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A few years back, I toured the product development area of a major office systems furniture manufacturing facility as part of a campus procurement advisement committee for Cornell University...

What you think you know about control systems may be wrong. Test your knowledge, and pick up some pointers.

Unreasonable expectations, technical hurdles, and security issues have prevented wireless projection from going mainstream. Are we any closer to a solution?

New York's Museum of Modern Art adds a high-end restaurant destination equipped with premium acoustics to complement its d?cor.

Crossroads Bible Church transforms a former office space into a worship hall capable of providing its growing congregation with a high-tech worship experience.

The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum uses immersive audio and video systems to recreate a realistic kamikaze attack for visitors.

Test your knowledge of fiber optics.

that can take in multiple component video signals and output them to a single video display. Are there currently any products like this on the market?

Ingram Micro is a Santa Ana, CA-based technology distributor and technology sales, marketing, and logistics firm. The company entered the digital signage market earlier this year.

ALL IT takes is one look at the dizzying array of available video source formats, delivery formats, and display formats to get a sense of the complexity we're often...

In a technology-savvy society that has grown more reliant upon the Internet to disseminate a wide range of information, it would seem that printed brochures would have little value....

Last month, I covered several significant product and technology announcements at CES 2005. While much of the press coverage of this show focused on such oddities as Samsung's 102-inch...

With the migration toward high-definition video well underway, can you ever have too much storage capacity? No, according to backers of holographic information storage systems, whose first-generation technology promises...

Dukane LCD projector, Planar touchscreen display, PESA Switching Systems routing switcher ...

A preview of products to be featured at the 2005 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, April 18-21 in Las Vegas.

Close your eyes and imagine for a moment. What will the pro AV market look like one, five, or even 10 years from now? Do you have a clear...

Held for the first time in 1981, the National Systems Contractors Association's (NSCA) Systems Integration Expo has seen many changes since its beginnings as a tabletop exhibition. These changes...

Have you designed a large system for video or audio teleconferencing that looked straightforward and simple on paper, but turned out to be a configuration nightmare after it was...

The explosion of consumer interest in plasma displays, HDTV, digital cable television, and Internet video is indisputable evidence that the proverbial digital video train has left the station. And...

The business world has been using the phrase ?time is money? for so long it has become little more than a clich? marketing buzz phrase, but Denmark-based Jyske Bank...

The last thing Chaminade High School needed, it seemed, was an upgrade of its AV technology. The numbers said it all: of its 1,600 students, 99.7 percent of them...

Technology can often be intimidating for inexperienced users, especially in a high-stress courtroom environment. But when properly designed and installed, AV technology can also make a courtroom more effective,...

Test Your Knowledge Of AV Abbreviations And Acronyms

Under what circumstances does a 70 V, constant-voltage distributed loudspeaker system make more sense than multiple 8-ohm loudspeakers, and why?

Jason Friedman, President and CEO, Creative Realities A Fairfield, NJ-based AV design and integration firm, Creative Realities specializes in creating unique customer experiences through branded, immersive, and entertaining environments.

The fact that Sony recently appointed Howard Stringer as the company's first non-Japanese chairman is not as fascinating because of his nationality (he's Welsh) as it is because of...

While the traditional owner-general contractor-electrical subcontractor-low-voltage sub-subcontractor model worked until the 1990s, it doesn't make sense to contract pro AV systems that way today.

Focusing on educational content and aggressive marketing can help integrators run successful customer expos.

Although it's primarily a consumer show, many products on display at CES will eventually work their way into pro AV.

With organic semiconductors and inkjet printing, Xerox PARC looks to create cheap, flexible displays.

Peer Reviews-Navitar Screenstar SSW08/SST120; Price: $990 MSRP

Peer Reviews: Lectrosonics TM400; Price: $1,890 MSRP

Crown Audio mixer/amplifers, PLUS Vision sub-3 pound projectors, Atlantic Technology home-theater speakers system ...

A sampling of products to be featured at the 2005 NSCA Systems Integration Expo, March 10-12 in Orlando, FL.

Harman Pro aims for plug-and-play audio with its newly released connectivity and control protocol.

Installing great systems but still going broke? These simple steps will improve your cash flow crisis.

Understanding the physics behind sound radiation is the key to putting sound where you want - and keeping it away from where you don't.

10 troubleshooting tips.

Meyer Sound commemorates its 25th anniversary with a unique AV production.

The high-definition video and audio systems in Ringers Sports Lounge ensure that patrons never miss a play.

Replacing a 40-year-old community building with a new boardroom and an adjacent television studio revitalizes a Chicago suburb's Village Hall.