Anaheim, California (May 21, 2009) – Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the new SSP 7.1, a high performance, five input Surround Sound Processor designed to provide up to eight channels of surround sound for pro A/V applications in corporate and commercial environments. The SSP 7.1 automatically detects and decodes audio content in various Dolby® and DTS® formats from DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and HDTV broadcasts. It also offers Dolby Pro Logic II/IIx and DTS Neo:6® processing to provide surround sound from two-channel stereo. The SSP 7.1 features coaxial and optical digital inputs, plus an analog balanced/unbalanced two-channel input. It is designed for integration into pro A/V installations, with a compact, rack-mountable metal enclosure, as well as RS-232 serial control and balanced/unbalanced line level outputs. The included control software offers a user-friendly GUI for setup and operation. more

Anaheim, California (May 12, 2009) – Extron Electronics is pleased to introduce several key enhancements to the PoleVault System, Extron’s innovative approach to classroom A/V integration. This new equipment offers enhanced sound, connectivity, and mounting options to facilitate a better learning environment for schools, universities, and corporate training facilities. All PoleVault systems now include the FF 120, a full-range sound field speaker with Extron’s patent-pending Flat Fieldâ„¢ technology, and the new PVT CV D PoleVault Composite Video and Stereo Audio Input Wallplate with IR pass-through. In the coming weeks, the PMK 550 PoleVault Mounting Kit and the PCM 340 Projector Drop Ceiling Mount with Adjustable Pole will also be added more

BUENA PARK, Calif.⎯Nearly a decade after the release of their groundbreaking debut in 2000, The Sickness, “Disturbedâ€? have become one of the most passionate and well-respected bands in the hard rock universe, a dependable source not only of pummeling riffs and jackhammer beats, but of personal and political insights into our troubled times. Yet success (in the form of three platinum-plus albums, with both Believe and Ten Thousand Fists topping Billboard’s album charts, and over nine million albums sold) hasn’t dulled this Chicago-based foursome’s taste for adventure. more

Anaheim, California (May 6, 2009) – Extron Electronics is pleased to introduce the VoiceLiftâ„¢ Microphone Systems Configurator, an online, drag-and-drop configuration utility that allows users to design VoiceLift Microphone Systems. The dynamic, graphical user interface makes system customization easy. After launching the VoiceLift Microphone Systems Configurator, users will start with the standard single pendant microphone, two speaker package and then customize that system to meet their specific requirements. For example, users can specify an additional pendant microphone and desktop charging station or additional speakers. more

Anaheim, California (May 5, 2009) – Anaheim, California (May 5, 2009) – Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new 4×4 multi-rate SDI matrix board and two new 16×16, 4-Gbps fiber optic matrix boards for the SMX System MultiMatrix, Extron’s modular, field-configurable matrix switching platform. These new matrix boards bring the total number of available SMX matrix boards to 41, covering all popular analog and digital A/V signal types from composite video and wideband RGB to 3G-SDI, DVI, and HDMI, as well as stereo audio. The SMX System MultiMatrix is ideal for use in applications that require the switching of different signal types and a cost-effective upgrade path for ongoing I/O or signal format changes. more

Anaheim, California (May 5, 2009) – Anaheim, California (May 5, 2009) – Extron Electronics is pleased to announce that Steve Somers, Extron Vice-President of Engineering, has been presented the Harald Thiel Volunteer of the Year award by InfoComm International. This award reveals and celebrates the volunteer who has contributed greatly to the InfoComm association, and who is not recognized in other ways for that contribution. Somers was recognized for being the InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out Committee and Event Chairman from 1998 to 2001, and for being the driving force behind the creation and annual production of the accompanying Shoot-Out CDs and DVDs. During his tenure as Shoot-Out chair, he was also the Shoot-Out’s Engineering Manager, directing and managing the technical design of the event from 1992 to 2001. more

Anaheim, California (April 16, 2009) – Extron Electronics is pleased to announce that the VTG 400DVI is now shipping. The VTG 400DVI is a professional quality Video and Audio Test Generator for setting up, testing, calibrating, and troubleshooting today’s complex video and audio systems. lt offers DVI output for use with digital display devices, and delivers accurate, full bandwidth video signal reproduction and high performance audio test signals. In addition to DVI, analog high resolution computer-video, component video, S-video, and composite video are supported. When used with DVI devices, the VTG 400DVI will display the native resolution whenever new EDID data is received. The VTG 400DVI also offers Scope-Trigger, a patented feature that enables analysis of a specific area within the pattern image using an oscilloscope. more

Anaheim, California (April 9, 2009) – Extron Electronics is pleased to introduce the new ISM MTP UT 4DA, a unique MTP Twisted Pair Series transmitter board with four outputs for the ISM 824 MultiSwitcher. The ISM MTP UT 4DA is a universal transmitter that accepts any input signal from the ISM 824 and then transmits video, audio, and control signals up to 600 feet (185 meters) on a single UTP cable to up to four MTP Series twisted pair receivers. The ISM MTP UT 4DA also features local RS-232 insertion ports, which eliminate the need for additional control system infrastructure to support remote displays, while overcoming the 100-foot (30m) distance limitation for RS-232 signals. more

Anaheim, California (April 8, 2009) – Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new DVI 201xi Tx Twisted Pair Extender. The DVI 201xi Tx enables DVI or HDMI signals to be carried over distances significantly greater than with standard DVI cables. It works together with an Extron DVI 201 or DVI 201 A D Twisted Pair Receiver and two CAT 5-type cables to send single link DVI or HDMI signals over 200 feet (60 meters) for HDTV and XGA (1024×768). The DVI 201xi Tx offers several features to optimize system integration for DVI signal transmission, including EDID Minder which automatically manages EDID communication between the input source and the display, automatic input equalization which allows for the use of long DVI input cables by compensating for signal loss, and a rack-mountable 1U, half rack width metal enclosure. more

IRVINE, Calif. — May 26, 2009 — Compix, a leading developer of professional-quality character generators (CGs), today announced that Clemson University is using the company’s CynerG2 HD dual-channel character generator to incorporate live statistics, lower-thirds, and other graphics into their big-screen video wall and Webcasts for Tigers basketball games at Littlejohn Coliseum. The CGs are also being used for Webcasts of home baseball games from Doug Kingsmore Stadium and for football games at Memorial Stadium. more