With three other successful clubs in Chicago’s Wrigleyville and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, the owners of the new John Barleycorn in Schaumburg, a suburb of Chicago, wanted to take it up several notches and offer their patrons the very best of everything.

Local installer Sound & Lighting Designs was provided with a generous budget to equip the large 20,000 square foot two-story new-build with the latest in audio, video, stage and club lighting, and surveillance. more

QM-RX1-2G Delivers AV Signal Routing and Control in a New Low Profile, Compact Design

ROCKLEIGH, NJ, June 3, 2009 – Crestron unveils its QM-RX1-2G receiver, the latest addition to the QuickMedia (QM) family of AV transport solutions. QM integrates 16 separate cables into a single CAT5-type wire, streamlining presentation system design and installation. Upon receipt of the QM signal the QM-RX1-2G outputs the AV signals– which can include HD, high-res computer graphics and four channels of 24-bit digital audio – to the display device. more

NEW B132-Series VGA Over Cat5 Extenders/Splitters:
Transmit and Extend VGA and Audio Signals Up to 1,000 Feet
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Chicago, IL (June 3, 2009)—Tripp Lite has introduced two new rackmountable VGA over Cat5 extenders/splitters that provide audio and video distribution over long ranges with no compromise of picture or sound quality. Model B132-004 extends a VGA video signal up to 500 feet from the source, while model B132-004A extends both video and audio. Both models can directly support up to four remote monitors, and up to thirteen can be supported by cascading additional B132 units. Range is extendible up to 1,000 feet using Tripp Lite low-skew Cat5 patch cable. Each connected monitor requires an extender/splitter remote unit. more

Aviom, exclusive developer of the world’s most powerful audio transport protocol, A-Net®, is pleased to announce that Denny McLane will now act as the company’s sales director for the western U.S. McLane will be on hand to meet with customers in the installation market at InfoComm 2009 (Booth 6117). more

PETALUMA, Calif. — June 03, 2009 — Furman, a world-leading provider of power management solutions, today announced the newest additions to its Prestige Export Series of advanced power management solutions for 220V-240V regions: the P-6900 AR E rack-mount voltage regulator/power conditioner and P-2300 IT E rack-mount balanced power conditioner. more

Register by July 15 for early bird savings

INDIANAPOLIS (June 2, 2009)—The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) has announced that registration is now open for the annual CEDIA EXPO, to be held September 9–13 in Atlanta. Attendees who register by July 15 are eligible for exclusive discounts on tradeshow access, education and special events. more

URC will introduce products to address corporate, hospitality, education and MDU applications.

Harrison, NY – June 2, 2009 – Universal Remote Control®, Inc. (URC), the pioneer in control technology, will mark its official entry into the commercial marketplace at the most appropriate venue possible: InfoComm 09, the world’s largest and most comprehensive pro-A/V event. URC will launch its new commercial offerings and initiatives for attendees and press at Booth 3506 during InfoComm 09, to be held from June 17 to 19 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. more

Fredrikstad, Norway, June 3, 2009 – Norway’s projectiondesign® will introduce the brand new FL32 LED projector designed for mission critical 24/7 operations, and simulation and visualization applications. The FL32 is the company’s first solid-state LED-based projection system promising greatly enhanced image performance, and lowered cost of ownership. more

New On-Site Inventory Management Program Brings the Liberty Advantage Directly to Customers’ Doors with Custom-Tailored Product Consignments

INFOCOMM ’09, ORLANDO, FL, June 3, 2009 — Liberty Wire & Cable, worldwide supplier of a broad range of wire and cable products for the audio/video trade, including custom installers and systems integrators, introduces a special package of Inventory Services that allow customers to turn their warehouses into Liberty facilities custom-stocked for each customer’s specific needs, at InfoComm International 2009, the annual convention of the International Communications Industries Association. more

May 2009 – (Woodbury, New York) — Lencore’s Music Page Interface (MPI) has been awarded the Gold ADEX Award for Design Excellence.

ADEX judges are among the ablest in their respective areas of expertise and so the ADEX Award represents the best product designs of the year in the opinion of those who themselves reside at the top of their specialty. Specifiers who specialize in office design judge the contract entries, lighting specialists judge lighting, flooring specifiers judge flooring and so on. more