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If there's an IT application than translates especially well into the AV world, it's streaming media. These days, more pros are installing video codecs as part of videoconferencing and...

It may have been a residential show, but the new products on display at CEDIA Expo 2010 know few boundaries.

SunBriteTV is going small. At CEDIA Expo, the company introduced the 2220HD all-weather outdoor display for commercial and residential installation in rooms with space restrictions, such as spas.

NEC Display Solutions has begun shipping the new 1366x768 resolution X462UN, a 46-inch LCD with a screen-to-screen gap between neighboring displays of just 7.3 millimeters.

The new MultiTouch Cell Advanced is an LED-lit 46-inch touch display that?s 12 inches deep and can be integrated into wall or tabletop displays for retail and digital signage...

At CEDIA Expo last month, Digital Projection International (DPI) debuted its new M-Vision Cine 400-3D single-chip DLP, active-3D, 5,500-lumen 1080p projector.

Christie is adding to its value line of fixed-installation projectors. Both the DHD670-E and DWU670-E projectors are single-chip DLP models that output 6,000 lumens at a contrast ratio of...

Canon U.S.A.?s LV-7590 multimedia projector has a new color-control feature that adds yellow to the traditional red, green, and blue color panels of LCD projectors and controls the yellow...

BrightSign launched a pair of solid-state, fanless digital signage players with built-in Wi-Fi support, the HD210w and the HD1010w. Both communicate via IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n protocols.

Philips Pronto?s first in-wall touch panel, the TSW9500, has a 3.5-inch QVGA touchscreen and a completely customizable interface, plus five buttons that can be programmed to launch common commands.

Miranda Technologies? new NVision 8500 router combines digital AV routing and audio processing in a single system to help streamline infrastructures.

Kramer Electronics? new $695 VP-422 Digital HDMI to PC Scaler is designed for computer graphics video and HDTV video signals.

Haivision Network Video introduced the Torpedo family of DVB-to-IP gateways, which can take digital broadcasts and deliver them over IP video networks without re-encoding the content.

Crestron Electronics has begun shipping the CEN-SWPOE-24, a 24-port managed 10/100 Ethernet switch with power over Ethernet (PoE) and dual gigabit uplink ports.

Crestron's DigitalMedia (DM) 8G technology has started showing up in new products. DigitalMedia 8G can transmit uncompressed digital signals at up to 8 Gbps over a single Cat-5 wire...

Sanus has begun selling a pair of VisionMount Super Slim display mounts for keeping flat-panels within an inch of a wall. Adjustable Virtual Axis technology allows up to 10...

Da-Lite has came out with its new Multi Format Imager masking system, which supports screens up to 16 feet wide and helps display Cinemascope, letterbox, HDTV, and NTSC video...

Aviom developed its AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System to ease the installation of audio networks and help reduce cable clutter. It requires a single Cat-5e or fiber connection, plus DC...

Yamaha previewed the first arrayable line monitor, the Nexo 45N-12, which can function as a reference or dedicated floor monitor and creates no interference between adjacent monitors.

Gefen introduced its GefenTV Auto Volume Stabilizer, a device the company says solves one of the most common complaints of TV-watchers: a noticeable rise in volume levels during commercials.

The new XPA 2002-70V, XPA 2003C-70V, and XPA 2004 power amplifiers from Extron are reportedly the first-available commercial amps to meet Energy Star 2.0 criteria.

AKG introduced its Perception Wireless microphone systems with bandwidths up to 30 MHz and support for up to 8 channels per band. It comes in 4 flavors: vocal, instrumental,...

In September, CEDIA released its 2010 Benchmarking Survey. As you'd expect, residential business is off, but for the first time, researchers asked installers about commercial work.

Streaming technology offers AV professionals a world of possibilities and a fresh set of challenges.

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