Wohler Enhances Flexibility and Functionality of MPEG Video Monitor Line With...
SAN FRANCISCO — March 27, 2014 — Wohler Technologies today announced a new software release for the company’s award-winning MPEG Series of broadcast-quality MPEG video monitors, the industry’s first...
View ArticleOffline is the New Online at Scala’s Americas Partner Conference
Exton, PA March 27, 2014 — Scala’s Americas Partner Conference will focus heavily on retail this year and it’s no secret why: “The retail sector will make up approximately 42 percent of total digital...
View ArticleWorldwide Nonprofit Organization Selects Premier Mounts for Community Center...
An internationally recognized nonprofit organization needed a visually stunning video wall display to grab the attention of its members, offering richly enlightening educational information in the...
View ArticleCalrec Audio Broadcast Console Introduced as Callisto Now Goes by Name ‘Summa’
HEBDEN BRIDGE, U.K. — March 2014 — Calrec Audio today announced that it is rebranding its Callisto audio console with a new name: Summa. The console, which will make its NAB Show debut next month in...
View ArticleContemporary Research QMOD-SDI 2 doubles options for SDI distribution over...
Dallas, TX – March 26, 2014 – Contemporary Research is previewing its new QMOD-SDI 2 HD Modulator/IPTV Encoder at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas April 7 through 10....
View ArticleRants and rAVes — Episode 241: A Great Blog About Epson
Not many companies in any industry can claim to have a 39 percent market share in the products it sells. Epson can and has that claim now. The post Rants and rAVes — Episode 241: A Great Blog About...
View ArticleWhat Would You do With 39% Market Share? Epson Shakes Things Up!
I saw Sara’s story on Epson’s 39% marketshare as well as listened to Gary’s almost daily Rants and Raves episode on the subject and felt uniquely qualified to make a couple comments on the subject...
View ArticleRTI Now Shipping RP-4 RF Control Processor for Single-Room Installations
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — March 27, 2014 — Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) has announced that the company is now shipping its new RP-4 RF control processor. The next generation of RTI’s RP-1 processor,...
View ArticleWorldwide Shipments of Front Projectors Reaches $2.63 Billion
Worldwide shipments of front projectors grew reasonably year-over-year by 6 percent to 2.12 million units in CYQ4 2013, representing $2.63 billion in value, according to the latest research from...
View ArticleSatya Nadella – A Big Step Into Some Very Big Shoes
Apple’s Steve Jobs. Virgin Atlantic’s Richard Branson. Tesla Motor’s Elon Musk. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerburg. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. And yes, Microsoft’s Bill Gates. All can be summed up in one word —...
View ArticleBTX and Reach US Announce Bee 8
HAWTHORNE, NY — March 27, 2014 — BTX Technologies, a value-added distributor and manufacturer of interface, integration, and system products, and Reach US, a manufacturer of capture and streaming...
View ArticleRants and rAVes — Episode 242: Are You Social?
We’re on every form of social media you can imagine. If you combine all our different social media experiences and tools together we have over 20,000 followers. But there are three biggies that you...
View ArticleWeekly Wrap-Up: March 28, 2014
At the end of every week, we give you some of the top stories you won’t want to miss. This week we’ve included the latest blog post from Mark Coxon, an episode of Gary Kayye’s Rants and rAVes Podcast...
View ArticleIn Praise Of Well-Built Equipment
It just occurred to me this weekend that the AVR in my media room system, a Sony STR-DA30ES recently celebrated its sixteenth birthday. If it was a child, it would have just gotten its driver’s...
View ArticleWhy I Never Blog About My Products
I have to be reading a book of some type constantly. Sometimes, when I don’t have a new one, I pick up an older one and revisit it. I did that this week with a book by Dan Arielly called “Predictably...
View ArticleBroadSign Integrates with Quividi’s Automated Audience Measurement System
BroadSign announced that an upcoming upgrade to its cloud-based digital signage software, BroadSign X 10.3, which includes integration with Quividi’s audience measurement platform. Quividi is...
View ArticleWarranties Redux?
In order to differentiate themselves from the big box stores on the one side and the trunk-slammers on the other AV pros set themselves up as systems specialists. They present themselves to clients as...
View ArticlePhilips Intros 4K, 1080p Android-Based Smart TVs
TP Vision, the company that markets and brands Philips TVs in Europe and other parts of the world, has announced a new line of TVs that are powered by Android. There are two lines, the 8100 and 8200...
View ArticleBTX Offers New Reach US Bee 8 Capture System
The Bee 8 Training Capture System is an all-in-one network streaming and recording device from Reach US. Featuring redundant recording on both an internal hard drive and a front USB thumb drive so an...
View ArticleThe Role of Green AV in Talent Acquisition and Retention
Whether it be integrated AV, live event AV or any other arm of the pro AV market, one of the most oft-heard lamentations revolves around the difficulties in attracting and retaining talent. In...
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