Steve Harvey

At the 2014 International CES Show it appears that the spotlight will move from 3DTV to the Ultra High Definition (UltraHD, or UHD) video format, popularly known as 4K.

The U.S. Postal Service may boast of its ability to overcome snow, rain, and heat, but for some outdoor AV installations, those conditions are the least of the environmental challenges.

The cloud, in combination with the proliferation of mobile computational devices, has been transformational, especially in the business community.

With the AV industry currently poised for an analog sunset and a 4K sunrise, the prospect of a standardized connector—if such a thing could even happen—is very much up in the air.

Readers of a certain age can perhaps recall that when choosing a college, their search focused on the dorm rooms, the library, and the performance of the football team.

With video converters available on Amazon for under $35 it’s easy to imagine that AV system designers and integrators are under considerable pressure to maintain margins and market share.

Located directly across from Philadelphia on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, the city of Camden has a troubled history of urban dysfunction.

Clair Brothers Audio Systems, headquartered in Manheim, PA, recently completed its largest house of worship project to date at the 140-acre Prestonwood Baptist Church site in Plano, TX.

Tech managers and facility directors contemplating the purchase of an audio network are faced with a potentially confusing list of choices.

Although still in its relative infancy, IP-enabled power management technology has enjoyed significant uptake in recent years, especially in the enterprise and commercial markets.

The demarcation between AV and IT infrastructures has become blurred as the AV industry has increasingly adopted standard digital data networking and transport protocols.

Interactive display systems have become commonplace in the classroom, with interactive projection systems, although introduced relatively recently, already being embraced especially by K-12 schools.

In digital signage systems, to quote a phrase popularized by Bill Gates, content is king.

To paraphrase the adage popularized by computer scientist Andrew S. Tanenbaum, the nice thing about audio distribution transport and control protocols is that there are so many to choose from.