The high bandwidth, professional quality AV Toolbox AVT-3900 takes in both analog and digital video signals and up or cross converts them to a 1080p HDMI signal.

ERLANGER, KY, December 11, 2007– The AV Toolbox AVT-3900 is a professional series Scaler that will take both analog and digital formats and output them in a fully compliant HDMI output with up to 1080p resolution. The specific inputs that it accepts are: HDMI, DVI (via DVI to HDMI cable), PC generated RGB (up to WUXGA), HD Component (YPbPr/YCbCr, 480i up to 1080p), S-Video and Composite Video. The AVT-3900 retails for $695 and is currently available. more

— 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

– Robeson Community College has installed more than 60 Hitachi projectors for its classrooms and lecture halls. —

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, www.hitachi.us, December 5, 2007 — Demonstrating the intuitive operation and reliable performance of Hitachi America projectors, Robeson Community College in Lumberton, North Carolina has integrated dynamic presentation technology as a state-of-the-art instructional tool for teachers and students. This includes the installation of more than 60 Hitachi projectors in its classrooms and lecture halls. more

ELKHART, Indiana – December 2007 – As Crown International has successfully transitioned to a lean manufacturing approach over the past few years, the company’s endeavor has not gone unnoticed. As a result of dramatically streamlining its manufacturing, further improving both efficiency and product quality, Crown recently had the distinction of being a tour site for the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) 2007 International Conference in Chicago. 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

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., November 29, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a world leader in optics and image quality, has made it easy for projector buyers who demand High-Definition-quality images with exacting detail; highly accurate color; and crisp, readable small type to compare various resolutions online in one easy-to-use Web site.

The www.usa.canon.com/details Web site, also known as “Where Are The Details?,” provides a user-friendly interface for side-by-side comparisons of XGA, SXGA+ and Canon REALiS SXGA+ projector displays using market-specific images for education, business, medicine, engineering, professional photography and government. 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

Great American Country (GAC), a Nashville-based country music television network, has acquired a Solid State Logic C100 HD Digital Broadcast Console. The C132, to be housed in the network‘s new production studio on Nashville‘s Music Row, will be used to produce prestigious entertainment shows including GAC Top 20 Country Countdown, GAC Nights and On the Streets. The studio will be complete in the fourth quarter of 2007. more

- To Identify Unauthorized Online Resellers, Peerless and Net Enforcers Sign Internet Monitoring Agreement -

CHICAGO, IL – November 20, 2007 – Peerless Industries, Inc., the industry leader in professional-grade audio/visual mounting solutions, today announced its initiative to identify unauthorized internet sales of their mounting products by partnering with Net Enforcers, a proven internet monitoring search company that identifies online resellers. more

The prestigious McNally Smith College of Music has chosen a 48-channel Solid State Logic Duality console as the centerpiece for each of its two newly renovated studios. Duality, the fastest selling large format console in SSL‘s history, combines the legendary sound of the SSL E, G & K Series electronics with extended Digital Audio Workstation integration. more