February 2001
Features
SHAMU’S SOUND GUY
Eddie Ciletti
Mike Roussin has been recording and mastering the audio required for the various shows at Sea World in Florida and for distribution at their various other…
#@$% THE TECHNOLOGY!
Brian Edwards
You wouldn’t expect a guy who’s owned a technology company for close to 20 years to write an article condemning his own livelihood. Maybe it’s the dawning…
Latest Adventures in Florida
Daniel Ari Senior Associate Editor
OUR ATTENTION ON THE SUNSHINE STATE THIS ISSUE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH the past election. We’re over it. Now we’re focussed on the NSCA Expo 2001 being…
Columns
REINVENTING THE ASSEMBLY LINE
Alan Kruglak
Our sales representatives were highly inefficient because they were responsible for performing non-sales functions such as purchasing, project management…
Departments
Industry Notes
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
DPI at Sundance For the third year in a row, Digital Projection Inc. will provide projectors for the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. DPI will…
What’s New
What’s New
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Themed Entertainment Products Multiscreen Control Folsom Research www.folsom.com Developed to simplify multiscreen presentation applications, the ScreenPro…
Installation Profiles
Sony Metreon
By Judith Rubin
In each [attraction], Sony took the work of a living artist/author expressed in 2-D illustration and text and evolved it into a 3-D, enter-the-book experience….
Designing Attractions the Operations Staff Will Also Enjoy
Mike Haimson
KEY ONE: COMMONALITY ALTHOUGH METREON HAS THREE VERY UNIQUE entertainment attractions (The Way Things Work, Airtight Garage and Where the Wild Things…
Pointe*Orlando
By Frank Abram
Effective CCTV Monitoring in the Complex Assures Shopper Confidence and Protection AS A LEADING TOURIST DESTINATION, Orlando, Florida, offers something…
Security Trends
THE INSIDE JOB
Steve Filippini
Just as croc-infested moats might be crossed by a medieval pole-vaulter, today’s perimeter alarm contacts also have limitations. The experienced security…
Articles
Feedback Forum
Success and the ISR Just read Nat Hecht’s editorial about the plight of the independent sales representative or ISR. Having been in this market for over…
ON WITH THE SHOW
ARTICLE BY TOM TAIT
Is it worth getting into this weird little clique? Would you be happier with the cash from the big airport job instead? The players in a themed entertainment…
singing in the rain
BY NATHANIEL HECHT, S&VC EDITOR
There have been many clever and thoughtful methods devised for dealing with speakers that are permanently placed in weather’s way. The most important…
Distributed Speaker Systems 101
By Rick Kamlet
In a typical paging, background music or noise-masking system, several loudspeakers are placed across a single amplifier in parallel. They must often…
NSCA Update
NSCA Expo Special Events Guide Because networking is such a big part of the Expo experience, the NSCA has once again compiled a slate of great special…
BRING OUT THE SUNGLASSES
By Peter Putman, CTS
LED Displays and Ambient Light Slug It Out LEDs can provideof imaging horsepower that plasma won’t ever be able to touch. The Light Emitting Diode panel…
Sales News
Sales News CA Transportation Uses Barco Videowall The State of Californias Department of Transportation District 4 in Oakland purchased 35 projection…
