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 19, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
Often times we have events, projects or circumstances that require us to use high end cameras with software that is really only designed for USB cams. Professional and Prosumer gear almost always lacks the USB interface so this can be...
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December 12, 2013
By: Teresa Jennings
Crestron Winter 2013 Integrated by Design Road Show will be held on December 18th, 2013. They will be offering two sessions, one targeted towards the Product and Applications, and the other for Programming and Commissioning Tools. Morning Session (9am -...
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November 8, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Sharon Kaiser from the School of Medicine will give us a tour of the School of Medicine's Teaching and Learning Center in the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center. This will also be our holiday gathering and we'll have cookies and beverages. If...
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October 29, 2013
By: Chip Bobbert II
iSCSI vs CIFS ITS has begun to explore several methods that bring data center speeds closer to the edge. Our goal is to give the advantages of “big data” technologies to media end users that could really use the extra...
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By: Jack D'Ardenne
Duke's Logitech rep, Warren Widener stopped by today to show us some of Logitech's business line products (listed below). Two of the highlights were the BCC950 ConferenceCam and the Logitech Mobile Speakerphone P710e. The BCC950 webcam features 1080P video, PTZ operation...
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October 24, 2013
By: Chip Bobbert II
A popular appliance at Duke, the Vaddio AV Bridge, has received a recent firmware revision we applied to a few units and tested out today. The unit is an interesting piece that basically grabs various video signals (HDMI, Component, VGA,...
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October 4, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
The hot AV product this year for education seems to be wireless presentation gateways. At this week's Whitlock Convergence show in Durham we got to take a look at several of these devices including WOW Vision's Collab8 collaboration device. ...
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October 1, 2013
By: Todd Stabley
Several members of OIT ITS attended the Whitlock Convergence Collaborative Technology Summit on October 1st. It turned out to be a useful event with many major players in the classroom technology space represented and showing off their newest products. Many...
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August 19, 2013
By: Chip Bobbert II
Evaluation of TA-8990 Scaler/Extender/Switch Overview A Teleadapt TA-8990 was brought to us for testing and evaluation. As a basic overview, this device provides a user connectivity point for a wall or overhead display. For deeper explanation, it is common for...
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