April 2010
Features
Power Amplifiers
By Bennett Liles
Traditionally, one of the most vulnerable points in any sound system has been the power amplifier. Operating at high temperatures for long periods, the power amp has always been a target for shorts and overloads, but the technology advances in the past few years have met the challenge and created a new breed of power amps offering a greater degree of local and remote control…
Acoustics/Room Tuning
By Bob McCarthy
You can tune a guitar or a radio, but you can’t tune a room. The knob is just too darn big! Nonetheless, the term “tuning the room” has been adopted to describe the tools and techniques used to neutralize a listening space and its installed loudspeaker system…
Inside the Target Field Install
By Dan Daley
When the Minnesota Twins got a home of their own it was full of overlapping modern systems and the integration challenges that go with them. Plus weather….
Chat Room
By Marian Sandberg
Drawing inspiration from similarly named but unaffiliated clubs in London, Paris, Tokyo, and New York, the Living Room nightclub is known for its chic comfortable space and great sound system…
Reviews
JoeCo BBR1 Blackbox Recorder Review
By John McJunkin
JoeCo’s BBR1 Blackbox Recorder was developed specifically to capture live performances. Typically, those performances would be musical, but the device could be used for other applications, such as creating a multitrack recording of a board meeting or phone conference…
Epson PowerLite Pro Z8000WUNL Review
By Jeff Sauer
What do most AV professionals look for in an installation projector for auditoriums, lecture halls, and houses of worship? Certainly they want enough brightness to fill their space, and strong color and image quality…
Columns
Get the Job, Part 1
By Don Kreski
There’s an art and a science to writing winning proposals. The science will help you make sure the document you submit will realistically describe what you plan to do…
Extron and Electrosonic Do Business
By Cynthia Wisehart
I’ve been watching the blogs discuss Extron’s purchase of Electrosonic’s product division. Gary Kayye was one of the first to chime in, noting that Extron president Andrew Edwards specifically emphasized Electrosonic’s IP-based technology. …
How Do You SPL Relief?
By George Petersen
Anyone who works with sound-reinforcement systems spends a lot of time dealing with a lot of unsolved mysteries. The most common of these is the issue of how loud is loud enough. Unfortunately, there’s no easy answer to this question…
Departments
iPad App: Broadcast Pix iPixPanel
The new Apple iPad is about to become a fully functional live video production system control panel. Broadcast Pix announced iPixPanel, an application that will allow an iPad to control any of Broadcast Pix’s Slate video production systems…
Latest HDMI Licensing Version Specifies Mandatory 3D Formats For Broadcast Content
HDMI Licensing announced the release of the HDMI Specification Version 1.4a, featuring key enhancements for 3D applications including the addition of mandatory 3D formats for broadcast content as well as the addition of the 3D format referred to as “top-and-bottom”…
Weathering the Storm
By Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., Executive Director & CEO, InfoComm International
It has been said that no matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. As those of us in the mid-Atlantic section of the United States seek to recover from a cold and snowy winter, we are seeking any sign of growth and rebirth…
CEDIA
In addition to the CEDIA Lead Renovator certification (detailed here), CEDIA offers its flagship Electronic Service Technician certifications in four levels and a Designer Certification…
PSA-TEC
The trend: AV integration meets mass notification. NSCA has just launched an online resource to help bridge the knowledge gap…
NSCA Business & Leadership Conference Attendees Discuss Strategies
Attendees of NSCA’s 2010 Business & Leadership Conference, Feb. 25-27 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., received solutions to current challenges created by the economy…
NSCA Launches Website to Help Systems Contractors Explore, Enter Mass Notification Market
To educate industry professionals on the growing Mass Notification and Emergency Communications (MNEC) market—and to help them determine how the code changes will affect their businesses, customers, and products…
NSCA University Presents New and Popular Training Courses for InfoComm 2010
NSCA University returns to the annual InfoComm tradeshow in 2010 with more than 30 of its most popular and new educational sessions…
NSCA to Deliver Regional Training to Improve Productivity and Boost Profits
The Massachusetts Systems Contractors Association (MSCA) will host an NSCA University Project Management of Systems Projects course…
NSCA’s A/E Toolkit Celebrates Five Years by Going Back to Basics
Entering its fifth year, the A/E Toolkit continues to provide industry professionals with information to build relationships with the architect and engineer community…
Don’t Delay; Become a Certified Lead Renovator Today
This month’s deadline for compliance with the EPA’s Lead: Renovation, Repair, and Painting rule is fast approaching…
CEDIA’s Inventory Exchange Program is as Easy as 1, 2, 3
CEDIA’s Inventory Exchange Program (IEP) provides CEDIA ESC members with a forum to buy or sell excess inventory from other ESC members…
InfoComm Makes Key Additions to Management Team
InfoComm International has announced that Al Damico is joining the organization in the newly created position of chief operating officer and Joseph Bocchiaro…
Cisco’s De Beer to Keynote InfoComm 2010
InfoComm International announced that Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of Cisco’s Emerging Technologies Business Group, will be delivering a keynote address at InfoComm 2010…
Wednesday Webinars
To help AV professionals and their employers maintain their competitive advantage through continuing education, InfoComm is once again offering its free webinar series…
Regional Roundtables
Free to InfoComm members, the Regional Roundtables are designed to bring AV professionals together to learn more about the industry, while facilitating peer networking and obtaining feedback on ways InfoComm can better serve the industry…
New Products
Crestron TPS-6
Crestron announced the release of the new Crestron TPS-6 6in. tilt touchpanel, a wired version of its multiple-award-winning TPS-6X…
Intelix DIGI-V3A2
Intelix announced the release of its latest twisted-pair solution, the DIGI-V3A2 extender set. Ideal for residential, commercial, and digital signage installations…
Gefen 8×8 CrossPoint Matrix for HDMI v1.3
Connectivity solutions provider Gefen announced the availability of its new 8×8 CrossPoint Matrix for HDMI v1.3…
Barco PlusPak
Image processing pioneer Barco announced the introduction of PlusPak for the FSN series multiformat switcher at ISE 2010…
Mozaex
Axonix founder Douglas Kihm has launched the media-storage system Mozaex with the goal of redefining personal multiroom, multimedia Blu-ray entertainment…
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems M7CL-48ES
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems has announced a new addition to the M7CL digital console product line. The M7CL-48ES (available in spring 2010), whose main I/O interface is the SB168-ES remote stage box…
Triad Speakers Mini, Bronze, and Silver OmniSubs
Custom manufacturer Triad Speakers introduced three entry-level, powered in-room subwoofers. The Mini, Bronze, and Silver OmniSubs are fully featured…
Samsung SamCam 860
Samsung announced the SamCam 860 document camera. Key features of the SamCam 860 include superior optical image with 1.4 megapixel resolution…
Vaddio UXHD CrossPoint
Vaddio is now shipping the new UXHD CrossPoint, a dual-input, dual-output video format converter and scaler for HD-SDI and analog video signals…
Christie Digital LX505 and LX605
Christie Digital has announced the launch of two new projectors: the Christie LX505 and Christie LX605…
VBrick VBoss 2
VBrick announced the availability of VBoss 2, the next iteration of its award-winning live, professional video broadcasting service…
Biamp Systems Vocia
Biamp Systems’ Vocia is a networked media system that provides combined distributed processing and page routing, as well as networked audio and control. …
Premier Mounts UNI-STA+Audio and UNI-EXT+Audio
To ensure crystal-clear audio from instructional technology devices, Premier Mounts has introduced two universal short-throw projector wall mounts with audio components: UNI-STA+Audio and UNI-EXT+Audio…
Video Mount Products IWB-1
Video Mount Products IWB-1
Promo teaser: Video Mount Products announced it debuted its new IWB-1 flatpanel in-wall box adapter at the 2010 ISC West
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Elite Screens Tripod Pro
Elite Screens announced the launch of the Tripod Pro enhanced free-standing portable projection screen…
Powersoft Armonía Pro Audio Suite
Powersoft released its Armonía Pro Audio Suite sound system management software. Designed by the Powersoft R&D team to work on any PC…
Sharp PN-E601, PN-E521, and PN-E421
Sharp introduced the PN-E large-format professional LCD monitor suite. Offering a new thin-bezel design for flexible mounting and placement options…
Tributaries Series 1 HDMI cables
Tributaries introduced the Series 1 HDMI cables, offering installers a high performance-to-value ratio for their HDMI cabling needs. Having passed the rigid eye pattern testing…
Leon Speakers Aaros
Leon Speakers introduced a new dimension in living space and dedicated home theater with the Aaros 10in. ultrathin subwoofer…
Stage Research RF Guru
Stage Research unveiled an important new feature for its RF Guru product at the 2010 USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology) Conference & Stage Expo in Kansas City, Mo….
Hitachi America CP-A200
Hitachi America is introducing the CP-A200 3LCD projector, adding to its collection of ultrashort-throw projectors…
SurgeX International SXN1230
SurgeX International announces the worldwide introduction of its SXN1230, a fixed-installation unit that joins the award-winning SX1200 series of surge eliminators and AC power conditioners…
Sencore RadianceXE and RadianceXD
Drawing on more than 50 years of investment and success in engineering design and technology, Sencore highlighted the RadianceXE and RadianceXD video processors at EHX Spring 2010…
JVC Professional Products DLA-SH7NLG
JVC Professional Products announced the new, 10-megapixel DLA-SH7NLG, a 4K D-ILA projector incorporating three 1.27in. 4K2K D-ILA display devices…
Canon LCD multimedia projectors
Canon has advanced and expanded its line of affordable LCD multimedia projectors with two new WXGA-resolution (1280×800) widescreen and four new XGA-resolution (1024×768) models…
Gefen Video Wall Controller
Gefen announced the availability of its new Video Wall Controller. This premium solution for professional applications…
Metric Halo LIO-8
Metric Halo announced the immediate availability of the new LIO-8 multichannel A/D/A converter, processor, and interface…
Soundcraft Vi1
With the Soundcraft Vi Series now firmly established as a firm favorite digital desk on both the touring, broadcast, and installed sound scenes, Soundcraft has taken this platform to a more affordable level…
Crown Vrack
In an introduction that provides touring pros with a complete turnkey, out-of-the-box amplifier management solution, Crown introduced Vrack…
