Signal distribution / Control
The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.
AV at the Bird's Nest
Focus On Residential AV: Smart Choices for a Smart Home
With the ready availability of powerful control systems, it's no surprise to learn that today's dream home is, almost inevitably, a smart home. On the recommendation of their builder,...
Installation Trends: Streamlined Sportscasting
Stadium broadcasting systems shrink in size as they grow in capabilities.
The Long Tail: The Growing Market for Basic Digital Signage
Even as sophisticated, large-scale digital-signage networks proliferate, there is enormous growth opportunity in the underserved market for basic “digital poster” signage solutions, according to Eric Kanagy, CEO of Goshen,...
Conservatory Invests in Student Laptop Program
The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences (CRAS) is the premier school for audio recording, engineering, and production education with campuses in Tempe and Gilbert, Ariz. The Conservatory's 900...
Audio Podcast: Remote TV Production
Bennett Liles talks with Jeremy Lommori, production engineer at California's Azusa Pacific University, about installation and production using fiber link intercom to facilitate TV production with control rooms in...
Installation Profile: Mission: Invisible
SGA headquarters installs unobtrusive conferencing technology.
What’s New: Residential Technology
The Canton Movie 80 CX and Movie 120 MX systems round out the company's small home-theater loudspeaker packages. Both
What’s New: AV Technology
Crestron says that its MPS-300 is the first Multimedia Presentation System (MPS) to feature fully digital audio-signal processing
How Strong is the Corporate Market?
The 2008 Market Forecast Survey released by InfoComm last month provides much insight into the perception of the AV industry. Where is it going? How are AV companies growing?...
Audio Podcast: MultiDyne at NAB
Bennett Liles talks with Jim Jachetta, MultiDyne senior vice president of sales and marketing, about what he has in store for the 2008 NAB Show
Air Canada Signage Network Keeps Employees Up to Date
Ubiquitous digital signage at major airports informs and entertains the traveling publicbut what about airline employees? The world’s 14th-largest commercial airline answers this question with Air Canada News (ACN),...
Standardization Advances University of Wisconsin Colleges’ Distance-education Program
Distance education continues to be a popular topic in higher-education institutions. A study by the U.S. Department of Education in 2003 found that more than half of two- and...
Audio Podcast: AV/IT broadcast Convergence
Bennett Liles talks with John Lopinto, Communications Specialties president, about the standards that guide the AV/IT/broadcast convergence
Technology Showcase: IP-based AV Control Systems
Hardware options for centralized control.
Expert Roundtable: AV Meets IT
Prominent systems integrators discuss the challenges of bridging gaps between the two sectors.
Installation Profile: All the Data that’s Fit to Transmit
Bold AV/IT statement at newspaper headquarters.
Broadcast Pix Slate 100 HD
Video switcher built on a Windows XP computer features accessible interface.
AV/IT Culture Gap
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
Technology Showcase: Fiber Routers and Matrix Switchers
Fiber takes signal switching further.
Audio Podcast: Fiber in Routing
Bennett Liles continues his exploration on fiber routers with a discussion of the recently added fiber connectivity in the Utah 400 series routers with Jeff Levie of Utah Scientific
Audio Podcast: Church TV Production, Part 2
This edition's topics include touchpanel control and DVD duplication in First Baptist Church of Glenarden's massive TV production facility
Audio Podcast: The Latest Trend in Routing
QuStream Vice President of Engineering Keith Bond and Bennett Liles have an indepth discussion about the latest trends in signal routing, including the use fiber connectivity to carry signals...
Audio Podcast: Audio Connnectivity on the Wire
I/0ne Connects recently put FireWire connectivity on a lightweight audio snake. Richard Byrne discusses the implications and applications of the product for simplified long-distance distribution of analog and digital...
Audio Podcast: Fiber Monitoring Gains Momentum
Sales Manager Thom Dukesherer shares the implications of the new ProCo Sound Momentum digital snake system for personal monitoring
Installation Profile: Green Sanctuaries
Houses of worship embrace environmentally friendly design.
Neutrik 32 Amp PowerCon connector
Neutrik meets the demand for higher power transfer and load for lighting and audio applications in our industry with its new high-capacity 32 Amp PowerCon power connectors
Top Classroom Technologies for 2008
As teachers and students get geared up for the second half of the school year to start, systems integrators are reviewing last year’s sales figures and predicting what may...
Technology Showcase: Wireless-microphone Systems
The latest professional options offer serious “broadcast” capability.
POV: AV and Content Management
Content management is often the responsibility of IT managers because it leverages the broader IT infrastructure of the organization. IT managers, while
Timbercon Plastic Optical Fiber
Timbercon Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) products are large-diameter assemblies with acrylic cores and cladding constructed of fluorinated polymers, allowing a core size of 100X that of glass fiber in...
Artel Video Systems DL4000 video transport system
The DL4000 from Artel Video Systems is a new-generation universal video transport that combines the space efficiency of a compact chassis with the flexibility of a multimodule system