Digital Signage
Technology Showcase: Network Video Appliances
Autonomous devices send video via IP and local network infrastructures.
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Picture This: Shades of Gray
The key to lifelike images lies in improved grayscale performance.
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Installation Profile: Delivering the Message
Commitment and interactive AV at the core of Cisco’s Executive Briefing Center.
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Small LCDs Growing at Video’s High End Too
From location video shoots to edit suites to zoos, small LCD panels are turning up ever more widely these days, but there are wide disparities in the capabilities of...
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Pedagogy And AV Technology
Pro AV technology has made great strides in adapting to teachers' needs, but teachers must also learn to adapt to today's technologies.
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Profiting From Web Streaming
AS A fledgling company, Five by Five Communications Inc. of Alexandria, VA, has covered a lot of ground in the past two and a half years.
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Now Appearing On Your Wall
FOR SOME time now, Philips has been offering LCD TVs with a builtin, multicolor backlighting system. It's known as AmbiLight, and while it first made its debut at CES...
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Sound Potential
PRO AUDIO is about working with sound that's going in or out of a human body. But for Soundwave Research Laboratories, developing the next-generation of ribbon microphones means focusing...
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Peer Review-Shure UHF-R UR24S/KSM9
This latest wireless system from Shure comes packed with an abundance of features that I find very helpful on tour.
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Peer Review- Gefen EXT-HDTV-CAT-5 Extender
This is a great solution in projects where the run is too long for traditional HDMI cables. It's also perfect for runs through conduit or in any situation where...
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New Products: January 2006
Telecast Fiber Systems multi-format video signal generator, Yamaha digital mixing console, Hitachi Software interactive presentation system ...
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NAMM 2006 Product Preview
A sampling of new products to be displayed at NAMM 2006, Jan. 19-22 in Anaheim, Calif.
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Prospecting For Profits
Where's the action going to be for systems integrators in 2006? Pro AV recently polled our readers in an informal survey to find out just that, asking them which...
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All About LEDs
Despite being about the size of your pinkie's fingernail, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) aren't far behind transistors in terms of ubiquity.
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Theater Adds Multipurpose AV System
THE LEWIS and Shirley White Theater at the Overland Park Jewish Community Center (OPJCC) in Overland Park, KS, is a new, $10.1 million, 500-seat auditorium used for theatrical productions,...
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Court Creates Order With AV
THE NEWLY-ERECTED courthouse at 320 Jay Street in Brooklyn, NY, occupies 25 floors of a new 32-story, 1.1 million-square-foot office tower. The $670 million building's modern architecture designed by...
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Club Attracts Talent With Sound System
A NIGHTCLUB that's perfect for DJ shows may have a less-than-ideal setup for live performances, but that didn't stop San Francisco's Mezzanine club from trying to deliver both.
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Q & A: Speaker Cable
I found a 1,000-foot spool of 27-year-old, 16 AWG West Penn #225 speaker cable in a closet. It's in a pink jacket, and the strands appear to be tinned...
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5-Minute Interview: Bill Whitlock
The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) tasked Bill Whitlock, an advocate of proper electrical grounding practices, to investigate the electrocution of a pastor in Waco, TX. Reverend Kyle Lake,...
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More Of What You Don’t Need
It seems that nearly every day, there are ?new? products that look and sound just like the old ones. But how many do we really need?
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Picture This: Corrupted Contrast
Number inflation obscures what really matters about image perception.
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The Future Of AV Media Distribution
Apple recently announced its newest iPod, which will play music videos and TV shows. Granted, image resolution is low (320x240 pixels), and it will take 15 to 20 minutes...
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Peer Review- Doremi Labs Nugget HD
The Doremi Nugget HD video player is a basic MPEG player for HD and SD content in any format. It plays back any compression bit rate up to 80...
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Peer Review: Analog Way Natix
Peer Reviewer: Robert Plant, design engineer, Wild West Electronics, Reno, NV. Wild West Electronics specializes in the design, installation, and service of audio, video, lighting, and automation control systems...
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New Products: December 2005
Terra indoor/outdoor subwoofer, DVIGear HDMI fiber optic cables, PLUS Vision Corp. of America DLP Projector ...
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Designing Room Lighting For Videoconferencing
While the ultimate goal in videoconferencing is good interactivity between near- and far-end rooms, one common lighting design problem can be summed up in a question that's remained constant...
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Inside AVI
At a time when many AV firms are finding it difficult to grow at all, the last three years for Tampa, FL-based Audio Visual Innovations Inc., have been nothing...
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AV Creates Paperless Boardroom
Although Boston is known for many great things, prime office space isn't always one of them. The downtown financial district has recently enjoyed some rejuvenation due, in part, to...
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Historical Site Adds Modern AV
The Webb County Commissioner's Building in Laredo, TX, is home to the Commissioner's Court, a large meeting room where four commissioners, one judge, and six department directors decide the...
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Staging A Moment In History
Gerald Eisterhold, president of exhibit installation developer Eisterhold Associates Inc. in Kansas City, KS, faced an interesting challenge: recreating a historic moment in time at the Rosa Parks Museum...
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Q & A: BlackBerry’s Interference
Q: We've been having problems with interference from BlackBerrys with our wireless mics. Is there any solution for this, other than asking for them to be turned off?
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5-Minute Interview: Janine Masten
Full Compass, which also offers AV sales, repair, and rental services, recently launched its GearCast Series of podcasts, focusing on AV systems and industry issues.
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When Tragedy Strikes
No doubt by now you've heard about the tragedy in Waco, TX, where a pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted when he reached for a microphone while standing in...
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Forecast Season in Full Swing
Is what’s good for the consumer TV business going to be good for professional and corporate AV specialist? Next year may not settle the question, but it will produce...
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Manufacturer And End-User Relationships
Manufacturers are more focused on end-users than ever before, creating some ground-shifting consequences for integrators.
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AV Firm Puts A New Spin On Service
New thinking about maintenance agreements generates a major new revenue source for TEi.
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Welcome To The Funhouse
HoloDek aims to be a one-stop shop for immersive AV in a town near you.
