AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 29 January, 2008 — Leading German integration firm Franken Lehrmittel of Nuremberg has just completed the successful installation of Biamp‘s® newly developed Networked Paging System — the first single-cable network paging solution designed for today‘s modern facilities — at the headquarters of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space company (EADS) in Schiphol-Rijk, the Netherlands. The project, completed with the support of distributor Beyerdynamic Germany, demonstrates how Biamp‘s comprehensive range of professional-grade audio processing and network technologies are enabling systems integrators to broaden their business offerings and provide their clients with better-integrated systems and more comprehensive services. more

Latest project: Eastshire home features Middle Atlantic Products enclosures fully loaded with Krell Amps, Crestron control and first Velodyne 1812 subwoofer sold in the UK.

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 29 January 2008 – Martin Sullivan-Royall and Gary Wollen of Lounge Lizards have completed an impressive custom install for a new condo in Surrey that features some of today‘s most powerful components as well as some new, interesting techniques for racking and cable management. more

Barco, a global innovator and industry leader in digital visualization, is pleased to announce its cooperation with professional electronics company JVC on the implementation of JVC‘s D-ILA technology. The offspring of this deal is Barco‘s recently launched LX-5 projector, which was showcased at recent Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam in January. more

Companies considering deploying digital signage often have a list of questions they plan to ask prospective vendors. But what questions should a vendor ask of its prospective customers? Following is a list developed by Rise Vision, Inc. that will help companies be prepared for information they will need to provide in order to make their digital signage installation a success.

1. What is your ultimate goal for your digital signage installation: Do you want to grab attention? Communicate brand messages? Be able to provide instructions and emergency alerts? Offer customers a pleasurable distraction during wait times? All of the above? Let‘s start with the big picture so that we can make the details work. more

Company introduces six new Avocent Emerge® Products for end-to-end video processing

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 28th, 2008 – Avocent Corporation (Nasdaq: AVCT) today added six new products to its Emerge product family, a new set of solutions for video processing. The Emerge VSS products enable AV industry professionals the ability to easily upscale or downscale video to different resolutions and convert video from DVI to VGA or VGA to DVI. The Emerge VSM product combines video and audio switching with a video scaler and converter. Avocent‘s new video signal processing products offer customers the ability to manipulate video signals to meet their needs. These new products have been designed for professional AV environments such as stadiums, conference rooms, corporate boardrooms, universities and hotels. more

THE BORNE SACRIFICE

What with the fuel price rising nearly everyday, it‘s a surprise more people aren‘t trading their engine-powered boats for a wind-powered one. Mike Borne, a good friend of DiGiCo, still has his boat, but he sacrificed upgrading to a bigger boat, in favour of spending its money on two new DiGiCo consoles.
Borne set-up Allstar Audio Systems Inc., a full-service sound, lighting, video and staging company, back in 1984. Since then, the Tennessee and Florida-based venture has been adding to its inventory as often as possible and recently supplemented his existing DiGiCo stock with the extra consoles. more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – FEBRUARY 4, 2008 — Auralex Acoustics, Inc., the industry leader in innovative sound control solutions, recently equipped Keynote‘s newest recording and live performance venue, East Street Studios, with its renowned acoustical treatments.

Keynote, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, commissioned Auralex Acoustics to treat its newly constructed 15,000 square foot performance space, located in Westfield, Indiana. Sixty-four Elite C44 ProPanels were installed throughout the venue in order to cut the reverberation time of the room. more

Middle Atlantic Products‘ threaded rackrail is standard on the company‘s products, offering systems integrators ease of installation.

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 29 January 2008 – As the ISE 2008 convention opens its doors to showcase new innovations in the systems integration industry, Middle Atlantic Products continues to provide integrators with efficient and cost-effective housing and management of A/V components. While Middle Atlantic Products‘ enclosure systems continuously evolve to best serve systems integrators, consistency has proven to be the key to Middle Atlantic Products‘ success. At the core of this consistency are creative, yet practical, innovations that increase functionality, in turn saving time and money. One outstanding example is the company‘s development of its threaded rackrail, which are standard on the company‘s entire line of products. more

Latest project: Eastshire home features Middle Atlantic Products enclosures fully loaded with Krell Amps, Crestron control and first Velodyne 1812 subwoofer sold in the UK.

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 29 January 2008 – Martin Sullivan-Royall and Gary Wollen of Lounge Lizards have completed an impressive custom install for a new condo in Surrey that features some of today‘s most powerful components as well as some new, interesting techniques for racking and cable management. more

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, January 17, 2008 — Demonstrating its ability to provide powerful, networked loudspeaker technology for the most demanding events, JBL Professional announced that it had supplied over 130 network-connected VP Series powered professional loudspeakers to Creative Technologies in response to a specification from event sound designer Jim Risgin of OSA International, for the General Motors display at the North American International Auto Show Detroit. more