EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – Williams Sound Corp., a leading manufacturer of hearing assistance products for over 32 years, announces the availability of its 2008 Commercial Sound Products catalog.

In response to the growing Latin America market, and Spanish-speaking customers throughout North America, Williams Sound has made its 2008 Commercial Sound catalog available in English and Spanish. more

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 17, 2008—Capitol Sales Company has been selected as Mitek Corporation’s exclusive national distributor for its MUSICA® speaker line. Designed to provide custom installers with a full assortment of entry-level custom-installed speakers, 11 models are available for use in whole-house sound and home theater settings.
“Mitek offers a full line of quality speakers at excellent price points,� said Curt Hayes, Capitol Sales Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer. “We’re proud to be the exclusive national distributor for the MUSICA brand, and for our continued success with Mitek’s MTX brand of popular home audio products.� Capitol Sales also carries Mitek’s Atlas Sound commercial audio brand, allowing dealers the opportunity to purchase quality Mitek products for several applications. more

Austin, Texas – April 18, 2008 – SI (www.sicreens.com) is proud to announce that its new award-winning Black Diamond™ projector screen is now shipping. Black Diamond recently won a “Best of Demo Alley� award during the Electronic House Expo Spring 2008 trade show.

“The exclusive technologies in our Black Diamond projector screen represent a breakthrough in picture quality for home theater applications,� explained Aaron Reilly, SI CTO. “Black Diamond enhances projector performance by creating the ultimate contrast (blacker blacks, whiter whites) and color accuracy (with added vibrant color delivery) in both ‘dark’ and ‘bright’ environments.� more

The Gefen HDMI over RGB extension system uses 5-BNC coax cables to deliver 1080p full HD video up to 330-feet (100m) in distance. This allows existing analog displays and projectors to be upgraded on both ends while retaining the existing cable infrastructure to transmit digital high definition signals.

“This is the ideal system for buildings that are using RGBHV projectors and would like to replace them but not rip into the walls to rewire the extension,� said Hagai Gefen, president and CEO, Gefen Inc. more

When you want your lengthy run of HDMI throughout the facility to look as good as it performs, check the Gefen HDMI v1.3 over Fiber Wall Plate Extender. It uses the same sender/receiver methodology often seen with other Gefen products, with local and remote locations connected by a single fiber optic cable. The sender/receiver wall plates enable installers to create a good-looking system that delivers HDMI v1.3 signals up to 300 meters using in-wall fiber optic cabling combined with Omron’s transmit and receive Optical Sub-Assemblies. Where the signal both enters and exits the wall, a small wall plate is mounted, streamlining the process and eliminating extraneous cabling in the surrounding environment. Users can also opt to the stand alone solution with small sender and receiver units, if desired. more

When high end video processing is required in the studio or in the field, Gefen offers two new scaling solutions that make video scaling simple. Both solutions offer today’s best method of achieving a true high definition output using standard and high definition sources, and is compatible with set-top boxes, gaming consoles and DVD players to enable true 1080p performance. more

Niles’ President, Frank Sterns, and Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Mike “Sparky� Detmer, to host open forum to share ideas with dealers

MIAMI, FLORIDA – April 17, 2008 – Niles Audio Corporation, The First Name in Custom Installation®, has announced that company will hold a Niles Town Hall Meeting hosted by Frank Sterns, president of Niles, and Mike “Sparky� Detmer, vice president of sales and marketing for Niles, Wednesday, April 23rd in Newark, N.J. Offering dealers the opportunity to obtain and provide feedback to Niles’ industry leaders, the Niles Town Hall Meeting, scheduled from 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., is a featured event at Audio Associates’ “Ticket to Success 3�. “Ticket to Success 3� is a two-day expo held April 23rd-24th at the Holiday Inn located at 160 Frontage Road in Newark and features the industry’s finest audio and video products. In addition to the open forum, Niles will also hold training seminars for the highly acclaimed iC2 Home Theater Automation and Control System and ZR-4 MultiZone Receiver Kit on both days of the expo. more

Four Robert Juliat Cyrano 2500w HMI followspots have been added to the lighting inventory of the Chester Fritz Auditorium at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks. The 2,300-seat auditorium, named for the investment banker alumnus who helped fund it, hosts UND concert bands, a variety of dance and musical performances, lectures, comics (including Jerry Seinfeld who sold out) and theater. more

Experience the Real Presence
With the first Polycom® RealPresenceTM Experience High Definition (RPXTMHD)
16 April 2008, Georgetown University SFS-Qatar, LAS Building, Education City, Doha
Techno Q, Polycom’s certified reseller in Qatar, provided Videoconference solutions for the last five years to Education, Corporate, Health Care and Government Institutions in Qatar. But the most recent project developed for the Georgetown University Campus in Doha outclasses all of them. The system, which uses Polycom® RealPresenceTM Experience High Definition (RPXTM HD) technology, provides an uncluttered, welcoming immersive suite in which to have a productive meeting. The Polycom RPXTM HD removes the cameras, microphones, speakers, remote controls and other technology from the user’s view so there are absolutely no distractions. Thanks to the high-definition video provided by the twin-lens camera and audio from small microphones placed strategically all over the room, the two are able to make eye contact and hold a conversation as if they were in the same room. more

Versatile Traveling Public Address System Has Remote Control, Built-in Echo/Reverb and Talk Over, and Enough Power to Cover Audiences Up to 7500 with Remote Control

You can take it with you, wherever you travel. Take roaming to another level – you are not tethered to your sound system. Walk and talk with your wireless mic and remote control in this unique all digital portable public address system from AmpliVox Sound Systems. Control your presentation with remote control up to 50 feet away. more