Installation News
May 6, 2004 3:02 PM
Smart Technologies (www.smarttech.com) installed Smart Board interactive white boards in every school in Bellevue School District, Washington, to help teachers save administrative time and enhance lesson delivery for improved student outcomes.
California’s Pechanga Resort and Casino, owned and operated by the Pechanga Native American Indian Tribe in Temecula, recently overhauled the audio system in its Showroom Theater with the addition of a new L-Acoustics (www.l-acoustics-us.com) V-DOSC concert system. The system design and installation was a collaborative effort between Muzak’s Riverside-based systems division and AMT Systems of Santa Clarita.
Toronto-based Dome Productions (www.domeproductions.com) has purchased Miranda Technologies (www.miranda.com) systems for installation in Majestic, an HDTV mobile production unit to be built and operated out of Canada.
American Cinema Advertising Network will supply UltraStar Cinemas of San Diego with Digital Projection (www.digitalprojection.co.uk) Cinema projectors featuring Texas Instruments DLP Cinema technology.
New Zealand’s SkyCity Auckland recently took delivery of a new background music system supplied by Jands Electronics (NZ). The system is based around three BSS (www.bss.co.uk) Soundweb 9088MM DSP network devices, along with a 9008 output expander and a 9000 hub, as well as three 9010 Jellyfish remotes. Amplification is provided by 13 Crown CTs 2000 amplifiers equipped with PIP Lite modules and running Crown IQ software.
PFF Bank and Trust, a subsidiary of PFF Bancorp, is exploring a customer marketing strategy based on digital signage. Starting in May, PFF Bank and Trust is testing digital signage in a dozen Southern California branches. The bank will deploy Clarity Visual System’s (www.clarityvisual.com) 40-inch LCD Bobcat displays as well as 38-inch rear-projection Leopard displays with content development and management services by Clarity partner MarketForward (www.marketforward.com) as a system for promoting its products and services to branch customers.
Digital System Technology (www.dstech.com) was contracted to design and construct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new high-definition press room.
Technifex (www.technifex.com) designed and produced the special effects and custom motion platform with 48 digitally controlled 4-D sensory seats for Borg Invasion 4D, the new Paramount Parks attraction at Star Trek:The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton.
The Sydney Opera House has completed installation of 11 Lake Contour (www.contour.lake.com) speaker processors as part of an audio system upgrade in its Concert Hall.
Game Creek Video has purchased two Pesa Switching Systems (www.pesa.com) Cheetah digital routing switcher systems for installation in Patriot and Yankee Clipper, two high-definition, 53-foot expando production units set to hit the road this spring.
Springfield, Massachusetts–based public television station WGBY TV has selected Leitch Technology Corp.’s (www.leitch.com) AgileVison MPEG processing system as a key component of its ongoing conversion from analog to digital broadcasting.
Frank Wilt of Washington Entertainment Technologies (www.entertainment-technologies.com) recently installed five Sabine (www.sabine.com) dual-channel wireless microphone systems, with ten handheld transmitters, into the three-story Washington, D.C. Coyote Ugly Saloon.
