FRANKFURT, GERMANY, 12 MARCH 2008 — Bombay’s elite audio/video consulting group, Actis Technologies, has designed one of the country’s most advanced distance learning facilities, connecting faculty and students in the Bangalore campus with their remote center Chennai. The system’s audio processing is controlled by Biamp®’s AudiaFLEX CM with TrueSound™ acoustic echo cancellation. more

Old Navy marked its rebranding at Fashion Week in New York City with a gala evening at Eyebeam featuring innovative video technology from Scharff Weisberg. About 500 invited guests were in attendance. more

Warsaw, IN – March 1, 2008 – Da-Lite Screen Company achieves GREENGUARD®
Environmental Institute certification (#90068) for low emitting projection screen fabrics. This significant achievement contributes to Da-Lite’s overall Screen Green™ program by including the Institute’s GREENGUARD Certified Products and Children & Schools Certification for low-emitting audio visual equipment used in sensitive environments such as daycare, K-12 and healthcare facilities. more

Designed for luxurious home theater installs and critical electronics systems, the RGPC PowerVault 11kW keeps entire AC circuits running smoothly during power outages, surges and more and can be configured for 120V or 240V output.

New Orleans, LA – March 27, 2008 – Richard Gray’s Power Company (RGPC) announces shipment of the RGPC PowerVault 11kW, a premium whole-house power delivery system that is the first of its kind for the custom installation market. more

To-the-minute recording of proceedings – MP3 recording and playback of proceedings – Recordings stored on Secure Digital (SD) cards – Built-in buffer allows on-the-fly SD card replacement during recording

Bosch Security Systems has updated its CCS 800 Ultro Discussion System with built-in MP3 recording capability to enable record and playback of actual to-the-minute meeting proceedings. more

BCD Associates, Inc.,a leader in DVD Control Systems, is now shipping its DVD-1150HDD industrial HDD/DVD recorder designed specifically for remote control via RS-232, USB serial and optionally, built-in web server control. The hard disk capability permits recording from 58 to 348 hours of video to the standard 250GB drive. more

South San Francisco, CA — SP Controls, Inc. has announced the availability of its popular Pixie control panels in a horizontal mounting format. These panels, designed for simple control of projectors or other AV equipment, are wall mounted and emulate the functions of handheld remotes. Each Pixie can provide between 2 and 6 buttons for device control; one Pixie can control two or more display devices. more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Auralex Acoustics, Inc., the industry leader in innovative sound control solutions, and Clark Powell, a North Carolina based system‘s integration provider, recently teamed up to assist St. Mark‘s Church by improving natural speech intelligibility throughout the sanctuary, while supporting amplified and un-amplified music and congregational singing, with the installation of Auralex‘s acoustical treatment products. The acoustical requirement for a growing number of churches is becoming more and more challenging with the incorporation of multimedia in the worship service.

Acoustically, long echoes were present for those seated on the church‘s platform as well as those in the first few rows of the congregational seating. Strong echoes were reflected from the rear wall surfaces of the sanctuary and from the walls to either side of the platform extension. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (March 12, 2008) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributer of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the broadcasting, audio/visual and videoconferencing industries, announced today the release of the brand-new WallVIEW Universal PRO HD-Z700.

The WallVIEW Universal PRO HD-Z700, built around the Sony® BRC-Z700 high definition pan/tilt/zoom camera, combines high picture quality with three 1/4-type CMOS megapixel sensors and achieves a resolution of 1,120,000 total pixels. It also features a 20x optical zoom lens with an optical image stabilizer, allowing users to clearly capture small or distant objects. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (March 12, 2008) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributer of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the broadcasting, audio/visual and videoconferencing industries, announced today the release of the WallVIEW Universal PRO HD-700, built around the Sony® BRC-H700 pan/tilt/zoom camera.

Ideal for users demanding extremely clear HD 1080i images with great detail, the WallVIEW Universal PRO HD-700 offers high picture quality and high sensitivity with three 1/3-type HD CCDs, 12x zoom and a resolution of 1,120,000 total pixels. This camera also has the widest viewing angle in the WallVIEW series, allowing users to capture wide areas of a scene such as audiences at concerts or in auditoriums. more