August 2001
Features
Innovations in EXPO Education
Change is an integral part of our industry, and often the change is for the better. You will notice a few changes at CEDIA Expo this year that we feel…
The First-Ever Installer Olympics
The recently initiated CEDIA Olympics committee will organize live competition during CEDIA Expo to test skills and endurance among member installers….
Columns
The R Word in Our Industry
NATHANIEL HECHT
At best, inflated growth expectations could be called unrealistic. RECESSION. THE WORD IS BANDIED ABOUT EVERY DAY BY ANALYSTS who are seeing loss reports…
PACKAGING PROPOSALS
Alan Kruglak
There’s no such thing as a second impression when you’re presenting a proposal to a client. Make a good first impression using these tips….
Departments
Industry Notes
Elizabeth Price
Panja Is Once Again AMX Panja has announced that the company is changing its name back to AMX, to begin doing business as AMX Corporation. The name change…
Agreements, Acquisitions & Partnerships
Elizabeth Price
NXT and NCT Group NXT signed an agreement with NCT Group to redesign the Gekko loudspeaker line for its Distributed Media Corporation International Ltd….
New on the Web
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Road Warrior Sweepstakes Plus Corporation, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of ultra-portable digital projectors, launched an online Road Warrior Presentation…
People
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Encompass Network Services announced the following hires in its Cincinnati office, Delta Innovations: Brad Baker, Bogdan Mihailescu and Stephan Deac,…
Representatives
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Encompass Network Services was named Dukane’s Dealer of the YearElmo is now the exclusive U.S. importer and distributor of Dallmeier Digital RecordersAvwest…
What’s New
Audio Spotlight
Browse new highlighted audio products from the August issue….
Video Spotlight
S&VC put the spotlight on these video products in August….
Installation Products
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Distribution Amplifiers This distribution amplifier platform from Miranda Technologies supports analog, digital and high-definition video, plus analog…
Installers’ Supplies
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Cable Storage Hannay Reels offers the AVX series of reels, specifically designed for broadcast and pro-audio applications. Welded channels allow the reels…
Publications
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Software TC Electronic’s multichannel platform System 6000 has software release 1.3. This version includes multiple icons controlling one of more M6000s….
Main Features
INFOCOMM ’01 Wrap-Up
BY PETER H. PUTMAN, CTS
IT WAS INEVITABLE THAT INFOCOMM, THE INDUSTRY’S PRE-EMINENT A/V show, would wind up in Las Vegas, the glitz capital of the world. The overwhelming number…
MOUNTING OPTIONS
By Bruce Laughton & Bob Ogden
The possibilities for no-problem LCD/DLP and plasma installations….
Keeping It Quiet
By Bill Whitlock
Why do many home theater systems sound less than perfect? Failure to keep interference quiet. Whitlock explains how to succeed….
Here in the Future
By Craig Janik
Where is home networking headed, and how do we keep our installs from falling into obsolescence?…
Care & Feeding of the Residential Client
Bob Heil
Especially in home installations, all the technical wizardry in the world won’t make you a successful installer if you can’t hold your clients’ confidence….
The Roof Is All Wired
Dean Rivera
In-ceiling speakers should be heard and not seen. Find a wealth of information on teh different types of in-ceiling speakers that might be right for your next project….
Real Coverage, PART 3
Rick Kamlet
The third in a series of articles on designing premium business music systems examines speaker density and layout….
Installation Profiles
Greg & Janis Riker Residence
Gregory DeTogne
An audiophile’s dream home: The Rikers have a spectacular view of the Seattle area and an even better sound system, plus in-home video and conferencing facilities….
Security Trends
SPECIAL NEEDS
Steve Filippini
Advances in Serving the Physically Challenged…
Industry Associations
NSCA Releases Labor Installation Standards
Labor installation standards for the commercial electronic systems industry have been made available by the NSCA. Reporting on the average time it takes…
Book Reviews
COMMON SENSE THAT’S GOLDEN
Daniel Ari
A book review of Alan Kruglak’s book, Sales Compensation: The “Hunter-Farmer” Way….
Articles
Feedback Forum
Cabling Distance Limit Longer Just happened to read your article, Microsoft’s Multimedia Meeting Facility, by Greg Doyle (May 2001). It is so rare that…