BenQ America launched its latest “BenQ Cares” campaign. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the company will donate $10 for each award-winning HT1075 Colorific home theater projector sold in October. Created earlier this year, the BenQ Cares outreach program seeks to promote the company’s social responsibility by supporting charitable causes and reinvesting in communities […]
Chicago, IL, October 22, 2014 — Balanced Audio Technology (BAT), the U.S. manufacturer of ultra-high-end vacuum tube and solid-state audio components, today announced it has appointed Steve Shade as Director of International Sales. Shade is responsible for all aspects of sales and business activities with international distributors and dealers outside the U.S. and Canada. Steve […]
GTEC/OTTAWA – (October 22, 2014) – Canadian visual and audio technologies leader Christie®, is bringing its broad range of advanced visual displays, and processing and collaboration solutions to Canada’s GTEC (Government Technology Exhibition and Conference), which takes place October 27-30 at the Ottawa Convention Center. The four-day show attracts over 6,000 participants and is the […]
LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y. — Oct. 22, 2014 — MultiDyne®, a leading provider of fiber optic-based video and audio transport solutions for broadcast and pro A/V applications, has appointed Inviso as its master distributor for Latin America and the Caribbean, increasing the company’s brand presence and sales efforts in the region. Inviso will distribute MultiDyne’s entire […]
Planar Systems today announced two new “ultra-narrow” bezel LCD models in its line of Clarity Matrix LCD Video Wall System with G2 Architecture: a 46” model with 800 nits brightness and a 55” model with 500 nits brightness. The new models feature a tiled bezel width of just 3.7 millimeter (0.15 inches) between adjacent LCD […]
The KH8 is one of the world’s first flexible digital “slim array technology” line array speakers (S.A.T); slim and compact in design, self-powered and weather resistant providing an exceptional peak output of 145 dB SPL offering a rather different solution to the touring audio market. It is fully controlled by the on-board DSPs for hyper […]
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Oct. 21, 2014 — Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, today announced that its Artist digital matrix intercom system and RockNet real-time audio network have been built into all three of the unique OB units completed by Montreal-based Rec4Box OB Factory in the past year. Equipped with […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Oct. 21, 2014 — The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers® (SMPTE®), the worldwide leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries, today announced that award-winning television and radio news anchor Frank Mottek will host the SMPTE 2014 Honors & Awards Ceremony, sponsored by IMAX with support […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Oct. 21, 2014 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced the launch of the Harmonic Certified Services Partner (CSP) program, which recognizes and rewards Harmonic partners for continued investment in technical talent. The program is designed not only to enhance customer confidence in participating partners, but […]
Riedel Products at CCW Expo 2014: STX-200 Professional Broadcast-Grade Interface The STX-200 professional broadcast-grade interface brings any Skype® user worldwide into the professional broadcast environment. Licensed by Microsoft®, the new Riedel product meets broadcasters’ increasing need for a reliable single-box solution that enables them to bring live contributions from both reporters and viewers into live […]
Port Perry, Ontario (October 2014) — Cheap Trick, possibly one of the most covered groups of all time, is currently out on tour with an assortment of gear that guarantees that their followers get the “Cheap Trick” sound they expect. Burst Sound & Lighting, headquartered in Detroit, is the sound production company tasked with making […]
10/21/2014 Los Angeles, CA – Building on the tremendous success of the Behringer X32 which has become the world’s best-selling digital console family, the company announced 4 revolutionary products that are being added to their digital mixer lineup. The wireless, remote-controllable X AIR Series ranges from 12 to 18-inputs, with all boasting award-winning Midas-designed mic […]
The new Aspyre Series ASP-88-4K is an 8×8 HDMI matrix switcher that Aurora says is 4K compatible. Capable of multi-channel digital audio (up to 7.1 channel) from any of the eight HDMI inputs to the any of the eight HDMI outputs, the ASP has web-based control, front panel button control as well as RS232. Other […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Oct. 21, 2014 – Underscoring its commitment to delivering high-performance projectors to home theater customers and installers, Epson today released a firmware update www.epson.com/detailenhancement that expands the image quality capabilities of several of its award-winning home theater solutions. The update adds Epson’s Detail Enhancement feature to its powerful Super Resolution technology to deliver sharp, rich […]
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Oct. 21, 2014 — BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions and the No. 1-selling DLP® projector brand in The Americas(1), today announced that four of the company’s Colorific™ W1080ST projectors will be powering visual artist and filmmaker Carmen Osterlye’s newest projection art installation. Titled Apophany, the exhibit will run from Oct. 25 […]
October 2014 — For centuries Italy has been the country of design and creativity, it’s a country of dreamers. That passion still flows here in the heart of Tuscany, Firenze, inspiring some of world’s most noticeable innovations. In the world of Pro Audio, the new creation to leave the workshop of K-array is a product of […]
NSCA announced this week that Liz Wiseman, leadership educator and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, will keynote NSCA’s 2015 Business & Leadership Conference (BLC). She will speak about the difference between leaders who are diminishers and those who are multipliers – and how many of today’s leaders are wasting their most vital resources by being […]
Extron has a new fiber extender line in the FOX USB Extender Plus, which extends signals from USB peripheral devices extreme distances over fiber optic cabling. The extender supports USB 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, and 1.0 devices with data rates up to 480 Mbps. Used in conjunction with an Extron FOX Series DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI or […]
Chuck Wilson’s story of how he got into AV is a little different than, well, a lot of people. Not many people can say that they’ve only held two jobs their entire life. Chuck, executive director of NSCA, however, can. “I started out in the AV industry in the late ‘70s,” said Chuck. “I came […]
InFocus has launched three new projectors aimed at the small conference room market with its new IN118HDa, short-throw IN118HDSTa and networkable IN2128HDa. The IN118HDa is specified with a brightness of 3,000 lumens while the IN118HDSTa is 2,700 lumens, and the IN2128HDa offers 3,500 lumens. Features for all three include: 1920×1080 native resolution HDMI, VGA, S-video and […]
Extron is already shipping its DTP T HWP 231 D and DTP T HWP 331 D single-gang, Decora-style transmitters for sending HDMI, audio and bi-directional RS232 and IR signals over a shielded CATx cable to Extron DTP-enabled products. The DTP T HWP 231 D extends signals up to 230 feet (70 meters), while the DTP […]
The executive director of CEDIA, Don Gilpin, will step down as leader of the home technology industry association by the end of 2015. Gilpin has been with CEDIA since 1998 and became executive director and COO in 2006. Chairman Larry Pexton and the board of directors will search for Gilpin’s replacement immediately. Gilpin will assist […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Oct. 16, 2014 — Wohler Technologies today announced that Dayan Sivalingam has been appointed as the company’s director of engineering for the RadiantGrid™ business line. In this new role, Sivalingam will be responsible for managing and growing Wohler’s file-based solutions engineering team, working with product management and sales to further refine and […]
Компания Polymedia, системный интегратор и лидер российской аудиовизуальной индустрии, рада пригласить Вас на свой стенд на VIII Международной выставке Integrated Systems Russia 2014, которая пройдет в Москве в период с 29 по 31 октября. В этом году мы в очередной раз представим новейшие разработки для образования, госструктур, энергетики, транспорта и корпоративного сектора. Центральной частью экспозиции […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – October 2014… Founded in 1953, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University today enrolls over 35,000 students in a campus network that spans across Saudi Arabia’s capital city. Islamic tradition specifies that men and women attend school separately, so the University has a campus for each. Most of the university’s multiple lecture […]
On 2 October it took place the “II Conference of Lighting and AV in the retail sector” at the Escuela Superior de Disseny IED of Barcelona. This event was organized by CICAT Lighting Cluster and Secartys. Juan José Vila, Product Manager of Equipson and vice chairman of the area of professional Lighting and Audio of Secartys, took part as speaker in […]
Miss anything last week? Here are the six stories we think you shouldn’t miss. Catch up on each story below for last week’s top headlines. Disruptive Forces: The Leaders Speak – Mark Loney, StarLeaf Android Signage Goes Dual Screen With VIA ALTA DS 2 Registration Opens for Integrated Systems Europe AV Buddy Pro: An In […]
Anaheim, California (October 16, 2014) – Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the DTP T HWP 231 D and DTP T HWP 331 D, single-gang Decora®-style transmitters for sending HDMI, audio, and bidirectional RS-232 and IR signals over a shielded CATx cable to Extron DTP-enabled products. The DTP T HWP 231 D extends signals up to 230 feet (70 meters), while the DTP T HWP 331 D extends signals up […]
By Dan Daley Special to InfoComm International It’s sometimes hard to reconcile the putative mission of a church with what has become the technically sophisticated entertainment experience inside many of them. But irony hasn’t stopped many houses of worship from pursuing ambitious AV technology strategies in an era when video dominates media of all types. […]
PreSonus has introduced the SL-Dante-SPK, an optional input card that adds Dante networking to the company’s StudioLive AI-series Active Integration loudspeakers, making StudioLive AI-series the first Dante-enabled active loudspeakers on the market. The SL-Dante-SPK card houses one network port for Dante audio networking and remote control via the free SL Room Control application for StudioLive […]
The world’s largest digital signage show — the Digital Signage Expo (DSE) — has already opened registration for its 2015 event to be held March 11-12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. DSE is the world’s longest running conference and trade show exclusively dedicated to showcasing digital communications and interactive technology solutions for customer- and […]
