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Business Class Act By Pam Derringer, March 26, 2010 Technology Convergence Accelerates Distance Learning More.. The ROI Of Visual Communications By Jeff Collard, October 7, 2009 Understanding the value of digital signage starts with thinking of it in a new way. Since the inception of digital signage, businesses have struggled to develop a successful argument for return on investment (ROI). A big problem More.. Lecture Capture Technology By Kathy Leoni and Steven Lichti, October 6, 2009 A look at current lecture capture usage in higher education — and how to use it more efficiently. LECTURE CAPTURE SURVEY RESULTS Students and faculty live and work in an environment with instant access to all varieties of media. More.. view all text items in this section...
Trends How To Equip A Smart Classroom By Tom Zind, October 31, 2008 Jim Clements, project manager for Boston College's Media Technology Services group, make final adjustments to the new podium-based control center in one of 11 caserooms at the Carroll School of More.. Keeping Ahead of Technology Obsolescence July 18, 2008 No one doubts that advances in digital technology have made life easier. Devices like cell phones, laptops, space-saving flat panel monitors, and portable projectors have changed the way our world communicates. But whether at More.. Network, See & Learn July 18, 2008 They're calling it "The One Show," and this year, this is pretty accurate. There's no denying that InfoComm has grown tremendously over the last decade - it's the show for AV professionals. Now that InfoComm is incorporating the More.. view all text items in this section...
Tech Horizons Digitizing Oral Histories By Paul Parrie, June 9, 2010 How a digitization project is bringing together technology, collections, library science, and online interface design Oral histories bring the past to life. Whether remembrances of a battle fought in World War II or a More.. Can You Hear Me Now? By Virginia Rubey, May 12, 2010 Web Conferencing Encourages Communication in Unlikely Ways Soliya offers group polling capabilities, a More.. 3D Audio Comes to Conferencing February 25, 2010 vSpace offers a more realistic approach to the sound of conferencing. Videoconferencing and telepresence systems continue to make advances in recreating the sense of “being there,” but, for the most part, these advances have More.. view all text items in this section...
Tutorials How to select and care for your mics February 17, 2011 The selection of microphones, their positioning and the appropriate polar patterns in every venue is paramount—from conference rooms to schools to Parliament. The right choices will improve voice quality and help your More.. HOW TO MOVE VIDEO FROM DUSTY SHELVES TO THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE January 4, 2011 Consider the athletic department at a college with a proud and active alumni association. Chances are the department has shelves of videotapes containing game and practice footage from bygone eras. This videotape is both a More.. HOW TO SIMPLIFY SYSTEM RECONFIGURATIONS By Scott Bosen, December 2, 2010 These days, any moderately sophisticated AV facility is built around a central routing switcher. In assessing a routing system, features that should be considered essential include a wide selection of hard and soft panels for More.. view all text items in this section...
Features AV Managers Do IT All: How to Adapt and Thrive in a Converging World By Pam Derringer, January 9, 2012 The AV help desk at the Mayo Clinic has so many flat panel displays and computers that it looks like an airport control center. Its two dozen AV techs run 200 meeting rooms, preside over hundreds of videoconferences a day and More.. Wither the Projector? By Tim Kridel, January 9, 2012 Are projectors becoming more of a niche play? That’s what some AV industry pundits think, especially after 2011 product introductions like Sharp's LC-70LE732U, a 70-inch LCD display going for $3,700.It’s a reasonable debate. As More.. Multicasting: An End-User Primer By Phil Hippensteel, January 9, 2012 Multicasting has become part of multimedia technology. While its details can be complex, the basic idea and operation of a multicast network is not complicated. We’ll explain what it is, how it is used, and the good and bad of More.. view all text items in this section...