October 30, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Extron recently announced their new wireless collaboration gateway, ShareLink 200. The device is very similar to Crestron's AirMedia. Some differences compared to the AirMedia are listed below. We will reach out to Crestron for a demo and report back when we have...
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September 5, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Sony's new 4K ultra short throw laser projector has 4 HDMI inputs, speakers, RS-232, and a light output of 2,000 lm. It is capable of projecting a 147" 4K image. Oh, and it lists at $50,000. Check out Sony's website for more info....
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August 27, 2014
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Last month Paul Zylowski, Mweshi “Moon” Ngandwe, and I did a live web chat discussing some of the various AV gear and technologies we saw on our recent trip to InfoComm 2014 this past June. Below is a recording of the web chat....
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March 3, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
I'm beginning to think that much of the expensive technology that goes into an average integrated classroom could be replaced by cheap (less than a $100) boxes running AirPlay. One of the big challenges holding back this tech is the...
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February 25, 2014
By: Todd Stabley
I recently completed our annual survey of enterprise lecture capture systems and wanted to share our findings with those of you interested in taking a look. This document looks at 11 of the leading products in use today in higher ed (tools like MediaSite, Echo360,...
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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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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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February 5, 2014
By: Chip Bobbert II
https://vimeo.com/85940352 In our MPS recording studio I set out to improve the lighting quality with a low budget. I thought I would share my strategies and results in hopes other might benefit. Cameras do a bad job of reproducing what...
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February 4, 2014
By: Stephen Toback
While designed for the home market, I think this intelligent Android tablet based device could have uses in the classroom. From room control, to connecting with classroom support staff to security uses, this could be something that could be well...
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