I thought that nothing new would happen when it came to screen options for Microsoft Teams Rooms. Since the very first LRS (Lync room systems) it was obviously the law: front-of-room displays had to have a 16:9 format and full HD resolution, i.e. 1920 x 1080. Depending on your needs,…
Well, speaking as someone who’s been covering them for 40 years, I think we do actually, but in what form? The AV industry especially is something of a tactile one where personal contact is important, in fact everything. There’s no doubt that customers benefit from in-situ demos and time spent…
2022 will mark my 44th year in the AV and broadcast business. I’ve had the privilege to work at technical and sales levels for manufacturers, rental/staging firms, systems integrators and television companies during my life in employment. I have been involved with some extraordinary projects, and many of them have…
Since 2001, Juan Jose has been the operational head of Equipson, a Spanish company founded in 1995 by his father, José Luis Vila. Worker safety, particularly protocols relating to the safe use of trusses, motor hoists, stage platforms and rigging in the live events sector, is something Juan has always…
In the mid-seventies, Canadian electronics engineer, businessman, and philanthropist* Lorne Trottier co-founded the computer graphics company, Matrox. He is now the president and sole owner of the group, which includes Matrox Video and Matrox Imaging. The company celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. Trottier has been the key player in…
The New Year traditionally brings lots of ‘next big thing’ predictions for the year ahead and AV as-a-Service (AVaaS) has regularly been one of those predictions in years past. Despite that, it just hasn’t gone ‘big’, despite it being a model widely adopted in IT and AV being purchased increasingly…
Walls have ears, said the wartime propaganda posters. But nowadays it’s more likely to be the poster itself that has ears (and eyes) – at least if it’s displayed via digital signage. "Two-way interactivity and data collection are at the cutting edge of digital signage implementations,” says Sean Wargo, senior…
Spain started the year with bullish predictions in terms of growth and recovery after a very tough 2020 but “by the end we can say that this year has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride,” says Greg Babbs, sales manager at Datapath in what is an understatement. Luis Garrido…
The year 2020 saw the rise of the cloud videoconferencing phenomenon that is Zoom. Used as a business collaboration tool and a virtual social space during the pandemic, it became the staple of what has now become a newly mainstream form of interaction. Zoom even became widely used as the…
In a Hoxton warehouse a six-person undercover unit is tasked with cracking a world-changing mystery. On the dark web, a black market known as ‘Origin’ has begun selling contraband, including Covid 19 vaccines, rhino horn extract – even Brad Pitt’s DNA. Suddenly, you’re face to face with dinosaurs. What is…
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