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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June 26, 2013
By: Stephen Toback
We arrived with a lot of equipment at the Anatomy Lab of the Duke School of Medicine at 1PM on Tuesday, June 25th. SONY pre-shipped a great deal of equipment, brought some more with them and Duke Media Services provided...
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By: Stephen Toback
4k video arrived at Duke today. Through the cooperation of SONY, Duke Media Services, Duke School Of Medicine Medical Education IT Group as well some amazing faculty and staff from the Duke School of Medicine, Duke OIT's Interactive Technology Services...
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June 19, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
The AirMedia Presentation Gateway from Crestron was just officially announced at InfoComm last week. It can support up to four simultaneous presenters at the same time and currently works with Windows and OS X, as well as Apple iOS and Android...
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June 6, 2013
By: Todd Stabley
There has been some buzz in the streaming industry around HEVC (High Efficiency Video Codec)/ H.265, a new codec many consider a potential successor to H.264. HEVC/ H.265 is still in its early stages, and this codec has not yet...
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May 31, 2013
By: Todd Stabley
Some of you might have heard about DukeStream 2.0 --our longstanding search for a YouTube-like media publishing system, anchored in asset-level security and based on Duke NetIDs. When the DukeStream 2.0 project began a couple years ago, there weren’t any...
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May 16, 2013
By: Stephen Toback
As discovered at the recent NAB show, we've had the opportunity to demo the new 13" Wacom Cintiq and think this new form factor is pretty great. They've done away with the power brick which makes it much less complex...
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May 15, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Some Duke AV folks recently met with Crestron's new Regional Education Market Manager, Ryan Berndt. He will be replacing Brian Montini. Ryan will be Duke's Crestron rep from now on. During our meeting with Ryan and Brian we learned of a new...
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May 13, 2013
By: Jack D'Ardenne
I don't know much about it this camera but it is nice to see more USB PTZ options. It claims to work with built-in OS drivers so nothing to install. It also claims to work with all major web conferencing...
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