October 2002
Features
CEDIA to Sponsor Electronic House Expos
The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) announced an agreement with EH Publishing, principal owner and producer of the Electronic…
NSCA Expo Web Site Launched
The official Web site of the 2003 NSCA Systems Integration Expo, www.nscaexpo.org, has been launched. Besides allowing visitors to register for the show,…
ESCOM Puts out Call for Papers
Organizers of the fifth Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM5) have put out the first call for papers….
Columns
A Word About the LDI Expo
NATHANIEL HECHT
IT WASN’T LONG AGO THAT MANUFACTURERS WERE STILL BOLD enough (and empowered with marketing dollars) to branch out and try different approaches to market…
SERVICE AGREEMENTS
ALAN KRUGLAK
Some everyday things we take for granted are really much more complicated than they appear. Take the concept of communication. Communication is the process…
Stupid Human Tricks
By Nathaniel Hecht
IS ANYONE ELSE out there as worked up as I am about the state of airport security? To say that I have to travel a lot as the editor of S&VC is an understatement….
Departments
Install of the Month
A Lighthouse LED billboard screen measuring 5,373 square feet the largest outdoor LED billboard in the world has been unveiled alongside the Long Island…
PEOPLE NEWS
QSC Audio Products hired Phillip L. Manor as the product planner for Loudspeaker Products. Alan C. Brawn has joined Samsung’s Digital Information Technology…
REPRESENTATIVE AND DISTRIBUTION NEWS
The ATC Studio Control Monitor 300 Active Super Linear Pro speakers are now available in the United States through Transamerica Audio Group of Las Vegas….
AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ACQUISITIONS
ACE Audiovisual, a New York-based audiovisual and video-conferencing services company, formed a working partnership with Compass Partners. The alliance…
PUBLICATIONS
OnQ Technologies (www.onqtech.com) introduced a new 93-page catalog, which highlights the company’s product line, product packages, and the marketing…
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 18-20 LDI 2002Las Vegaswww.ldishow.com October 31-November 2 Broadcast India 2002 ExhibitionMumbai, Indiawww.saicom.com/broadcastindia November…
OFFICE SPACE
SVS Relocates in Florida SVS, manufacturer of motorized lift systems for projectors and plasma screens, relocated its production facility and sales offices…
CONTRACTOR’S WEB WATCH
www.phoenixgold.com/innovativehome Phoenix Gold Innovative Home, a manufacturer of high-fidelity speakers and accessories for the custom home and home-theater…
AWARD WINNERS
PLASA Recognizes Product Excellence The Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA) annual exhibition in London pulled in a record 64 new product…
INDUSTRY NEWS
Extron Electronics and Inline Combine Operations Extron Electronics and Inline have announced that the two computer-video interfacing companies have combined…
OPPORTUNITIES
Da-Lite Offers Certified Course Da-Lite Screen Company was approved as an AIA/CES provider for the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education…
What’s New
audio products
Switcher/Amplifier FSRwww.fsrinc.com The TN-2105 is a computer and audio distribution amplifier and switcher designed to help stabilize signals sent over…
video products
Projectors Christiewww.christiedigital.com The Vivid LX33 and Vivid LX41 are the latest additions to the Vivid series of high-performance projectors built…
a/v accessories
Surface-Access Solution Extron Electronicswww.extron.com New to the Hideaway Surface Access family is the HSA 200 Series, whose products provide inconspicuous…
Installation Profiles
PEACE in the VALLEY
By Ronald McKay and Randal Willis
Clad in richly textured sandstone and rising ten stories above the campus of the University of California, Davis, the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center…
SWISS CHARM
BY CAROLINE MOSS
The small Swiss lakeside town of Neuchtel (population 40,000) became the artistic focus of World Expo 2002, as Switzerland took its turn to host the national…
Video Projections
NOT SO QUIET ON THE MONITOR FRONT
PETER H. PUTMAN, CTS
I’ve just finished a large review of 11 plasma and LCD monitors for sibling publication Video Systems and have had some time to digest the results of…
Clean Signals
CONQUERING THE DTV CHALLENGE
RICK BELT
By now practically everyone who uses wireless microphone and monitoring systems knows that the conversion to HDTV is causing great turmoil. It’s not hot…
Articles
CORRECTIONS
August 2002, What’s New, p. 79: The Russound controller/amplifiers described are the CA6.4i and the CA4.4i….
The Gordion Knot
Peter H. Putman, C.T.S.
Cable pulls used to be so easy. To run audio, you’d grab a spool of plenum wire and go. Video? No problem. You could move as many signals around as you…
The DJ’s Unique Needs
Nathaniel Hecht
When thinking about permanently installed sound-reinforcement systems, most contractors think about live-music performance venues using conventional mixing…
Stage Rigging 101
Lawrence Graham
Stage rigging and its impact on structural design always present interesting challenges for structural engineers. Going back as far as Leonardo da Vinci…
