UTRECHT, Netherlands — Feb. 7, 2017 — ASL Intercom, a Riedel Communications company, today announced the launch of Enchorus, the Dante™-based audio network for AV professionals. Enchorus offers a professional, flexible, and scalable Dante solution for live stage applications, production studios, and other pro-AV installations. With the addition of Enchorus, ASL now offers communications and […]

Rockleigh, NJ, February 7, 2017 – Crestron introduces a complete, flexible, and powerful table-top meeting room system with Crestron Mercury. The sleek, all-in-one console is all you need to transform your meeting rooms into highly effective collaboration spaces. It combines all the must-have conferencing and collaboration features employees need, along with the fast, secure cloud […]

UTRECHT, Netherlands — Feb. 7, 2017 — ASL Intercom, a Riedel Communications company, today announced the appointment of Wil Stam as managing director. Effective Jan. 1, Stam is leading the ASL team to build market share and strengthen the ASL brand in worldwide A/V markets. Acquired by Riedel Communications last fall, ASL offers an award-winning […]

  London, 7 February 2017 – NEC Display Solutions Europe today announced two laser-based additions to its PA Series of LCD projectors, taking low-maintenance operation to a new level. The new additions, the PA803UL and PA653UL models leverage a filter-free design, eliminating one of the biggest operational overheads normally found in installed projectors. Designed with […]

London, 7 February 2017 – NEC Display Solutions Europe today unveiled the new realities of smarter, more connected, integrated and brighter display and visual collaboration technologies at ISE 2017 with an immersive real-world visual journey. From bezel-less retail video walls to curved desktop displays for more ergonomic workspaces and professional applications, NEC is showcasing the […]

HARMAN Professional Solutions today announced support of AES67 across networked audio and video product families. AES67 is a standard to enable high-performance audio-over-IP streaming interoperability between various IP-based audio networks. New Soundweb London BLU-806DA, BLU-326DA and BLU-DA devices will support both Dante and AES67 natively and will replace the BLU-806, BLU-326 and BLU-DAN devices respectively. […]

Blackmagic Design today announced ATEM Television Studio HD, a broadcast quality live production switcher designed for both broadcast and professional AV users. ATEM Television Studio HD features eight inputs, multi-view, aux, and program outputs, analog audio inputs, built-in talkback, two flash based media players, creative transitions, a DVE for effects and more. The new ATEM […]

HARMAN Professional Solutions today announced new firmware for AMX RoomBook scheduling touch panels, making them part of the new Acendo product family. Acendo Book scheduling touch panels are standalone scheduling panels that integrate directly with popular room scheduling software like Microsoft Exchange, Office 365 and Google Calendar without additional system software or hardware requirements. The […]

Eiki International debuted the EK-100 Classroom Series Projectors, all 3LCD. The new EK-100 Series includes four models: the EK-100W with 3,600 ANSI Lumens brightness and WXGA resolution the EK-101X with 4,200 ANSI Lumens and XGA resolution the EK-102X with 3,300 ANSI Lumens and XGA resolution the EK-103X with 3,300 ANSI Lumens and XGA resolution Common […]

Audinate, developer of the Dante media networking technology, is celebrating key adoption milestones at ISE 2017. Over 350 manufacturers have now licensed Dante, an increase of 75 since this time last year. Recent licensees span a broad spectrum of markets, including installed sound, live sound, broadcast, transportation and CEDIA, and include notable brands such as […]

Attero Tech is introducing the new unHX2D HDMI Audio-to-Dante Bridge at ISE 2017 in Amsterdam. The unHX2D is a Dante enabled HDMI repeater designed to bridge two-channel PCM HDMI audio to/from a Dante audio network. The unHX2D includes two line level analog inputs and outputs that can be independently bridged to/ from a Dante audio […]

HARMAN Professional Solutions today introduced the AMX Acendo Core presentation solution for huddle spaces and small meeting environments. One unique feature is that Acendo Core features direct integration with Microsoft Exchange scheduling, Skype for Business integration, native document viewers and email document sharing. Built-in document viewers and rendering allow users to present content without bringing […]

Prysm’s Visual Workplace is about to be available to non-Prysm hardware. And, in their booth at ISE, they’ll even be demoing it on third-party display products. This continues Prysm’s efforts to move away from being just a hardware provider and more into the services arena of providing business solutions. The software will be SaaS with […]

Clear-Com has announced that it will launch a Dante interface card for the Eclipse-HX matrix (E-Dante64-HX) at ISE 2017. The card, which is compatible with Eclipse HX-Omega, Median and Delta matrix systems, supports Dante and is AES67 compatible, allowing users to transport up to 64 channels of high quality audio to multiple Dante-enabled devices using […]

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Feb. 6, 2017 — Wisdom Audio, designer and manufacturer of loudspeaker systems tailored for the most discerning audiophiles, today announced it will demonstrate its latest audio solutions in a realistic media room environment created in collaboration with Italy’s premier acoustic designer, Home Theater Environment (HTE), on its stand 5-U120 at ISE […]

In this episode, Chris Turner (@AAVChris) joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) and she proclaims him to be one of her favorite people (shocking, I know). Chris talks about his time in California before he joined the AV industry. Chris provides the perfect example of how being friendly and keeping in contact with people can lead […]

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — Feb. 6, 2017 — Biamp Systems, a leading provider of innovative, networked media systems, today announced the TesiraFORTÉ™ DAN range of audio processors. The result of a collaboration between Biamp and Shure Incorporated, these new audio processors directly interface with the Shure MXA beamforming line of microphones. Along with the new […]

Yves Trelohan, Senior VP of HELAV (Home Electronic Luxury Audio Video), speaks with me about Auro Technologies hardware division, Storm. We cover new ISE announcements, a factory tour they’ll give during ISE day 2, new products moving forward, and a few other tidbits you can only find on this episode of AV Insider.

rAVe has been given exclusive access to LIVE STREAM the launch of the Cisco Spark Board – their biggest product launch in years – and we will post it on our Facebook Page. Just save this page and come back to it at 11AM EST Tuesday, 8am PST and 17:00hrs CET (central European time). We are […]

ATEN today launched an HDBaseT 2.0 DVI dual view extender at ISE 2017. The ATEN CE624 integrates the latest HDBaseT 2.0 technologies to extend the most reliable transmission of dual view video, audio, USB and RS-232 signals up to 490 feet via a single Cat6/6a cable, with the dual view function enabling video output to […]

HARMAN Professional Solutions today introduced the AKG HC644 head-worn and LC617 lavalier microphones for presentation and speech applications. The new microphones are directly compatible with all AKG body-pack wireless transmitters and are adaptable to most popular wireless systems, making them ideal for presentations in classrooms, lecture halls and multiuse event facilities of any size. AKG […]

Bose Professional just launched themselves into a new market with the new ControlSpace EX audio conferencing system. The system includes the new ControlSpace EX-1280C conferencing signal processor and three new Dante-based ControlSpace under-table endpoints (EX-4ML, EX-8ML and EX-UH). Bose says it was designed with input from integrators and thus, the system features connectivity for various […]

HARMAN Professional Solutions today announced the JBL AWC62 all-weather two-way coaxial loudspeaker, the latest addition to the JBL AW and AWC Series speakers. Like all AWC speakers, the AWC62 incorporates a coaxial driver and the AWC62 offers a consistent 110° coverage with high output in a cabinet that measures just 10.2 x 10.2 x 10.1 […]