March 2009
Features
Expert Roundtable: The State of Fiber
By Bennett Liles
One of the most venerable yet dynamic areas of the AV industry is fiber optics, with a sustained growth rate spurred by growing bandwidth needs, more…
Technology Showcase: Outdoor Loudspeakers
By Kent Morris
Weather, in all its variables, can wreak havoc on loudspeakers. Intense heat weakens enclosures, while frigid temperatures combine with moisture to destroy…
Technology Showcase: Fiber-optic Video Extenders
By Bennett Liles
With long-term fiber costs going down and copper going up and the new considerations on weight and fuel use for mobile units, the momentum that fiber…
Installation Profile: Shedding Light on Franklin
By Trevor Boyer
Michael Mountjoy is the computer specialist for the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, and he’s also an amateur climber. His skills with…
Reviews
Audio Review: Soundcraft FX16ii
By John McJunkin
It seems like every time you turn around, there’s another small-format digital mixer. I don’t mean to sound disdainful. I’m a digital mixer owner myself,…
Video Review: Digital Projection iVision 30-WUXGA-XB
By Jeff Sauer
The front-projection industry is awash with 7.5lb. projectors. In fact, there are by far more 6lb.-to-10lb. models than any other class, and the price…
Columns
Deal with IT
By Michael Goldman
Over the last year in this magazine, we’ve periodically discussed the divide between IT and AV professionals as they struggle to bring their respective…
Associations Focus: Register Today for InfoComm 09
Make plans to join your peers and colleagues this June and discover why InfoComm is the premier event for the AV industry. You can’t afford to miss this…
Associations Focus: CEDIA Awards Deadline Approaches
Enter in one of the following Manufacturers’ Excellence Award categories: Best New Product Best New Technology Product Hall of Fame All companies entering…
Associations Focus: NSCA Helps Create a More Productive, Profitable Staff
NSCA’s latest Market Intelligence Briefings (MIB) report, Recruit and Retain Quality Staff: Organizational Issues and Structure, highlights how employee…
POV: Ten Ways to Maximize InfoComm Membership
By Duffy Wilbert, CTS
For 70 years, InfoComm International has been serving the needs of the professional AV industry. InfoComm is 5,000 members strong and growing each year….
Departments
The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: Commemorative Solutions
By Trevor Boyer
The newly opened Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex certainly has a New York flavor. Located in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, it’s mere blocks from long-gone…
What’s New
Christie Digital Systems Christie LX1000
Christie Digital Systems is pleased to announce the Christie LX1000 projector, a new option for AV professionals and rental stagers who require low-cost, high-performance projection at an industry benchmark of 10,000 ANSI lumens…
RF Central RFX-RMR-X6-II-D
RF Central, part of The Vitec Group’s RF Systems business unit and a digital microwave-technology provider, is debuting its RFX-RMR-X6-II-D six-way COFDM diversity receiver at NAB Show…
Electrosonic ES7100
Electrosonic will debut the ES7100 encoder for HD-SDI and 3G SDI streaming-over-IP networks at NAB Show (Booth SL9720)…
Advanced Media Design Digital Media Recorders, Digital Video Player, and MediaPointe Ensemble server
Advanced Media Design (AMD) announced a modular end-to-end video capture and distribution system that meets the varied needs of customers across diverse applications such as education, training, government, DoD, healthcare, corporate, public safety, and others…
Kramer Electronics VP-728 ProScale
Kramer Electronics is pleased to announce the introduction of the VP-728 ProScale presentation scaler/switcher…
QSC CSM series
QSC’s new CSM series stage monitors are set to make their debut. Representing the latest additions to the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based manufacturer’s catalog of premium concert-sound products, the CSM series comprises three models: the CSM10, CSM12, and CSM15…
Fostex PM0.4W
The PM0.4W powered studio monitor is Fostex’s latest offering in the loudspeaker arena…
Lab.gruppen LM 26
Lab.gruppen has announced accelerated development of the LM 26 loudspeaker-management processor, a standalone digital loudspeaker processor based on Lake Processing technology…
Avlex Superlux PRO238MKII
Avlex proudly introduces the new Superlux PRO238MKII true condenser microphone. Featuring a modular design with a removable capsule; high SPL characteristics…
Peavey Electronics IPR series
Peavey Electronics introduces the IPR series of power amplifiers…
Crestron Isys TPS-17G-QM
Crestron announces the release of its new 17in. Isys TPS-17G-QM, expanding its line of powerful HD touchpanels…
Extron Electronics Annotator
Extron Electronics is pleased to introduce the Annotator, a new high-performance, hardware-based annotation processor for video and computer-video sources…
Liberty Wire & Cable Kitting Solutions
Liberty Wire & Cable offers a broad variety of custom Kitting Solutions designed to maximize professional installers’ speed and efficiency by taking the guesswork out of jobs and reducing errors…
