyper-local Digital Signage
If you look at how information on screen and its distribution has changed over the years, digital signage has become the very definition of hyper-hyper local content.
Corporate
The Online Press Release
How you can use PR services to build search engine rankings as well as press coverage.
Audio
2011 TEC Awards
The voting is complete for the 26th annual TEC Awards. Next month, the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio will present to the winners for the first time during...
Corporate
Digital Signposts: Is Your Digital Signage Messaging Working?
You finally have your digital signage network up and running, the technical issues are behind you, but how do you know if the audience is getting anything out of...
Entertainment
Top 10 Interesting Christmas Movies for the Home Theater
If you're like me, you love to fill your holidays with interesting movies.
Industry
DisplaySearch Co-locates Commercial FPD Conference with InfoComm 2011
Building upon its worldwide display and electronic conferences, DisplaySearch announced that it has partnered with InfoComm International to co-locate its fourth annual Digital Signage Conference with InfoComm 2011.
Industry
Notable Speakers to Share Tools for Success with AV Contractors
Commercial electronic systems contractors/integrators will get the tools and resources they need to stay afloat during this continued turbulent economy at NSCA’s 2011 Business & Leadership Conference.
Industry
Protect Yourself from Costly Policies
“My labor costs have tripled on the job site.” This is a frequent comment between systems integrators lately.
