January 2005
Features
Video Production Basics
By David Riffle
An increasing number of clients of AV systems integrators want to produce their own video. Systems integrators need to be knowledgeable about the basics…
Technology Showcase:
System Processors: The Next Generation
By Linda Seid Frembes
Since the beginning of audio systems, there has been some sort of systems processing included. Sure, the actual entity doing the processing has taken…
Technology Showcase: Display Mounts
By Jay Ankeney
My kingdom for a horse! cried Shakespeare’s Richard III, knowing that the most valuable monarch is worthless without the proper mount. That’s also the…
Installation Profile:
Spreading the Word
By Gary Eskow
Although it is undoubtedly true that the horrors of 9/11 touched all Americans, it is equally true that those at the epicenter of the events were transformed in special ways. Trinity Church, New York City, stands on Wall Street in lower Manhattan, directly across from the site where the World Trade towers once stood. Founded in 1697, the church has played…
Reviews
Shure SLX Wireless Microphone Systems
By John McJunkin
Shure has introduced a new line of SLX wireless systems, which offer solutions for a number of uses, including handheld, head-worn or lavalier mics as…
Sharp NoteVision XG-MB70X
By Jeff Sauer
When the projector industry talks about crossover products, it’s usually referring to projectors that, because of their size and cost, can (at least marginally)…
Columns
Editor’s Note: AV Pros Needed
By Mark Johnson
Flying junkyards, we called them a hopeless mishmash of mismatched speaker components approximating a speaker cluster. That happens to many AV systems…
Picture This: Format Wars
By Jeff Sauer
How many contractors out there are old enough to remember the great Betamax vs. VHS format war from the late 1970s and early 1980s? That was when two…
Associations Focus: Educating the Masses
Planned for March 10-12 in the Orlando Convention Center, the NSCA Systems Integration Expo offers systems designers and installers opportunities to interact…
Associations Focus: Leadership Forum
Representatives of every segment of the AV communications industry met in Fairfax, Va. on Oct. 1-2 for the ICIA 2004 Leadership Forum to identify industry…
Associations Focus: Education Opportunities Abound
CEDIA University is bringing Regional Education to your area in 2005, and it’s the best Regional Education program…
Management Perspectives: Church Tech Training
By Gary Zandstra
One of the most discussed topics in the industry of church AV is training. Integrators are installing more sophisticated and complex systems as many churches…
POV: It’s a Wrap! A Year-End Review
By Don Guzauckas Jr., CTS
The International Communications Industries Association is a great and diverse organization I feel honored to have worked with over the past four years….
Departments
The Buzz:
Install of the Month
By Alan Hardiman
Picture 600 screaming spectators watching a full-tilt rock band sweating and grinding it out before hoards of adoring fans hardly the image most people…
The Buzz: Newsmakers
Listen Technologies and Bosch Security Systems made an agreement granting exclusive distributorship of the Bosch conferencing solutions in the United…
The Buzz: 20 Years Ago in Sound & Video Contractor
Fire and life safety and church acoustics were the featured topics of the January 1985 issue. The issue focus however, concentrated on life safety issues,…
The Buzz: Industry News
Visioneering Design Launches New Division Visioneering Design has launched a new subsidiary, VisioneeringConnect. Visioneering has provided design and…
CONTRACTOR’S WEB WATCH
www.commspecial.com Communications Specialties has unveiled a fully redesigned and updated website, further enhancing its online accessibility to customers,…
UPCOMING EVENTS
January 20-23 NAMMInternational Music Products AssociationAnaheim, Calif.www.namm.com 26-28 Integrated Systems EuropeAmsterdamwww.iseurope.org March 10-12…
What’s New
What’s New: Video Technology
Channel Blocker Blonder Tongue Laboratories www.tvchannelblocker.com The TV Channel Blocker (TVCB) blocks unwanted channels from the analog block of channels….
What’s New: Audio Technology
Wireless Mic System Gem Sound www.gemsound.com The PLL-32 is a 32-channel wireless mic system featuring a built-in LCD and controls on the mic transmitter….
What’s New: Security Technology
Touch-Panel Accessories Crestron www.crestron.com A complete line of accessories now complements the Isys I/O WiFi touch panel. With the touch of a button,…
What’s New: AV Technology
Data Destroyer Norazza www.norazza.com The Office Pro applies thousands of tiny imprints to both sides of a CD or DVD disc to ensure that no data is recoverable,…
What’s New: Residential Technology
Media Center System Alienware www.alienware.com Equipped with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, the DHS 2 series was created to replace nearly…
What’s New: Information Technology
Connector RIA Connect www.riaconnect.com The USB Mini-B connector allows portable devices to communicate and share data without a PC connection. This Mini-B…
