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PODCAST 242-2: Greater Baltimore Medical Center Gets the Word Out on Covid-19 Pt 2
Focal Point Productions provides Greater Baltimore Medical Center with professional videoconferencing
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PODCAST 242-1: Greater Baltimore Medical Center Gets the Word Out on Covid-19 Pt 1
Focal Point Productions sets up their Facebook Live and townhall streaming
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PODCAST 232-1: University of Kentucky Athletics Puts AV Tech in the Spotlight
Matrox encoders, Canon lenses and Ikegami cameras bring the game to the fans at home and on the road
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PODCAST: Steve Ellison on Active Acoustics and Immersive Sound Systems
Sound & Video Contractor Editor Cynthia Wisehart interviews Meyer Sound's Applications Director of Digital Products
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PODCAST 185-2: Drones Have Big Impact on AV Production
Learning to fly a drone and participating in drone meets Pt 2
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PODCAST 185-1: Drones Have Big Impact on AV Production
Everybody gets nervous about drones Pt 1
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PODCAST 182-2: Autograph Sales & Installations Outfits New Theater Sound System
We used Sennheiser’s 500 series radio microphones, which is a must for technical theater Pt 2
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PODCAST 182-1: Autograph Sales & Installations Outfits New Theater Sound System
The grids in the balcony and circle fronts were in, but there wasn’t a lot else there Pt 1
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AV Over IP: A Revolution in Perspective – Podcast Part 3
Approach to cabling infrastructure for AV over IP systems; details on the Matrox PowerStream control software. Podcast concludes with the future of Matrox in video capture, KVM and compression...
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AptoVision: Behind the Chipset
Up until recently, the big problem for HD and ultra-HD was making it go the distance.
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A Massive Installation: Purdue University’s New Rec Center, Part 1
Purdue University did a complete renovation of its gigantic France A. Córdova Recreational Sports Center with multiple sound zones and control systems. ITC, Inter Technologies Corporation, came in for...
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Stony Brook Arena AV Renovation
A multimillion-dollar renovation of Stony Brook University’s Stony Brook Arena called for a complete rebuild of the power system and Advance Sound Company of Farmingdale, N.Y., was called in...
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Behind-the-scenes of eTown Hall and Recording Studio, Part 2
In Boulder, Colo., live music every week from one of the most green performance venues in the country. eTown plays host to some of the biggest name musical artists...
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Behind-the-scenes of eTown Hall and Recording Studio, Part 1
The eTown Hall and recording studio was set up by SIA Acoustics and Sam Berkow is here to give us a behind the scenes look at this fantastic place....
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Chicago Field Museum of Natural History’s James Simpson Theater, Part 2
The grand and beautiful James Simpson Theater at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History got a new 3D cinema system, and they needed a new sound setup to go...
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Fiber-optic Technology: Where is it Heading, Part 2
It’s all going to fiber and the Fiber Optic Association is paving the way by educating the fiber work force in installation and testing.
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Inside the HDBaseT 2.0 Specification, Part 2
Dana Zelitzki of Valens is back with us for part two to get into the power-carrying capability, HDBaseT Class B and some other things on the horizon for Valens.
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Inside the HDBaseT 2.0 Specification, Part 1
Chipset manufacturer Valens is at the forefront of HDBaseT and Dana Zelitzki is here from Valens to give us the latest on the new HDBaseT 2 specification.
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PEG Station Broadcasts with Broadcast Pix, Part 1
They’re called PEG stations; public access, education, and government television at the local level and connecting the community through cable TV and the Internet. At Belmont Media Center in...
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NewTek in the Worship Space, Part 1
With a big congregation, the Community of Christ Church in Independence, Mo., also plays host to local graduations and many other events. The tech crew has to be ready...
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Seattle Mariners Moves 8 Million Pixels, Part 2
It’s the biggest LED videoscreen in baseball and it made its opening appearance in April at Seattle’s Safeco Field.
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West Upgrade, Part 2
Taliesin West, the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright, got a big AV upgrade in its Cabaret home theater with Elan g! and a Digital Projection E-Vision projector.
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West Upgrade, Part 1
Built in the 30’s and it still looks like the future today, Taliesin West, the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright, got a complete AV makeover in its famous...
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Modern Government AV, Part 2
A complete courthouse renovation included new sound systems and acoustic modifications.
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Conference Center Connects with QSC Q-Sys Integrated System Platform, Part 1
A huge conference center and hotel, the Sheraton Fairplex in Pamona, Calif., called in CSI Multimedia to connect every sound source to every destination in the place.
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Inside the HDBaseT Standard, Part 2
Scott Wellington, senior product manager for projectors, from Panasonic talks about the company's new HDBaseT-enable projector.
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An Inside Look at the HDBaseT Standard, Part 1
HDBaseT made a big showing at InfoComm this year along with hardware with it built-in.
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An AV System to Train Firemen, Part 2
Training firemen isn’t just about stacking hoses and running up stairs. A modern AV system can be a big advantage and Circle City Audio installed one while the fire...
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Mobile AV: Santa Cruz County Remote CTV, Part 1
Craig Jutson of Community Television of Santa Cruz County, Calif. outlines the purchase and technical outfitting of the new CTV remote truck used for covering local sports games and...
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Behind the Scenes with Stage Tec: Producing Live Multisite Operas, Part 2
Taking opera to the streets, Stage Tec and Swiss TV took up the challenge with Aida on the Rhine and Christian Fuchs of Stage Tec was right in the...
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Behind the Scenes with Stage Tec: Producing Live Multisite Operas, Part 1
Producing an opera on live TV would be a big enough job in a theater with everything on the same stage and just changing locations just by flying in...
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A High-flying Audiovisual Backbone, Part 2
The Red Bull Air Race is one of the most exciting TV events ever produced with live video from the planes, giant viewing screens for thousands of fans, and...
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A High-flying Audiovisual Backbone, Part 1
Roaring planes, a huge crowd, and excitement building faster than g-forces in a tight turn: the Red Bull Air Race with live video and sound right from the cockpits
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AV Asset Control on a University Campus, Part 2
At Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, they're upgrading the AV control systems and installing Extron's TouchLink touchpanel controllers
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AV Asset Control on a University Campus, Part 1
Called "one of the rising stars of education" by U.S. News and World Report, Atlanta's Kennesaw State University recently began an upgrade of their AV control systems to include...
