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Tight spot can be the right spot for AV Big screens in small rooms, with lots of connectivity and control options hidden in tiny spaces. That’s often the challenge to the AV integrator working in the corporate environment. And a growing range of options, many driven by the burgeoning consumer display market, is available to help meet that challenge. Many of today’s new AV systems–particularly displays—have been created to fit in minimal spaces. Plasmas, LCDs, and other flat-panel displays are obvious examples, but so are rear-projection TVs that require less and less “throw distance” to serve larger and larger images. New LCD and DLP RPTVs often generate images that are 60in. or larger with roughly a foot of depth. ... |
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No Tech Left Behind By Bruce Borgerson Back when the world was analog, major new product introductions were accompanied by, at most, a few hours of product training. Then came the tectonic... |
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Installation Profile: Cornell University's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Instructional Facility By Daniel Keller While life-changing events such as the recent tsunami disaster tend to momentarily raise public awareness about earthquake studies,... |
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Old buildings: Attractive, well-built...and problematic? Old buildings can be beautiful, and their owners may cherish their solidity and strength. But the AV systems integrator planning a job in such a building often knows it can bring its own distinct challenges. Some of the problems are easy to guess: Thick walls, minimal room for cabling and control systems, and so on. But sometimes challenges arise from just the opposite factors. When Audio Visual Innovations’ Broadview, Ohio, office began working on a technology update at Cleveland’s 1872-vintage Union Club, the biggest stumbling block they encountered was a big chunk of open space... |
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The Buzz: Install of the Month By Trevor Boyer The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have spurred many companies to rely on communications technologies in order to spread their workforces across different locations. WellChoice, the parent company... |
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Designing Scientifically By Tony Warner We've all seen it, and if we're honest, we've probably all done it at some point: cutting and pasting elements from a previous design to easily create a new one.... |
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Management Perspectives: Church Tech Training By Gary Zandstra One of the most discussed topics in the industry of church AV is training. Integrators are installing more sophisticated and complex systems as many churches... |
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AV Integration By Tom Corbett There is some discussion about what AV integration is. Who is a consultant, who is a contractor, and who is an integrator? In one great sense, it makes no difference. ... |
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Installation Profile: Overtime in Athens By Trevor Boyer As with any Olympics host country, Greece faced the prospect of constructing dozens of new venues and refurbishing old ones. Some, like the $76 million... |
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Show Time By John Huntington and Jim Janninck The preshow video ends, the automated doors swing open, and the audience at Science Metropolis files into Tornado Alley, where we see the interior of... |
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