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Management Perspectives: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Valid Marketing Research, Part 2
Conducting your own survey research.
Commissioning In Pro AV
Typically in discussing the quality of an AV system, we first talk about the quality of the image or the audio or the usability of the control system interface...
Exhibiting At Regional Events
Taking part in local and regional business expositions can yield important payoffs for AV companies, if the events are well selected, and the objectives are clear and realistic.
Linearity And Displays
Although it rarely receives the attention it deserves, linearity is the most important property of any electronic amplification circuit.
Are You Bona Fide?
AUDIO IS an engineering field with some artistic aspects. Many are drawn to it by the art, but once involved realize that technical skills are required to work with...
No Big Loss
BANDWIDTH ISN'T free, but is it fair to give up some image quality in order to use fewer network resources? That question isn't new, but a software company just...
Peer Review-360 Systems Instant Replay Audio Player
The 360 Systems Instant Replay unit is easy to use and program, and is very reliable.
Peer Review-Rane RPM88 Digital Processor
The Rane RPM88 is an eight-in/eight-out digital processor with two-in/two-out AES3 digital connectivity.
New Products: March 2006
Gemini Sound Products powered speaker system, Christie LCD projectors, Altinex tabletop connectivity products ...
NSCA 2006 Product Preview
A sampling of products to be featured at NSCA Systems Integration Expo 2006, March 16-18, in Las Vegas.
The Threat Of Direct Sales
Maybe it's because customers are demanding it ? or maybe suppliers are eyeing enhanced profits. Whatever the reason, direct selling has become a looming dark cloud for many pro...
Calibrating A Projector
The projector industry has come a long way over the past decade. Back then, manufacturers struggled to get enough light on the screen, let alone worry about offering high...
The A-List Or The Blacklist?
AV consultants maintain some form of both ? which one an integrator lands on isn't up to chance.
Loudspeakers Join The Network
Another piece falls into place in the IT integration puzzle.
Retail Center Adds Flexible Audio
Distributed audio system adds ambience and diverse capabilities to a retail/entertainment center in Hollywood, FL.
AV Enhances Legal Proceedings
Sandoval County selected Professional Business Systems (PBS), an Albuquerque, NM-based AV equipment supplier and systems integration company, to rework its new courthouse's original AV design into a more feasible...
Venue Adds Expansive Sound System
A Las Vegas entertainment center sets out to install professional loudspeakers in multiple audio zones with the ability to route an audio source to or from any place in...
Museum Integrates Art And AV
AV consulting & design firm Shen, Milsom & Wike take on the task of fitting a newly constructed museum with seamless wireless coverage.
Q & A: Video Processor
A reader sends in a question regarding sychronizing the feed from a video processor with its audio feed.
5-Minute Interview: Peter Cochrane
Pro AV sits down with Peter Cochrane, president of ConceptLabs.
Protect Your Turf
The short-term financial allure of eliminating rep and/or dealer percentages appeals to manufacturers when they fail to recognize the true ?value-added? benefits of the distribution channel.
Deep Marine Technology Achieves New Depths with Zandar
Built in 2005, the DMT Diamond is a 240ft., Class II Dynamically Positioned Multi-Service Vessel (DP MSV) used to carry out subsea construction and field development works, deepwater intervention...
Awards Highlight Growth of Digital Signage in Corporate Settings
“Retail is what everyone sees, but the corporate market has a lot of great digital signage applications,” says Scott Stanton, director of product and technology services at The Digital...
ETA Systems’ New Comprehensive Product Guide
ETA Systems has announced the availability of a new comprehensive product guide designed to showcase its entire line of power quality and power protection products. The new Guide to...
Revolabs Solo Wireless Microphone Systems
Revolabs announced the launch of its Solo suite of products, a secure wireless microphone system for professional conferencing and audio solutions, at the 2006 NSCA Expo. The Solo Executive...
Hitachi Software Widescreen FX-82W Interactive Whiteboard
Enabling contractors to serve their customers with more versatile, higher-performance presentation, and collaboration technologies, Hitachi Software introduced its FX-82W interactive whiteboard. Featuring an 82in. widescreen image area, the FX-82W...
New Products: February 2006
Turbosound sub-bass enclosure, Smart Technologies interactive whiteboard, Remaco IR extender, and more.
5-Minute Interview: Bob Gartland
AVAD, a Van Nuys, CA-based AV products distributor for the custom installation market. In July 2005, Ingram Micro Inc. acquired AVAD, making Ingram Micro the leading U.S. distributor for...
Q & A: Ceiling-Mounted Front-Projection Display
I'm currently trying to find a solution to a ceiling-mounted, front-projection display in a high-end retail store that can project an image about 8-feet-wide by 6-feet-high. The video screen...
Website Simplifies Gear Sales
FOUND MONEY. Business over the transom. Pennies from heaven. These and other expressions describe the pleasant surprise of receiving an order nobody had to ask for ? a sale...
Peer Reviews In Pro AV
IN THE pro AV industry, the words ?peer review? can strike fear into the hearts of both consultants and integrators. This is primarily due to the fact that at...
Church Expands With AV
AS A small-but-growing church of 300 members, Tyler Tabernacle in Tyler, TX, faced a few of the common problems plaguing the house of worship market. The classical Pentecostal church...
Choosing The Perfect Projector
If you're in the market for a new projector, you'll read and hear plenty about brightness and contrast, manual versus power lens, analog and digital input connections, keystone correction,...
How Acoustic Echo Cancelling Really Works
If you've ever been in an electronic meeting, class, or other activity involving multiple rooms, you've undoubtedly experienced acoustic echo ? you hear your own voice coming back to...
Collapsing The Channel
Industry analysts love to predict the ?collapse of the channel.? The next big thing is always the one that's going to be the final straw.
AV Brings Virtual Fish Tanks To Life
AMONG ALL of the unusual requests Larry Schirmer of Farmington Hills, MI-based Illuminating Concepts has run across in his life, one clearly stands out. ?I've done some different things...
School AV Connects With Students
PROJECTORS HAVE made a major difference for the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD) in Rosenberg, TX, 34 miles southwest of Houston, where projectors and widescreen displays have slowly...