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 purchasers, improved by vibrant competition, wrestling with requirements meant to keep our environment clean, and generally improving in quality every year…
Technology Showcase: Boundary Microphones
By Bennett Liles
In the late ’70s, experiments in sound recording showed that within a few millimeters of a hard, flat surface, sound waves coming from different locations are in-phase due to the near stop of air molecules in the area near the surface…
Installation Profile: NYC Inc.
By Dan Daley
First impressions count for a lot in business, and NYC & Company—New York’s marketing, tourism, and partnership organization—understands that…
Reviews
Audio Review: Intelix Audisey Athena
By John McJunkin
Intelix has introduced its Audisey Athena matrix amplifiers in two configurations: eight inputs by eight outputs or 16 inputs by 16 outputs…
Video Review: Hitachi CP-X10000
By Jeff Sauer
Large-venue installation projectors have a reputation for carrying hefty price tags and for having the portability of boat anchors. In the past, they’ve needed both heavy dollars and chassis weight to deliver the much-needed brightness and image quality that large spaces demand. Yet Hitachi has just introduced three new Professional Series large-venue projectors that take a bite out of both reputations…
Columns
Picture This: Digital Signage That’ll Grab You
By Jeff Sauer
One of the overt trends emerging in both the consumer and professional entertainment industries over the past year or two has been 3D…
Revolutions
By Michael Goldman
In these tough times, the AV industry finds itself sitting at the heart of an interesting cultural phenomenon/business paradigm shift—a phenomenon that goes by the abbreviation CSR, which stands for “corporate social responsibility.” …
Pay-per-click Advertising
By Don Kreski
Not everyone who effectively markets to search engines manages to optimize his or her website. “We have been doing pay-per-click advertising for about three years now, and it’s grown to be our number-one marketing tool,” says Martin Phillips, president of Austin, Texas-based Wireless Computing…
NSCA University Introduces New Peer Panel Discussions at InfoComm 09
Listen to your peers discuss how to handle the upcoming DTV transition and manage the convergence between AV and IT through NSCA University at InfoComm 09…
Lighten Your Luggage: Session Handouts Go Green at InfoComm 09
InfoComm is committed to investing in more sustainable practices to limit environmental impact and support responsible business practices…
CEDIA Expands Partnerships to Help Provide Popular Education Locally
In partnership with Capitol Sales Learning Institute Regional Outreach events, CEDIA University is hitting the road again…
LED Technology: What’s New, What’s Next?
Provided by InfoComm International
Ever since blue LEDs appeared in the 1990s, a cascade of development and system evolution has advanced solid-state lighting to become a viable and prosperous technology foundation. Today, LED technology is used for general lighting in small and large venues…
Departments
Installation Spotlight: Emergency Management Hub
Staff Report
In 2002, the city of Ottawa set up a comprehensive Emergency Management Program (EMP) that was to provide a comprehensive and integrated response to emergencies, disasters, or other unusual situations affecting the area…
The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: The Touch and Feel of Music
By Jessaca Gutierrez
Modern society is never too far from its music, from cell phone ringtones to music-infused commercials to satellite radios to, of course, our MP3 music players. It’s only natural, then, that there should be a high-tech museum devoted to music…
Meyer Sound Acheron for Cinema Applications
The recent ShoWest exposition covered everything you need to outfit your neighborhood cinema—seats, screens, projectors, curtains, popcorn machines, candy, tickets, and so on. So what was Meyer Sound doing at the event?…
What’s New
Calypso Control Systems Smart Block AV Power-management Tool
To help reduce energy-use costs from instructional technology devices, multimedia-control-solution manufacturer Calypso Control Systems has introduced the Smart Block AV, an affordable power-management tool for K-12 classrooms…
ClearOne Converge Pro 880TA
ClearOne announced the availability of the Converge Pro 880TA—a new addition to the Converge Pro suite of professional audio products…
AmpliVox SW915 Digital Audio Travel Partner
AmpliVox’s SW915 Digital Audio Travel Partner is the first system of its kind to deliver 250W to audiences of up to 10,000—covering rooms as big as 30,000 square feet—in such a small, lightweight package…
Sennheiser SR 2020-D-US Rackmount Transmitter and the L 2021-40 Charging Unit
Audio specialist Sennheiser is launching two new products to enhance its 2020-D-US system for installed applications. The SR 2020-D-US rackmount transmitter and the L 2021-40 charging unit are the perfect addition to the HDE 2020-D-US stethoset receivers…
Wireworks BG Cable Assemblies
Wireworks introduces BG Cable Assemblies featuring Wireworks super-flexible MusiLux microphone cable or AES/EBU digital cable teamed with Neutrik’s convertCon connector at NAB Show 2009 …
Nemal Electronics International NE8000H series
Nemal Electronics International has introduced a new series of 75V BNC connectors for use in broadcast, audio, video, and communications applications. The NE8000H series includes models for most popular 75V cables…
Crestron DigitalMedia product line
Crestron has released and is shipping its revolutionary new DigitalMedia product line—the only complete, integrated solution that manages, controls, and distributes all analog and uncompressed digital content …
Panasonic Professional Display Company and Dynasign all-in-one digital-signage solution
Panasonic Professional Display Company and Dynasign, a digital-signage content-management-software developer and service provider, have partnered together to bring an all-in-one digital-signage solution
for a wide range of environments…
RTcom USA RDSEA, OBHD, and OBCA
RTcom USA, a provider of digital connectivity solutions for professional and consumer AV systems, announced new revolutionary fiber-optic cable systems for the extension of HD audio and video signals…
Epson PowerLite 84, 85, 825, and 826W
Epson introduced four new projectors optimized for the classroom with new features that make them easy to use, inexpensive to operate, and extremely effective for both teachers and students. The new PowerLite 84, 85, 825, and 826W…
Sharp PN-325
Sharp announced the new PN-325 32in. (31 1/2in. diagonal) professional LCD monitor, which offers a new screen size for the most sophisticated commercial signage and display applications in both landscape and portrait modes…
AvaLAN Wireless Systems AW900xTP and AW5800xTP
AvaLAN Wireless Systems announced the new AW900xTP and AW5800xTP ultralong-range wireless Ethernet solutions. The new products combine a unique set of features that make them ideal to deliver content to outdoor digital signs…
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America HL2750U
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products division has introduced the HL2750U, its newest SXGA+ (1400×1050 pixels) resolution high-brightness LCD projector…
