Duty-free shopping has never been easier than at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport where an Electrosonic digital signage system highlights the luxury goods for sale at the Duty Free Americas, Inc. (DFA) stores. Electrosonic (http://www.electrosonic.com) has provided pioneering digital video products and systems to video professionals for 15 years. more

Scharff Weisberg, Inc. (SWI) had a busy season on and off Broadway supplying three star-studded productions — “33 Variations,” “Impressionism” and “Distracted” — with comprehensive video system packages designed to be user-friendly and adaptable to the needs of very different shows.

Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play, Moises Kaufman’s “33 Variations” stars Jane Fonda as a Beethoven specialist newly-diagnosed with ALS. The play crosses continents and centuries — Beethoven himself makes an appearance — as the musicologist uses the composer’s Diabelli Variations as a springboard for what one critic called “rich but playful ideas.” The Projection Designer for “33 Variations” was Jeff Sugg. more

Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province in Southeast China, will soon have a brand new opera house that will incorporate two performance halls and a recording and mixing studio to capture live events taking place in the complex.

Among the equipment being installed in the complex are three Fairlight Xynergi MPC96 systems, which will be used for recording and post production. more

Sony Electronics is highlighting its full line of LCD projectors at InfoComm 2009 (booth # 4761). The projectors include affordable compact entry-level models; units designed specifically for education; mobile and premium models, basic and advanced installation units and projectors designed for larger venues.
The new E7 Series projectors deliver a range of brightness and resolution options designed for small- to mid-sized presentations in classrooms and meeting rooms. The VPL-ES7 offers native SVGA (800 x 600) resolution and a color light output of 2000 lumens. The VPL-EX7 and VPL-EX70 models both have native XGA (1024 x 768) resolution and deliver 2000 and 2600 lumens of color light output, respectively. The new models’ brightness levels allow projected images to be clearly seen in normal room lighting so listeners can easily take notes and review materials during a presentation. more

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