News
Peavey Offers Ease Focus Software for Versarray Line Arrays
Peavey has partnered with Software Design Ahnert to offer its Ease Focus acoustic simulation software free of charge to users of the new Peavey Versarray line array system
Signal distribution / Control
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Furman Sound Begins Shipping AR-20 II
Furman Sound announced it has begun shipping its AR-20 II. The new 20-amp regulator delivers a stable 120V of AC power to protect equipment from damaging AC
Audio
Installation Profile: Setting the Stage
AV makes the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater a versatile performance space.
Corporate
Crestron Introduces New TPMC-8X WiFi Touchpanel
Crestron introduced its new Isys i/O TPMC-8X WiFi touchpanel, featuring an embedded Windows XP operating system that provides secure onboard PC functionality, including 802.11g wireless capabilities.
News
Ubiquitous Broadband Over Fiber Offers Opportunity for AV
The promise, of course, is that some day everyone—from university professor to corporate trainer to televangelist—will have all the bandwidth he or she needs to reach out to audiences...
News
SeaWorld’s Shamu Stadium Makes High-Tech Splash
FiberPlex’s LightViper VIS-1832 fiber-optic digital audio transport system has been deployed in San Diego’s SeaWorld Shamu Stadium for an all-new show production that blends new killer whale behaviors with...
News
Draka Comteq Announces BendBright Fiber for FTTx Applications
Draka Comteq has introduced BendBright, a single-mode fiber optimized for fiber access to homes and businesses to simplify the deployment of reliable cost-effective fiber networks while providing full compatibility...
Education
Classroom Control Systems: Tackling the Multiple-remote Syndrome
Technologists must maintain classroom equipment that is usually not standardized. Meanwhile, school administrators are constantly fielding requests for new types of equipment.
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Middle Atlantic Introduces New Intelligent Quiet-Cool Series Thermal Management solutions at CEDIA Expo 2006
Expanding on its comprehensive array of innovative and intelligent thermal management solutions for residential AV applications, Middle Atlantic Products introduced its new Quiet-Cool series
News
Leviton Acquires Fiber Connect
The Leviton Manufacturing Company has announced its acquisition of Fiber Connect, a Chicago-based provider of data center fiber-optic solutions.
News
Timbercon Introduces Fiber-optic Cleaning Kit
Timbercon Introduces Fiber-optic Cleaning Kit Sep 13, 2006 8:00 AM Timbercon, a fiber-optic product and solution manufacturing company providing a vast array of connectivity solutions, introduces its fiber-optic cleaning...
Corporate
Undersea Cable Expansion May Create AV Opportunities
Moving audio and video data over fiber-optic cables holds growing appeal for corporate users as well as education specialists, government applications, and anyone else who needs to move a...
Entertainment
Gefen’s HDMI Cat-5 Extreme Extender Garners Product of the Year Award
Gefen has announced the formal recognition of its HDMI Cat-5 Extreme as one of Electronic House magazine’s Products of the Year for 2006
News
For-A Unveils DC-powered, Cost-effective, and Compact Realtime Video Stabilizer
For-A Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, is introducing its new compact and cost-effective IVS-100
Corporate
Technology Showcase: Networkable Projectors
With the advent of new technology comes one-source control systems.
News
Monster and ISF Donate Calibration Wizard to Elf Foundation
Monster, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end cables, accessories, and power conditioning products, and The Imaging Science Foundation (ISF), announce that from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, $10 of...
Audio
Tempest Controls Casino with SymNet
Over the last several decades, casinos across the country have become much more than just a place to visit for a day to play poker or slots.
Corporate
Growing High-speed Nets Offer Potential for Corporate AV Users
High-speed Internet connections are reaching out to deliver broadband multimedia content to millions of new users every year.
Corporate
Fibre Channel Strategy Supports On-demand Video
Audio and video users with particularly large demands for bandwidth and quality often gravitate not only to fiber-optic networks but also to systems that allow them to distribute storage...
Entertainment
Runco CineWide Sparks Video Conversation
Sam Runco had big things in mind when he coined the term “home theater” back in the 1980s.
Corporate
Windy City Wire Offers Unique Sound Intercom Cables
Windy City Wire offers one-of-a-kind Sound Intercom cables with unique identification methods that can be customized for the integrator.
Corporate
Medialon Offers Complete Media-management Solution For New Welsh Parliament Building
Medialon has provided a complete media-management solution for the new building housing the National Assembly for Wales.
News
High-Tech Park Gets Fiber-Optic AV Systems for Amphitheater’s Floating Stage
FiberPlex’s LightViper fiber-optic digital audio transport system has been chosen for installation in Cranes Roost Park, a multi-use venue located in a rejuvenated green space in the city of...
News
Multidyne Introduces the DTV-4200 at IBC 2006
Multidyne’s DTV-4200 4-channel SDI and audio fiber-optic transport provides state-of-the-art performance with built-in SDI frame synchronizers
News
Communications Specialties (CSI) Unveils the Pure Digital Fiberlink 7500
Communications Specialties (CSI) unveils the Pure Digital Fiberlink 7500 Series fiber-optic transmission system for DVI over one fiber—the beginning of a complete family of DVI fiber-optic products
Education
Developing a Standard Design Approach
As more colleges and universities recognize the need for AV systems in the classroom, the push to install the latest and greatest technology campus-wide can quickly become the AV...
Digital Signage
Magenta Launches “Twin-display” Cat-5 Receivers for Dynamic Signage Applications
Magenta Research announces the addition of two new Cat-5 receivers to its flagship MultiView Series product line. The K-500 TD (twin-display) and K-500 TDC (twin-display, chainable)
Audio
Installation Profile: Total Home Control
Control simplicity dominates a complex residential installation.
Corporate
AV Systems Can Be Emergency Lifesavers
In mid-teleconference, the meeting chair glances at the touchscreen control panel in front of him and sees: “Fire on fourth floor. Floors 5-10 leave building by east stairs,...
News
Wave7 Optics Announces Idle-Code Mitigation Technique
Wave7 Optics has announced the introduction of its patent-pending idle-code mitigation technique
News
Staging Specialists Exploring Fiber Potential
Fiber-based networks and connectivity are finding increasing favor among professional AV contractors who specialize in staged events
News
Omnitron Launches Managed Edge Chassis with Redundant Power and PoE
Omnitron Systems Technology, a provider of fiber-optic access systems for next-generation Ethernet networks, has announced the release of the iConverter one-module redundant-power chassis
News
AudioSkin Cable Organizer
AudioSkin collects loose cables and 'zippers' them into one snake with a simple twist of the wrist. Great for home or office, on stage, or in the studio
Corporate
The Financial Services Roundtable Improves Quality of Communications with High-End Audio/Video Teleconferencing Solution from AVS
Audio Video Systems (AVS) announced that the Financial Services Roundtable is communicating and collaborating more effectively with its member companies following AVS' comprehensive re-design of the organization's audio/video teleconferencing...
News
Fiber Projects Link AV to IT Professionals
For years now, they’ve been eyeing each other warily: The professional AV community trying to bring its clients all the benefits of an increasingly network-based toolbox, and information technology...
News
New KVM Extenders and Fiber Matrix Switches
Logical Solutions/Thinklogical, a provider of video extension technology, has expanded its commitment to the visualization industry by announcing its latest extension product and a new switch product line.
News
The London Underground to Use Opticomm Series FMV-100K for Train Communication
The London Underground caters to approximately 1 billion passenger journeys per year, demanding an absolutely effective and tightly managed transport system.
News
Kramer Introduces Five New Optical DVI Cables
Kramer Electronics has introduced five optical DVI cables, models CFODM/ FODM-33, C-FODM/FODM-66, CFODM/ FODM-98, C-FODM/FODM-164, and the C-FODM/FODM-328, capable of sending DVI signals from 33ft. up to 328ft. without...
