The Buzz: Newsmakers 

Sound & Video Contractor presents a continually updated database of the movers and shakers in the AV installation industry ...

Expert Viewpoint: What’s in a Lamp?  

By David Bethell

It has been more than 10 years since data projectors moved on from CRT to technologies that allowed more manageable units, and lamp technology also changed...

Associations Focus: Industry Integration 

The consolidation of the NSCA Systems Integration Expo into InfoComm's annual tradeshow will save industry professionals time and money by offering everything you need under one big roof. NSCA's full educational roster...

POV: New CTS Renewal Process 

By John Pfleiderer

If you are one of the more than 9,500 audiovisual professionals holding the CTS credential, you should be aware of changes to the CTS renewal process....

Moving to HD Videoconferencing 

By Jay Ankeney

Although the perception of high definition is in the eye of the beholder, HD has rapidly become associated by most people as the highest level of video...

Picture This: It’s Getting Easier to Be Green  

By Jeff Sauer

The typical AV professional probably doesn't think that often about protecting the planet at least not at work. Our spheres of outward influence are a...

Virtual Dinner 

By Michael Goldman

I recall distinctly when it first dawned on me that modern videoconferencing was not just a niche business tool, but a technology with potential to be...

Expert Roundtable: AV Meets IT 

By Jay Ankeney

Like the raging streams of the mighty Nile River, the two currents of audiovisual (AV) communication and information technology (IT) are combining to...

Picture This: HD DVD is Dead, Long Live HD  

By Jeff Sauer

It is official. With Toshiba's mid-February announcement that it will no longer continue to develop or market its HD DVD format, the prolonged format...

AV/IT Culture Gap 

By Michael Goldman

Last year in this space, I gawked in awe at the sophistication of intelligent buildings such as New York's Hearst Building the subject of the March 2007...