Don't Stop Learning
Melissa Taggart
Despite signs the U.S. economy is in recovery, the unemployment rate has hung stubbornly around 10 percent. In order to stand out from other job applicants and gain access to specialized positions, many people have decided to go back to school. In the AV industry, InfoComm and others offer certifications in areas of general audiovisual knowledge, AV installation, and design....
Interactive Whiteboards: Smart Board 885ix and 8070i
PRO AV Editors
Smart Technologies' new interactive products, the Smart Board 885ix interactive whiteboard system and the Smart Board 8070i interactive display, support multitouch gestures recognized in Windows 7....
Connected Displays: Samsung RVU LED TVs
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Samsung will offer the first flat panels to support DirecTV's RVU technology, which centralizes functions such as user interfaces and digital video recording....
LED-Lit Displays: LG LW9500 and LW7700
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At the Consumer Electronics Show last month, LG Electronics launched a family of full-array LED-lit LCD displays that use what the company calls Nano Lighting Technology....
Short-Throw Projector: Hitachi CP-AW250N
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Hitachi America's new CP-AW250N Ultimate Short Throw projector supports a throw distance of 22 inches at an 80-inch screen when displaying content in its native WXGA resolution....
Education Projectors: Epson PowerLite 90 Series
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Epson has come out with the new PowerLite D6000 series of 3LCD projectors for higher-education installs. Each includes HDMI and network connectivity and built-in support for Creston RoomView software....
Projection: Da-Lite Pico Screen
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Da-Lite Screen Co.'s Pico Screen accommodates handheld pico projectors. Fully expanded, the viewing area of the screen is a 30-inch diagonal in HDTV format. It comes standard with 1.5 gain material....
Control Panel: RTI RK10 In-Wall Controller
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RTI's flagship RK10 in-wall controller combines the power of a PC with the ease-of-use of a touchscreen. It has a 10.2-inch widescreen LCD, Intel Atom CPU, and built-in wired/wireless connections....
Control System: Kramer RC-63DL
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Kramer's RC-63DL Six-Button Audio/Video and Room was originally designed for use with the compay's SummitView system. Now it's offered as a standalone, wall-mounted room controller....
HDMI Matrix: Intelix DIGI-HD-4X2
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Intelix upgraded its HDMI twisted-pair family with the DIGI-HD-4X2 matrix, which combines 4x2 HDMI switching with twisted-pair extension and Intelix's own HDshak processing....
Fiber Transmission: GefenPro 3G SDI Fiber Optic Extender
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With GefenPro 3G SDI Fiber Optic Extenders connected between a 3G SDI source and a remote destination, the video signal can travel up to 12.5 miles....
Digital Matrix Switchers: Extron DXP HDMI and DXP DVI Pro Series
PRO AV Editors
Extron's new DXP HDMI and DXP DVI Pro Series matrix switchers are HDMI 1.3-compatible and HDCP-compliant, enabling distribution of protected content to one or more compliant displays....
Multipurpose Interface: DNF Controls AnyWhere Interface Box
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DNF Controls' AnyWhere Interface Box is a single-box solution designed to create interoperability between incompatible systems or extend existing systems without custom programming or interfacing....
HDMI Extenders: Crestron HD-EXT
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Creston's HD-EXT extenders can transmit uncompressed HDMI signals up to 330 feet over a shielded twisted-pair wire. The HD-EXT1-C handles two-way control; the HD-EXT2-C supports stereo analog audio....
Seamless Switcher: Analog Way Smart Edge
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Analog Way is readying Smart Edge, a high-resolution seamless switcher with dual-output edge blending. It includes universal analog and digital I/Os and high-resolution digital processing....
Power Supply: Extron PS 1230
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The latest member of Extron?s PS Series of desktop power supplies has three 12V two-pole captive screw ports and offers a total of 3 amps across all outputs with no per-port current limits....
Display Mounts: Da-Lite VESA Monitor Mounts
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Da-Lite Screen Co. has added four VESA-standard mounts to its flat-panel-monitor mount offerings. They're available in two lengths as static, tilt, or articulating mounts....
Swing Mounts: Chief Thinstall
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Chief began shipping its Thinstall low-profile swing-arm wall mount for 37- to 58-inch displays. The slim mounts have a 1.5-inch profile and extend up to 25 inches for viewing from multiple angles....
Compact Line Array: WorxAudio TrueLine V5
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WorxAudio's TrueLine V5 Ultra-Compact Line Array is suited for speech and music reproduction, but because of its compact form factor can be used as a portable speaker in fixed installations....
Digital Wireless Microphones: Shure PGX
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The Shure PGX digital wireless system is the company?s first such solution. It employs true diversity and operates in the 900-MHz frequency band to be free from TV signal interference....
Active Portable Speaker: JBL EON515XT
PRO AV Editors
JBL Professional took a fresh look at its EON portable loudspeaker series and came up with the new EON515XT, using technology it developed for JBL PRX600 self-powered speakers....
Wireless Microphone System: Electro-Voice R300
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Electro-Voice's new R300 wireless mic system for the entry-level pro market includes E-V features such as One-Touch ClearScan and EZsync. The receiver can sit on a table top or in a 19-inch rack....
Portable Loudspeakers: Electro-Voice Live X Series
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Electro-Voice introduced its new Live X series of portable powered and passive loudspeakers, including three powered speakers and four passive models....
Subwoofer: Community Professional VLF218
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Community Professional reintroduce the VLF218 subwoofert. The updated sub has a high-efficiency, dual 18-inch design with a slim profile and rugged Baltic birch-ply enclosure....
IP Speakers: Barix Exstreamer P5
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Barix's Exstreamer P5 amplified IP decoder turns nearly any 8-ohm speaker into an IP speaker solution for playing audio over a network....
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