January 4, 2018
By: Mich Donovan
In DIY video production, sound quality often matters just as much or more than the quality of your image. Particularly when you’re recording with just a webcam, it can be difficult to eliminate background noise and record a clear vocal...
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December 18, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
As the expectations of classroom and meeting space AV changes over time, so too must the approach of delivering advanced AV systems for teaching and learning environments. The Sanford School of Public Policy (SSPP), in collaboration with Duke Office of...
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By: Richard Mitchell
On November 30th, Warren Widener of Logitech visited the Technology Engagement Center on Duke's campus to showcase three pieces of technology ideal for small and medium-sized conference rooms. We all know Logitech for their webcams, keyboards, and mice, but over...
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December 11, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
We're excited to announce that we'll be upgrading our current v. 5.3 installation of Panopto to version 5.5 on Tuesday, December 19th, 2017. Some of the headline features we'll be gaining include: Webcasts are now delivered via HTML5 in both the...
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December 7, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
Rev.com, currently the most widely utilized caption service provider at Duke, just announced some new features we wanted to let you know about. All are included at no extra charge in their standard $1.00 per minute service. For more information...
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December 6, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
I've been doing some research into inexpensive portable lighting kits and wondering if anyone has discovered a killer solution for attaching lights to the top of a laptop or that can sit on a desktop and illumine someone's face at...
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November 15, 2017
By: Devon Henry
Since I’ve been in a few classes touching on the topic of affordable/user-friendly equipment for video-making laymen, I like to look out for equipment that fits that bill. So again, here’s another kickstarter for some equipment. The ROV Camera Slider...
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November 14, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
Today, Crestron's Ryan Berndt visited Duke's Technology Engagement Center (TEC) and provided a detailed overview their new NVX network-based encoder/decoder hardware, other 2017 offerings, and the ongoing benefits of the A+ Education Partner Program. The session centered around the Crestron DM-NVX-350....
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November 9, 2017
By: Richard Mitchell
One of the best aspects of my position at Duke is that I have the honor of testing a wide range of AV devices to see how they might fit within our enterprise academic environment, and share that information with...
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By: Richard Mitchell
The AV-focused Halloween Duke Digital Media Community (DDMC) session on networking and security highlighted just how complex the AV ecosystem has become. As mentioned in the session, ten years ago, networking and security weren't a primary consideration when commissioning an...
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