InfoComm: Overheard at GovComm 2013
By Brad Grimes InfoComm International Seriously, next time GovComm, the D.C.-area AV/IT trade show put on by InfoComm, rolls around, drop by, if for no other reason than to take in the federal...
View ArticleThe Easy Sell on a Hard Topic
There are so many good points to using energy efficient products as one of the most cost-effective, simple and quick ways to reduce energy consumption and lower green house gas emissions. The ICT...
View ArticleMiddle Atlantic Names Blake Brubaker Regional Sales Manager
Fairfield, NJ––Middle Atlantic Products has appointed Blake Brubaker as Regional Sales Manager for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. In his new position, Brubaker will...
View ArticlerAVe Founder to Host AOpen Forum Europe During ISE 2014 in Amsterdam
The 2013 AOpen Forum Europe had over 150 attendees who learned about everything from the state of the digital signage market to what’s next for digital signage and its impact in mobile applications....
View ArticleCEDIA Europe Announces Training at ISE 2014
CEDIA has announced its training line-up for the ISE 2014 show in Amsterdam in early February. We highly recommend two of the sessions: 1. Residential Networking: The purpose of this course is to...
View ArticleRants and rAVes — Episode 190: What Will Digital Signage Be Like in 2014?
The DS market can be intimidating for a newbie, but a new column by Jeff Hastings will help you navigate it. The post Rants and rAVes — Episode 190: What Will Digital Signage Be Like in 2014? appeared...
View ArticleGaming the AV Industry: Lift Off!
I’m sticking to my promise, and this will be my first article featuring specific ways to add value to your game-centric home theater setup. It may actually be too specific, in that you’ll have to do...
View ArticleChristie Cuts Seams Nearly in Half with New S310 MicroTiles
The new S310 screen option for Christie MicroTiles reduces seams to just 0.7 millimeters. Unless you’re a newbie to the AV industry or can’t read, you’ve likely heard about and seen MicroTiles in...
View ArticleDPA Microphones and Steinway Pianos in Perfect Harmony for ‘Keyboards at...
FORT WORTH, USA. DECEMBER 13th, 2013: The School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary recently enlisted the help of DPA Microphones and Steinway Hall of Dallas, Plano and Fort...
View ArticleDigital Signage Keeping It Fresh
The focus of this series “Power of Content” is to help people with content strategies and how they relate to digital screen media. Keeping viewers interested in the content is a primary challenge of a...
View ArticleIconyx Makes it Clear at St. Rose of Lima
Simi Valley, CA - December 2013… When St. Rose of Lima was founded in 1921, the Arroyo Simi was a rural valley, sparsely populated with hardy farming families. Like much of Southern California, the...
View ArticleCEDIA Launches New Comprehensive Industry Training Website
INDIANAPOLIS (December 16, 2013) — The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association has launched a new website and online learning portal that will serve as the go-to resource for home...
View Article2014: Will We Get Any Smarter?
Well, another year draws to a close in the rental and staging industry. As I sit here, filling out a box of Christmas cards with comical pictures of Santa holding a MacBook Pro, I am reflecting on what...
View ArticleAVStumpfl Intros Desert Screen for Extreme Temperature Environments
Basically a mobile projection screen married with a three-piece projector mount, the AVstumpfl Desert Screen is meant to be used in harsh environments. Using the Monoblox64 profile frame and projector...
View ArticlePreSonus Ships Compact Eris E4.5 Studio Monitors
PreSonus is now shipping its ultra-compact Eris E4.5 studio reference monitor/speaker, the third model in the Eris series of two-way monitor speakers. The monitor features a 4.5-inch, Kevlar...
View ArticleBenQ EW40 Series Monitors Bring Big Screen Mobile and Cloud-Based Content
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Dec. 16, 2013 — BenQ America Corp., an internationally renowned provider of visual display solutions, today introduced its new line of EW40 series monitors. Loaded with...
View ArticlePro Control Products on Display at ISE 2014
Pro Control Pro.rfz Wireless Range Extender The new Pro Control Pro.rfz wireless range extender makes it simple and cost effective to extend the ProLink.z processor’s 2.4-GHz ZigBee® wireless network...
View ArticlePakedge Ships Its W7O Outdoor Dual-Band Concurrent Wireless Access Point
Pakedge Device & Software is now shipping its W7O Outdoor Dual-Band Concurrent Wireless Access Point. The W7O allows for simultaneous 2.4GHz and 5.0 GHz dual-band operation, is powered by PoE and...
View ArticleLargest Q3 on Record for Interactive Whiteboards
Sales of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and interactive flat panel displays in the education and corporate sectors achieved close to 400,000 displays in Q3 2013, up 3 percent on last year and making it...
View ArticlePC Viruses Can Spread Via Microphones
OK, we’re not talking stage microphones here, but the dinky mics that are built into computers. Yet the concept is somewhat frightening: Did you know computer viruses can transmit high frequency...
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