Look Ahead When Designing and Programming Your Master A/V System Looking ahead and designing a master system that you expect to grow into will save you money time and effort.
7 Tips for Planning Your Multisite Church The megachurch trend has revealed a new direction: the multi-site worship facility concept. The idea of building several smaller satellite campuses that still have the technological and other resources of a large church but that help project the church on a local and even regional basis has been found to increase membership and attendance and foster a greater sense of community. It also represents another corner that houses of worship AV and IT managers have to employ as they adapt AV technology for their needs.
Reduce Help Desk Calls - 6 Great A/V Equipment Smartphone Apps Cut down on help desk calls. Download these Android or iPhone apps to help your employees use A/V equipment.
8 Easy Mobile Apps for Hard Calculations These iOS iPhone, iPad and Android smartphone and tablet apps will make crucial mathematical equation calculations a breeze.
Choosing the Right Systems Integrator Selecting the right integrator is a vital step in the success of your project.
How to Use QR Codes in Digital Signage QR codes have made their way into digital signage. Follow these three rules to ensure their successful implementation into your digital signage network.
8 Ways to Keep Your Digital Signage System Headache-Free Digital signage delivers critical content, but if installed and maintained improperly can become a burden instead of an asset. Follow these 8 tips to keep it running smoothly.
The 3 Cs of Choosing a Projector You're going to need to consider more than resolution, brightness and bulb life when picking a projector.
TechDecisions Guide to 32 Self-Powered Speakers and Subs for Houses of Worship New loudspeakers and subwoofers with self-contained, on-board amplification and DSP-based crossovers lead the pack for some Houses of Worship applications. Use this TechDecision Guide to robust line up of loudspeaker systems with self-contained/on-board amplification and DSP-based crossovers, correction tools such as Eq, delay and filtering with vendors such as Peavey, StageSource, Yamaha and many more to help narrow your purchasing decision making process.
Southland Christian Church Straddles Multiple Locations with Multiple Formats Southland Christian Church, in suburban Lexington, KY, has opened two remote worship facilities in the past decade. The fact that both use different media transport formats underscores how fluid this type of video teleconferencing technology is for houses of worship today.
Deciding on the Right Systems Integration Partner A few tips on choosing the right systems contractor, integrator or consultant on your next project.
Questions to Ask an Integrator What you need to know about picking the right integrator for your project.
13 AV and IT Pain Points from Your Peers We decided we would ask end users, consultants, integrators, product managers and other industry experts we were interviewing for articles for TechDecisions to share some of the pain points they experience during the day. We've gotten a lot of interesting perspectives from people such as Casey Foulds from Texas Woman's University, a few execs from AVI-SPL and AT&T.
3 Hands-down, Must Have, Great Lighting iPhone Apps Professional lighting designer, Oaks said that the Whitegoods iPhone App is as accurate as the expensive device he had been using for many years. And it’s free. Two other must-have lighting apps: For $29.99 the Light Source iPhone and iPad app is a fully functional photometric calculator for industry professionals. Spending $99.99 on an App might sound crazy, but the Luminair DMX Lighting Control iPhone App might be in that special category, “You get what you pay for.” The DMX lighting control software allows users to wirelessly control lighting fixtures, dimmers, consoles, and media servers all via a Wi-Fi connection — and much more.
30 Android Apps for the AV Professional 30 Android Apps to make your AV technology job easier at the flick of a finger.