What You Need to Know for Lighting Meeting Rooms, Auditoriums and Lecture Halls Experts say that when lighting large spaces you should take into account the people that will be standing in the area, rather than just lighting a space. Think of presentations rather than a lit corner. Learn more from experts at AMX, Lutron and Brightline.
The Science (and a little Art) of Loudspeaker Placement Frederick J. Ampel discusses what's out there for loudspeaker systems and how best to place them for your application. He breaks down what distributed and directional systems are and helps you pick the right one.
Trinity Assembly of God’s Triage Process for an A/V Systems Upgrade The Trinity Assembly of God was founded in 1979 and its A/V department is struggling with very old legacy equipment that was installed in 1992. Learn how the church is moving forward incrementally. New products from Sanyo, QSC, DiGiCo and Community are slowly taking the stage.
10 Tips for Succeeding in Unified Communications Deployment Dan Newman discusses the top ten tips for adding unified communications to your technology arsenal. By combining voice, video, instant messaging and more to one network-based platform, resources are freed up for both the user and IT.
Key Trends in Lighting Design and Integration Trends in lighting design and integration include the use of a lighting designer in videoconferencing and other work environments and using controlling lighting wirelessly.
NSCA and EH Publishing Create Leading Mass Notification Emergency Communication Educational Program NSCA and EH Publishing are partnering on a mass notification and emergency communication educational program. The effort consists of a website at www.mnec.com and a series of symposia. NSCA and EH Publishing’s publications Commercial Integrator and TechDecisions Media are leading the effort.
Essentials of A/V Design The Essentials of A/V Design are more than just a schedule on a piece of paper. That is important, but planning the room, planning the products, planning the installation and planning the maintenance are all part of a successful A/V system installation.
SouthCrest Church Uses A/V to Manage Rapid Growth SouthCrest Church has grown from 14 people in 2000 to over 2,000 in 2013. The church needed it’s A/V/L to grow with it. After careful consultation with their integrator and architect, SouthCrest has gone digital as much as possible and turn to LED lighting to save money in the long run.
The Cathedral of Faith Moves Its Message Higher With HD The Cathedral of Faith tapped Spectaveris to help it with its A/V upgrade. The churches goal is to provide leading technology to keep pace with the technology its parishioners use. To do this the church recently upgraded to HD. They now have five Hitachi SK-HD1000-TX1 production cameras and use a FOR-A’s HVS-350HS switcher to go with two control panels and two multi-viewers.
A/V Helps Churches Celebrate Easter Trinity Assembly of God Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, The Heights Church and Central Wesleyan Church are all planning for Easter. Learn how they are revving up their A/V systems for this holy time.
Why You Should Consider Attending InfoComm 2013 See the latest technology first hand at the InfoComm 2013 in Las Vegas. Ask manufactures questions about their products, develop partnerships and network with industry professionals.
The Benefits of Hiring a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) Christopher Neto, CTS, discusses what it means to have access to a certified A/V technician. Not only do you have a person who has proven knowledge, but you can rest assured that person knows where to go for answers when necessary.
9 Apps for Meeting Spaces You will never set up a meeting space the same way again. With these 9 mobile apps, setting up a room has never been easier.
Including Streaming Media in Digital Signage Content Using video in your digital signage is something many content management systems will support. Video can be used by any market segment and is something that not only are viewers used to, but they’re beginning to expect it. The key is to make the video useful and something viewers will value.
Making Sound Work in an Historic Church Structure Historic churches present challenges to any new sound retrofit. But the hard-surfaced, parallel walls of the Alexandria First Presbyterian Church’s main sanctuary, which was built in 1843, was a particularly tough job. With a Community Sound’s ENTASYS system and help from Blackwood, NJ-based JD Sound and Video, the Word rang true in the 200-seat church.