The HICON HD-BaseT extender set from Sommer Cable is designed for long-range HDMI. It can be used to transmit high-resolution, high-speed HDMI with Ethernet, 10/100 BaseT Ethernet and infrared remote controller signals over distances of up to 100 meters, and it complies with 1080p, 3D, 4K, ARC, HDCP, 7.1CH, Home Cinema TrueHD and DTS-HD standards.
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RALEIGH, NC ─ Hope Community Church recently installed Clear-Com’s Tempest2400 digital wireless intercom. The system helps audio, lighting and video crew members manage cues for the church’s weekly services and children’s productions.
Read More »BURBANK, CA — Aphex named a number of additional manufacturer’s representatives recently, including Warman Marketing: Rocky Mountain territories (Harry Warman); Sound Vision Marketing: Florida (Tim Yates); Audio One Marketing: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (Tim Van Bargen); ASR Enterprises: Mid-Atlantic region (Pat Foley); and Marketing Concepts: Texas (Bruce Marlin).
Read More »CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — The NSCA Board of Directors elected a new executive committee in June, during its annual member meeting at the 2012 InfoComm show. Ingolf de Jong, president and principal partner of General Communications, Inc. has been elected the new President of the NSCA Board of Directors through June 2014.
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LAS VEGAS — In the days before InfoComm, representatives from Danley Sound Labs arranged an impromptu demonstration of Danley Jericho Horn point-source loudspeakers for long-throw applications in the desert adjacent to Nellis Air Force Base. The team rented a 25kV generator and a lift for the demo, which took palce in an undeveloped industrial park.
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The Roland V-800HD Multi-Format Live Video Switcher is now shipping. The V-800HD, launched at the NAB show, joins the company’s line of Multi-Format video mixers. The V-800HD Live Video Switcher is designed for any live event or installation that requires the freedom to connect any type of source whether it be digital or analog, computer or video format.
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SEOUL — David Millward , FOH engineer on Morrissey’s 2012 worldwide tour, is mixing the shows using Allen & Heath’s iLive digital mixing system — specifically, an iLive-80 Control Surface and iDR10 modular MixRack fitted with a Dante Card for multitrack recording and virtual soundchecking.
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BERKELEY, CA — Comal, a new restaurant located in Berkeley’s downtown Arts District, is the first establishment of its kind to create an optimized aural environment using the new Libra acoustic image system and complementary Constellation active acoustic system from Meyer Sound.
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BOSTON — The Boston Symphony Orchestra has once again tapped DPA Microphones for its nationally broadcast, live Boston Pops Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular. Held annually in the Hatch Shell at the Esplanade along the Charles River, the concert and fireworks show hosts nearly 400,000 attendees.
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WHITINSVILLE, MA — EAW announced that FOH engineer Martin Frey has endorsed the company’s Red Certified KF740 arrays for main PA loudspeakers and will specify them as first choice on all technical riders. The agreement comes after Frey got the chance to use KF740 main PA system provided by Las Vegas-based H.A.S. Productions (HAS), with whom EAW is piloting the Red Certification program.
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GEORGETOWN, KY — Curtis Cox of Curtis Cox Music provided Galvin’s Restaurant here with Community DP6 pendant loudspeakers in a downward-pointed distributed system to minimize challenges posed by the venue’s plaster and metal ceiling and wall surfaces.
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NANDANAM, India — Ravi ‘Drums’ Jakhotia, who played with First Project and Colonial Cousins, two acts joining Katy Perry to kick off a major cricket tournament at a soccer stadium here, relied upon AKG IVM4500 IEMs for his performance.
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