July 8, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Last month Duke's Biamp rep, Michael Frank came out to give us a look and listen to their new TesiraFORTÉ DSP product line. There are several models available to cover various use cases including VOIP, POTS, and external codec conferencing....
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May 28, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
The next few years will be interesting in the AV industry with the availability of 4K, 8K, and glasses-free 3D products. http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/39891.htm
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April 28, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Today, Skype announced that users can now use its group video calling feature for free. This was previously a premium only feature. Skype's group video calling supports up to 10 people on a call.
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April 23, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
With the recent Adobe licensing changes, many of us at Duke have been looking for alternative applications. The purpose of this meeting is to have an open discussion about what applications you have been using in place of Adobe software....
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April 3, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Our Logitech rep, Warren Widener recently stopped by so we could check out their new ConferenceCam CC3300e. The system features a 10x PTZ camera and tabletop speakerphone which connects to computer via one USB connection. It supports up to...
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February 25, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
This new Panasonic AW-HE2 USB HD camera looks interesting. High list price ($995), but it offers a lot of functionality. I'm going to reach out to Panasonic to see if we can get a demo and I'll report back if we...
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February 24, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Recently, I had a chance to demo Lenovo's Thinkpad Tablet 2 so we could test it with Duke's Digital Signage Service (running Four Winds Interactive's software). The tablet featured an Intel 1.8Ghz Atom processor, 64GB SSD, 2GB ram, and ran the 32bit...
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January 16, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
This works for new or existing accounts. You just need to install their new iOS app and login. After logging in on the new iOS app, your storage limit will then be upgraded to 50GB. It looks like this deal...
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By: Jack D'Ardenne
OIT-ITS recently purchased a Google Chromecast to test with, which unfortunately, we can't use on Duke's network. It turns out that the Google Chromecast requires multicast to be enabled on the network it is connected to. This is NOT something...
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January 3, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
OIT-ITS has re-rescheduled a tour of the new NC State James B. Hunt Jr. Library on January 27th, from 10am to 12pm. This new state of the art library is definitely worth seeing in person. More information about the library...
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