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Rants and rAVes — Episode 288: All About Joel
You may think you know Joel Rollins but you don’t know everything. He’s our AV People feature this month, so listen, read and find out more! The post Rants and rAVes — Episode 288: All About Joel...
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Features Don’t Sell, Benefits Sell
Recently I had a lengthy conversation with a friend of mine about the importance of trying to reacquaint dealers and vendors alike with focusing on benefits over features. We both admitted that we’ve...
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Extron Ships New Cable Cubby 202
Extron Electronics is now shipping the all-new Cable Cubby 202, a new edition to the Cable Cubby Series/2 line of cable access enclosures for AV connectivity and AC power. The compact Cable Cubby 202...
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Biamp Systems Adds to Growing U.S. Sales Team
BEAVERTON, Oregon — Aug. 20, 2014 — Biamp Systems, a leading provider of innovative, networked media systems, today announced the appointment of Robert Taylor as Regional Manager, Southeast Region of...
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Finally, the Right Digital Signage Solution for SMBs?
By Todd Fender DisplaySearch On Tuesday, Samsung announced the launch and availability of Samsung SMART Signage TV (SSTV). Targeted at small to medium businesses (SMBs) with one to nine employees,...
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SupplyStream Continues Growth by Attracting Industry Veterans Joe Piccirilli...
SupplyStream (www.mysupplystream.com), the web-based platform that aggregates industry products and suppliers into a single website for dealers, strengthens its team by adding Joe Piccirilli, former...
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Back to School
What perfect timing! The same day that I had the awesome pleasure of being in front of a best and brightest class of 22 CTS candidates from the Atlanta market of the AV industry, my five year old...
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270K Interactive Displays Sold in Q2 2014
Interactive whiteboards and interactive flat panel displays in the education and corporate sectors achieved close to 270,000 unit sales in Q2 2014, a similar volume to Q2 last year and a good pick up...
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Christie: Trendsetting and Trailblazing with Virtual Reality and Projection...
Christie, a company historically known for high end display, video wall and projection technology is continuously doing something which can only be described by a singular statement — blowing your...
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Rants and rAVes — Episode 289: CEDIA Expo Is Right Around the Corner
CEDIA Expo is the audiovisual industry’s largest home AV and smart home technology show. It gets started in a few weeks in Denver, Colorado. Did you know we are already covering the show before it...
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New Storage Accessories from Chief
Chief has released several accessories for integrating systems in in-wall and above-ceiling applications. A new Component Adapter Bracket (PACUNV1) enables attachment of AV equipment inside the in-wall...
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$580MM in One Year — Multi-site Churches
According to research studying the 8,000 multi-site churches in America, 57 percent of them will launch an additional campus in the next 12 months and spend $580,549,500 on technology for those new...
View ArticleWeekly Wrap-Up | August 22, 2014
It’s Friday and time for the Weekly Wrap-Up. Here are some of the top stories we think deserve a second look from this week. Joel Rollins’ latest Crew Call column about opportunities to change the way...
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Leaf to Intro 4K Capable Matrix Switchers at CEDIA
Leaf will launch a line of HDCP 2.2-compliant matrix switchers at next month’s CEDIA Expo for use in UHD and 4K TV applications. The new Leaf Ultra HD range will comprise both HDBaseT Class A and Class...
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InfoComm: Giving AV the Old College Try
By Dan Daley Special to InfoComm International The buzz around concepts such as distance learning and massive open online courses (MOOCs) make it seem as if media and higher education have suddenly and...
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Demand For Wireless High Resolution Home Theater Audio Sparks Growth in...
The Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association, an industry group focused on high resolution, wireless, multi-channel audio products to the home theater market, continues its fast growth with the...
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‘Torus Power Hour +’ CEDIA CEU Course Promises to Be a Groundbreaker Thanks...
TORONTO, ON, CANADA – AUGUST 25, 2014 – Torus Power, a subsidiary of Plitron Manufacturing and maker of uncompromising and unrivaled isolation transformer–based power management components, announced...
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RTI Announces Integration With Converging Systems’ LED Lighting Systems
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Aug. 20, 2014 — Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) today announced the release of a new two-way driver that allows users to control LED systems from Converging Systems’ portfolio...
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Renault’s CAVE Raises the Bar for Virtual Reality Design
Paris, France – August 2014…Virtual Reality (VR) technology first appeared on the virtual horizon several decades ago, but it’s safe to say that the past few years have seen a quantum leap in its...
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PreSonus Ships Greatly Enhanced Progression 3
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 2014… PreSonus® is shipping Progression™ 3, a major upgrade to its popular composing software for guitar, bass, and drums. This new version makes it easier than ever to...
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