Volume 7, Issue 7 — 22, 2013  Crew Call The Jawbone of an AssJoel Rollins : rAVe Columnist  Headline News Christie QuadHD84 is 84″ 4K Display Lectrosonics Debuts Two New Aspen Processors BEHRINGER FIREPOWER FCA610 Ships Extron Introduces New Eight-Channel Audio Extractor for 3G-SDI 20K-Lumen DPI Titan Projector Debuted Teracue Adds RTMP Flash to ENC-300 […]

TFCinfo’s recently published Projector Brand Customer Perception and Preference Tracking Report 2013 reveals that the top four most important factors end users consider when purchasing a projector are overall picture quality, brightness, price and reliability/maintenance costs. Experienced projector users and purchasers name Panasonic, Epson, Sony, NEC and Sharp as the top brands they consider to […]

The Christie QuadHD84 is an 84″, 4K resolution (3840×2160), LED-lit LCD display that is spec’d at 350 nits (cd/m2) and a 1600:1 contrast ratio. It has the ability to display 4K content at 60 Hz — the first in the market of which we know. The Christie QuadHD84 can be used as a wall-mountable or […]

Extron is shipping its new WindoWall Pro, a four-window display video wall processing system that offers full HDCP compliance at all HDMI inputs and outputs. WindoWall Console software is the user interface to the system, facilitating control and configuration of videowall systems, and the creation of presentations with multiple, independent windows for displaying graphics, HDTV […]

Sharp has debuted a unique-sized multi-touch LED that’s capable of being used flat, angled or handing on a wall. When flat, it can be used to mount in tables or lecterns in classrooms and when angled (75-degrees with the included stand). It can be used as a second computer monitor that’s touch-screen and interactive and […]

Atomos is already shipping the Samurai Blade, a 1280×720 touchscreen that allows for internal recording of 10-bit images shot with HDMI-output cameras — straight from the camera sensor directly to HDD or SSD drives, captured using Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHD codecs. Using an Atomos branded SuperAtom IPS touchscreen, at 325-ppi, 179-degree viewing, 400-nit brightness […]

Mark Coxon: Is Magic Still Alive? Corey Moss: Microsoft and Skype — A Match Made for Lync Mark Coxon: AVPhenom Announces Entrance Into the AV Job Market Molly Stillman: The Cable Diaries: The Time Is NOW! Bye, bye cable! Mark Coxon: The Secret to Success: Watch Field of Dreams… Backwards Lee Distad: How Not To […]

Draper, Inc. has announced that Advertising Manager Penny Sitler, CDT, LEED AP, has been named the recipient of a 2013 Women in AV Award from InfoComm International. To read the complete press release online, click here.

Salamander Designs, Ltd., a manufacturer of audio/video entertainment furniture, theater/lounge seating and accessories for over 20 years has announced the unveiling of a new website designed to make it easy and efficient for dealers and consumers to navigate the broad range of A/V furniture, seating and accessory products offered by Salamander. To read the complete […]

D-Tools, Inc. this month announced the launch of its newly redesigned website. Boasting a cleaner, more refined and contemporary look with a streamlined user experience, the new website features enhanced navigation that quickly delivers concise information, helpful resources and needed functionality. To read the complete press release online, click here. See D-Tools’ website here.

EMEA distributor to the CI trade, Amber International has added three new TruAudio speaker products to its portfolio – the SLIM-200 home theatre soundbar, the Trunami Series in-wall subwoofer and the new ‘Grand Canyon’ family of Ghost Series in-ceiling speakers. To read the complete press release online, click here.

Christie today launched something called the Christie Vive Audio solution, which the company says will help “complete the experience” for moviegoing audiences. Designed for cinema, Christie Vive Audio leverages a unique articulated, single enclosure line array speaker design and ribbon driver technology, and combines it with the first use of efficient, high-powered Class D amplification […]

NSCA has released a new tool, available free to members, that provides indicators of new business opportunities by tracking new construction starts and renovations in the commercial buildings sector. The NSCA Electronic Systems Outlook, which breaks out construction data by markets and systems, indicates that the construction community is experiencing growth and improvement in new […]

TFCinfo recently announced the release of its yearly benchmark study on the strength of flat panel brands (32+”) and flat panel purchasing preferences. This research reveals that although end users are clear on their desired technology of choice, the major motivators behind each technology (LED LCD, LCD and plasma), and the way end users weigh […]

The impression X4 from Germany-based GLP features 19 high-powered RGBW LEDs, giving a homogenized output across a full zoom range of 7 to 50 degrees, and now it’s controllable via an iPad. One of the versatile features of the impression X4 is that users can create their own pixel designs on the fly and store […]

Today, Christie introduced the newest member of its Christie Matrix Series with the Christie Matrix WU7K-J 3-chip DLP projector. Featuring 6,300 ANSI lumens and WUXGA (1920×1200) resolution, the Xenon-based projector offers standard features that include full scalability, built-in geometric warping and edge blending and image processing with 120Hz capability. The Christie Matrix J Series models […]

Extron’s new SMD 101 is a compact H.264 streaming media decoder used with Extron SME 100 encoders to provide complete end-to-end AV streaming systems. The SMD 101 is designed specifically for use in professional AV streaming applications to decode live AV streaming content from SME 100 encoders or to play back AV media files available […]

BenQ America’s newest projector, the W770ST, is a $650 short-throw home entertainment projector. Using a native 1280×720 DLP chip, the short-throw W770ST projects an image 62 inches wide at 40 inches from the screen and is integrated with a 10-watt speaker — so it’s pretty much designed as a “take it out of the closet and […]

Timothy Dorwart, who was just appointed CEO of Community Professional Loudspeakers in March, has passed away after an illness, according to the company. Dorwart had over 30 years of sales, manufacturing and management experience in the pro audio and music industries. In his CEO role, Dorwart was tasked with overseeing the company’s overall business and […]

Back at ISE in January, we shot a video of the first ever showing of the Christie FHD551-XG, a 55″ LCD that is integrated with Corning Gorilla Glass (making it virtually indestructible): Well, at last month’s InfoComm show in Orlando, Christie officially launched the FHD551-XG and gave us a glimpse of the specs: Native 1920×1080 […]

Analog Way’s new LiveCore series, which is now shipping, is available in two configurations: 8×2+1 for the NeXtage 16, and 12×4+1 for the SmartMatriX Ultra, Ascender 32 and Ascender 48. All of them feature an independent dual-link output with versatile display options including full preview and live mosaic. The LiveCore connectivity includes HDMI, DisplayPort and […]

Aurora’s new DXB-8 is a low-cost, eight-button, single-gang wall keypad with two RS232 outputs. It mates with Aurora’s DXW-2 series HDBaseT Wall plates, allowing RS232 control via HDBaseT to the display over a single cable. The new button panel comes in black and white with an assortment of laser-etched backlit buttons. The DXB-8 can also […]

Matrox Graphics just released MuraControl 2.0 for Windows — a video wall management software for Mura-based video walls. New features include transparency and color-keying effects, the addition of local inputs and control, plus source touring and scheduling functionality: Transparency and color keying — Blending videos and images with the desktop, a background image, or another […]

ComQi and Aceso (a healthcare management solutions provider) announced a partnership in serving the healthcare sector with turn-key digital media solutions. Basically, what’s happening is that Aceso has integrated ComQi’s Engage Content Management platform into its enterprise level UpTech platform that offers a cloud based digital media system for hospitals and healthcare facilities. The content […]

MultiTouch Ltd. and USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) recently unveiled of the largest university interactive display installation in North America. The installation, which covers six alcoves in the lobby of the new SCA Interactive Media Building, is comprised of 18 MultiTaction 55” Ultra-Thin Bezel displays and creates a visually engaging and interactive experience for […]

Over the past few months, we’ve been polling and surveying rAVe’s readers. Every so often, we want to do a little “check-in,” and see how things are going, but more importantly, see WHO is reading us. When you publish in internet land, it can often be difficult to connect with each reader to see who […]

Sometimes while working in the AV industry, it can be easy to forget that we aren’t just manufacturers, or integrators, or dealers, or distributors, or writers, or members of the press. We are so inundated with the technology that we study, develop, invent, or cover, we forget that there’s this whole other world outside of […]

The Christie Brio is a totally wireless room system that allows up to five people to share their LCD or projection screens simultaneously. The output of Brio is two 2560×1600 (dual-link DVI-D — but can be converted to DisplayPort or HDMI) and stereo audio on 3.5 mm connectors. Inputs include up to two wired connections, […]

TruAudio is now offering a line of projection screens, including fixed frame, fixed acoustic, fixed curve and motorized screens in standard, in-ceiling, tension, twin and floor rising. The fixed frame projection screens have an HD 3.5” flat frame and a 4K curved frame model. These cover the gamut of home theater room applications and are […]

Key Digital and IC Realtime have announced that several of IC Realtime’s surveillance DVRs, including the Flex Series, Elite Series, NVR700N and NVR700S2P, now integrate natively into Key Digital’s Compass Control system. IC Realtime was already a Compass Allaince Partner and worked with Key Digital to develop bi-directional drivers that offers DVR control and feedback […]

Vaddio EasyUSB video solutions have tested compatible with Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. In addition to sharing a desktop, documents or web browser with Vaddio video solutions, WebEx users can now share high definition video up to 720p and have remote pan, tilt and zoom control. “We are committed to assuring that all of Vaddio’s professional […]

Arthur Holm’s new DynamicTalk is designed specifically as a motorized lift system for gooseneck microphones. In addition to allowing the mic to be protected and stored below a podium or desk surface, the DynamicTalk includes a mute a and talk button. Available in three different sizes, the product integrates a Dynamic LED ring to indicate […]