Tempest, the leading manufacturer of climate controlled projector enclosures, is showcasing its noise attenuating range, HUSH, at InfoComm (booth N1069). The HUSH range reduces the audible noise from even the largest format projectors to as little as 2dB. This makes them ideally suited to theaters, lecture halls, boardrooms and houses of worship. “In most cases, […]

SALT LAKE CITY — April 28, 2014 — NVerzion, a leading provider of cutting-edge tools for digital broadcasting and television station automation, today announced that CityCable 11, the public, educational, and government access television channel run by the City of Scottsdale in Arizona, has upgraded its automation system during the recent migration to an all-HD infrastructure. NVerzion’s Component […]

Jon Cielo, SR systems engineer at THX, talks to host Johnny Mota about what being THX certified means for integrators and products. They also talk about how installers can get certified for THX calibration and the company’s THX app. All this and more on this episode of AV Insider.

Dave Haynes, digital signage expert, blogger at Sixteen:Nine and founding member at The Preset Group, is organizing a new digital signage conference that will be held in Toronto this September. The conference, called DSrupted, will focus on disruptive technologies such as evolving Web services, micro-computing, HTML5, display canvases and data-driven content and how they are […]

Extron is launching a certification program for their new control systems. Extron will provide traditional training as well as control specific resources. https://www.ravepubs.com/extron-eqip/

Wokingham, UK – (25th April 2014) – Christie®, a global audiovisual technologies company, is proud to announce that it recently received the first ever PIPA Award for the Christie D4K2560 DLP® 4K projector with TruLife™ electronics at Prolight + Sound 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany. For the past 15 years the Musik Media Verlag publishing house […]

Last month, we considered the idea that it isn’t just the disciplines of IT and AV that are converging, but that the tools and components of both disciplines are combining in many AV shows or installations. This earned me some criticism about the way I had misused the term “convergence” (much of it from another […]

BURBANK, CHICAGO. APRIL 26th, 2014: DPA Microphones was ready for its close up during the shooting of Season 4 of Showtime’s hit comedy-drama series, Shameless. Whether the d:screet™ 4071 Miniature Omnidirectional Microphones were being used on the actors during studio shoots or on location in the windy city, they remained stars to the sound crew. […]

Anaheim, California (April 24, 2014) – Extron is pleased to introduce a new program designed to provide additional configuration resources to customers deploying Extron control solutions. Extron Qualified Independent Programming companies are carefully screened and selected by Extron to provide expert configuration support for Extron Control System projects. Extron customers may employ EQIP companies to augment […]

By Lyle Bunn Strategy Architect, BUNN Co. Digital signage hangs on one single word — “benefit” and it is content, the media presented on digital signage that delivers this benefit once the technology infrastructure is in place. The quality of content and the merit of investing in this has been an ongoing frustration for network […]

AV Networking World is a free, all-day conference put on by Audinate, providing the latest information about the real world use cases of converged AV and IT networks. AVNW is co-sponsored by the leading pro audio OEMs and will take place June 17 at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel next to the Las Vegas Convention […]

Since reaching a peak in 2011, the global TV market has seen continuous declines, falling by 6 percent in 2012 and by 3 percent in 2013. LCD TV shipment growth fell into single digits in 2011, experienced its first decline in 2012, and grew by only 2 percent in 2013, which was not enough to […]

Analog Way has announced the Orchestra², what the company calls a revamped and improved new Remote Console. The console can manage, independently or simultaneously, several switchers, either as stand-alone boxes or in combination, including soft edge blending. It controls up to six independent screen configurations in different locations and stores up to 64 presets per […]

WOKINGHAM, UK – (April 25, 2014) – Christie®, a global audiovisual technologies company, is proud to announce that it recently received the first ever PIPA Award for the Christie D4K2560 DLP® 4K projector with TruLife™ electronics at Prolight + Sound 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany. For the past 15 years, the Musik Media Verlag publishing house […]

By Matt Brennesholtz Display Central Audience Entertainment and Barco announced on March 18th a partnership creating a new interactive technology platform for moviegoers called iD — Interactive Dimension. iD builds upon digital projection and 3D technology to create a new cinema environment allowing moviegoers to physically connect and control the screen’s content the moment they […]

Controversial Jeremy Burkhardt is back… he will officially launch his new audio brand at CEDIA 2014 in Denver. The new company is called Origin Acoustics and the website shows now only a logo that is unmistakably Burkhardt’s bearded profile in silhouette. Supposedly the new company is working on a product portfolio of home theater speakers, […]

NanoTech’s Nuvola NP-C claims to be the world’s first commercial-grade 4K media player (though we know that’s not true as BrightSign, among others, also has one). But the NP-C is a solid-state player that does support content via Android App’s HTML5 or Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, like 11-Giraffes. The NP-C connects via Ethernet […]

Micro Industries has just unveiled a unique Touch & Go Digital Lollipop 55 — a dual-sided 55″ interactive portrait touchscreen in a less than 2.4″ (6 centimeters) thick profile. Each digital lollipop supports single or multi-touch touchscreens simultaneously, using independent processors that separately drive the operating system. To ensure minimal deflection of the screens when […]

NEC Display announced the availability of “the world’s first fully integrated compact DCI-compliant digital cinema projector using laser light source.” Designed for screens up to 11 meters, the NEC NC1100L is for use in venues such as cinemas and art houses, as well as public buildings, theaters and universities. And, like most other laser-based light […]

We want you to check out Joel Hagen’s newest blog at the BlogSquad on content creation. There are so many services offering shortcuts and tools — but ultimately good content is still hard to come by. Listen to today’s podcast and read Joel’s blog for great advice. Forget Creativity at Your Own Risk – Creating Content

At the age of 12, Kevin Nelson’s mom bought and brought home a brand new organ. It was making this noise in the house and Kevin wanted to know why. So he tore apart the organ, took the speakers out, and figured out what made it work. Needless to say, he was grounded for it. […]

Glenview, IL, April 23, 2014– Crimson AV, LLC –a leading manufacturer of both custom and off-the-shelf display-mounting solutions for the commercial and residential markets—announced today the expansion of its Glenview, Illinois, headquarters. U.S. Representative Bob Dold from Illinois’s 10th congressional district will visit the facility April 24, 2014. Representative Dold will take a tour of Crimson AV to see how […]

4/24/2014 Uli Behringer, Chairman and CEO of MUSIC Group has notified Deswell Industries Inc. (DSWL: NASDAQ) of his intention to seek a seat on the Company’s board. As the holder of a significant portion of Deswell stock, Mr. Behringer has expressed concern about the Company’s performance in recent months. “As a substantial shareholder, I’d like […]

At NAB 2014, Cisco and Sony became the first companies to publicly demonstrate the live delivery of full-frame rate 4K 60P content. The live demonstration streamed live 4K video from New York City to Las Vegas and was on display for NAB show attendees at the Cisco and Sony booths. Live events in New York […]

With its more than 15 million inhabitants, a surprising mixture of solemn antiquity and modernity, of institutional values and entrepreneurial drive, Beijing has plenty of surprises to offer. One of the most surprising ones was the discovery of the Ravioli Factory restaurant and the bar beneath it, the CD Blues, in the district of Chaoyang, […]

Next up in the series is a company who approaches this new age of video communications from a bit of a different angle, one that may look to be more IT-centric mirroring what is currently occurring in enterprise IT, as organizations move toward replacing hardware in the infrastructure with software and virtualized technologies. Based in […]

Extron’s EQIP is a new program designed to provide additional configuration resources to customers deploying Extron control solutions. Extron Qualified Independent Programming (EQIP) companies are apparently carefully screened and selected by Extron to provide expert configuration support for Extron Control System projects — in a conference call I had with the company today, I was told that […]

Skin Laundry, a unique quick-service spa with three locations in southern California, was founded on the desire to maintain healthy skin on the go. The company is garnering a fast growing customer-base, eager to learn more about spa products and distinctive procedures. Skin Laundry was challenges with finding the right digital media solution to stream […]

Kramer’s new line of ProScale digital scaler/switchers, the VP-770, VP-771, VP-773, VP-774, VP-773AMP and VP-774AMP are all equipped with a unique built-in Mass Notification & Emergency Communication (MNEC) feature. In case you don’t know what that means, the feature provides the ability to have an education facility, corporate campus, or stadium-wide emergency notification immediately displayed […]

I just delivered my newest keynote here in Orlando at the ALMO Pro E4 AV Tour — being held in conjunction with the ISA’s International Sign Expo (the association for the sign people who’ve primarily made printed signs, banners and billboard for years) and I saw nothing but opportunity for the AV integrator world. Why? […]

Mount and furniture brand SANUS, which recently redesigned its website, has announced ‘SANUS Spaces,’ a new social site for dealers and installers to “inspire consumers through beautiful home media design.” Spaces will include advice from experts in the fields of interior home design, AV industry installations, technology and TV safety, and will also serve as […]

Extron is now shipping the XTP R HWP 201, a Decora-style wall plate receiver for XTP Systems. It features a unique design specifically to handle space constraints behind wall-mounted displays, with the HDMI output connector oriented upward at a 90-degree angle, in order to minimize stress on the cable and allow for a low-profile flat […]