Les Goldberg on Venue Contracts
The agreement of terms and signing of the hotel or venue contract is the major event in the planning process and can have a significant impact on not only the budget, but also the overall success of...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Pittsburgh State University, Kansas
The John Lance Arena at Pittsburgh State University (PSU) in Kansas, home to the Pitt State Gorillas basketball team, recently renovated its 6,500-seat capacity arena, with new wall-to-wall maple...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Stony Point Reformed Presbyterian Church, Virginia
Founded in Bon Air, Virginia in 1969, the Stony Point Reformed Presbyterian Church has seen steady growth due in part to its commitment to punctuating services with a variety of styles of music. So...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Bubbas 33
Bubbas 33 is a chain of family-friendly sports restaurants known for made-from-scratch pizza and fresh-ground burgers. Its restaurants feature spaces designed for everything from after-work happy-hour...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Westfield Valencia Town Center, California
The Westfield Valencia Town Center in Santa Clarita is a classic California indoor/ outdoor retail environment, with a multistory mall plus sidewalks of shops united by common design themes—and audio....
View ArticleTECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: Flat Panel Displays
BenQ’s RP790 interactive flat panel delivers 4K UHD resolution with 10-point multitouch.Read more about TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: Flat Panel Displays
View ArticleGraphene speaker creates sound through heat, not vibrations
Graphene may hold the key for a new type of speaker that doesn't need a vibrating membrane at all, instead generating sound through thermoacoustics. Pretty much every speaker works with a membrane that...
View ArticlePhil Hippensteel on SRT v. ABR
In this second newsletter about Secure Reliable Transport (SRT), we’ll examine its impact on an IP network. Then, we’ll compare that to the behavior to the activity of adaptive bit rate (ABR), another...
View ArticleTECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE: Audio Processors
Ashly has a perfect example of the do-it-all power of audio DSP in their network-enabled NE DSP Processors such as the ne8800, which uses multiple SHARC 32-bit processors with sample rates of either...
View ArticleBest of Show: NAB 2016
ATX NETWORKS VIDIPLAY COMPLETE END-TO-END IPTV SOLUTIONSRead more about Best of Show: NAB 2016
View ArticleCynthia Wisehart on Drones
Drones are fun, but are they AV? That remains an open question. We took a look at some of the available products starting on page 15 of this issue, and then Bennett Liles (our AV guy and ultra-light...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Soho Grand Hotel, Manhattan
The Soho Grand Hotel is a classic part of its Manhattan neighborhood, but it’s anything but old-fashioned, keeping up with the times in both design and technology. The hotel has redone its sound system...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: Village of Bedford Walk, Missouri
At the new Village of Bedford Walk senior living community in Columbia, Missouri, residents’ comfort and freedom is a core principle and a top selling point. One of the unique aspects of Bedford Walk...
View ArticleCASE STUDY: American Prohibition Museum, Georgia
The American Prohibition Museum occupies a 5,500 square-foot space in the popular City Market in Savannah, Georgia. Within 13 immersive galleries on two floors, more than 20 exhibits – including an...
View ArticleDavid Keene on AVIXA
The change of the name of this industry’s premier organization from InfoComm International to the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA) should not come as a surprise, if you’ve been...
View ArticleTHE SVC INTERVIEW: Bob Elliott, Elliot Visuals
SVC: Tell us about Elliott Visuals. It’s in Olney, Maryland and that’s about twenty miles north of Washington—an area where they get pretty nervous about drones. Bob Elliott: Yes. Everybody gets...
View ArticleStrother Bullins on Nyrius ARIES Pro Wireless HDMI Transmitter & Receiver
In our increasingly collaborative, multimedia-dependent environments—especially in houses-of-worship (HOWs), educational, institutional, and corporate worlds— connection-dependent communications are...
View ArticleLiz May on Yamaha TF-Rack Digital Mixer
I am a proud and avid user of Yamaha consoles, working with them every week. The workflow of some Yamaha consoles can be a bit intimidating, mainly when dealing with a board like the LS9, due to all of...
View ArticleBallroom Physics
DSP has saved a lot of installs and will continue to do so. But when it comes to taming difficult rooms and delivering flexibility to multi-use facilities, the loudspeaker itself can be a powerful...
View ArticleSystems Integration and Content Creation
In the quest for space exploration there have been many triumphs and some tragedies along the way. NASA wanted the visitors to Kennedy Space Center to come away knowing more about those who gave their...
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