— Windmill Springs School teachers see dramatic improvement in special needs student performance through use of Hitachi Software FX-77 interactive whiteboard. —

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, December 10, 2007 – Underscoring the dramatic educational applications of interactive presentation solutions, Windmill Springs School in Northern California‘s Franklin-McKinley School District has introduced the Hitachi Software FX-77 StarBoard interactive whiteboard to its Special Day class with an immediate and tremendous response from the students. Sold through Troxell Communications, the FX-77 was installed in June 2007 and was first used by the staff when school began in August. more

– The Skyview product utilizes projection technology to provide full-motion advertising space at events ranging from conventions to concerts. —

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, www.hitachi.us, December 3, 2007 — Demonstrating the light weight and high performance of Hitachi America 3LCD projectors, Lawrenceburg, Indiana-based Visual Solutions Distributing has sold Hitachi CPX5 projectors to Innovative Markets, the North American distributor of Skyview promotional spheres. A brand-new media format, Skyview provides full-motion HD video and static, billboard-like advertising space at conventions, concerts, malls, sporting events and promotional advertising campaigns. more

COUPLES SOPHISTICATION AND SIMPLICITY NEEDED IN NEW DISTRIBUTED AUDIO SYSTEM

Phoenix, AZ-based systems integrator specializing in the corporate, retail, hospitality, education, and government markets provides recreational center with comprehensive services package including consultation, design/engineering, sales, system integration, service and support. more

Buena Park, CA – December 2007… Hosa Technology, the leading innovator of analog and digital connectivity solutions for the modern musician and audio/video professional, is pleased to introduce the company‘s new SVR-487 Video Adaptor. Designed specifically for A/V contractors and others who need a convenient means of adapting two common video signals, the SVR-487 Video Adaptor enables one to connect a device with an S-Video output to another device with a composite video input. The SVR-487 also works in reverse. more

Quirky alternative indie-rock duo They Might Be Giants (TMBG) has been beguiling audiences since 1982. Now in its 25th year, it is still going strong and is currently on tour in the USA with a three-piece backing band. Mixing at the gigs is being done with a DiGiCo D5 and D1 package, supplied by New York-based audio company SK Systems. more

The summer season by Switzerland‘s ThunerSeespiele theatre company saw a month of performances of the musical Les Miserables take place on the company‘s unique outdoor stage, with a DiGiCo D1 console making its debut on Front of House and monitors. more

RICHARDSON, Texas – Nov. 30, 2007 – AMX® announced today that Gary Schafer has joined the company as vice president of regional sales for the central United States. Schafer is a software industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in sales and customer relationship management. more

Robert Trent Jones II-designed course with architecturally-acclaimed clubhouse places highest emphasis on littlest detail: requiring advanced system design and ultra-effective, highly reliable audio technology.

BEAVERTON, OREGON, November 27, 2007 — Acknowledged as the preeminent centerpiece of the Four Seasons Golf Club Dubai Festival City, Al Badia Golf Course is a testament to perfection in every detail from golf course design to AV system design. The new clubhouse, itself a work of design genius, features advanced audio distribution through more than 52 zones in a system designed and installed by BCL Business Communications LLC. The systems features Biamp AudiaFLEX CM module at its epicentre to create the optimum decentralized audio network for the club and grounds. more

BEAVERTON OREGON, November 29, 2007 — Demonstrating how systems integrators can provide restaurant and hospitality outlets with audio systems that advance the atmospherics and branding of an enterprise, leading UK integrator Blaydon Communications recently deployed Biamp® Nexia® digital sound processors at the new Pan-Asian restaurant ‘Fat Buddha‘ in Durham City. The AV design for the £1.4m, 220-seat restaurant needed to be visually discrete, highly intelligible and scalable for future expansion. more

PARK RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 26, 2007 – Sony is expanding its line of video projection systems for commercial applications with two new LCD models for larger-venues.
The new VPL-FW300L (7,000 lumens) and the VPL-FH300L (6,000 lumens) projector models are designed to deliver outstanding images while in the same room as the audience. This makes them ideal for smaller auditoriums, large classrooms and meeting rooms, museum exhibits, event centers, ballrooms and movie theaters for displaying pre-show content. more