Founder of Sennheiser Honored at Leading Industry Conference for his Lasting Contributions to AV Technology

Orlando, Fla. – June 15, 2011: Audio specialist Sennheiser announced that InfoComm International®, the leading trade association representing the professional audio/visual industry, has awarded the late Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser with the Adele De Berri Pioneers of AV Award. John Falcone, president and chief executive officer of Sennheiser USA, accepted the award on behalf of Professor Dr. Sennheiser during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at InfoComm 2011, the world’s largest commercial audio/visual tradeshow. more…

The new Space Saver line from SurgeX offers more rack space and enables quicker, more efficient set up and management of power at the rear of the rack.

Orlando, FL – InfoComm 2011 – June 15-17 – Booth #2216 – SurgeX, a leader in AC power conditioning and surge elimination products, today announced its new rearmount surge suppressors; the Space Saver line. Regardless of installation size, every integrator faces the same issue: insufficient rack space. With this new line, SurgeX has answered the calls for a more efficient, space saving unit that provides maximum protection for its customers. The line features two products, the Compact Mount and the Vertical Mount and both units can be mounted with plugs facing up or down for maximum convenience and flexibility. The Space Saver line of surge suppression products keeps power distribution neatly organized at the back of the rack and provides easy access to power cable configuration and enables integrators to eliminate the hassles of installing custom length power cords required by large racks. Read on at The Wire

Christie D4K35

The Christie D4K35 projector debuted today at InfoComm 2011, and with it arrives unparalleled 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution, performance, and image quality for the Pro-AV market. Targeted at applications requiring ultra-high resolution and the highest brightness available – including amusement parks, large auditoriums, museums, planetariums, virtual reality settings, and automotive designers using CAD – the Christie D4K35 projector delivers 35,000 lumens with DLP quality and reliability. Read on at The Wire

WAYNE, NJ (June 15, 2011) – JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp., today unveiled the new GY-HM710U ProHD camcorder – a cost effective choice for event coverage, documentaries, ENG news, and educational applications – at InfoComm 2011 (Booth 1062), which runs through June 17 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The compact, shoulder-mount camcorder has a similar body style and many of the same features of the GY-HM750U that was introduced earlier this year, but does not include the option to attach external modules for additional functionality. Read on at The Wire

BUENA PARK, Calif.—Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. announces the InfoComm 2011 launch of the VS Series of surface mount speakers at booth #823 and the Valencia Ballroom demo room. Ideal for public address, background music, retail store, club, restaurant, meeting room or house of worship, the VS Series speakers deliver high quality sound with exceptional clarity in both indoor and outdoor settings. Read on at The Wire

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — June 14, 2011 — Visionary Solutions, Inc. (VSI) today announced that the company will team with several industry partners at InfoComm 2011 on technology demonstrations that feature VSI encoding products as key interoperable pieces within end-to-end workflows. The demonstrations, which include contributions from InfoValue(R), NetroMedia, and Enseo, will show VSI’s versatility working within digital signage, IP transport, multicasting, and IPTV workflows. All demonstrations will be held at VSI’s InfoComm 2011 booth 2114. Read on at The Wire

Christie took the occasion of its largest InfoComm exhibit space ever to showcase a host of technologically-advanced yet practical and affordable projectors, displays, video processors, yoke systems and software solutions for the Pro AV, large venue, architectural, corporate, control room and digital signage markets.

Organized into a dozen zones representing real-world situations, the Christie solutions show businesses, government entities and academia how they can safeguard the value and leverage the potential of their visual technology investments, while delighting their own end-users and customers.

“Visitors to the Christie booth will have the opportunity to experience the full range of our solutions. With more than 30 products in 12 zones on our booth, we continue our tradition of providing the latest visual display technologies to meet the needs of today’s savvy media consumers, who demand compelling visuals,” commented Kathryn Cress, vice president, global and corporate marketing, Christie. Read on at The Wire

Compact Granite 500 and Slate 500 Systems Ideal for AV Installations

Billerica, Massachusetts – Broadcast Pix™ will showcase its new Granite™ 500 and Slate™ 500 live video production systems at InfoComm 2011 (Booth 3968), which runs June 15-17 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The new systems, which include recently upgraded Fluent™ workflow software, provide an ideal toolset at an attractive price point for stadiums and auditoriums, houses of worship, government facilities, and other AV installations. Broadcast Pix will also show the new Granite 2000, its most powerful 1 M/E video production system.

“We have the best control surfaces for combining cameras, clips, and graphics to create compelling live video,” said Ken Swanton, president of Broadcast Pix. “Now our 500 systems feature a new control panel and enhanced Fluent-View display, which lowers the cost of our integrated production systems to just $24,900 for HD/SD Granite and just $14,900 for Slate, complete with switcher, clip store, graphics system, and more.” Read on The Wire

Grass Valley, California, 6 June 2011 – Ensemble Designs is featuring its new, award winning flexible matrix router at infoComm at booth 2313. The router’s exclusive realtime, thumbnail display is especially useful for use boardroom, live events and mobile applications. The infoComm exhibition will be held in Orlando, June 15-17, 2011.

“We were thrilled and honored to receive awards for our new router from Broadcast Engineering and TV Technology magazines,” said Mondae Hott, Director of Sales at Ensemble Designs. Broadcast Engineering awarded its NAB Pick Hit and TV Technology awarded its NAB STAR to Ensemble Designs for their new technology router. Read on at The Wire

Grass Valley, California, 7 June 2011 – Today Ensemble Designs is introducing three new scan converters; BrightEye Mitto Fiber, BrightEye Mitto HD and BrightEye Mitto Pro. The new products will be debuted at Ensemble Designs’ booth 2313 at the infoComm Show in Orlando, June 15-17, 2011.

“The introduction of these new scan converters is a direct result of customer requests,” said Mondae Hott, Director of Sales at Ensemble Designs. “We’re responding to what people asked us for. Now they can choose the perfect scan converter for their video facility, whether it’s a boardroom or a military installation.” Read on at The Wire