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The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: Lakewood Church, Houston  

By Bennett Liles

The increasingly sophisticated and elaborate performances being done in churches in the past few years have stretched the limits of staging, lighting,...

Expert Viewpoint: Green Meetings 

By Craig Malloy

Your business professors undoubtedly told you that nothing beats seeing someone face to face. What they might not have told you is that you don't need...

The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: Specialty stores, nationwide  

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In today's competitive retail climate, specialty stores such as The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Tully's Coffee, Borders, Robeks, and Jack in the Box were...

Audio Podcast: Audio Analysts VP Marc Nutter 

In this Road to Infocomm enewsletter edition Sound & Video Contractor Contributing Editor Bennett Liles talks to Marc Nutter, vice president of the commercial division at Colorado’s Audio Analysts about what he plans to see and do at Infocomm08 ...

KVM Switches Answer Call to AV/IT Action 

By Jessaca Gutierrez

A staple among devices in the server room, the KVM switch is garnering a bit more attention on the AV side of the networking platform. Traditionally, the KVM switch was developed to manage the burgeoning crowd of CRT monitors, keyboards, and mice. Early models of the switch connected these devices to two desktop workstations....

EduComm Highlights Education Technology Trends 

By Linda Seid Frembes

As the AV industry gears up for its biggest show of the year, the fifth annual EduComm conference will once again offer workshops and presentations focused on educational technology in higher-education institutions...

Pioneer Focuses on Plasma, Custom Installation 

Continuing its targeting of the “discerning entertainment junkie,” Pioneer showed off its line of 2008 Kuro TV models earlier this month in New York. And for the first time since the high-profile launch of the flagship Kuro brand, Pioneer has thrown a technology other than plasma into the mix. ...

What Can You Contribute to the Green AV Movement? 

By Jessaca Gutierrez

Just about everything is going green. As more and more consumers become educated about the environment and how to decrease their footprint, green is becoming a successful commodity. In two recently released studies--one put out by the New Buildings Institute and one by CoStar Group...

AV Technology in Special-education Environments 

By Linda Seid Frembes

AV in the classroom can be a powerful teaching tool for educators in any grade. Sights and sounds can bring new life to a history lesson or bring clarity to a science lecture. But what happens when the students being served by AV technology have special needs? At the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) in Austin, teachers at the state’s oldest continuously operating publicly funded school have found the answer...

The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.  

By Dan Daley

When you ante up $455 million for a sports venue, you want your share of firsts even before anyone scores in a game...