CERRITOS, Calif., January 7, 2009 — Elite Screens, Inc. an innovative company that specializes in affordable high quality projector screens, today announced its AcousticPro™ 1080p acoustically transparent projection screen materials designed for high definition home theater and professional 1080p front projection systems. more

IRVINE, Calif., January 7, 2009 — Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products Division, known for award-winning, high-quality, high-definition presentation and display products, is exhibiting its high quality home theater projectors that are currently available at the 2009 International CES Expo, January 8-11 in Las Vegas. more

HaiVision at 2009 Integrated Systems Europe Show:

MAKO-HD H.264 Codec
At the 2009 Integrated Systems Europe Show, HaiVision, booth 4Q51, will be highlighting the MAKO-HD H.264 codec, which delivers an unparalleled 70 milliseconds of latency from end to end and supports HD up to 1080p. The MAKO-HD also supports computer output encoding to H.264 at up to 1280×768 resolution and 60 frames per second, ideal for command and control applications. With advanced features such as WXGA encoding, multiple stream output, HiLo streaming, Adobe Flash® compatibility, and traffic shaping, the MAKO-HD is ideal for any network video challenge over LAN, WAN, or satellite. The MAKO-HD is supported within HaiVision’s hai1000â„¢ multi-stream codec system, the world’s premier codec for telepresence applications. more

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Jan. 7, 2009) – Continuing on its legacy of creating form and functionally excellent products, Premier Mounts (www.premiermounts.com) has set the new standard with its new ultra-thin flat-panel mount. Consumers can stop worrying about compromising their room design with big, bulky flat-panel mounts. Premier Mounts’ new World’s Thinnest Mount allows flat-panel TVs to hang on the wall like a picture. more

Focal Press has published the 4th edition of Handbook for Sound Engineers, by Glen Ballou.

“The audio industry has seen many changes since the previous edition, particularly in the digital area, all of which are included in this edition.” – audioXpress more

NSCA’s Business and Leadership Conference Provides Essential Networking Opportunities

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, December 9, 2008 — Boost profits. Navigate the turbulent economy. Hire qualified staff. Hear tips, success stories and experiences on these topics and others from your industry colleagues and subject matter experts at NSCA’s 2009 Business & Leadership Conference, sponsored by InfoComm International. more

NSCA offers only industry-specific health insurance program

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, January 5, 2009 — As industry companies look to cut costs yet remain competitive for potential employees, NSCA is pleased to announce the January 1 launch of SystemsPlus Health Solutions, its newest member service program that can help stabilize health insurance costs now and in the future. more

December 2008 – (Woodbury, New York)— ARCHI-TECH awarded Lencore with its 2008 Readers’ Choice Grand Prize Award in ‘Sustainability’ for Lencore’s Spectra i.Netâ„¢ networked sound masking system. The award was based on input from readers of ARCHI-TECH magazine and by visitors who logged on to architechmag.com to cast their votes. more

December 2008 – (Woodbury, New York)— ARCHI-TECH awarded Lencore with its 2008 Readers’ Choice Grand Prize Award in ‘Audio/Video’ for Lencore’s Music Page Interface (MPI). The award was based on input from readers of ARCHI-TECH magazine and by visitors who logged on to architechmag.com to cast their votes. more

Stage Research, with a major hand in the content-delivery-for-stage arena, has surpassed itself yet again.

Already a major step-saver for the theatrical, concert, corporate event and exhibit sectors, Stage Research’s Video 101 Manager can now do more than play video directly from SFX software. It has just been upgraded to let the producer/stage technician route live video as an input. more