June 2004
Features
Power Up
By Mike Klasco
Power protection and regulation devices have become common for computer gear. Yet these are also necessary components for both AV permanent install and…
Technology Showcase: LCDs and Plasma Displays
By Jeff Sauer
There’s been a lot of talk during the past year or two about a looming battle between LCD and plasma in the large flat-panel display business. It’s a…
Technology Showcase: Floor Monitors
By John McJunkin
Any systems integrator worth his or her salt will tell you that a monitor engineer is just as important in the grand scheme of things as the front-of-house…
Installation Profile: Full Steam Ahead
By Linda Seid Frembes
Measuring at more than a thousand feet long and capable of accommodating 3,100 passengers per voyage, Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, the Mariner of the…
Reviews
InFocus LP640
By Jeff Sauer
There is a lot of sex appeal in a projector’s ability to show motion-picture cinematography with deep blacks and jitter-free motion. But the majority…
Columns
Editorial: A Matter of Scale
By Mark Johnson
When I was much younger, I used to love to build 1/25-scale model cars. I once built a 1/8-scale model of an XKE Jaguar that was really cool–it was really…
Picture This: The Numbers Game
By Jeff Sauer
I have to concede that when I look at the flat-panel product chart in the “Technology Showcase: LCDs and Plasma Displays” article, I’m troubled. Call me a number-loving, overly left-brained statistics junkie…
Security Watch: Remote Control
By Bret Bass
Some security veterans and insiders describe the industry as a fickle beast, an unpredictable force that grows or stalls dramatically and changes its…
Associations Focus
The ICIA’s 2004 Market Forecast Survey indicates that future trends are again quite positive, with most of the companies that responded believing their…
Line Out: Can You Hear the Message?
By Michael Santucci
As an audiologist, I have been working to save hearing in the music and pro-audio industry since the mid-1980s. I’ve promoted the hearing-conservation…
Departments
The Buzz: Install of the Month
By Trevor Boyer
The main attraction at any sports stadium is the action on the field. The reality, of course, is that spectators often need to take a break and refuel…
The Buzz: 20 Years Ago in Sound & Video Contractor
By Mark Johnson
June is bustin’ out all over or so said Rodgers and Hammerstein in the musical Carousel. I guess it’s appropriate, as well, because in the June 1984 issue,…
The Buzz: Feedback
I was greatly disappointed to see the unfortunate edit of my Line Out column in your May issue. This edit misinterpreted the intent of my original text…
The Buzz: Correction
On p. 60 of the May 2004 issue, the Web site for Mipro Electronics was incorrect. The company’s Web site is www.mipro.com.tw….
The Buzz: Upcoming Events
July 15-17PALAMalaysiawww.pala.com.sg 23-25Summer NAMMInternational Music ProductsAssociationNashvillewww.namm.com September 8-12CEDIACustom Electronic…
The Buzz: Newsmakers
James Druckrey has joined Gibson Audio as chief operating officer. SECOM represents Listen Technologies Corp. in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, North…
The Buzz: Publications
Switchcraft (www.switchcraft.com) introduces the Engineering Design Guide, 4th ed. The 2004 Comprehensive (www.comprehensiveinc.com) catalog contains…
The Buzz: Office Space
Gepco Opens, Expands Facilities Gepco International has relocated its Burbank, California, facility to a larger location and expanded its main headquarters…
The Buzz: Industry News
TEC Awards Provide $42,000 in Scholarships The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio (MFEA) announced the distribution of proceeds from the 19th Annual…
What’s New: Audio Technology
Interface Sherlock Audio Canadawww.sherlockaudio.ca The Model Five is the latest addition to the SpeakerMate line of multispeaker-to-amp interface units….
What’s New: Video Technology
Camcorder Panasonic Broadcast and Television Systems Companywww.panasonic.com/dvproline The AG-DVC30 is a versatile 3-CCD mini-DV camcorder. This ultracompact,…
What’s New: Security Technology
Access-Control System FaceKey Corp.www.facekey.com The biometric-based Compact Access Control System, which uses fingerprints for identification, has…
What’s New: Residential Technology
Plasma Displays NEC Solutions (America)www.necsam.com A new line of 42-, 50-, and 61-inch HDTV plasma displays features wallmountable silver-bezel designs…
What’s New: Information Technology
Interfacing and Distribution Range Miranda Technologieswww.miranda.com The Densit Series interfacing and distribution range has been extended with 23…
What’s New: AV Technology
Pan-Tilt Head Audio Video Supplywww.avsupply.com The T-50 is quiet and is for production video, teleconferencing, medical applications, and demanding…
