July 2001
Columns
The State of Broadband Entertainment
NATHANIEL HECHT
We just don’t have the bandwidth available to see full-length movies in the way we are used to. WHILE THERE ARE PLENTY OF BOOTLEGGED VERSIONS OF BLOCK-BUSTER…
AVOIDING THE AVOIDABLE
ALAN KRUGLAK
Treating your proposal as a list of commodity items only reduces the sales price and the value perceived by the client. ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS,…
Departments
Industry Notes
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
MMC to Provide Media Conversion Services Muller Media Conversions, N.Y., will provide media conversion services for Verbatim Corporation, Charlotte, N.C.,…
UPCOMING EVENTS
Compiled byElizabeth Price
August 6-10Syn-Aud-Con TrainingHuber Orchard and Winery Starlight, INwww.synaudcon.com 29-31INFOCOMM JapanThe Big Sight Tokyowww.infocomm.org September…
Agreements, Acquisitions and Partnerships
Compiled byElizabeth Price
SIA and Biamp Systems Biamp Systems, Portland, Ore., joined SIA Software’s Smaart Partners. Biamp Advantage MSP-22 and MSP-11 processors can use Smaart…
People
Compiled byElizabeth Price
John Mozzi took on the newly created position of East Coast direct sales engineer for Tascam’s Production Products GroupKevin Smith has rejoined Arbitron;…
Representatives
Compiled byElizabeth Price
Middle Atlantic will use Anixter’s North American distribution network to bring Middle Atlantic products to local sound and security contractorsCrown…
What’s New
Video Spotlight
Signal Management System Altinexwww.altinex.com New at INFOCOMM! Based on a modular card cage concept, the Multi-Tasker can be loaded with cards to provide…
Audio Spotlight
Laser Alignment Tool Sound Alignment Systemswww.checkpoint3d.com The LG-120 laser line generator, made by Sound Alignment Systems (a division of Checkpoint…
Installation Products
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Polysilicon Projectors Boxlight’s XP-5t ultra-portable projector has 800 ANSI lumens and true 1024768 XGA resolution. The company’s MP-38t super-bright…
Installers’ Supplies
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Calibration Kit Spinner North America offers a type-OSL kit with individual components for open, short and load testing. This coaxial component calibration…
Publications
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
White Paper Co-Location of xDSL and Alarm Communicators, a white paper on DSL communications and their potential effect on alarm signal transmission,…
Meetings
Compiled by Elizabeth Price
Fiber Optics Conference The 24th Annual Newport Conference on Fiberoptics Market will take place October 15-17, 2001, at the Hyatt Regency Newport in…
Installation Profiles
Highland Park United Methodist Church
By Alex Artaud
WITH ITS GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, ORNATELY DESIGNED vaulted beams and tiled marble floor, the main sanctuary of the Highland Park United Methodist Church…
Green Acres Baptist Church
By Mel Lambert
THE IDEA FOR GREEN ACRES BAPTIST CHURCH CAME IN 1952 from Brother W. V. Henson, a deacon at First Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas. During the following months…
Video Projections
THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES
PETER H. PUTMAN, CTS
Texas Instruments rules the big screen market for now. JVC phased out ILAs and switched its attention to the D-ILA, viewing it as the future of high-resolution,…
Security Trends
SCARED STRAIGHT
STEVE FILIPPINI
Graphic imagery of pain and injury is intended as a reminder that job safety should be your first priority on any install. Work gloves, shatterproof protective…
Articles
Feedback Forum
Keeping the Resource Complete I ROUTINELY TEAR selective technical articles from my issues of S&VC for later reference. Recently I discovered that an…
Corrections
To correct an omission from Presentation Jitters: Tools and Tips for Troubleshooting Presentations by Eddie Ciletti (June 2001), we would like to mention…
RACK & DON’T ROLL
BY BOB SCHLUTER
Seismic rating is a major consideration when integrating and installing equipment racks EARTHQUAKES ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE STATE OF California or the…
Unsafe Levels
By Rachel Cruz & Dilys Jones
The idea that you’re responsible for the health and safety of your own ears is common sense. That you may be responsible for somebody else’s is now being…
An OSHA Handbook for Small Businesses: Workplace Safety Focus
AS A SMALL-BUSINESS OWNER, YOU ARE CHARACTERISTICALLY a risk taker. Each day, you match your business acumen against larger and better financed corporations,…
ICIA Acquires Pacifiq’s A/V Database
ICIA announced its purchase of an A/V-product database from Pacifiq Technologies. The database of 92,000 entries will be made into a service offered as…
Dave Hosbach Joins NSCA Team
We want to provide a link between the education that takes place in the meeting rooms and the many products on the show floor. We want to show how a product…