What is “Techorating?�

Today at the E4 AV Tour at Chicago’s Congress Plaza hotel Jonathan Brawn of Brawn Consulting answered that question. In the process he pushed integrators, consultants, resellers, and end users to expand their thinking about the role of AV—and the applicable budgets that can be drawn on to fund it. The class will be repeated at the E4 AV Tour in NYC on Oct. 27th.

“This is a new way of thinking about the use of AV as art and decoration as well as–or even instead of–information and communication,â€? Brawn says.

Primo example: the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, where AV in an integral part of the décor and style of the space. “In some cases, it has no purpose other than art,� Brawn explains in a detailed case study of how this came to be possible, both technically and in terms more

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Sam Taylor, executive vice president and COO, Almo Pro A/V
Melody Craigmyle, vice president of marketing, Almo Pro A/V
Ashley Flaska, vice president of marketing, NEC
John Wills, Pro AV sales manager, Tripp Lite

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Almo Professional A/V Distributes Universal Remote Control Products

Offers URC’s Full Commercial Line; URC to Exhibit at Almo’s E4 Events in Chicago and NYC Next Month

Philadelphia, PA — September 28, 2011 — Almo Professional A/V, the nation’s fastest growing Pro A/V distributor today, announced it now offers Universal Remote Control’s (URC) remotes, base stations, lighting, network amplifiers and IP cameras for small-to-medium-sized commercial applications. URC will debut as an exhibitor on Almo’s Fall 2011 E4 AV training and networking tour, coming to Chicago on October 6 and New York City on October 27.

According to Sam Taylor, executive vice president and COO for Almo Professional A/V, “A universal remote control system is what pulls an entire installation together and makes it functional. Our partners need remote control products that are cost-effective and easy to configure into a range of standard and custom installs and that’s more

Almo Professional A/V Gives Last Call to Register for E4 AV Event in Chicago; Registration Open in NYC
E4 in Chicago on October 6 and New York City October 27;
New Training, Products, Exhibitors; Christie MicroTiles Session Just Added

Philadelphia, PA — September 22, 2011 — Almo Professional A/V, the nation’s fastest growing audiovisual distributor, in partnership with InfoComm International, today made the last call to register for its E4 AV training and networking tour, which is coming to Chicago on October 6. Registration is also open for the company’s final E4 event of the year in NYC on October 27. Both E4s will feature a brand new lineup of training sessions, including a just-added class from Christie MicroTiles on designing for high impact signage.

For more information about the E4 tour, watch Skype interviews with Sam Taylor, executive vice president and COO, and more

Almo Professional A/V Exceeds Q1 Fiscal Year 2012 Revenue; Continues Growth Strategy

Philadelphia, PA — September 15, 2011 — Almo Professional A/V, the nation’s fastest growing Pro A/V distributor and a division of Almo Corporation, today announced that it continues to exceed business expectations two years after the division formed, finishing Q1 fiscal year 2012 up 70 percent in revenue from last year during this same time period. In addition to its experienced sales force and its strategic vendor partners, Almo Pro A/V’s growth results from the addition of powerful new vendor partners, its traveling E4 AV Tour education and networking program, and the hiring of new and experienced Pro A/V sales, consulting and business development professionals. This month, the company has also opened a new distribution center in Reno, Nevada with 96,000 square feet of warehouse space to better service its customers on the west coast.

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An all-in-one solution designed to switch four HDMI sources such as a Blu-ray player, satellite box, game console or a media PC to your HD display and subsequently convert the content from your 2D sources to 3D for viewing it on 3D enabled TVs and 3D based DLP projectors and monitors. This HD switcher features real-time hardware conversion of 2D content to 3D during playback.

It provisions full 3D (all formats) such as side-by-side, top-by-bottom, 3D frame-packing & 3D page-flip with HD 1080p and multi-channel audio. The CubeUp is fully compliant with HDCP, EDID and CEC. The built-in scaler provides up scaling of DVD quality video to full HD 1080p resolution, supporting color depth to 12-bits per more

New Danteâ„¢ Enabled PENTA 725 IP audio router Launched at IBC 2011

Portland OR- Sept.9, 2011-NTP Technology unveiled the newest addition to its wide range of broadcast-quality audio routing and control systems at IBC 2011. NTP’s new Penta 725 IP audio router is based on Audinate’s Dante technology, and will interoperate with products of other brands that support Dante networking. The new PENTA 725 IP audio router enables audio routing over IP based Gigabit Ethernet with linear PCM audio quality and sub-millisecond latency.

The Penta 725IP router supports a capacity up to 1024 x 1024 cross points with 64 bi-directional channels over IP, 64 AES3 I/O channels and 6 optical MADI or router connection interfaces housed in a 1U 19″ chassis.

Dante delivers a no-hassle, self configuring, true plug-and-play digital media networking that uses standard internet protocols. Audinate’s patented Dante offers a market leading solution today, more

Almo Professional A/V First U.S. Audiovisual Distributor to Carry Armagard’s Affordable Flat Panel Enclosures

24-Inch to 52-Inch Enclosures and Mounts For Digital Signage; Freight Promotion on all Armagard Purchases; Armagard to Exhibit on E4 AV Fall Tour

Philadelphia, PA — August 31, 2011 — Almo Professional A/V, the nation’s fastest growing Pro A/V distributor is the first U.S. audiovisual distributor to supply affordable flat panel enclosures from UK-based Armagard Ltd. Almo Pro A/V and Armagard are offering a ground shipping promotional discount on all enclosure purchases through September 30, 2011. Armagard also will participate as an exhibitor during Almo’s fall E4 AV training and networking tour.

“To get the most out of flat panels, especially for digital signage, they need to be protected so an enclosure plays a very important role in the whole hardware package,� explained Sam Taylor, executive vice president for Almo more

Designed to take content from your 2D video sources and instantaneously convert it into 3D for viewing on 3D enabled TVs and 3D based DLP projectors and monitors.

Brea, Calif., September 1st, 2011 – KanexPro (Booth #309) the leading A/V Connectivity solutions provider is pleased to introduce a cutting-edge 2D to 3D converter called the “CubeUp�. This 3D converter is designed to take content from your 2D video sources and instantaneously convert it into 3D for viewing on 3D enabled TVs and 3D based DLP projectors and monitors. Comprised of one HDMI input and one HDMI output for connecting it to the 3DTV, this compact box features real-time hardware conversion of 2D content to 3D during playback. Engineered to transform sources such as PCs, Blu-ray players, STB’s and cable boxes to 3D format. In addition, 3D depth and scaling parameters can be fully adjusted simply at the touch of a button.

It provisions full 3D (all formats) such as side-by-side, top-by-bottom, 3D frame-packing & 3D page-flip with HD 1080p and multi-channel audio. The CubeUp is fully compliant more

Almo Professional A/V Opens
Registration for Fall 2011 E4 AV Tour

Coming to Chicago and New York City in October; Eight New Exhibiting Manufacturers; Entirely New Training Sessions Worth InfoComm RUs

Philadelphia, PA — August 29, 2011 — Almo Professional A/V, the nation’s fastest growing audiovisual distributor, in partnership with InfoComm International, has opened registration for the Fall 2011 portion of its E4 AV training and networking tour, which will take place in Chicago on October 6 and New York City on October 27. The tour includes new exhibiting manufacturers with audiovisual products ranging from affordable flat panel enclosures and premium HDMI cables to broadcast equipment and universal remotes. Almo’s E4 will also feature a full-day schedule of entirely new training sessions worth CTS Renewal Units (RUs).

“Based on partner demand, this is the second time our tour will come to Chicago and the third more