This year, perhaps more than any other, has shown how vital it is to collate and share accurate data. Critical decisions are based on information available, so it makes absolute sense to make these decisions with as much relevant information as possible. This mantra applies across governments, finance, defence and,…
Very few products have as many connections as an LED video wall. There are cabinets connected to cabinets running Ethernet through RJ45 connectors. There are LED display modules connected to cabinets or backplanes with B2B connectors running parallel RGB and a number of control signals. And with each of these…
Back to the office? We all agree that the world has changed forever this year and we will need to coexist with this restrictive situation (at least in the near future). Around the world, businesses are preparing corporate environments to strike the difficult balance between employees returning to a productive…
Covid-19 put live sporting events around the world on hold. While high-profile international events such as the Olympics and Wimbledon were simply cancelled or moved to next year, some major professional leagues were able to restart, including Germany’s Bundesliga, England’s Premier League, and the National Hockey League and National Basketball…
With digital platforms and virtual spaces for engagement of informative, educational and entertaining content now interwoven into physical ones, hybrid and live stream events have headlined a year in which live music fans have primarily engaged remotely. When audiences return via safety-structured venues, how will these technologies alter our expectations…
We are commonly asked what the meeting room of the future will look like? One thing is for sure, as clients are becoming more conscious of their social footprint, the meeting room of the future will need to place greater emphasis on sustainable practices. According to a recent survey, two-thirds…
Last week, DSE show organisers confirmed what many of us had suspected for months – that DSE would not happen as planned in 2020. What came as a bit of a surprise was Exponation’s entry into Chapter 7 bankruptcy – such an abrupt and terminal move by the organisation that…
Network systems have become the dominant structure for signals and control in all AV systems. The need for future-proof, user-friendly and scalable network standards have become mandatory. Until now, the industry has made do with proprietary, competitive, and incompatible collections of different standards that more or less coexist. However, the…
Over the last few months, I have attended a number of virtual events. Microsoft Inspire was a well-organised and informative two days, the Digital Signage Summit was a fantastically well-run event that mixed live and pre-recorded elements brilliantly. The GPA gathering had a really interesting navigation which meant you were…
A large-scale projection system usually consists of four parts: input source; video wall settings; image geometric alignment with edge blending; and, of course, projection. The first thing that you need to be aware of is that if you use a PC-based solution for video wall setting and image alignment, you…
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