March 2008
Features
Expert Roundtable: AV Meets IT
By Jay Ankeney
Like the raging streams of the mighty Nile River, the two currents of audiovisual (AV) communication and information technology (IT) are combining to…
Technology Showcase: Fiber Routers and Matrix Switchers
Bennett Liles
During the past few decades, as audio and video signals have been routed and switched in crossbar frames and matrix units, the capabilities of these components…
Technology Showcase: IP-based AV Control Systems
By Bennett Liles
In the realm of AV systems, especially those deployed in mid- to large-sized plants, the clear trend is toward centralized control, and the most economical…
Installation Profile: All the Data that’s Fit to Transmit
By Dan Daley
When a famous corporation commissions a new headquarters, that new building needs to make a statement. The New York Times’ new glass tower sits across…
Reviews
AKG Acoustics WMS 450
By John McJunkin
The AKG Acoustics WMS 450 wireless-mic system is intended for applications for which super-simple, plug-and-play solutions aren’t quite sufficient, but…
Broadcast Pix Slate 100 HD
By Jeff Sauer
For installation professionals, video switcher generally refers to a presentation switcher a rackmountable device with buttons on the front that mixes…
Columns
Picture This: HD DVD is Dead, Long Live HD
By Jeff Sauer
It is official. With Toshiba’s mid-February announcement that it will no longer continue to develop or market its HD DVD format, the prolonged format…
AV/IT Culture Gap
By Michael Goldman
Last year in this space, I gawked in awe at the sophistication of intelligent buildings such as New York’s Hearst Building the subject of the March 2007…
Sound Advice: Put IT in Your Toolbox
By Dan Daley
There’s a new posse of products in town, and they augur a significant change in the way audio-systems integration is going to evolve over the next few…
Associations Focus: Combined Effort
InfoComm 08 will open in just three months in Las Vegas, and it is already bigger than last year’s…
POV: AV Industry Strong in 2008
By Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D.
InfoComm International regularly conducts in-depth market and industry studies to keep its members informed on all aspects of their markets. One of the…
Departments
The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: Hastings College, Hastings, Neb.
By Trevor Boyer
With about 1,500 students, Hastings College a liberal-arts school in Hastings, Neb. has a sophisticated broadcast-journalism program for an institution…
The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: Detroit School of Arts
By Trevor Boyer
For Communication Design Associates (CDA) of Canton, Mass., the design for the Detroit School of Arts’ $22.5-million AV system was an extremely complicated…
What’s New
What’s New: Audio Technology
By Laura Dixon and Eric Melin
The 1RU Symetrix Integrator Series Zone Mix 760 paging and music-management system features microphone preamplification, compression,…
What’s New: Video Technology
By Laura Dixon and Eric Melin
Night-vision capability and a built-in omnidirectional microphone are two of the features of the new Zonet IP security cameras, launching…
What’s New: Residential Technology
By Laura Dixon and Eric Melin
High-end sound technology is proving to be a key element in the design of leading hotels, so the presence of an Artcoustic AV system…
What’s New: AV Technology
By Laura Dixon and Eric Melin
The Kramer Electronics TP-551 and TP-552 transmit HDMI signals at 1080i resolution up to 200ft. over two Cat-5e cables without…
