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InfoComm: the next 75 years Moving closer – and further apart

Taking a look back at Performance Verification InfoComm’s journey since standard as an ANSI 1939, InfoComm CEO David standard in December 2013, Labuskes feels that while and Labuskes is excited the technology may have about this whole process. advanced dramatically “It allows the use of a since the days of filmstrip documented and industryprojectors, the core goal of approved process to agree to the association has always what an AV system should been broader than accomplish before it’s technology. installed and to verify that “The celebration of it has achieved its goals once our 75 years of existence it has been installed. It’s a is not about patting closed loop, ensuring quality ourselves on the back and allowing that quality to but about using be defined by the client and technology to transform by the service provider. human communications,” That’s critically important.” reflected Labuskes.

Globalisation is also “The need to enhance part of InfoComm’s communications between strategic plan. While based people is just as in North America, the Labuskes: “The need to enhance communications between important today as it was people is just as important today as it was 75 years ago” association has expanded 75 years ago, and that will its membership worldwide continue for another 75 years.” in training on the first day of in recent years.

To celebrate this milestone, the show.

“For the first time in 2014, the association is distributing “It’s our birthday gift. We thought InfoComm will have over half of its two free vouchers to all ISE it was poetic to focus on the core revenue outside of North America. We registrants this year, allowing delivery of education that our are launching a new show in Brazil them access to any educational association is so committed to and this year in May, our membership is course it is running at the show to make that available to everyone growing and we are forging strategic this year. Labuskes is delighted who registered for ISE.” alliances and partnerships with other with the uptake so far, noting Striving for quality, the association organisations around the world.”

Stand: 11-N100 that 322 attendees participated published its Audiovisual Systems Mike Blackman, managing director, ISE 2014 (centre left) and Daria Petrova, project director, Integrated Systems Russia (centre right) greet representatives of ISE exhibitor Polymedia, the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands and Russia’s Ministry of Defence at the show yesterday.

CEDIA has, it seems, achieved the almost paradoxical feat of becoming more joined up – and, at the same time, more spread apart. “Yes,” confirmed CEDIA chief operating officer Don Gilpin, “it may have sometimes seemed that the different parts of CEDIA didn’t have much to do with each other. Over the past couple of years, though, that’s changed: we’re a much more unified organisation – we’re a truly global entity.” That means, said Gilpin, that resources are now developed with an international mindset rather than a local mindset.

And, at the same time, CEDIA has been spreading its wings, looking to bring the benefits of membership to a much more geographically diverse audience. Gilpin has responsibility for CEDIA in the Americas and Australasia, while colleague Wendy Griffiths is leading the CEDIA charge in the UK, mainland Europe, the CIS, the Middle East, Africa, India and Pakistan.

Successful CEDIA events – each attracting more than 100 delegates – have taken place in the last few months in both Russia and India, and have also been run in South Africa, China, Italy and France. Gilpin has set his sights on creating a CEDIA presence in Brazil during 2015, and is also enthused by the opportunity he

CEDIA’s Gilpin: “We’re all more aligned now than we’ve ever been”

sees in Australia. “It’s taking off like gangbusters,” he laughed. This year will see Griffiths focusing on growing CEDIA’s footprint in India.

“It’s all about maximising access to the considerable resources at CEDIA’s disposal,” pointed out Gilpin. CEDIA has now made its resource library – including education, research, manuals and white papers – available online.

“We’ve also taken our Recommended Wiring Guidelines and translated them into Italian, French and Spanish,” added Griffiths, “and we’ve distributed more than 9,000 copies.”

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New dawn for connectivity More than 130 ISE visitors attended the inaugural Sport Facility Integration Summit (SFIS) yesterday to find out more about the emerging technologies shaping the next generation of sports venues worldwide.

The event was created and produced by Sports Video Group Europe. Previous SVGE events have focused on the broadcast capture and coverage of sports events, but this new summit was devised to reflect the seismic

changes affecting the design and implementation of AV in stadiums and arenas worldwide.

SFIS kicked off with a presentation by Cisco Systems’ Bryan Bedford on the impact of IPTV, WiFi and mobile video on the fan experience both inside and beyond the stadium.

With the global sports events taking place in Brazil and Russia over the next few years, it stands to reason that these are boom times for venue integrators. No wonder,

then, that this is “an increasingly competitive sector with exciting opportunities” for installers and consultants, as moderator Bob Snyder (rAVe Europe) observed during a panel session that featured input from Blackmagic Design’s Craig Heffernan, Fulfil Engineering’s Norbert Labudda and Broadcast Networks’ Malcolm Robinson.

Elsewhere in a busy half-day programme, two sessions focused on developments in audio networking, with Mark Yonge (AES)

Home cinema in Auro-3D New at ISE this year, the Immersive Sound Experience takes visitors on a journey through immersive audio in the home using Auro-3D, the only format available for the consumer market.

Alongside clips and explanations, sound expert Wilfried Van Baelen, who invented the Auro-3D format, is on hand to give insights Demo coordinator Ciarán Doran (left) and Auro-3D inventor Wilfried Van Baelen and information.

Ciarán Doran, CEO of Datasat Digital Entertainment and coordinator of the Immersive Sound Experience, says it’s the first time at such a show that visitors have been able to hear full immersive sound, as the first processor, by Datasat, has just hit the consumer part of the market.

The room is set up with an 11.1 surround sound system featuring 22 Genelec speakers. In

Networked conference talking point ATEÏS /XAVTEL Four product lines under the new Xavtel brand have been announced.

On show are the Senator system, a fully digital and networked DSP solution for conferencing, voting and simultaneous translation, the Dialogo series of budget-priced, high-end, table-top AV conferencing

systems as well as two forthcoming pro AV systems.

Based on Xavtel’s high-speed redundant network technology, Senator allows up to 504 different Delegate Units to be processed using one DSP processor, while still providing individual processing for each microphone. The patent pending technology incorporates a

Xavtel: Four new product lines at ISE 2014

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The SFIS summit examined the seismic changes affecting sports stadium AV

tracking the progress of the AES67 standard since its introduction last September and Rick Kreifeldt (AVnu Alliance, Harman) heralding a switching solution developed by Extreme Networks.

what is described as a typical ‘sound in 3D’ set-up, one layer of speakers resides at ear-level, a second layer is at a 30˚ angle, about 1.5m above that and the ‘Voice of God’, or director’s voice, is above the head of the audience, running one channel on four speakers.

The Immersive Sound Experience is presented by Auro Technologies, Datasat Digital Entertainment, Genelec, Lang and Screenline.

Tickets are available from Datasat.

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Voice Activated Gate, on-board SIP3 VoIP telephone module and optional wideband AEC card for teleconferencing.

Romano M Cunsolo (pictured yesterday at ISE 2014), director of marketing & business development, said: “From Xavtel you can expect innovative solutions, and excellent audio and video quality with a focus on ease of integration and installation”.

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Commercial Integration Awards CRESTRON The winners of the 2013 Crestron EMEA Commercial Awards were announced yesterday at ISE. NE Audiovisual Solutions (Cyprus) was awarded both Best Education and Best Medical Installation for its work at the University of Cyprus Medical School.

Smartcomm’s work at the Telefonica Digital HQ in the UK was awarded Best Corporate Installation and Domotic won Best Hotel & Leisure project for its work at the Hôtel de Paris in St-Tropez, France.

The winner of Best Lighting Control/Energy Management Project was Casa Grande BVBA for

The Crestron EMEA Commercial Awards winners yesterday at ISE

its work at the Vlaemynck Business Centre in Belgium, due to the impressive energy savings and

total integration of this lighting solution. Best Meeting Room Solution also went to Casa Grande

BVBA’s work at the 3,500sqm Vlaemynck Business Centre.

Best DigitalMedia Install went to Simply Cinemas Installations for its work at The Tower, St George’s Wharf, London.

In the Hotel & Leisure category, Genesis Integration was highly commended for an installation at the St Regis Hotel in Abu Dhabi. In the Medical Installation category, both BVBA K-Si Automation’s high-end funeral parlour installation for Driesen Uitvaartzorg in Belgium and AVEX’s work at the St Antonius Hospital in Utrecht, The Netherlands, were highly commended.

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First Laser 12K rental sale DIGITAL PROJECTION

Chris Axford in front of an array run

by HIGHLite Laser 12K projectors

Lang is the first European company to invest in a fleet of brand new HIGHLite Laser 12K projectors by Digital Projection.

Delivering 12,000 lumens and 20,000 hours solid-state illumination with stable light output and colour accuracy, the projectors can be mounted in any orientation.

Meanwhile, a new 12K ANSI lumen single-chip projector by Digital Projection made its public debut at ISE 2014. The M-Vision 930 WUXGA offers a contrast ratio of up to 5,000:1 and is fully active 3D with up to 144Hz refresh rate.

“The M-Vision 930 WUXGA is the brightest single-chip DLP projector on the market by a long way,” commented Chris

Axford, EMEA sales and marketing manager at Digital Projection. “Typically single-chip is used in smaller, compact projectors and the challenge has always been brightness. It’s nice to break the 8K lumen ceiling with a single-chip solution and to offer these characteristics at a single-chip price-point.”

Stand: 3-C88

4K ecosystem is unlocked BRIGHTSIGN At an event yesterday at the ISE Commercial Solutions Theatre, BrightSign CEO Jeff Hastings covered the technologies and standards that have to come together to form the current 4K ecosystem. “4K in the digital signage market has been met with much enthusiasm,

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as well as some confusion about how to deliver ‘true’ 4K,” he said.

Hastings revealed a possible way out of this confusion: a new 4K media player that has made its debut on the BrightSign stand at ISE 2014. With the player, the company claims to be the first to deliver native 4K using H.265 at 60fps playback.

BrightSign’s new player accepts H.265-encoded content and outputs video at a resolution of 3840x2160 via HDMI 2.0.

Elemental Technologies supplies the HEVC encoding horsepower within the player.

“Our BrightSign 4K player is a real breakthrough product, no-one else has anything like it,” Hastings added.

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Hastings: “Our aim for ISE is to make sure people understand what true 4K is”

Bazelmans signs for LYON MEYER SOUND ISE is a great place for doing business. On the second day of the show, Meyer Sound announced it had signed a deal with Bazelmans AVR, a Dutch AV rental company, which has invested in the Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system and become one of the first suppliers of the new product (see LYON launch story, page 10).

The sale includes 40 LYON linear line array loudspeakers, 22 1100-LFC low-frequency control elements, and a Galileo Callisto loudspeaker management system, in addition to RMServers for loudspeaker monitoring.

The LYON investment by Bazelmans AVR bolsters an existing Meyer Sound inventory that already includes more than 100 cabinets, including MICA and M’elodie line array loudspeakers, UPQ-1P and 1100-LFC loudspeakers, UPJ-1P and UPJunior VariO loudspeakers, and 500-HP, 600-HP, and 700-HP subwoofers. The purchase was facilitated by Audio Electronics Mattijsen (AEM), Meyer Sound’s distributor for the Netherlands.

Pictured at the show (L-R): Eric Mattijsen (AEM), Scott Gledhill (Meyer Sound), Roland Mattijsen (AEM), Aart Habraken (Bazelmans AVR) and Wiljan Bazelmans (Bazelmans AVR).

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Great take-up of M2D 2SIGNAGE The new M2D (Manufacturer to Distributor) business service application provided by ISE and 2Signage has received an extraordinary response, with 800 registrations. “We are delighted with the large number of companies that signed up for the service. We had been expecting around 150 registrations, so it’s been even more successful than anticipated,” commented Dr Holger Dahl (pictured), managing director at 2Safer.

M2D is a space where manufacturers and dealers in the AV industry can connect as two key parts of the industry ecosystem.

2Safer delivered the 2Signage white label platform that runs the new M2D business service.

“We created the layout design application. We operate the service (DS) and provide the small signage box connected to ten screens.”

The application is on show on ten large LCD screens around the RAI. The scrolling lists of manufacturers seeking distribution representatives in

specific regions encourages viewers to scan the QR code and access the website for more details and to arrange meetings.

“The website is now live for the duration of the show and a few weeks after,” commented Dahl.

“The idea is to let people know there is now a service available, first of all. It’s a very useful venture as there is no ‘brochure’ where this is summarised. It’s very likely that there is a future for this application. We will determine that based on feedback following the show.”

Ten large screens around the RAI list manufacturers seeking distribution representatives

Meanwhile, ISE newcomer 2Signage is delighted with its experience at the show so far. “It’s completely different to other shows; we’ve had a lot of expert

discussions with people who are not only interested in our product but have a business query behind their query.”

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Videoconferencing goes all-in-one for 1080p60 HUAWEI The sleek new TE series of videoconferencing systems from Huawei is claimed to be the first to offer 1080p60, wireless connections and voice dialling.

The all-in-one units include useful features such as Air Content Sharing, which allows it to be used to wirelessly link a laptop to a local HDMI screen for presentations. “It’s a cable-less, First to 60p: Prommel shows off easy to install, wireless Huawei’s new TE series

environment,” said Rolf Prommel, Video Communications.

The 1080p30 TE30 was launched in October, and has since sold more than 5,000 worldwide, with the 1080p60 TE40, TE50 and TE60 launched at ISE — which also add a rising number of I/O ports, including 3G-SDI, as the model number increases. The WiFi-equipped systems include PTZ camera with 12x zoom, a highly efficient codec, dual microphones and

A dynamic projector range

Nice touch: Hitachi’s new CP-TW2503 interactive system on show

brightness and clarity where images are negatively impacted by bright ambient lighting, creating the impression of a 50% increase in projector brightness.

“Despite the adoption of a fixed mirror, which is just one of the features that ensure exceptional

image quality, these bright, highperformance models are still the smallest and lightest ultra-shortthrow projectors on the market,” said Axel Kutschke, senior manager, presentation products for Hitachi Digital Media Group.

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Network audio player ships INOUT Specialising in solid state memory audio devices and power amplification systems, InOut is showcasing a broad selection of its products at ISE 2014.

Among these is the NP 20-R,

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The systems are fully open standards interoperable with products from Polycom, Cisco, LifeSize, Microsoft Lync and IBM Sametime, but there are additional features when using Huawei end-to-end, such as a patented multi-viewer that can take in three images plus PC input, then output the video and PC presentation on separate displays on the other end.

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Fibre drives round the bend CLEERLINE TECHNOLOGY GROUP

HITACHI EUROPE Hitachi has launched seven new ultra-short and interactive ultrashort LCD projectors, including a multi-touch system, with both finger and interactive pen input, that can cope with up to four users at once and boasts a mere sixsecond auto-calibration time.

The company is demonstrating the system with two of the new CP-TW2503 WXGA models sideby-side, with one continuous picture, allowing users to work seamlessly over the wide-screen image. The multi-touch system is Windows 8 PC-driven, but there is also a PC-less interactive system.

Both use an IR camera or IR pen.

All of the new projectors offer a headline contrast ratio of 5,000:1 but also have built-in High Dynamic Contrast Range to restore

LCD status display, and can be used with a single cable carrying video and power. They even come with a mounting bracket and can be used with wireless microphones.

“We’re offering a much neater solution for the installer,” said Prommel. Thanks to the processing power of the codecs, 1080p can be delivered at lower bandwidth (512kbps), and withstand 20% packet loss without degradation.

which InOut announced last month and is now shipping.

Described as an advanced network audio player unlike any other, it supports the most popular digital audio formats such as lossy MP3 and lossless WAV. Audio selections are played based

on programmed playlists, a playback scheduler and/or network commands.

An application for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems is provided for easy control via PC, laptop or tablets connected on the same wired or wireless network. The

A safer, more bendable and robust fibre optic cable is the promise with Cleerline NSF (NonStrip-Fiber). “We have 10,000 times the bend of even the best bendable fibre on the market,” claimed Rick Sant, principal, Cleerline, as he bent the fibre through 180º without harming it.

This flexibility is possible thanks to the use of a coating of 3M polymer. The NSF can also be stripped and terminated in under a minute, as it doesn’t have to be cleaned with alcohol and has a soft-peel coating. It also resists pulling a lot better than normal fibre, taking a 100kg short-term strain without breakage, compared to half that for normal fibre, and about 13kg for Cat6 cable.

network control and interaction of the NP 20-R with other equipment is accomplished with the use of its Linux server-based operating system.

The NP 20-R can be connected to a LAN or WAN for TCP/IP control and secure operation. It embeds standard-based interfaces, enabling developers to build a variety of remote management scenarios such as determining status and sending commands using TCP/IP

Sant: Cleerline NSF means installing fibre needn’t tie you up in knots

Sant believes that the roll-out of 4K and increasing data use will mean that “fibre is the future of connectivity for everyone in here,” but “you have to make it so an installer can install fibre like they can Cat5,” which NSF offers.

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raw, or the programming of automatically generated events and notifications via e-mail.

Network connectivity is provided by 100/1000BaseT Ethernet. Local storage is provided by an InOut enterprise hard drive that the company says is capable of providing months of non-repeating audio due to its higher capacity than traditional storage devices.

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New business display TOSHIBA EUROPE

Jupiter’s Canvas allows control room collaboration across any device

World at your control JUPITER SYSTEMS Canvas display collaboration software from Jupiter allows any source viewable on a traditional display wall to be shared on other devices in real time, anywhere in the world. The software allows for live notation and chat between multiple users whether in front of control room displays, or remotely on laptops, phones and tablets.

“The display wall market isn’t tied to just operators sitting in front of a video wall and seeing that video wall,” said Aravind Nagarajan, Jupiter’s director of product management.

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“Now the same video can also be shared on laptops and mobile devices. So you’re not limited to seeing that video in a closed, control room scenario. You could be anywhere and you could see the same video that’s showing up in your control room anywhere in the world.

“We added collaboration on top of that shared video. So you can do live annotation and draw on top of the video.”

Canvas display feeds can be set with levels of permissions, and collaborative chat and drawing features can be addressed to individual users or groups.

Stand: 2-A45

Toshiba Europe has made its entrance into the business display market at ISE 2014. It is the first time the business unit of Toshiba has attended the show.

The company’s heritage in the Product manager Tim Matthews: professional AV market in other expanding further into Europe regions, including Japan, dates back to the early 1990s, and the business unit has recently launched technologies taken from its in the UK, France and Germany presence in the consumer market with expansion to other European with tailored solutions for the countries planned during 2014. professional market, such as all, The company says it is day usage, extended warranties combining knowledge and and hotel modes. This new

An easy LED upgrade path MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC EUROPE Operators of conventionally lit Mitsubishi Electric display wall systems can now upgrade to LED technology without having to replace their entire system. Mitsubishi Electric has unveiled a new LEDilluminated DLP cube engine for the first time in Europe at ISE 2014. The latest addition to its Seventy Series control room displays range enables

existing customers to upgrade legacy mercury lamp-based display wall systems to the latest highbrightness LED technology.

The new RPE74U LED cube is a direct, slot-in replacement for the older technology but is based on the same architecture, to ensure compatibility with existing systems.

The RPE74U will enable customers to extend the lifespan of their display wall systems while greatly

category will be operated through a distribution model, capitalising on Toshiba’s experience in the business laptop market.

On show are smart signage management systems as well as a range of monitors including hospitality TVs with integrated ‘hotel mode’ and screen sizes up to 40in; TVs with built-in signage display features in sizes up to 50in; 24/7 operation pro-signage monitors up to 70in; UHDTVs with 4K display resolution available in sizes up to 84in; and 6-point optical touchscreen bezels available in sizes up to 70in.

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reducing the cost of ownership.

Mitsubishi Electric’s LED cubes employ a unique air-cooled lighting element, which, unlike liquid cooling, is said to require no moving parts and no maintenance for its 80,000 hour lifespan.

Specially designed fan packs rated for 100,000 hours of continuous use mean that a Mitsubishi Electric LED cube wall can be expected to deliver over nine years of 24/7 operation without further maintenance or replacement parts.

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Converters, switchers on show

The LYON linear sound reinforcement system extends the Meyer Sound LEO family

DATAVIDEO

LYON roars at ISE MEYER SOUND ISE 2014 sees the trade show premiere of the self-powered LYON linear sound reinforcement system, the newest addition to the LEO family of linear loudspeaker products from Meyer Sound.

By incorporating the technology of the LEO Family in a lighter and more compact package, Meyer Sound believes that the LYON line array loudspeaker system extends the advantages of highly linear self-powered systems to a broader range of venues and applications.

LYON is available in two versions: the LYON-M main loudspeaker and the LYON-W wide-coverage loudspeaker.

Complemented by the 1100-LFC low-frequency control element and the Galileo Callisto loudspeaker management system, the LYON-M main loudspeaker is designed to anchor a powerful system for

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installations in arenas and large auditoriums, as well as tours and festivals. The LYON-W can serve as downfills to augment a LYON-based system.

Both LYON versions can be used to provide supplemental coverage in a LEO system.

As part of the InfoComm education programme at ISE 2014, Jeff Koftinoff, Meyer Sound’s embedded systems and signal processing architect, is presenting ‘Deploying Large Scale AVB Networks’ today at 13:00. Meyer Sound has been a long-time supporter of IEEE AVB (Audio Video Bridging) standards and the AVnu Alliance. At ISE 2014, the company is showing two AVB-capable products: the D-Mitri digital audio platform and CAL column array speakers.

In addition, Meyer Sound is participating in the AVnu Alliance demonstrations of AVB networks, along with other member companies.

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The DAC-60 HD/SD-SDI to VGA converter is designed for use with equipment such as projectors, plasma TVs and LCD screens.

The new Datavideo product is supplied with a Windows application that connects via USB and enables management of colour, contrast or saturation.

Settings from the application are retained when the computer and power are removed, and SDI loop-through is unaffected by adjustments to the VGA signal.

Dual output is available (SDI and VGA) and the DAC-60 supports 3G, HD and SD-SDI formats, which are automatically detected.

The Datavideo DAC-70 up/down/cross converter is designed to convert video signals from VGA, HDMI, SDI with audio

input to 3G/HD/SD SDI outputs, and is said to be ideal for connecting a VGA/HDMI output from a computer to SDI devices over long-distance SDI cable in applications such as lecture theatres, churches, auditoriums and conference halls. A USB interface is available for firmware upgrade.

The HS-2800 is described as a cost-effective 8-channel, 10-bit broadcast-quality hand-carry mobile switcher, which supports 1920 x 1080i resolution. Featuring eight digital inputs, it is designed for live events and TV programmes that need to mix a variety of video and audio sources.

Datavideo describes the HS-2800 as a lightweight, portable and powerful featured mobile studio solution, enabling users to switch seamlessly

between video and audio sources and blend high-quality digital content on the fly.

Advanced features include a 17.3in video monitor, which displays the multi-view.

Stand: 11-C52 Datavideo’s HS-2800 is a broadcast-quality mobile switcher

Smart screens reject the light ELITE SCREENS A new line of Ambient Light Rejecting (ALR) products is making an appearance on the Elite Screens stand. Aimed at the dedicated integrator channel, the range includes the flagship product, DarkStar, featuring 1.4 gain retroreflective material, as well as PolarStar, a polarised angular-reflective 3D-2D screen.

The material of the DarkStar has been engineered to incorporate optical filters that actively reflect a projected image while preventing ambient light from washing out the picture. The 0.3mm thick retroreflective material has been designed specifically for the

home theatre environment. Elite says the DarkStar offers a high balance of gain, contrast and viewing angle, for either a welllit or dark room. It comes in a range of sizes from 110-123in in a 16:9 aspect ratio and 140157in in Cinemascope 2.4:1.

Elite Screens’ DarkStar’s filters actively reflect projected images while reducing the effect of indirect light

The PolarStar projection screens are polarised for either 3D or standard 2D presentations with ambient light rejecting qualities. The company claims that the angular-reflective

material’s brightness and contrast are ideal for home cinema or commercial applications alike. The 1.8 gain screen material uses a SilverGrey protective reflective surface compound, textured to ensure the depth of use in 3D presentations with 92% retained polarisation. This enhances higher contrast ratios while playing in HD video modes such as 4K, 1080P, 720P, WXGA and XGA formats.

Elite’s PolarStar projection screen, notes the company, is available in a range of sizes from 100-150in in a 16:9 aspect ratio.

In addition, each product comes with a limited lifetime warranty.

Stand: 6-H132

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New stretched display can go the distance ADVANTECH A new 28in 1920 x 358 LED stretched digital signage display has been announced by Advantech for use in transportation, elevators and public venues. The fanless DSD5028 is pitched as a power-saving alternative to more conventional LED signage solutions used in limited spaces in these industries.

The panel – which can be deployed in both horizontal and vertical installations – includes LCD resizing technology and offers an aspect ratio of 16:3, brightness of 700cd/sqm, and a contrast ratio of 3,000:1.

The DSD-5028 also supports VGA and DVI signal interfaces and

The Advantech DSD-5028 is a power-saving alternative to conventional LED signage solutions

audio functions for easy connection with the plug-and play system. The series includes an RS232 interface reserved for

alternative connectivity. It also comes with a flexible wall mounting interface of 200 x 100mm for easy installation and

can be bundled with Advantech digital signage players in a rear AD box.

The 28in DSD-5028 is available

now, with a 38in DSD-5038 stretched signage display to be announced soon.

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Videowall has zero bezel LEYARD Prominent on the stand of Chinese screen manufacturer Leyard is the company’s Ultra Definition LED Video Wall. Designed for broadcast, security, traffic management, emergency

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operations centre and retail applications, it has an inter-panel gap of 0mm – in other words, it is claimed to be bezel-free.

Brightness is 1,200cd/sqm, and each panel weighs 4.8kg.

Lifetime is rated a 100,000 hours (to half brightness). Three

versions – featuring pixel pitches of 1.667mm, 1.923mm and 2.5mm – are available for pixel densities per square metre of, respectively, 360,000, 270,400 and 160,000. Refresh rate is 2,400Hz which, says Leyard, makes the panels particularly

appropriate for live broadcast applications, such as sport.

Screen brightness is automatically adjusted according to prevailing light conditions, and the panels are fan-less, meaning that operation is silent. A contrast ratio of 3,000:1 is achieved

through the use of Leyard’s proprietary black louvre technology. Viewing angle is 160º both vertically and horizontally.

Colour temperature is adjustable between 3,200K and 9,300K. Stand: 11-F40

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Outdoor screens boast anti-glare mask SHENZHEN LIANTRONICS LED outdoor advertising displays are one of the areas of focus for exhibitor LianTronics. These solutions feature an anti-glare mask with a high temperatureresistant coating on the surface to absorb direct light, reduce glare and improve the quality of the display.

An anti-UV, anti-oxidation module is designed to prevent deformation, while brightness

and chroma calibration can ensure image uniformity. The displays are said to consume 20% less power than competing systems. Their IP65 rating, waterproof rubber gaskets and military-grade conformal coating are said to enable the displays to work in all outdoor weather environments. Power supply and signal connectors are of aircraftgrade quality to ensure high reliability, good conductivity and durability.

LianTronics’ offering for this kind of indoor application includes what the company describes as a new style antiglare mask to absorb direct light, reduce glare, and improve the contrast ratio of display. It can also, remarks the company, mix the LED light efficiently and enlarge the viewing angle of the display.

The indoor displays are said to feature rigorously selected LED lamps, a high consistency

constant current driving IC, and a high-end control system, supporting high refresh rates and ensuring a stable picture, a high grey scale and high colour uniformity. The displays can be maintained from the front or back.

The company also offers a range of LED-based all-in-one advertising displays in which the screen, power supply and control system are integrated in a cabinet, making it convenient for

quick installation. They feature SMD LEDs with brightness of over 5,000 nits and optional pixel pitches of 6mm, 6.4mm.

Other elements of the specification include an IP65 rating, which makes the screens suitable for outdoor deployment.

The cabinet is made with a high-strength steel frame with tempered glass in the front to prevent illegal intrusion and tampering.

Stand: 11-D44

High-res LED and intelligent networking EYEVIS High-resolution LED modules with integrated image processing power are on show at the eyevis stand. The LED modules, which offer high resolution (2mm pixel pitch and less), professional image processing and robust housing, lend themselves well to permanent installations.

The company is pitching them at demanding commercial displays or large-scale information walls in show rooms, train stations, airports or sports arenas. They are also seen as a good solution for TV studio videowalls.

The LED modules can be set up as mobile videowalls in the event and presentation sector. In these environments, hanging, standing and even concave installations are possible.

For the first time, eyevis is demonstrating the new displays with integrated image processing power. eyeCON Meta Wall enables an uncomplicated network architecture for signal distribution and content control.

Working alongside eyeCON MetaWall, the new displays permit the installation of flexible and unlimited videowalls as well as single displays based on a standard network.

Stand: 2-C66

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Digital signage player is built for high performance IBASE TECHNOLOGY INC The new SI-64, a highperformance 4-DVI digital signage player powered by third generation Intel Core processors, has been announced by IBASE. The black and white chassis comes with a 2.5in HDD dock for SATA 3.0 hard drives and uses standard system mounting brackets. Overall dimensions are 380mm(W) x 250mm(D) x

45mm(H).

Combining an AMD Radeon E6760 graphics processing unit that features exceptional graphics and multimedia capabilities, as well as Microsoft DirectX 11 support for desktop-level graphics, SI-64 provides full HD 1080 digital content across four displays, plus one analogue display.

It supports the GPU-integrated 1024MB GDDR5 memory and up

to 16GB of 128-bit DDR-1600 memory to run graphics intensive applications found in high-end digital signage projects.

The SI-64 offers two Gigabit LAN, two RS-232, two USB 3.0, two USB 2.0 and four DVI display connections on the same panel.

Expansion functionality is provided by two Mini PCI-E (x1) slots for optional Bluetooth and 3G-Wireless modules.

Stand: 8-H220

Mount up: the B-Tech International BT8350 Freestanding Video Wall Mount

Mounting interest in videowalls B-TECH INTERNATIONAL

The SI-64 digital signage player from IBASE

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Mounts for digital signage and videowalls are a key focus for B-Tech at ISE 2014. It has new flatscreen mounting systems, such as the Heavy Duty Universal Flat Screen Wall Mount that is designed for screens larger than 65in and weighing up to 130kg.

In contrast to the super-size BT9903, the new ultra-slim BT8221 Double Arm Flat Screen Wall Mount will mount screens up to 65in just 37mm from the wall.

B-Tech’s successful pop-in, pop-out videowall system is now available on the BT8350 Freestanding Video Wall Mount.

Also new from B-Tech are: a Heavy Duty Flat Screen Trolley for extra-large screens; a new range of floor stands that includes options for mounting screens in a back-to-back format; and the BTV914 universal sound-bar mount, which can fit sound-bar speakers to a flat screen TV. Stand: 4-R70

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Connected for city break A winning hand SCALA CONNECTED SIGNAGE The main attraction at the Scala stand is the ‘interactive city’, which takes visitors on a flight through a virtual city. Visitors can take a look at virtual banks, restaurants, outdoor areas, shops and much more to see examples of how Scala is used in these different environments.

The rest of the stand showcases Scala installations from around the globe, while a

retail area presents users with an interactive shopping experience.

Lift technology is used on a range of alcoholic beverages, displaying relevant drink recipes on a screen whenever a bottle is lifted. An onscreen QR code makes it possible for consumers to get the recipe and take it home with them.

The stand also features a bar, which demonstrates Scala usage in a quick-service restaurant setting. Digital menu boards display the products available and

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visitors can order coffee using an interactive Scala solution.

Other areas of the stand are dedicated to showing the usage of Scala in corporate communications and banking.

Scala is also highlighting the 10.2 release of Scala Enterprise Content Manager and Scala Designer. The release includes improvements and new features with an emphasis on making the user experience more intuitive.

Stand: 8-K182

NAVORI Digital signage technology provider NAVORI has launched the out of the box plug-and-play QL STiX 3400 player technology, which is the size of a deck of playing cards.

The low-cost QL STiX 3400 ‘sticks’ on the back of any display device and offers broadcast-quality playback in a native 1920 x 1080p resolution.

With the QL STiX 3400, Navori

ports full high-end PC multilayer and multi-zone playback performance and interactivity to Android appliances.

QL STiX 3400 delivers all I/O connections required for a variety of DS installs. It’s powered by an ARM Cortex A9 Dual Core 1.5GHz chipset and has an on-board storage of 8GB extendable with 32GB through its Micro SD slot. It is fully HDMI-CEC compatible.

Stand: 8-K225

Why do you think ISE has grown so quickly in a relatively short time?

‘The way we want to consume information has changed. To meet end-user demands, trends like digital signage and interactivity are rapidly driving the AV industry forward. ISE provides the biggest and best professional industry platform for us to showcase our extensive range of digital signage, interactive and software solutions for targeted vertical sector applications. The perfectly organised show attracts the right audience, which is why we invest year-on-year.’

Stefanie Corinth, senior vice president, NEC Display Solutions Europe

‘[In particular] the digital signage market has been growing quickly over the last few years, with growth rates now up to 25% per year. Digital content on displays opens a whole new market for various usages. ISE is the place to be in Europe for every marketer to see the latest trends in AV, not only for digital signage.’

Matthias Woggon, CEO, eyefactive

‘In my opinion there are many factors that helped ISE grow fast in a short time. The fact that it is combining CEDIA, InfoComm and digital signage has helped to attract many attendees; the location and timing are good; the cost is reasonable; many of our EU customers do not travel to the CES show because they have found their needs at ISE and many US companies are fully supporting it; [and] issues with visas to the US from certain countries have helped to attract more people to ISE.’ Abraham Sahyoun, export manager, Earthquake Sound

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Lamps: the fightback begins In a development that might come as a surprise to some ISE visitors, lamp-based projectors are a major focus for many manufacturers at this year’s show

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Despite the recent rise of solid state, lamps are fighting back. HighMonica Heck, pressure mercury lamps ISE Daily team are delivering longer lifetimes in the mid-size, 2,000 to 10,000 lumens category. “There’s a misperception that lamp-based projectors are expensive and have short lifetimes,” says Matthew S Brennesholtz, senior analyst at Insight Media. “High-pressure mercury lamps are starting to reach 10,000 hours life-time, which is likely to be a real boost to the education space.”

Lamp-based projectors are a major focus for many manufacturers. At the show, Digital Projection is showing its up to 8,000h 20,000-lumen mercury lamp Titan Super Quad and NEC its soon to be released 8,000h 3,500lumen short-throw M352WS and 8,000h 4,000-lumen M402W. Christie is combining xenon in its 3-chip DLP projectors, mercury in its single chip and LCD projectors, and double mercury lamps for its 3-chip DLP M series projectors. BenQ markets mercury lamp-based DLP projectors such as the 3,000-lumen MW621ST, delivering up to 10,000 hours using a lamp-management system; Canon’s XEED WUX 450 delivers 4,500 lumens and up to 5,000 hours lamp life in ecomode; and Vivitek and Barco are also showing a wide range of UHP lampbased products.

LED light sources are also present at ISE 2014. Vivitek’s Qumi Q7 delivers 800 lumens and can be used with digital cameras, laptops, smartphones and tablets, and projectiondesign’s FL33 series, on show at the Barco stand, delivers up to 1,000 lumens.

Brightness remains an issue for LED light sources but Mike Fisher,

Lamp-based projectors could prove particularly useful in the education sector

senior analyst at Futuresource, sees that segment growing steadily. “Some products hitting 1,000 lumens with LED light sources and taking share from lamp-based ultra-mobile,” he says. “Its price point is interesting too, lamp-based ultra-mobile doesn’t price well at retail.”

LED is still struggling to deliver brightness to the education sector, however. “Most education needs 2,000 to 4,000 lumens,” says Brennesholtz.

“There are some 2,000-lumen LED projectors out there but they are currently too big and expensive for education and better designed for visualisation and simulation.”

At ISE 2014, Digital Projection is showing the 60,000h+ 2,000-lumen TITAN 3-chip DLP LED projector for simulation, home cinema and visualisation.

Brennesholtz estimates that as many as 10 companies could be making a hybrid light source projector, which typically deliver up to 5,000 lumens, and that most

UHP-based projector makers are considering it. NEC’s as-yet-unreleased hybrid PX600UL offers 6,000 lumens.

Yet hybrid light sources, which address the poor efficiency of green LED and the low power of green lasers, are under pressure from lamp-based products, says Fisher. “The 2,000- to 3,000-lumens space is where Casio targets products at education, for example. While everybody has offerings in lamp, the likes of Acer, BenQ and Optima have launched solid-

state offerings. But Mitsubishi [which entered the solid state market at ISE 2013 with a 2,500 lumens ultra-short throw hybrid projector] has pulled out.”

Meanwhile, laser has made an appearance in high-value installation.

Sony has a 4,000-lumen laser product, while laser projectors on the show floor include NEC’s 5,000-lumen NC1040L and the NC1100L, which delivers up to 11m screen width (at 1.8 screen gain).

Digital Projection’s HIGHLite Laser 12k with 12,000 lumens is an ISE first.

The world’s first commercial digital laser projection solution was sold this year to the Seattle Cinerama Theatre, a 4K Christie digital laser projector with scalable light output up to 60,000 lumens. But generally, says Brennesholtz, “laser still has two big problems: cost and the regulations and perceptions linked to safety. According to laser companies, TCO for laser is the same as xenon in cinema projectors over multi-year time periods. Laser has not been in place long enough to know if this is true. But at least cost is getting down to where you can think of putting them in cinema projectors.”

The Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 4K pioneers the use of Thunderbolt 2 technology for speed

UltraStudio 4K with Thunderbolt 2 BLACKMAGIC DESIGN The UltraStudio 4K with Thunderbolt 2 is on show at the Blackmagic Design stand. It is described as the world’s first video solution to include rapid Thunderbolt 2 technology.

Replacing the previous model, the UltraStudio 4K is a rack-mount capture and playback device featuring a machined aluminium front panel with an integrated colour LCD as well as video and audio input buttons.

UltraStudio 4K is available for desktop or as rack mount use. The rear panel includes a variety of video and audio connections, including 6G-SDI, HDMI 4K,

analogue component/s-video/composite, balanced analogue and AES/EBU digital audio.

The 20GB/s speed of Thunderbolt 2 allows UltraStudio 4K to deliver more bandwidth to work with higher quality video and frame rates. Customers can capture and playback Ultra HD 4K YUV video at 60 frames per second and Ultra HD 4K RGB video at 30 frames per second via the 6G-SDI video connections.

The Thunderbolt loop-thru allows connection of up to six devices, so users can connect fast disk arrays for large amounts of video storage with a single Thunderbolt connection to their computer.

Stand: 3-A134

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Laser light source projector is world first SONY This year’s ISE show sees an even bigger focus on Sony’s solutions approach, with a broader range on display for the corporate, education, retail and home cinema markets. Among the products on show is what Sony claims is the world’s first laser light source projector.

The VPL-FHZ55 3LCD laser projector delivers 4,000 lumens of brightness, a contrast ratio of up to 8,000:1, WUXGA (1920 x 1200) resolution and BrightEra

technology. The projector delivers zoom, throw and lens shift adjustments to give positioning flexibility.

An image warping capability allows projection onto non-flat – such as convex or concave – surfaces, and the projector also features DICOM GSDF (Grayscale Standard Display Function) to allow it to be used in medical applications.

It is claimed to provide up to 20,000 hours maintenance-free durability which Sony notes is especially important in the

corporate and education sectors where the projector is used for extended periods of time.

“From our brand new Multi View solution, exciting simulation and visualisation and laser projectors, to our videoconferencing products, Sony will demonstrate an integrated portfolio of interactive AV solutions for end-users at ISE 2014 that capture attention and inspire discussion,” said Damien Weissenburger, head of presentation & communications, Sony Europe. “Some of these

solutions really have to be seen before you realise the potential they have. Get down to the Sony stand to experience them.”

Stand: 1-H95

Cardinal is speaker supplier SOMMER CABLE

The VPL-FHZ55 3LCD laser projector from Sony delivers 4,000 lumens of brightness

Sommer Cable has started including a loudspeaker range from Cardinal DVM to cover applications in the daily installation business.

There are two flushmount 6.5in ceiling speakers: the low-Z version (impedance 8 ohms) can handle up to 70W and produces a sound pressure level of 90dB 1W/1m, while the 100V version offers several transformer taps (5, 10, 20W).

The DVM-SP0501 speaker has a powerful 5.25in low-mid driver and a 1in HF horn driver combination. It boasts high power handling of 300W with a maximum sound pressure level of 120dB. The DVM-SP4601 column universal speaker has four 6.5in cone drivers and one 1in HF driver on a radial horn. With an impedance of 4 ohms, it can handle up to 300W and produces a maximum sound pressure level of 129dB. Stand: 5-S120

New HDBaseT switcher WYRESTORM The first presentation switcher from WyreStorm is designed to offer integrators a complete end-to-end AV distribution and control ecosystem when paired with its Enado control interface.

The HDBaseT Presentation Switcher (PS0901-0101) offers seamless HDMI-to-HDMI switching, with a wealth of I/O functionality and flexibility; nine mixed format inputs including HDMI, HDBaseT, Display Port, Composite, Component, VGA; as well as upscaling, downscaling and auto-scaling capabilities.

It is compatible with WyreStorm’s HDBaseT receivers, amplifier and Enado, enabling integrators to create end-to-end distribution for larger systems. It can also be paired with WyreStorm’s external AMP-001-010 HDBaseT Class D amplifier as a receiver for long-range, extended video, and localised multi-zone audio requirements.

Stand: 5-U86

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Global sales & marketing manager, dnp denmark

Søren Kraemmergaard

Q&A

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What is the best thing about the ISE show?

The best thing is that ISE is the marketplace where everyone can meet colleagues, competitors, distributors, end-users – the entire AV spectrum. Any news within the industry is certain to pop up there. It has probably overtaken InfoComm now in terms of size, and from an exhibitor perspective you really have to stay focused and prepared. ISE is trying to combine the commercial and residential sectors under one roof, which is probably a good thing.

What are the key developments and threats in the industry at this time?

What we are doing now is letting people compare our optical screens with other conventional projection screens and letting them decide, as the key development this year has been an increasing demand for high brightness, daylight projection screens. Threats can be seen in the fact that flat LCD big screens are getting bigger and bigger, but we still retain a unique position above the 100in threshold… in fact, the 84-100in segment is still a good market for us. Competition will get tougher but there are other issues to consider such as the low energy consumption and the choice of screen materials that you get with dnp Supernovas.

Why should delegates visit your stand?

To see the second generation of products that were only shown in prototype form last year, to witness how well our solutions work in high ambient light, and to see our commitment to both short- and standard-throw projection screens.

Stand: 8-F230

SSL Live is designed for all aspects of live sound production

Iconic console maker in ISE debut SOLID STATE LOGIC Sound console SSL Live is being showcased at ISE this year as Solid State Logic makes its first appearance at the show. The move coincides with the roll-out of a global resale partner network for Solid State Logic and its first commercial sales.

Antony David, managing director of SSL, said: “We are very excited to be exhibiting at ISE for the first time and are looking forward to meeting the unique partner and user community that attends the show.”

Live is a flexible digital audio console designed specifically to meet the demands of all aspects

of live sound production. The company claims it is perfectly suited to touring or installation, FOH or monitors, to venues and arenas, houses of worship and concert halls.

Based on SSL’s new Tempest processing platform, Live has 976 inputs and outputs and 192 full processing audio paths at 96kHz. For these paths, power allocated to Channels, Auxes, Stem Groups and Masters is configured to suit the needs of each show. All processing is built into the console surface and it has a collection of I/O connectivity built into the frame. A full range of Stagebox I/O connects to the console via MADI, with the

potential for larger systems to make use of SSL’s own Blacklight technology, which carries up to 256 channels of bidirectional audio and control via a single fibre connection.

The console offers studio grade SuperAnalogue mic preamps and 24bit/96kHz A/D D/A conversion, as well as 64-bit internal processing and 96kHz operation throughout. Live features a collection of 30 new Effects and audio analysis tools, with their own dedicated processing power.

In addition, Live’s control surface features multiple tablet-style multi-gesture touchscreens, with visual feedback.

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StingRay 6 makes splash Copper interface STEALTH ACOUSTICS The new StingRay 6 Hermetically Sealed Speaker is the latest and smallest addition to Stealth Acoustics’ StingRay range of outdoor speakers. It has a 6in cone woofer coupled with a neodymium, high-power tweeter to create a true two-way speaker that is claimed to evenly radiate hemi-spherically at all frequencies from 50Hz to 18kHz. StingRay has no grilles or other openings to allow the surrounding environment into the speaker.

“StingRay 6 is the latest

iteration of our patented outdoor speaker line and fits a niche for a great sounding, extremely durable outdoor speaker in a smaller size,” said Stealth president Paul Hagman. “At only 15in wide, 7in tall and less than 4in in depth, StingRay 6 provides warm natural bass output along with our renowned high frequency sound qualities and wide coverage pattern. I think this is our best StingRay yet.”

It uses Stealth’s proprietary FidelityGlass solid-front radiating surface enclosed in a fibre-infused ASA plastic

marine-grade enclosure, giving it an environmental protection rating of IP68, and is supplied with a waterproof cable pigtail for maximum protection.

StingRay is rated to be capable of operating underwater for up to 64 hours at 1m depth and can withstand rain, snow, sleet, hail, sun and dust in temperatures ranging from -18º to +65º.

The StingRay 6 comes in matt white or flat black, but may also be fully customised using paint or exterior vinyl graphics to blend into any architecture or design theme.

Stand: 5-R117

The new StingRay 6 from Stealth Acoustics can operate underwater and withstand the worst weather

input card debuts THINKLOGICAL

At ISE 2014, Thinklogical is showing its first copper interface input product, the HDMI Input Card, which is designed to simplify the ability to extend HDMI video and audio by eliminating the need for a separate transmitter when the video source is co-located with a matrix switch, resulting in costand space-savings.

The user has the ability to configure a matrix switch with optical inputs and/or copper inputs. Support for 16 HDMI 1.2 inputs is provided. The HDMI Input Card features compatibility with Thinklogical’s 3RU-size MX48 matrix switch, offering up to 48 bidirectional ports.

For larger installations, it is also compatible with Thinklogical’s VX320 and VX-V320 matrix switches, offering a bidirectional system up to 320 x 320. It is also compatible with all Thinklogical Velocity DVI extension systems.

Also new from Thinklogical is a Direct Fiber-Optic Input Card for the Christie Entero HB Video Wall Display Cube. The company has

The new Thinklogical Direct Fiber-Optic Input Card is designed for the Christie Entero HB

co-developed with Christie what it describes as a highly secure and easy-to-integrate fibre optic extension solution for Christie Entero HB videowall display cubes. The VelocityDVI 3 Direct Fiber-Optic Input Card installs directly into the Christie Entero HB cube, providing fibre-optic video signal extension capability at 6.25Gbps bandwidth without the use of external receivers, power supplies and copper cabling, resulting in fewer points of failure and simpler installations.

In addition, as it is a fibre-opticbased system, users are said to benefit from increased security of their data through the elimination of electromagnetic emanations generated by copper cabling.

Stand: 1-M4

Videowall processor dances to CORIOgrapher’s tune TV ONE The new CORIOmaster mini all-inone videowall processor from TV One is claimed to be the industry’s first videowall processor to fit up to 12 High Density Universal DVI or 10 HDBaseT and two High Density Universal DVI ports into a compact 1RU frame.

It can control full-scale 3 x 3 videowalls with any screen

arrangement without requiring a rack’s worth of discrete video components. It was recently nominated for two industry awards: SVC's Most Innovative Products Awards and EMEA InAVation Technology Awards.

Also debuting at ISE 2014 is the new CORIOgrapher software for controlling the CORIOmaster and CORIOmaster mini videowall processors. It is claimed to

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“revolutionise the speed and ease with which custom videowalls can be set up and deployed”. It manages collections of displays of diverse sizes, resolutions and

orientation, and “makes the process of creating videowalls a creative pursuit with nearly unlimited freedom and flexibility.”

Stand: 4-R62

Masterful: The new CORIOmaster mini all-inone videowall processor

Knowing what you know now about today’s technology, what would you do differently if you could go back in time to 2004, when ISE started?

‘It’s an interesting question. Actually many of the ideas that are commonplace now were already being developed by Mitsubishi Electric back in 2004: for example, our 56in 4K LCD display that, with hindsight, was way ahead of its time. I think in 2004 we were already well aware of the trends and demands of today’s users; reliability, high performance, low cost of ownership, reduced environmental footprint, etc – and in all those areas LED technology has had significant impact. If I could wave a magic wand, I would say speeding up the development of high-brightness LED would have been a useful move!’

Peter van Dijk, EMEA business manager, Mitsubishi Electric Europe

‘For projector technology, we believe we’ve taken full advantage of brightness and resolutions as they have arisen. In 2004 we were ahead of the curve when we integrated WiFi into our projectors, but found that we took on everyone’s IT infrastructure problems as a result.’

Chris Axford, EMEA sales and marketing manager, Digital Projection

‘Daktronics has always had a clear path: to offer the best designed and manufactured technology solutions. As we expanded our LED solutions for the digital world we have also developed content control systems to meet the ever-evolving requirements of the digital market. However, if we had known in 2004 how challenging the transition from standard creative content to dynamic and interactive content was going to be, we would have spent more time preparing the market and challenging creative companies and agencies earlier on.’

Patrick Halliwell, managing director, Daktronics UK

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Sending smart sounds through the air CONTROL4 The Wireless Music Bridge – which can instantly and wirelessly send music stored on smartphones, tablets or computers to a Control4 system – is being demonstrated

by Control4.

Combining Ethernet, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity technologies, and providing full support for streaming AirPlay, Bluetooth and DLNA, the company says the Wireless Music Bridge can allow everyone in the house to enjoy their personal music collection through the home’s audio system, in any audio zone.

In addition to stored music libraries, the new Control4 Wireless Music Bridge provides a

path for Control4 customers to connect to streaming music services such as Pandora, Spotify, or Rdio from their personal smart devices.

Music, podcasts, news, sports and audio books can all be sent into the Control4 system. At the same time full phone and smart device browsing and app capabilities are preserved on the host devices.

Additional Wireless Music Bridges can be added to the Control4 system, allowing every member of the household to have their own direct wireless portal to every zone of audio in the home. When the music app is

minimised on the host device, the artwork and metadata still streams directly into the Control4 environment for display on the

Control4 Now Playing interface on touchpanels, TV screens or smart device.

Stand: 10-N114

Enjoy your music in any home audio zone with the Control4 Wireless Music Bridge

Reference speakers for larger home theatres TRIAD SPEAKERS A new Cinema Reference loudspeaker system designed for larger screening rooms and dedicated home theatres is claimed to achieve audiophile performance at even the loudest

volume thanks to special diffraction-control technology, premium components and fine construction work.

The first of Triad Speakers’ new range is the CR-2, which has a 15in woofer, two 8in midranges, and a proprietary air motion transformer

tweeter, all sourced from premium European professional driver manufacturers. It is the company’s loudest playing loudspeaker to date, exceeding 120dB at 1m.

New for Triad is the Diffraction Control Technology baffle design employed by the CR-2. “The curved

design minimises both diffraction and resonances, acts as an acoustic diffuser, and looks elegant as an on-wall or freestanding speaker,” said Triad president Larry Pexton. “I believe that the CR-2 is the first consumer product using this specific curved baffle

technology. This represents a breakthrough for products of this type and application.”

The CR-2 cabinet uses extensive asymmetrical bracing, internal proprietary damping materials, and back-wave deflectors.

Stand: 5-S102, 5-S107

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>>Opinion

Jeremy J Glowacki, Residential Systems and Systems Contractor News editorial director

The app-centric world ISE 2014 visitors will see systems manufacturers tout the benefits of app-influenced dedicated touchpanels The impact that tablets, smartphones and apps have had on the dedicated touchpanel market has been seismic, but what started out as disaster in terms of lost sales for control systems manufacturers quickly became a motivating force behind new designs that could perform as good or better than any mobile phone or tablet app, with a variety of unique features.

Among the many technology trends on display during ISE 2014, I expect that this message will be consistently reinforced as manufacturers of home control systems pay due respect to the app-centric world, while extolling the virtues of their own dedicated devices for essential home automation functions. Apps may have become the motivation behind product developments from these companies, but they have not replaced some of the

key features that only dedicated solutions can currently offer.

For instance, most control systems companies make the argument that dedicated touchpanels are necessary because they are “always on”, don’t rely on batteries, can’t get lost or misplaced, and when they run on proprietary software, there’s no app to open and no competing programs using processor power.

Where smartphones and tablets fall short, they say, is in their lack of hard buttons for common functions like lighting control and volume up/down/ mute, plus the ability to act as an always-on intercom.

Combining the best of both worlds, manufacturers say that homeowners can use apps on their iPad or Samsung phone to check in on the home while they’re away, and then when they

get home, there is a bright, large touchscreen that’s guaranteed to be in the room, turned on, in the same spot every day, ready to go at a moment’s notice with no app to open and no loading time, and all the gestures and icons are identical to what they see on their mobile devices.

Most dedicated in-wall touchscreens have hard buttons

for one-touch access to commonly used functions and some feature a microphone and speaker for intercom use, and a stylus for writing notes for family members on the screen.

For customers accustomed to using Apple and Android devices, many dedicated touchpanel controls now offer a very familiar user experience. However, they

also offer features that can’t be found on a mobile device, such as a video input that enables it to serve as a TV for kitchens and bathrooms, proximity sensors that bring the units to life when approached, and sensors that adjust screen brightness.

Many dedicated controllers incorporate high-output IR ports to enable direct control of multiple devices without the need for a separate control processor.

In addition, 10/100 Base-T (with PoE) and wireless 802.11 Ethernet provide two-way control and feedback from AV components and HVAC systems, access to web pages, and video from network security cameras.

So while control systems manufacturers might initially have been caught off-guard, today’s dedicated touchpanel offerings have caught up and are more stylish than ever.

World’s first Apple TV media server OUTCLASS Hage Ltd’s OutClass Server launched in 2013 as the world’s first plug-and-play movie and music media server and storage solution dedicated to the Apple TV. The server brings seamless ripping, storage and playback of CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays to users of Apple’s replay device without hacking or jailbreaking the Apple TV. It’s pitched at consumers who

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need to rip and store a large movie collection on a server and make it accessible from any number of Apple TVs located around a house.

Working in both the Windows and Mac OS environments, the OutClass will also stream movies and/or music to almost any DLNA- and UPnP-certified devices, including smart TVs, SONOS systems, Squeezebox and Russound multi-room systems for maximum compatibility.

Multiple streams of the same content or different streams can be played at the same time across the user’s unlimited collection of Apple TVs and DLNA streamers.

At the same time movies can also be streamed to an iPad or downloaded from the OutClass for viewing on an iPad at a later time.

For users only wishing to partner the OutClass with Apple TVs, the server can be set to automatically delete the uncompressed movie rip,

retaining the .M4V version to dramatically reduce the required storage capacity.

OutClass can be purchased in either a standalone format with internal storage between 1TB and 4TB RAID 1 or as a rack-mounted solution containing up to 60TB of RAID 5 disc storage, which is enough for 1,500 Blu-ray discs to be stored in native format.

Alternatively, the server can be purchased for use with an external NAS (network attached

With the OutClass Server, users can automatically store and convert content, making it ready to play on Apple TV

storage) drive. All drive-equipped servers are supplied with RAID protection.

Stand: 8-H130

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What are the hottest trends in residential solutions at the moment?

‘IP and networking constitute a large part of the home technology projects and we have seen this continue to increase along with cloud platforms. I would also highlight music streaming, the use of mobile devices as control devices and opportunities arising from an ageing population. In addition there is an increase in security and energy management which has been relevant for a few years but is now going through the transition of being seen as an opportunity rather than a necessity.’

Wendy Griffiths, executive director, CEDIA

‘In consumer-land it is all about wireless systems, but we know that there are many environments where that is not a robust solution alone.

Consequently there is a substantial requirement for integrators to specify a well puttogether system combining wired and wireless technologies, all pulled together with a unified control interface. Add into that energy saving and there is the future for installers!’

Stuart Tickle, managing director, Amber International

‘System control is one of the hottest trends in the residential market, especially control via tablets and smartphones. However, while a few years ago dealers would have considered incorporating these popular interfaces as primary controllers in a system, we are now seeing dealers moving towards using them as secondary devices. For a number of reasons – including reliability, the lack of tactile control, and more – we see this as a very positive move.’

Peter Baker, vice president of sales and marketing, RTI

Switch in time to single cable transfer SAVANT Three video distribution systems, part of a new family of multiroom media distribution products, are on show at ISE 2014.

Savant’s SmartLink HDMI matrix video switches leverage HDBaseT 5Play technology and use a single Cat5e/6 cable to deliver uncompressed highdefinition video, audio, control and power across 100m of cable length. The three new video

switch products (8 x 8, 8 x 6 and 8 x 4) are designed to be controlled using an Apple iOS device equipped with Savant’s TrueControl apps.

Savant’s SmartLink technology is designed for interoperability with other certified HDBaseT 5Play products. The devices feature open control protocol to allow the integration of a Savant video switch regardless of the existing control environment. A broad range of available control

ports facilitates management of all audio and video sources, and the HDMI inputs can split off audio to send to a Savant audio switch for wholehouse distribution.

Jim Carroll, Savant EVP, said: “Savant has always been a market leader in scalable media switching; our new distribution systems provide integrators with a tremendous range of options to meet clients’ needs across a broad range of system sizes and

Savant’s SLN-88BT uses one Cat5e/6 cable to deliver uncompressed HD video, audio, control and power

configurations. Coupled with our WiFi Lighting and Savant Universal Remote technologies, these systems enable integrators

to improve operational efficiencies in ways not possible before.”

Stand: 7-N200

Speakers have wooden enclosures WATERFALL AUDIO Best known for its glass loudspeaker enclosures, Waterfall has announced two new speakers in its Professional Custom Series with traditional wood enclosures.

The SUB 600 is an in-wall subwoofer. Designed to be installed in high-end home theatres behind a sonically transparent cinema screens, it is

said to be well-suited for rooms between 25 and 80sqm. It is optionally available with a fabric grille. With two 230mm Atohm LD230 drivers, the SUB 600’s peak power is 900W and frequency response is 29Hz-150Hz. The LCR 300 is part of the same Professional Custom Series as the SUB 600 and is also designed to be mounted in-wall behind an acoustically transparent projection

screen. It too can optionally be supplied with a fabric grille, as well as a wall-bracket. The LCR 300 is designed as a front and centre speaker for rooms similar in size to those for which the SUB 600 is suited. Drivers are three 150mm Atohm LD150s together with a 20mm Atohm SD20 tweeter. Frequency response is 80Hz to 28kHz. “The success of Waterfall’s

glass loudspeakers has been proven by our flagship tower models, the Victoria EVO and Iguasçu EVO,” said the company’s founder and managing director, Cedric Aubriot. “The Professional Custom Series makes the exceptional sound of our Atohm drivers available to an entirely new segment of highperformance home theatre.”

Stand: 1-P87

Waterfall Audio’s Cedric Aubriot

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Screens for all purposes AV STUMPFL Showcasing its range of screens for mobile applications (Curve, Monoblox, Vario and Desertscreen) and fixed installations (Fullwhite, Inline and Decoframe) is AV Stumpfl.

Curve is, as its name suggests, a curved screen that allows panoramic multi-display projection. It can be mounted on legs or via suspension points for flying installations. Available in a range of materials, it is custom made to individual requirements.

Monoblox is based on a frame system that is designed for easy, set up. As it is a single piece frame, individual parts can’t get lost. It is available in front and rear projection, and with two different frame profiles.

A modular, plug-in frame system is the distinguishing characteristic of the Vario.

Capable of being built to sizes more than 25m wide, it is said to provide the optimum combination of stability, weight

and transportability.

Based on the Monoblox design, the Desert Screen comes equipped with one or more mounts – which are attached to the back of the frame – on which wide angle, short-throw projectors can be deployed.

Fullwhite is a borderless screen with universal, invisible mounting options. The projection surface is tensioned over the frame and fixed on the frame backside with either a hook-andloop system or with hooks.

Various mounting options are possible.

Wall- or ceiling mountable and motor-driven (hand-cranked is also available), the Inline screen is available in three sizes up to 500cm x 400cm.

Designed to be aesthetically pleasing in either the home or the boardroom, the Decoframe can be tailored in size according to use requirements, and provided in either front projection or rear projection versions.

Stand: 1-H3, 1-H6

LED screens for all occasions CREATELED Among the diverse range of LED screens being shown by CreateLED at ISE 2014 is the AirMAG-3 indoor LED display.

Described as being ideal for applications that require very close viewing distances, it features a pixel pitch of 3.9mm with 65,536 LEDs per square metre, brightness of 1,200 nits and contrast ratio of 4,000:1. Image quality is enhanced by the use of black body LEDs and a light trap louvre.

Each panel measures 500mm x 500mm x 65mm and weighs 7.5kg, giving a weight of 30kg per square metre. Viewing angles are 160° horizontal, 100° vertical. The structure is precision-extruded aluminium, and an intelligent

interlocking system allows it to be set and dismantled in a few seconds, according to CreateLED. The AirULTRA-7 is an outdoor display, delivering 5,000 nits and a contrast ratio of 4,000:1 for daylight viewing. Designed for fixed installations and rental/staging applications, it is available in nominal pixel pitches of 6mm, 7mm and 10mm.

CreateLED says that the AirULTRA-7 is equipped with Nichia’s top-end lamp, meaning that brightness decrease over time is scarcely noticeable.

It is IP65 rated at the front and IP54 rated at the rear, and is said by the company to be totally waterproof.

Stand: 11-M36

The Curve can be more than 25m wide

Fire retardant sound absorber with a uniform face JOCAVI A new acoustic covering is being showcased for auditoriums, conference rooms, airports, and large-scale areas of application where acoustic treatment with a continuous coating surface is required.

The company said the Addsorb Rev revetment improves absorption in the mid-range of the sound spectrum. It offers a composite wood veneer finish consisting of a medium/highdensity coloured Valchromat fibreboard, which is grooved on the face and perforated on the back.

The box interior is covered with an acoustically transparent black fabric bonded into a polystyrene

absorbent layer and the product bears a Class A fire retardant rating. An Class C fire retardant version of the Addsorb Rev is also available, in natural wood veneer finish consisting of MDF. The Addsorb Rev is available in standard and customised sizes, providing different aesthetic and acoustic variants. Available for ceiling and wall application, it can be installed using a standard metal ceiling suspension system or by direct fixing to the concrete surface using Javari accessories. The panel joints are invisible because of the change in geometry of the panel edges, and when carefully installed the surfaces can appear uniform.

The acoustic absorption coefficients are achieved by

The Addsorb Rev revetment can offer a joint-free surface

combining the percentage of the plate's grooves and perforation with the polystyrene absorbent layer. The acoustic performance can be increased if the product is applied with an air space between the product and the main wall or ceiling. It’s also possible to apply specific lighting or other embedded accessories in the panels.

Stand: 7-T215

VideoWall rises to mounting challenge SMARTMETALS The new VideoWall range from SmartMetals will allow any kind of matrix to be installed on a wall, floor or truss, and is suitable for both permanent installation or hire applications.

One difficulty when mounting a row of displays or a matrix configuration (compared to a single display installation) to a wall is that the larger mounting

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surface means there are more chances of the wall not being completely straight. Therefore, the VideoWall mount needs to act as a completely level mounting surface to which the screens can be attached. Thanks to its custom-developed aluminium profiles, this mounting challenge – to properly align the displays with one another not only horizontally and vertically, but also in depth – is covered.

The VideoWall also meets the maintenance and replacement challenge, providing an easy way to service the displays and save a lot of time.

SmartMetals can offer the complete package, giving installers the choice of three different types of mounting arm and a wide variety of wall or floor compartments, for large or small VideoWalls.

Stand: 9-F121

Look Smart: A curved floor-toceiling variant of SmartMetals’ new VideoWall

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The dbx DriveRack PA2 benefits from a new wizard

New DriveRack announced DBX (HARMAN) The DriveRack PA2 Loudspeaker Management System, which is said to enable a loudspeaker system to be quickly and accurately optimised for the best possible sound quality, has been announced by Harman’s dbx. The PA2 is claimed to be suitable for bands, musicians and artists who carry their own PA as well as for a wide range of installed sound applications.

According to dbx, the original DriveRack PA revolutionised audio for bands all around the world by providing all of the processing needed between mixer and amplifiers to optimise and protect loudspeakers.

The DriveRack PA2 can be set up and operated from a compatible tablet or smartphone.

A new wizard utility makes setup easier and faster, and users have access to a host of configuration menus on their mobile device,

with full-colour graphical displays that give ready visual indications of the parameters being adjusted.

The DriveRack PA2 can also be operated via its frontpanel controls and display.

The DriveRack PA2’s improved AutoEQ enables automatic and precise equalisation of the loudspeakers to the venue in which they’re installed to achieve smoother, more accurate in-room frequency response. A new AFS {Advanced Feedback Suppression}

25G family grows again LIGHTWARE The newest member of Lightware’s 25G family, the 25GFR80x80 crosspoint matrix frame, is on show at ISE 2014. The compact 25G frame handles 80 input and 80 output ports and

manages the signals on eight different layers, which means the signals are switched in three dimensions.

It’s able to transmit HDMI 2.0 video signals up to 4K resolution, ready for DP 1.2, supports all the 3D formats, handles forward and return audio, transmits USBKVM, Ethernet, bidirectional RS232/RS-422, IR and CEC signals.

The GUI helps control the matrix and allows the user to access all its functionality.

Lightware’s Advanced EDID Management and HDCP compliancy are all included in the frame.

The 25G-FR80x80 can transmit HDMI 2.0 video signals up to 4K

Each electronic component board is hot-swappable, allowing changes to the configuration with a reliable 24/7 system runtime without any delays.

The components used in 25G are industrial-grade and typically designed for the telecom industry. All printed circuit boards are gold-plated, observes Lightware, in order to achieve reliable and stable hardware performance.

Redundant power supplies and CPU such as the monitoring board are also available for this frame for fail-safe operation in missioncritical applications.

As the maximal 80x80 is a large switching plane, Lightware has introduced ’Room Management’ for various spaces. Smaller virtual matrices called ’rooms’ can be programmed with their own sources and destinations, but also can share resources if required.

Moreover, Room Management allows the administrator to prohibit an operator in one room from accidentally making switches in another.

Stand: 3-C128

feature automatically finds and dials out any problematic feedback-producing frequencies.

The PA2 also offers dbx compression, graphic and eightband parametric EQ, dbx’s Subharmonic Synthesis for enhanced low-frequency response, a built-in loudspeaker crossover (for full-range, two-way and three-way systems), limiting, loudspeaker time alignment and time delay, and many additional features.

“Setting up a PA can be challenging even under the best of circumstances,” said Noel Larson, market manager, portable PA, tour, and recording at Harman signal processing, “and with the introduction of the DriveRack PA2, local musicians, weekend warriors, semi-pro players, wedding bands and even established artists and venues now have a remarkably effective tool for getting better live sound than ever before.”

Stand: 1-N34

Column models for White series of loudspeakers D&B A new aspect of the White range has been revealed by German manufacturer d&b audiotechnik at ISE 2014.

The installation-specific White range will expand to integrate the xC-Series column loudspeakers, which bring the d&b sound qualities within the scope of installers, meeting the exact specifications of architects and designers.

Listening sessions today will demonstrate the strict directivity control resulting from the visually discreet design in Room E103 at 11:00 and 14:30.

The 24C, 24C-E and the 16C

also appear alongside a 10 AL array and the 12S, 5S and 4S from the xA-Series and xS-Series, respectively, on the d&b stand.

The xC-Series contributes the same qualities to the White range as the previous additions, offering visual, physical, acoustical and electrical integration in a manner that meets the most demanding specifications.

The latest version of ArrayCalc has also been revealed at this year’s ISE, with demonstrations of the new features such as improved venue data input controls and the incorporation of the xC-Series.

Stand: 7-C205

Think BIG for LCD display SHARP Described as featuring improved usability and embedded functionality, the new BIG PAD is the second generation of Sharp’s 70in and 60in LCD interactive displays. Unveiled concurrently are two smaller interactive displays which expand Sharp’s line-up of commercial touch monitors.

The new BIG PAD provides recognition of up to ten touch

points at once and simultaneous writing by up to four people. It is claimed to be ready to use just five seconds after it is switched on, and includes a white board feature, presentation mode and movie player without the need to connect to an external PC. Also included in the specification, notes Sharp, are integrated front speakers and a new and improved durable glass screen which reduces fingerprints and reflection.

Data sharing is supported with Touch Display Link Software 2.0, which lets users share information between BIG PAD and a tablet or PC, and via other offices and locations through a company’s wide or local area network.

Sharp is also launching two new Full HD LCD touchscreens, a 20in monitor with a pen digitiser for high precision design work (LL-P202V) and a new 24in monitor with a highly

The second generation of 60in and 70in displays from Sharp

sensitive touch panel (LLS242A), designed for digital displays and in-store signage in

retail, leisure and exhibition environments.

Stand: 11-E76

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The Clarus Crimson USB cable is said to be made from the purest copper available

Gael Rouvroy, chief technology officer, intoPIX

JPEG 2000: a compression odyssey UHDTV and TICO are also part of an exciting new era for image processing unfolding before our eyes at ISE 2014 With UHDTV, we understand the importance of some key words: highest image quality, flexible delivery formats, interoperability, simplicity and affordability.

For cameras, production, low latency lossless video transmission, storage and archives, the need for JPEG 2000 has gained significant attraction in the production workflow. Our industry has recently worked on new JPEG 2000 profiles for UHDTV 4K and 8K, cinema high frames rates, and broadcast video over IP contribution.

JPEG 2000 brings features that give the user superior control and flexibility of the image processing chain. The codec requires less power, less space in hardware implementations, and generally delivers greater scalability, flexibility and visual quality than any other codecs. Intra-frame by its very nature, the codec closely matches the AV workflows in which each frame of a video is treated as a single unit. And, as an open standard, JPEG 2000 supports every resolution, colour depth, number of components and frame rates.

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To move to 4K and to solve the small bandwidth issue that is not allowing maintaining uncompressed video, everybody can now also access the new intoPIX light and small TICO compression technology.

TICO compression is officially launched this year and is based on a market-driven research for low complexity compression. It aims to be utilised to enable a mezzanine 4K workflow up to 4:1 compression with no effect on quality and latency: it is visually lossless with only a few pixel lines delay. There is a strong desire to store and carry content in 4K resolution on existing infrastructure. TICO solves the unwieldy files sizes that have scared off even big budget productions and transmission. This mezzanine compression can allow a 4K or 8K infrastructure at an equivalent price, quality and complexity than existing baseband HD operations.

We expect several versions of the new TICO codec including HD and UHDTV with 4:2:2 or 4:4:4, from 8 to 12 bits on FPGA, CPU and GPU. Keep an eye on intoPIX for more info.

Stand: 10-K150

USB cable for computer audio CLARUS Showcasing its new USB cable for the Crimson Series, specifically designed for high-speed USB 2.0 computer audio applications, is Clarus.

The engineering of the Crimson USB cable, says the company, is the result of careful consideration of the complex issues associated with the design of digital cable – namely the preservation of signal integrity including minimisation of jitter and the elimination of noise.

To satisfy these design requirements, the Crimson USB

cable is manufactured from heavy gauge PCOCC copper, Pure Copper,

by Ohno Continuous Casting – a process that is claimed to yield the purest copper available today. The USB features 20AWG power conductors to ensure there is adequate current flow to USB audio devices.

To reduce jitter and timing issues, the Crimson USB cable is manufactured using highprecision wire twisting machines that ensure perfectly matched twisted pairs. Skin effect is minimised by plating the solidcore PCOCC signal conductors

with 6.1% solid silver. For noise elimination, there are effectively six layers of shielding to prevent the power signal or outside EMI/RFI from corrupting the digital USB signal. This heavy-duty protection also prevents emission of the high-frequency USB signal from the cable which, if leaked, would adversely affect nearby cabling and electronics.

Like all Crimson Series cables, the new USB is covered with a black and red woven jacket. It is available in one- and twometre lengths.

Stand: 1-N53

EventPlayer executes DMX sequences WAVES SYSTEM/ID-AL The EventPlayer digital audio player and show controller is on show at the Waves System stand at ISE 2014. The new product combines a high-quality audio player with a show controller and is designed for non-stop operation.

A solid-state design with no moving parts, standalone hardware, and the lack of an operating system contribute to the stability and reliability of the device.

The Waves System EventPlayer combines a high-quality audio player and a show controller

The EventPlayer is a multiformat, multi-storage, multicontrol and multi-pilot. As a show controller, it executes DMX sequences, commands output contacts and provides an RS232 link to control other pieces of equipment. The EventPlayer

controls all actions of the show in sync with the audio file.

Waves System is a French company that manufactures a range of interactive audio/video equipment, designing and trading its range under the id-al brand.

Stand: 8-E215

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MEET THE TEAM

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Paddy Baker This year sees Paddy Baker returning to the ISE Daily editor’s chair for the seventh consecutive occasion.

He has been editor of Installation (formerly Installation Europe) since 2007, and has overseen its transition from a print-only title to a multifaceted media brand.

Immediately prior to this he spent a couple of years at the helm of One to One, a title for the optical media manufacturing market. During his career he has edited and/or written for publications in diverse fields including factory operations, construction and civil engineering.

Fergal Ringrose Fergal Ringrose is currently a freelance editor in the electronic media technology marketplace.

Until October 2013 he was editorial director of TVBEurope magazine and the TVB-E electronic newsletter, and also editorial director of The IBC Daily. He was also content director of TVBEurope’s two London conferences. Before helping to launch TVBEurope in 1993, he was a director of Production Industry Publications Ltd in Ireland, where he launched the country’s first AV business magazine, Playback, and the first guide to the Irish film and television production business, Ireland On Screen.

David Davies David Davies has been writing about professional AV and broadcast technology for 14 years. He is managing editor of Sports Video Group (SVG) Europe and continues to contribute to a host of trade publications, including PSNEurope, PSNLive and Installation. He has also been a part of the team for The AES Daily, The IBC Daily and, since 2005, the ISE Daily, for which he served as executive editor (on-site) in 2013. In addition, he is active as a copywriter and sub-editor.

Michael Burns For the past 17 years Michael Burns has been a journalist, copywriter and author working in the design, film, broadcast and interactive sectors. Born in Glasgow and beginning his career on Macuser magazine, his work can be found in publications such as Televisual, Broadcast and The IBC Daily, as well as British Cinematographer, Macuser, Macworld, Digital Arts, Computer Arts and 3D Artist – and more. He has had four books published covering digital art and multimedia production, does occasional work as a producer for digital agencies and keeps an online presence at www.firedbydesign.com.

David Fox David Fox has worked for various broadcasters as a writer, producer, director and reporter in TV and radio, and has worked as a journalist for national newspapers and magazines in the UK and Ireland. Among other things, he writes regularly about TV technology for TVBEurope magazine.

Monica Heck Monica Heck is a bilingual freelance journalist and copywriter based in Dublin, Ireland and working internationally. She has been ‘in tech’ for nearly 15 years, in marketing before training as a journalist. Monica writes about broadcast, pro AV and IT in print and online. Aside from technology, she loves reading and writing about business, art, science and music. Her confusing Swiss-Irish genetic mix makes her the most organised laid-back person you’ll ever meet.

Ian McMurray Despite being an English literature, graduate, Ian McMurray joined the computer industry when 4K was enough memory to write a multi-user accounting suite. In 1996, however, he was asked to become European marketing manager for TI’s nascent DLP business, and was active in bringing the new technology to the attention of projector, display and TV manufacturers as well as potential end users throughout the region. He became a freelance writer in 2003, since which time he has contributed a monthly feature to Installation magazine as well as writing extensively for the ISE Daily.

Jeremy J Glowacki Jeremy Glowacki is a veteran magazine editor, having worked for numerous publications over his 20-year career. He co-founded Residential Systems in 2000 and currently serves as editorial director of that monthly magazine as well as its sister publication Systems Contractor News and their websites, which are all owned

by New York City-based NewBay Media. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and lives outside Indianapolis, Indiana, with his wife, two daughters, and beagle-basset hound mix.

Kirsten Nelson Kirsten Nelson is the editor of the US-based Systems Contractor News (SCN). She has written about the AV integration business for 15 years and has served as a keynote speaker and panelist for several industry events. Nelson received the 2013 WAVE Mentor Award for her support of the AV industry. She also serves as the editor of Healthcare AV and the InfoComm Daily, and she is the managing editor of the CEDIA Daily. She co-launched Residential Systems magazine in 2000, and served as assistant editor for Medialine from 1998 to 2000.

James McGrath James McGrath is deputy editor on industry title Installation. He has over two years’ experience writing about integrated audio, video and lighting technology, after starting out as staff writer on the publication. Past roles include copywriting for a web development company, reporter for a local newspaper, and freelance copywriter.

>> The ISE Daily team EDITOR Paddy Baker +44 20 7354 6002 paddy.baker@intentmedia.co.uk

REPORTERS Michael Burns, David Fox, Monica Heck, Ian McMurray

EXECUTIVE EDITOR – ON-SITE Fergal Ringrose

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FLOORPLANS & EXHIBITORS

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Exhibitors at a glance Smart Building

Park Foyer 8-H345

8-H350

8-K345 8-K350 8-M345

Harbour

8-N320

8-M350

7-C230

7-D230 7-E230

7-C235

7-M235

7-H230 7-H235

P10

7-M240

7-R230 7-R235

7-P230

7-S230

8-E310

8-F310

8-F312

8-D305

8-E305 8-D300 8-D295

8-E300

8-M318

8-K310

8-H310

8-F305

8-H300

8-K300

8-M314 8-M312

8-N317

8-M310

8-N315

7-F220 7-F221 7-F225

7-C207

7-C210

7-C205

8-R308

7-F210

8-R305 7-E200

7-F200

8-R300

8-E275

8-F275

8-F280

8-H275

8-K275

8-H280

7-E190

7-C190 8-K280

7-E195

7-F190

8-N280

8-N275

7-C185

8-K272 8-E265

8-F265

8-F270

8-E250

8-F250

8-F255

8-H265

8-K270

8-H270

8-M250

8-E245

8-E240

8-D230

8-F240

8-E230

8-F242

8-H240

8-F225

8-H215

8-F230

8-D225

Free WiFi Zone

7-D175

8-R245

8-N245

8-R240

8-R235

8-K240

8-M240

8-N240

8-K230

8-M230

8-N230 8-N227

8-K225

8-M225

8-N225

Free WiFi Zone

8-E225

8-F220

8-H220

3-C140

3-D140

P5

3-C135

8-D205

8-E210

8-F208

8-E200

8-F195

8-H210

8-R215

8-K215

8-H214

8-K210

8-M210

8-R210

8-N210

3-A127

Park Entrance F

8-R205 8-K209

8-K205

8-D195

8-R200

8-M205

8-H195

8-H190

8-M200

8-N200 8-R195

8-H193

8-E188 8-D190

8-N185 8-F185

8-E185

8-E180

8-E171 8-E173 8-E176

8-F182

8-H180

8-K182

8-K170

8-F170

8-M182

8-L170

3-C125

7-S218

7-N195

7-N189

7-N187

7-Q195

7-T210

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1-E116

7-K175

3-C118

6-H152

7-Q180

7-V186

7-V180

7-V184

7-P170

7-Q170

7-R170

7-R160

7-Q165

6-M150 6-H150

7-S170

7-R165

7-R164

7-S175

7-S163

8-N181

7-S160

7-S165

5-R120

5-R117

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10-P136

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9-A128

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4-V35 4-R50

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10-R116 10-S114

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12-A86

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12-C80

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12-F82

12-E80

12-A80

12-F76 12-E76

12-A76

11-M66

11-C63 11-C66

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11-E61

11-F68

11-C60

11-F70

11-H65

11-K66

12-B71

12-B73

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11-E57

11-F50 11-F58

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12-B70 12-B72

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11-P65

11-N58

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11-N59

11-E60 11-E59

11-C58

12-A69

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11-N65

11-M60

11-K58

11-F54

11-C55

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4-R18

1-F7 12-B92

12-E86 12-A83

11-P70

11-E65

1-H20

1-F2

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4-U27

1-Q14

11-P72

11-C84

4-U26

4-V22

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12-A84

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4-R24

1-P22

1-M20

2-E24

10-P111

9-G118

9-A102 9-A100

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10-R114 10-K110

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4-V50

4-U35

10-S118

10-R110

9-F121

9-D112

9-A111

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4-R70 1-N62

4-V34

10-K113

9-G120

9-D120

10-R124

10-R113

9-F119

9-C123

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10-K123

9-G132 9-F129

9-D129

10-S126

10-R130

2-A45

2-A50

10-P135

9-A133

9-C135

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5-R78

2-A55

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10-P141

1-F69

2-A52

10-S135 10-N139

2-E70

2-C66 2-A70

2-E64

10-P155

1-E78

2-E60

10-P151

10-K137

9-G140

9-D143

9-A106

5-U115

5-U100

5-R105

1-P70

2-E52

10-N151

10-K146

10-K140

9-C143 9-C144

9-C121

5-U110

5-S107

1-M70

3-C82

2-E40

9-F141 9-D141 9-D145

9-B121

1-N80

2-E36

10-N149

9-F146 10-K139

9-A115

5-R92

5-S110

1-H70

10-K144 9-D140

3-A80

1-E80

10-K150

9-A121

5-U116

5-S115

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8-H120

10-N152

9-A122

5-U130

5-U120

5-V74

3-A79

8-H125

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9-C133

5-U129

5-U125 5-U126

8-H130

8-H100

9-C131

5-S124

5-V90

3-C88

1-F80

8-H105

9-B129

1-P85

1-M80 3-A81

8-H110

9-A129

7-V160

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1-M122

1-E108 1-F90

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9-A131

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5-R97

9-D142

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7-T170

6-H132

3-A107

8-H140

9-B144

7-T175 7-T173 7-T177

7-T160

Residential Solutions

6-N148

6-H148

8-H145

9-A135

7-T179

1-H95 3-C111

8-H150

9-A132

7-T178

6-N152

1-E112

3-A112

3-A105

9-A134

7-V195

7-T180 7-V185

7-N182

7-V205

7-V190

7-T190

7-Q185 7-P180

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7-V200

7-S195 7-S190

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9-A146 9-B154

7-V210

7-S200

7-Q200

7-Q190

7-P190

7-N185

1-E117

3-A109

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7-V225

7-V215 7-T215

7-S215

1-P130

8-N182

8-M180 8-N180

7-M180

7-N190

7-P160

1-F100 3-A122

8-R185 8-F180

3-C130

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3-A134

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8-M190

8-E182 8-E183 8-D185

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7-V220

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3-D144

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8-H219

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7-S205

7-M190

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8-R225

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7-Q210

7-P200

7-N200

7-K185

7-H186

7-H180

7-F170 7-F175

8-R232

8-D218

8-D210

7-F180

7-H185

7-F179

7-D170

7-C160

7-T225

7-T217

7-P210

7-N215

7-Q160

3-B140

8-D220

7-S220

7-P215

7-N210

7-N180

8-M245 8-K242

8-F245

7-E175 7-E180

7-C170

8-N250

8-K245 8-F248

8-D245

7-E176

7-C180

Business Lounge

8-K250

8-E248

8-D250

Digital Signage

7-C184

8-N265 8-N270

8-K274

8-K255 8-H250 8-D260

7-P220

7-N225

7-N218 7-M210

7-H200

7-H187

8-K290

8-E280

7 7-H190

8-E285

8-D290

7-N222

7-M220 7-H195

7-C209

8-R310 8-N319

8-F304

8-F300

7-E220

7-C220

5-V96

8-F320

7-S210

8-F315

8-D292

9-A138

7-V240

7-T235

7-N230 8-E315

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11-H47

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11-M50

11-K40

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AOPEN Europe............................10-R125, 10-P135 AOTO...................................................................11-C69 Apantac...........................................................10-S114 Apart Audio - Audioprof NV............................1-P57 Appspace ..........................................................8-K240 AptoVision ......................................................10-K137 Aquavision ........................................................5-V115 Arbor Media......................................................1-E114 Arclite Optronics Corp...................................7-R160 Armagard.........................................................8-M245 ArphoniA...........................................................7-P230 Arthur Holm / Albiral Display Solutions ................ ................................................................12-E90, 2-A42 Artixium Shenzhen ........................................9-A128 ARTSOUND.......................................................1-P110 Asheridge Communications........................5-S112 Ashly Audio, Inc...............................................11-C84 Ashton Bentley................................................12-B71 ASK Proxima Co., Ltd.......................................4-U27 ASL Intercom BV.............................................7-E200 Astro Baltics.....................................................8-F312 ATEĂ?S Europe BV ............................................7-M190 Aten..................................................................10-R120 Atlas Sound ...................................................10-R144 Atlona.................................................................1-P122 ATON .....................................................................1-P22 Attero Tech .......................................................7-Q170 AUDAC - Hearing is Believing........................4-U35

Audicom MEA.....................................................1-P73 audio network GmbH....................................1-N110 Audio-Technica LTD ..........................................3-C90 AudioControl....................................................5-R117 Audiopressbox ...................................................4-V54 AUDIOropa ........................................................7-V170 Audipack..............................................................1-F40 Audix Microphones.........................................11-E65 Aurora Multimedia ............................................4-T18 AUTONOMIC.....................................5-R97, 10-N114 AUVITRAN............................................................3-C90 AV EMEA BV .....................................5-S126, 5-R128 AV INDUSTRY........................................2-A47, 2-A55 AV Magazine / AV Europe.............................6-N152 AV Stumpfl.................................................1-H6, 1-H3 AV-iQ - InfoComm International...............12-N100 AVA Vision Inc ..................................................8-E300 AVer Information Europe BV .......................12-B94 AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.......................8-K209 Avers Screens Sp. z.o.o. ...............................11-H47 AVEX ....................................................................1-F69 AVI-SPL..............................................8-K290, 12-F74 Avid.....................................................................1-H195 Avitech International Corporation .............9-G118 Avnet Embedded.............................................8-F245 AVnu Alliance...................................................7-H195 Avolites Media Ltd. .......................................8-D218 AVuno....................................................................2-E64

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FLOORPLANS & EXHIBITORS Axel Joost Elektronik.....................................3-A107 Axeos..................................................................12-E86 AXIUM ................................................................5-S126 B B-Tech International Ltd..................................4-R70 B&K Braun ........................................................9-A138 Baanto................................................................8-F265 Bachmann GmbH & Co. KG ............................2-A42 Baldwin Boxall.................................................11-E64 Bang & Olufsen a/s .......................................7-T190 Barco....................11-H75, 11-F78, 2-A42; 7-H175 Barix AG.............................................................8-E275 Barnfind Technologies UK............................11-D46 barox Kommunikation GmbH ...................10-P146 Barth Acoustic Systems ...............................11-C80 Basalte ..............................................................7-Q190 Basys GmbH ....................................................8-K270 Beabloo UK.......................................................8-N245 Behringer..........................................................7-F210 Beijing KENSENCE Technology Development Co., Ltd..................................10-N149 Beijing Tricolor Technology Co., Ltd...........11-C30 BenQ Europe BV ................................................4-S56 beyerdynamic GmbH Co. KG .........................1-M90 Bi-Bright SA......................................................9-C144 Biamp Systems..............................1-M122, 7-H195 BitWise Controls................................................1-N53 Black Box Network Services ....................10-N141 Blackmagic Design ........................................3-A134 Bleu Comm Azur EURL.................................7-N176 BLiNKBLiNK bvba...........................................9-B110 Blue Jeans Network ......................................12-A70 BlueBOLT.............................................................1-P22 BlueFox..............................................................8-K240 BMB Electronics BV..1-Q20, 1-P18, 1-P19, 1-Q14 Boeckeler Instruments.................................12-B92 Bosch Security Systems BV ........................3-C118 Bose .....................................................................1-M80 Bowers & Wilkins ...........................................11-H65 BOX IT Design ..................................................8-R240 Braehler ICS Konferenztechnik AG............12-A86 BRAUN Phototechnik GmbH........................9-C123 BrightSign...........................................8-N250, 2-A42 Broadcast Pix ..................................................8-H115 BroadSign International, LLC ......................8-E250 BXB Electronics Co., Ltd................................3-A105 C C-Mark Audio ...................................................12-E80 C&T Solution Inc..............................................8-D225 CABASSE ..........................................................5-U112 Cablesson.........................................................5-R120 Cabletime Limited - IPTV................................1-P80 Calibre UK Ltd....................................................4-U30 Cambridge Consultants ..................................1-P90 Cambridge Sound Management..............10-R130 Canon Europe Ltd..............................................1-F80 Canton................................................................7-V185 Casio Europe GmbH.........................................4-R56 CAT - California Audio Technology ...............5-S92 CAYIN Technology Co., Ltd............................8-F182 Caymon................................................................4-U35 CC Technic Taiwan Co., Ltd..............................1-E66 CEDIA.........................................................1-F7, 1-F21 celexon Germany GmbH Co. KG ....................4-V34 Ceratec Audio Design GmbH.......................9-A100 CERTES SIA ......................................................7-E176 Ceymsa Audiovisual, SA...............................3-A113 Chainzone Technology (Foshan) Co., Ltd..9-C133 CHIAYO Electronics Co., Ltd .........................3-D144 Chief......................................................................2-C42 Christie ................................................................1-H50 Cineak...................................................................5-S92 CinemaTech........................................................4-U65 Cisco...................................................................12-B74 Citygrow...............................................................5-V74 Clark Synthesis, Inc........................................7-T175 Clear-Com ........................................................11-D54 ClearOne..............................................3-A129, 2-A42 clearvoice-systems GmbH ..........................7-P220 Cleerline Technology Group.........................5-S107 Click Effects......................................................9-B154 Clockaudio Limited.........................................11-C60 Cloud Electronic Limited ..............................11-D93 CloudCasting Corporation ............................8-F304 Coda Audio GmbH..........................................7-H186 Colan..................................................................1-N128 Collabora ........................................................10-S122 Colosseo EAS, a.s. ..........................................9-A102 COLUM ELECTRONICS IND. CORP..............3-A130 COMM Products Technologies.......................2-E70 COMM-TEC Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH......2-A42 CommandFusion ............................................7-S160 Communications Business Solutions .......12-E70 Community Professional Loudspeakers ..7-K185 Compunetix ......................................................12-C70 CONCEPT International GmbH....................8-N270

Conen mounts .................................................9-D129 Connessioni ......................................................7-V225 Contec.................................................................7-T178 Control4 EMEA..............................................10-N114 Coolux GmbH ...................................................1-F100 Cordial GmbH, Sound & Audio Equipment7-F220 CORE Brands......................................................1-P22 Corning Incorporated ....................................9-B100 Cotina Co., Ltd ..................................................11-C81 Covid......................................................................4-V68 Creator Corporation.......................................11-E52 Crestron ....................................2-C24, 2-E24, 2-E36 Cretivo GmbH..................................................8-M200 Crystal Display Systems Limited...............8-N210 CTOUCH Europe BV ..........................................1-N40 Cuanbo ..............................................................9-D112 CUE, a.s.............................................................1-M100 Current Audio ..................................................7-Q180 CYP UK LTD .........................................................4-S65 D D-BOX Technologies, Inc.................................1-N53 D-Tools, Inc .........................................................1-N53 D.A.S. Audio, SA .................................................3-C92 d&b audiotechnik GmbH...............................7-C205 D&M Europe .....................................................9-F146 D3C .....................................................................7-P170 Da-Lite Screen Company, Inc.........................2-C42 Daewon Digitech Srl .....................................8-M314 Daktronics........................................8-N181, 8-N182 DALCNET ..........................................................7-N195 Dali A/S .............................................................5-S105 Dan Dugan Sound Design ............................9-G144 Data Display Group .....................................10-N129 Datapath LTD ...................................................9-B102 Datasat Digital Entertainment....................5-U110 Dataton ..............................................................11-F80 Datavideo Technologies Europe BV...........11-C52 DATEQ ................................................................7-P210 Dawn Pro Audio...............................................7-V190 Definitive Technology ....................................5-U100 DELEC Audio- und Videotechnik GmbH...7-H190 Delta Electronics EMEA ................................9-D111 DEMCO CSI........................................................8-E180 Devialet .............................................................5-U112 Dexon Systems Ltd ........................................3-C120 DiGiCo UK Limited ..........................................7-K175 Digital Projection Ltd........................................3-C88 digitalSTROM AG ............................................7-N222 dimedis GmbH.................................................8-F180 Dimension4 Acoustics ..................................6-H150 DIS.........................................................................3-A81 DISPLAX Multitouch Technologies.............9-F115 Display Development, Inc...............................1-N53 Display Flex Ltd...............................................12-C85 Display LED Screens Ltd..............................11-H56 DISPLAY MEDIA...............................................8-F300 DIVUS GmbH....................................................1-N176 DLS Sweden ....................................................5-R109 DNH Loudspeakers .....................................10-R146 dnp denmark as ................................8-F230, 2-A42 domeprojection.com......................................11-K36 Domonetio........................................................7-N222 Draper Inc...........................................................1-M43 DSplay by Cyberstream................................8-N275 Duran Audio.....................................................7-H180 Duratruss BV ...................................................11-H45 DV Signage Ltd................................................8-N230 DVDO ....................................................................1-N53 DVIGEAR, Inc ......................................................1-N73 DYNACORD .......................................................3-C118 DynaScan Technology Inc ............................11-K66 dZine ..................................................11-H75, 11-F78 E Earthquake Sound Corporation..................5-R105 easescreen.......................................................8-H215 ECEN ELECTRONIC CO., LTD ........................3-A109 Echo360..........................................................10-P141 ECLER Laboratorio de Electroacustica SA7-F175 EDBAK..................................................................1-N70 Education Technology ...................................8-D295 EIKEO.................................................................8-M240 EIKI Industrial Co., Ltd......................................1-F50 EKTA...................................................................11-N58 ELAC Electroacustic GmbH..........................11-E36 ELAN Home Systems.......................................1-P22 ELATION PROFESSIONAL ............................11-H45 Electro-Voice ....................................................3-C118 Electrosonic........................................................4-U28 Element One Multimedia GmbH.................12-C75 Elite Screens GmbH ......................................6-H132 ELKO EP...............................................................1-Q10 ELMO EUROPE SAS..........................................5-S45 Elo Touch Solutions........................................8-K230 Elsner Elektronik GmbH...............................7-N176 EMCORE Corporation ..................................10-S125 Emphasys ...........................................................1-P22

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EMT Controls ...................................................7-N176 Encoded Media UK Limited..........................11-E59 Ensemble Designs, Inc..................................9-G132 Enterprise Channels MEA ............................8-F345 Epiphan Systems............................................12-B95 Epson Europe BV...............................................1-F54 Equipson SA....................................................7-M176 Equitel SA .........................................................7-R230 Eurocom............................................................7-F210 Euromet srl ......................................11-P72, 11-P78 Euroscreen Srl................................................1-N120 Eurosell Spa.....................................................5-S118 Evertz UK........................................................10-R134 Everything But The Box SA ..........................7-P190 EVN electronic components GmbH ........10-N146 Expromo Europe........................10-R126, 10-S124 Exterity Ltd.......................................................11-D58 Extra Vegetables ..........................................10-N114 eyefactive GmbH.............................................9-F140 Eyestones LTD.................................................8-H140 eyevis GmbH ......................................................2-C66 F FACE ...................................................................7-C220 Famasete ..........................................................9-C145 Fasttel................................................................7-P160 FBT Elettronica spa........................................7-C170 FD Global AG....................................................8-F310 FENIX..................................................................7-S210 Fida....................................................................8-M205 Fischer & Kerrn A/S ......................................8-R240 Fisheye / BLiNKBLiNK ..................................9-B110 FlatFrog Laboratories AB ............................8-N315 Fohhn Audio AG ..............................................7-H179 Foreground LED Europe ...............................11-C36 Foresight Sports Europe ..............................7-Q185 Fortress Inc ........................................................1-N53 Foshan Nationstar Optoelectronics Co. Ltd........... ...........................................................................10-S126 Fougerolle......................................................10-N151 Four Winds Interactive ..................................8-E210 Fraunhofer Institut Nachrichtentechnik...8-E176 friendlyway AG ...............................................8-M250 FSC Global Ltd - Electric Cable Suppliers Worldwide........................................................7-M240 FSR, Inc ..................................................................1-N3 Fujian Kewei Photoelectricity Co., Ltd.......11-P45 Funktion One....................................................7-C210 FURMAN ..............................................................1-P22 Fusion Research ..........................................10-N114 Future Automation..............................1-P95, 2-A42 G G-Max Technology Co., Ltd...........................8-R185 Garvan Acoustic..............................................7-S170 GDS/Hantarex - Global Display Solutions.8-K205 Gefen LLC..............................................1-M27, 2-A42 Genee World.....................................................3-A108 Genelec Oy ..........................................................3-C90 Gerriets GmbH...................................................4-U60 Giada..................................................................8-N265 Gira Giersiepen GmbH & Co. KG .................7-P180 Global CachĂŠ, Inc...............................................2-A42 GLUX ..................................................................11-H36 Goldish Co., Ltd.............................................10-Q114 GONSIN Digital Equipment Corporation...7-F200 Grafos Steel......................................................8-E188 Grassfish Marketing Technologies GmbH .8-F185 GREAT Britain Hospitality Area ..................11-D52 Green Hippo .....................................................8-E213 Guangzhou Shirui Electronics Co., Ltd.....8-N227 Guntermann & Drunck GmbH ..................10-R116 GWS Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd .......8-N180 H HAGOR Products GmbH................................11-K58 Haidy a.s. ..........................................................7-N210 Hangzhou Gaoke Industry & Trade Co. Ltd4-U68 Hangzhou ISmart Video Tech Co., LTD......12-A83 Hangzhou Multi-Color Optoelectronics Co., Ltd ... .............................................................................8-R225 Hangzhou Wanin Educational Multimedia Inc ...... .............................................................................1-E108 Hanshin International Ltd............................8-H190 Harman International......................................1-N34 Harp Visual Limited Communications......8-K242 HB-Laserkomponenten GmbH ..................8-M225 HD Connectivity...............................................7-Q195 HDBaseT Alliance...........................................7-C190 Highlands Technologies Solutions ............10-P122 HIRAS LTD. STI. / CLETECH..........................8-E173 Hitachi Europe Ltd ............................................4-S34 Holocube...........................................................11-N68 Home Cinema Europe .....................................1-N53 Home Cinema Modules/Beamax Screens.5-R116 HPC Technology Inc........................................5-S124 HTE - Home Theatre Environment............5-U116

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Hall 7

Huasun Technology Co., LTD........................9-A133 Huawei Technologies Nederland BV.........9-A135 Huizhou DESAY Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.... .............................................................................11-C65 Humantechnik GmbH ....................................7-V170 HUMElab...........................................................8-N319 I i-Chips USA....................................................10-P151 i-Power (UK) Limited .....................................11-C82 i3 | interactive integrated inspiring.........10-N150 IBASE Technology Inc....................................8-H220 ic audio GmbH.................................................7-N215 ICE Cable Systems............................................2-E40 Iemke Roos Audio BV.......................................3-C90 Ihiji....................................................................10-N114 IHSE GmbH ....................................................10-P136 iiyama International ....................................10-K146 iKNix...................................................................7-N176 iKON AVS...........................................................11-D56 ILS - Intelligent Lectern Systems......1-E68, 1-E72 Imaging Science Foundation / AVPro Alliance..... .............................................................................8-H135 IMECON ENGINEERING.................8-N185, 8-R190 IML Worldwide ................................................7-N187 Improve.............................................................8-H345 In akustik GmbH Co& KG.................................4-S67 InAVate.................................................................1-Q35 iNDS Technology, Inc .....................................8-R232 Infinitus..............................................................8-K170 INFITEC GmbH.................................................9-D110 InfoComm International.............................11-N100 InFocus Corporation.......................................9-C131 INGRAM MICRO.............................................10-K110 innea GmbH ........................................................4-V22 INNES.................................................................8-K250 InOut .....................................................................1-P60 Installation........................................................7-E160 Institute of Sound and Communications Engineers Ltd.......................................................................7-H230 Inter-M .................................................................4-U70 Interactive Voting System bv.......................7-F225 Interspace Industries ....................................12-B92 Intertek..............................................................7-D160 Intopix..............................................................10-K150 InventDesign....................................................11-P65 IP Security Pavilion........................................7-Q210 iRidium mobile................................................7-N185 iRoom GmbH intelligente Technik................5-R97 ISE Commercial Solutions Theatre...........8-H310 ISE International Media Showcase............8-X200 ISE Residential Solutions Theatre ............7-W180 ISF .......................................................................7-V186 iSimplex ............................................................7-P172

J J DISPLAY Inc...................................................8-E285 Jans Creacar NV .............................................8-E225 Jetway Information Co., Ltd ........................8-H214 Jiangsu CnLamp Optoelectronics Technology Co. ................................................................................1-P70 JK Screen..........................................................12-F76 Jocavi..................................................................7-T215

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JoeCo Ltd ..........................................................7-C184 Jung, Albrecht GmbH & Co.KG ...................7-M220 Jupiter Systems ................................................2-A45 Just Lamps Ltd..................................................1-P85 K K-array.................................................................2-A70 Kacsa Audio......................................................5-V100 Kaleidescape, Inc..............................................1-M25 KAUBER...............................................................4-U32 KEF / GP Acoustics GmbH ...........................11-C66 Kern & Stelly Medientechnik GmbH ............3-C89 Key Digital.........................................................7-Q160 Kindermann GmbH..........................................1-M70 Kindwin Opto Electronic Co., Ltd................11-N53 Kingyoo Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korea).........8-E280 KIRRON light components GmbH & Co..10-K144 Kiss Box bv.....................................................10-K139 Kiwapp...............................................................8-F240 Klark Teknik......................................................7-F210 KNX.....................................................................7-N176 Konka Video & Comm. Sys. Eng. Co., Ltd...8-D290 KORUS..................................................................1-P22 Kramer Electronics Ltd........................1-F20, 1-H2 KX-AV .................................................................6-H150 L L'ile des Medias...............................................8-K170 Lab.gruppen.......................................................5-R98 LANG AG..............................................................1-H80 Lawo AG.............................................................7-T220 LDA Audio Tech...............................................7-N180 Leaf..................................................................10-N114 Lectrosonics ....................................................7-D170 LedGo BV...........................................................9-C135 Ledman Optoelectronic................................11-N33 Legamaster International BV......................9-D120 Leon Speakers, Inc .........................................7-T190 Leviton Security & Automation...................5-R119 Lex System.......................................................8-F248 Leyard................................................................11-F40 LG Electronics..................................................11-K75 Lifedomus ........................................................7-N182 LifeSize Communications - a division of Logitech .............................................................12-C86, 12-C92 Lighthouse Technologies Limited ..............11-F70 Lightking ...........................................................11-P70 Lightware..........................................................3-C128 LILIN ................................................................10-N114 LINDY ...............................................................8-N280 Linear Technologie.........................................11-C63 Link Srl ..............................................................7-K175 Linsn Technology............................................11-K33 Linso...................................................................8-K280 LionDATA Europe ............................................8-F242 Listen Technologies.......................................6-H148 Lithoss...............................................................7-R164 LiveDots ............................................11-H75, 11-F78 Lotusline France.............................................7-P230 Loxit Ltd ............................................................9-G120 Lumens Digital Optics Inc...............................1-H85 LUMI LEGEND CORPORATION .....................9-C102 Lutron EA Ltd ..................................................1-N100

LUXUL ................................................................5-S126 M M4B SA..............................................................8-K274 MAAS-CPS...........................................................4-V72 Martin Audio.....................................................7-K175 Mass Fidelity....................................................8-H105 Matrox Electronic Systems GmbH............11-M66 Maxbell Europe...............................................8-H125 MBL Akustikgeraete GmbH & Co. KG ........7-S175 mdtMedientechnik.........................................8-M200 Media Vision.....................................................3-A110 MEDIALON...........................................................2-A42 Mediascreen Bildkommunikation.............10-P155 MediaSprint Joachim Gulba GmbH & Co....4-V35 Medium GmbH...................................................4-U64 Merging Technologies SA.............................7-C180 Metra Home Theater Group.........................7-S163 Meyer Sound......................................1-F90, 7-H195 Midas Consoles ...............................................7-F210 Middle Atlantic Products .....................2-A42, 1-N6 Minrray Industry Co., Ltd ..............................12-A69 MIPRO ................................................................7-E190 Mitsubishi Electric Europe ...2-A24, 2-A25, 2-A36 MMT GmbH & Co. KG .....................................8-H300 Mode Lighting..................................................1-P115 Mode-AL Limited ............................................11-E60 ModernSolid Industrial Co., Ltd ..................9-C121 Modul IT Solutions Limited........................10-R136 Monitor Audio Ltd...........................................5-R110 MSI......................................................................8-H193 Multi Caisses Inc .............................................11-C53 Multibrackets Europe AB..............................11-K58 MultiCAM Systems.........................................7-P215 multiTap ............................................................8-H110 MultiTouch Ltd.................................................11-N50 Music & Lights Srl..........................................11-N65 Music in every room ltd................................8-H155 MuxLab..............................................................1-N125 MW-The Screenfactory.................................8-M310 N Nanjing Magewell Electronics Co., Ltd .....3-B140 NanoTS Co., Ltd ..............................................8-M180 Nautilus SA.......................................................8-E230 Navitar ............................................................10-N145 Navori International SA ................................8-K225 NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH .........4-R24 Neets A/S.........................................................7-M180 Net Display Systems BV ...............................8-K215 Neutrik AG........................................................6-H152 NewHank Quality AV products....................7-E180 Newstar Products Europe..............................5-U92 NEXCOM International Co., Ltd ...................8-H250 Nexio Co., Ltd ...................................................9-A132 Nexo SA................................................................3-C90 Nexus...............................................................10-R115 Niles Audio Corporation..................................1-P22 Niveo Professional............................................5-V92 NovaStar...........................................................11-N34 Novus Dahle GmbH & Co. KG ......................5-U125 NTi Audio AG ....................................................1-F117 NuVo Technologies..............................................1-N6

O OCT Technology CO., LTD............................10-Q112 OEMKIOSKS | PARTTEAM GROUP .............8-N225 Ohm UK .............................................................7-D230 Okayo Electronics Co. Ltd.............................3-C140 okugi Lift Systems GmbH.............................1-P130 OMB srl..............................................................5-S115 Omnitapps - the Multi-Touch Suite............8-H219 On Point Audio .................................................7-F179 One Systems, Inc ............................................7-F179 ONELAN Limited .............................................8-F208 Online Software AG .....................................10-S118 ONUMEN ...........................................................11-H20 Ophit Co. Ltd ..................................................10-K125 OPPO BD UK LTD ..........................................6-H150 Opticis Co. LTd....................................................4-U20 Opticomm-EMCORE ....................................10-S125 Opticon Sensors Europe BV.........................8-F280 OPTO TECH CORPORATION..........................8-N200 Optoma Europe .................................................4-R50 Oray / Erard Pro ................................................3-C82 OutClass............................................................8-H130 P p.i. Degano Gabriele ......................................8-H120 P5........................................................................7-N225 Packet Ship ......................................................11-D55 Pakedge Device & Software ........................5-S122 Pan Acoustics GmbH.....................................7-P200 Panamax .............................................................1-P22 Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH...........1-H70 Panasonic System LSI..................................8-M312 Panopto EMEA ..............................................10-R113 Paradigm Audio Visual..................................11-F53 Parasound Products inc ...............................5-R128 Partners in Enterprise Limited...................11-D50 PASO SpA..........................................................7-C170 PASS-Medientechnik .....................................7-T217 PCP Solutions..................................................8-R235 Peavey Commercial Audio...........................3-A111 Peerless AV Europe.......................................11-H58 Penn Elcom......................................................9-D141 Penton UK Ltd..................................................11-C82 PeTa Bearbeitungstechnik GmbH................4-U24 Pexip AS............................................................12-B70 Philips Signage Solutions .......10-K113, 10-K114 Phoenix Audio Technologies........................12-A80 Picturall Ltd......................................................9-B110 Pixled .................................................................11-K56 Planar Systems, Inc .........................................3-A80 Plastic Logic.....................................................8-F255 Polycom.............................................................12-A74 Polymedia.........................................................12-B73 polytouch / Pyramid Computer GmbH.....8-H270 Portalis EU .......................................................8-H150 PowerCreator ..................................................12-A76 Powerld Enterprises Co., Ltd ......................8-D292 Powersoft Srl...................................................7-K175 Prase Engineering SpA ...................................1-P65 PresTop Products...........................................8-R215 Primare AB.......................................................11-E36 Prismaflex International ..............................8-D260

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FLOORPLANS & EXHIBITORS Pro Audio Stash Ltd.......................................5-U115 Pro Control..........................................................5-R78 Procab..................................................................4-U35 Procella Audio .................................................5-S110 ProDVX Europe BV.......................................10-P111 PRODYS...........................................................10-S130 PROEL SpA .......................................................7-E220 Proficient.............................................................1-P22 Projecta................................................................2-C42 projectiondesign..................................1-H75, 1-F78 ProofVision.......................................................5-S127 Prysm Inc..........................................................11-F52 PTN Electronics Limited ...............................9-F141 PureLink GmbH...............................................3-C115

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Q Q-Better Lda ....................................................8-K255 QMotion Shades UK .........................................5-U72 Qomo HiteVision .............................................11-K50 QSC Audio Products LLC ..............................7-H200 QSTECH (Xian Qingsong Technology Co., Ltd........ .............................................................................11-E63 Quarta...................................................................1-F69 Quested..............................................................7-T160

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R Radial, Primacoustic, Knoll..........................7-C220 Rako Controls.....................................................5-R92 RANE Corporation ..........................................7-F170 rAVe Europe .....................................................8-E245 rAVe NOW..........................................................8-E248 RCF S.P.A...........................................................7-F190 RDL Europe BV ................................................7-E195 Realfiction ......................................................10-P148 RealNetworks..................................................9-F119 Redleaf Audio Visual Equipment Co. Ltd..1-F110 reflecta gmbh ..................................................9-C123 Renkus-Heinz ..................................................7-K175 Reprolux Screens..............................................3-C82 ReQuest Audio Switzerland AG ..................5-R115 Retop LED Display Co., Ltd...........................9-B121 Revolabs ...........................................................12-A92 Revolution Acoustics.....................................5-U126 Revox GmbH ....................................................7-P180 Rextron Technology Inc..............................10-N146 RGB Spectrum.................................................3-C111 RH & L Technology, LTD ................................12-B91 RIEDEL ..............................................9-D145, 7-H195 RJS Electronics Limited ...............................11-D48 RME ....................................................................7-C207 RMG Networks................................................8-H180 ROBE................................................................10-P142 ROE Visual Co., Ltd .........................................11-E44 Roland Systems Group .................................7-F180 Rosendahl Conceptkiosk..............................8-N220 RSF Europe .........................................................4-V18 RSL and Partners BV.....................................7-R235 RTI .........................................................................5-R78 Russound............................................................1-M16 RUTENBECK.....................................................7-Q165 Rythmes & Sons .............................................7-E230 S S. Siedle & Soehne Telefon- und Telegrafenwerke OHG...................................7-Q210 Sahara Presentation Systems Plc.............3-A118 Salamander Designs Ltd ..............................7-T177 SALZBRENNER STAGETEC VERTRIEB PROF. AUDIOTECHNIK ...............................................7-H190 Samsung Display - Meetingroom G103 .....1-H20 Samsung Electronics ......................................1-H20 SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD .......................2-A42 SAPPHIRE Technology ..................................8-K245 Sat & Sound...................................................10-R124 SAUBAG.............................................................8-E185 Savant Systems..............................................7-N200 Saville Audio Visual .......................................12-A68 Scala Connected Signage ............................8-K182 Schnick-Schnack-Systems GmbH.............11-C55 Screen Excellence..........................................6-H150 Screen Goo Europe e.K..................................7-V160 Screen Innovations ..........................................1-N53 SCREEN-LED ...................................................8-H275 SCREEN. New Technologies Gesellschaft f端r elektronische Bildsysteme GmbH .............8-F270 screenFOOD Digital Signage Software & Multimedia Solutions.....................................8-E275 ScreenLine .........................................................1-H90 SECARTYS ........................................................7-R165 SECOMP.............................................................8-F320 Seemax Visual Equipment Co., Ltd............1-P117 SEIKAKU TECHNICAL GROUP LIMITED ....9-B144 Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co.KG ..................................................................2-A52, 2-A70 Shanghai Pallas Electric Co., Ltd................9-C141 Sharp Electronics Europe ............................11-E76 Shenzhen Absen Optoelectronic Co., Ltd..11-M50 Shenzhen BesdLED Co., LTD.....................10-R114

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10 Shenzhen CAS VU Technologies Co,Ltd ...11-C40 Shenzhen Chip Optech Co, Ltd....................9-A115 Shenzhen CLT Led Technology Co, Ltd .....11-E34 Shenzhen CreateLED Electronics Co Ltd ...11-M36 Shenzhen DianMingTech. Co, Ltd ...............11-C38 Shenzhen Dicolor Optoelectronics Co, Ltd .9-A111 Shenzhen Eastar Electronic Co, Ltd .........11-M40 Shenzhen GCL Electronics Co, Ltd.............9-A131 Shenzhen Gloshine Technology Co, Ltd ...9-A121 Shenzhen HTS Optoelectronic Technology ..........

Co, Ltd................................................................8-R195 Shenzhen Huahai Chengxin Electronic Display Technology Co, Ltd..........................................11-E35 Shenzhen iBoard Technology Co, Ltd........11-C85 Shenzhen Infiled Electronics Co, Ltd.........11-C44 Shenzhen iTech Solutions Co, Ltd..............8-E183 Shenzhen Jonsung Electronics Technology .........

Co, Ltd ................................................................11-P58 Shenzhen LAMP Technology Company Ltd ....................................................................................11-F36 Shenzhen Liantronics Co, Ltd .....................11-D44 Shenzhen Lightlink Display Technology Co, Ltd .............................................................................9-B129 Shenzhen Magnimage Technology Co, Ltd...9-G13 Shenzhen Mary Photoelectricity Co, Ltd..11-K40 Shenzhen Newstar Optoelectronics Co Ltd .............................................................................11-H31 Shenzhen Orena Trading Co, Ltd.............10-N152 Shenzhen Q-Color Technology Co, Ltd .....9-A129 Shenzhen Sage Opto Co,Ltd........................11-N36 Shenzhen SBC Photoelectricity Co, Ltd....10-K140 Shenzhen Sino-Colour Technology Co, Ltd .............................................................................9-A106 Shenzhen Tendzone Intelligent Technology Co, Ltd.........................................7-M210 Shenzhen Timelink Technology Co, Ltd ...8-R300 Shenzhen Uniview Led Co, Ltd...11-N43, 9-A134 SHENZHEN VTEAM CO, LTD.........................11-P40 Shenzhen Yitelang Technology Co, Ltd.....9-C143 Show Solutions ...............................................11-C90 Showkube.........................................................11-N57 Showled FZC....................................8-F350, 9-D144 Showlogix .......................................................8-H100 Shure Europe GmbH........................................3-A81 Shuttle Computer Handels GmbH (Shuttle Inc) ... .............................................................................8-F225 SICOM ..............................................................8-H265

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SIEC.....................................................................7-V220 Sightcorp ..........................................................8-H145 Signagelive.......................................................8-L170 SiliconCore Technology ..............................10-K152 Smart Cabling & Transmission Corp ...........4-V50 Smart Display Co., Ltd...................................8-D230 SMART Technologies .....................................12-E76 Smart-e Ltd ...................................................10-N137 SmartMetals Mounting Solutions BV........9-F121 SMS / Evoko .......................................................2-A42 Snowhite Display Technology Co .................4-U25 SOLEDGE...........................................................7-S205 Solid State Logic.............................................7-H185 SOLIX Sp. z o.o. Sp.k. .....................................8-D205 SOLTEC ..............................................................12-E74 Sommer Cable GmbH ...................................5-S120 Sonance...............................................................1-N57 Sonic Foundry, Inc ..........................................3-A122 Sonodyne Technologies Pvt Ltd .................7-S190 Sony......................................................................1-H95 Sound Control Technologies........................12-A84 Soundtube ........................................................11-C84 Space 3D Solutions .....................................10-K142 SPARKLE GLOBAL CO., LTD .........................8-D220 SpeakerCraft ......................................................1-P22 Specktron..............................................................1-N5 SpeeQ ................................................................7-N189 SpinetiX .............................................................8-F195 spo-comm GmbH...........................................8-H193 Squadrat GmbH..............................................11-N35 STAGETEC GmbH ...........................................7-H190 Star Micronics Europe LTD.............................4-U26 Stardraw.com Ltd .............................................2-A42 Starleaf..............................................................12-B72 Stealth Acoustics and AudioControl .........5-R117 Steinway Lyngdorf.........................................11-P60 Stewart Audio..................................................7-Q170 Stewart Filmscreen Europe...........................1-F51 Stinova Ltd .......................................................8-N270 STORM AUDIO Digital Media Solution.......5-S110 Streamit BV......................................................8-R245 Structured Cable Products Inc. ..................1-N130 Sunfire..................................................................1-P22 Super Rod..........................................................7-T173 SurgeX International...................................10-P140 SVI .......................................................................7-T174 SVSi.....................................................................7-T210

SY ..........................................................................4-U62 Symetrix, Inc.......................................................3-C90 syscomtec Distribution AG ..........................8-H215 SZ REACH TECH CO LTD ....................1-E56, 1-E58 T t&mSystems ....................................................11-E66 TAG / HORTUS AUDIO....................................7-C185 TAIDEN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD .....................3-A106 Tannoy Ltd ..........................................................5-R98 Tannoy Ltd ..........................................................5-R98 Taodyne.............................................................8-R305 Tasker ................................................................7-S215 Tau Audio Solutions........11-C80, 11-C84, 11-E64 TDI Group..........................................................5-U127 TDMaverick.........................................................5-S82 TeamBoard.......................................................8-K272 Tecco................................................................10-K123 Techflex, Inc......................................................3-C135 Techflow Europe BV......................................8-M230 Technomad.......................................................1-E116 TecnoVISION Srl..............................................8-D300 Tecom Electronics Ltd .....................................2-E60 Telelogos...........................................................8-H210 Teleste Corporation........................................5-S112 TELETASK..........................................................7-T180 Televic Conference .............................3-C125, 2A42 Tempest Lighting, Inc .......................................4-V28 the Future Store..............................................8-N317 The IVY.............................................................10-S122 The Music Marketeers...................................8-E182 The Screen Works...........................................7-V210 Thinklogical..........................................................1-M4 Thomas Regout International B.V ...........10-K136 TM Audio / Pixelsource.................................7-K175 TMB.....................................................................11-C51 TOA Electronics Europe GmbH .....................3-A79 Tol Grup A.S......................................................12-E72 Tonar international BV and Allitone BVb.a....4-V57 tonwelt professional media GmbH ...........7-D175 TOP-TEC..........................................................10-N132 TORUS POWER................................................5-R128 Toshiba Europe ...............................................8-H240 Total Lighting...................................................8-N320 Trade Link Media Pte Ltd .............................8-N350 Transcend Information Europe BV.............8-F220 Triad Speakers Inc .........................5-S102, 5-S107

Tributaries Cable ..............................................1-N53 Trinnov Audio...................................................7-S200 Tripleplay Services Ltd .................................11-E57 trivum technologies GmbH .........................7-N176 TruAudio.........................................................10-N114 TrueConf............................................................12-A80 TSD Electronics Technology Co., Ltd .........8-E310 TSL Products ...................................................9-G140 TTL Network GmbH .......................................7-C160 Tul Corporation................................................8-R200 Turbosound ......................................................7-F210 Tutondo by ATEC Srl............................1-E78, 1-E80 tvONE......................................................4-R62, 2-A42 U U-TOUCH GROUP ............................................8-F265 UMAN Universal Access Network GmbH...7-H195 UNEDGED..........................................................8-D195 Uniclass Technology Co., LTD .................10-S135 UNICOL.................................................................1-N49 UNIelectronic ...................................................7-C230 Unilumin Group Co., Ltd................................11-F68 Unique Automation.............................................1-N1 Unitech Systems EE.......................................11-P71 Universal Remote Control Inc - Amber Int...1-P18 Univox ................................................................7-E175 URVE...................................................................8-E240 V Vaddio...................................................................1-F98 ValueHD Corporation.....................................8-R210 Vantage Emea NV ...............................................1-N6 VBrick Systems Inc......................................10-R110 VE Global Vending...........................................8-F195 Velodyne Acoustics........................................5-U130 Vestel..................................................................9-F129 VICOM ..............................................................10-P116 Vicoustic - Innovative Acoustic Solutions...3-C90 VIDELCO Europe Ltd ......................................9-C111 Videotree...........................................................7-Q200 VIDERO ..............................................................8-D185 Vidyo, Inc..............................................................2-A42 ViewSonic Europe Limited...........................8-F275 Vioso GmbH..........................................................1-M5 Vision AD S.ar.l. ..............................................8-M200 vision optics GmbH...........................................4-S50 Vision24 GmbH................................................5-S128

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11 VisioSign A/S...................................................8-H195 VISIVO GmbH & Co. KG...................................7-V186 VISS LIGHTING (SHENZHEN) Co., LTD.......11-D36 Vistaplus Co., Ltd ............................................11-C68 Visual Productions BV ................................10-P158 Visualplanet .....................................................8-E171 VITREA...............................................................7-N190 VIVALDI SRL........................................................2-E52 Vivitek Corporation...........................................4-R75 VNS Inc.................................................................2-A53 VOCO ..................................................................1-P110 Vogel's Products BV.........................................1-M45 Voice Technologies Switzerland.................12-F82 VoicePod.........................................................10-N114 Volfoni ...............................................................11-M60

VOOME NETWORKS .......................................8-D190 VTRON Technologies Ltd ..............................11-E61 VUTEC CORPORATION .....................................1-P73 W WALL-IT.............................................................3-D140 Waterfall Audio..................................................1-P87 Waves System / id-al ....................................8-E215 Wealleys Technology Co., Ltd ......................5-V118 Weibel Lift AG.....................................................2-A42 Wesco Distribution International..................1-N62 Westlab Audio GmbH.....................................7-C209 Williams Sound ...............................................3-C130 Wireworld Cable .............................................5-R128 WISA Association ...........................................7-R170

Wisdom Audio .................................................5-U116 WizePanel.com................................................9-D140 Wolfvision GmbH..............................................1-M20 WUXI LEXIN CO., LTD......................................3-A127 Wyrestorm Technologies Europe Ltd..........5-U86

Yamaha Music Europe GmbH .....................3-A112 YCD Multimedia / C-nario............................8-M182 YES TECH..........................................................11-N59 YESCO Electronics..........................................8-F250 Yuan High-Tech Development Co., Ltd ....8-R205

X Xantech................................................................1-P22 Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co., Ltd .............................................................11-F50, 8-N240 Xilica...................................................................7-E180 XMOS .................................................................7-H195 XPAND 3D.......................................................10-P115

Z Zaag Technology Co., Ltd..............................8-E265 ZeeVee.............................................................10-N139 Zhuhai Lenscen Electric Co., Ltd...................1-E62 Zigen .....................................................................5-V96 ZonarSound......................................................7-F221 ZTE Corporation ..............................................12-C80 ZVOX Audio.......................................................5-U129 Zytronic.............................................................8-M190

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Say hello to SmartMatriX² ANALOG WAY The newly announced SmartMatriX² and QuickMatriX seamless scaling matrix switchers are highlights of the Analog Way stand at ISE 2014.

Based on Analog Way’s Midra platform, the products come in 2RU enclosures for optimised air circulation and cooling. They offer a range of connectivity with 10 inputs and 16 input plugs for the SmartMatriX², and eight inputs and 14 input plugs for the QuickMatriX, including DVI-D, HDMI

and 3G-SDI. Both systems feature two outputs, while EDID management is customisable for all computer sources.

The products are claimed to offer very fast processing and true seamless switching, with synchronous and asynchronous matrix modes. Outputs can be managed independently.

The SmartMatriX² offers an advanced matrix mode with the capability to display up to two layers on a frame background plus one logo per output. It also includes a video output with digital

and analogue connectivity.

The QuickMatriX allows display of a live background, or one still background with different titling on each output.

SmartMatriX² and QuickMatriX feature a quick frame function that places a foreground frame over all other layers when necessary. A simple button push allows return to the previous display. Digital audio can be easily embedded or de-embedded on HDMI and DVI-D connectors on inputs and outputs.

For easy routing of audio signals, some functions such as fast

routing and audio breakaway mode are available.

Both systems can be controlled through the RK-350, a new remote keypad, or the RCS², a graphic

Analog Way’s new matrix switchers are based on the Midra platform

interface designed for the Midra series. As an AIR application, the RCS² is compatible with Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Stand: 11-F58

Amps can be controlled with iDevices CROWN AUDIO Showcasing its USBX, an accessory that enables the company’s XTi, CDi and DSi Series amplifiers with a USB port to be operated via an Apple iPad/iPhone, is Harman’s Crown Audio. Using the Powered by Crown app, the USBX allows Crown amplifiers with a USB port to be controlled via Ethernet.

The USBX plugs into an The Powered by AC outlet and up to eight Crown app allows compatible Crown USB wireless control and products can be monitoring of Crown connected to the Ethernet-enabled USBX. The USBX devices and JBL has built-in WiFi, loudspeakers that are enabling wireless equipped with control of connected DrivePack DPDA built-in Crown amps without amplifiers. Since this app the need for a separate uses the same USBX from Crown Audio wireless router. protocols as Harman

HiQnet System Architect, users can import custom control panels from System Architect into the Powered by Crown app for added functionality. A long-term commitment to Ethernet by Crown means that users have the benefit of this simple-to-use, cost-efficient programme as well as seamless integration of their legacy and future Crown products through the app.

Crown Audio is also announcing at ISE 2014 that it is now shipping the four highestpowered models in its DriveCore Install (DCi) Series power amplifiers. Available in both DCi Analog and DCi Network Ethernet-linkable configurations, the four-channel and two-channel amplifiers deliver 1,250W per channel into 2, 4 or 8 ohms.

Stand: 1-N34

Total Control has new functionality URC/AMBER INTERNATIONAL Having made its debut at CEDIA, Universal Remote Control (URC) has shipped over its new stand to Amsterdam for ISE 2014, where the company is exhibiting under the Amber International umbrella.

URC has recently added further functionality and compatibility to

its Total Control system, which now works with an increased variety of third-party products and streaming services. Following on from Extra Vegetables’ recent twoway Sonos integration module for URC Total Control, the protocol specialist, in collaboration with URC, has created further modules for two-way control of DIRECTV,

Roku, Popcorn Hour/Popbox and Dune HD. All modules are said to be easy to install and work with URC Accelerator, requiring minimal dealer set-up. They seamlessly connect to Total Control, displaying customised graphics on URC touchpanels, remote controls and iOS apps straight out of the box.

Total Control works with more third-party products and services

To support this capability, the URC Total Control App is now fully compatible with iOS7, ensuring that whatever version of Apple software customers are using, they can always stay connected and be in control of their system.

Amber International is also showcasing a range of products which are being launched in Q1, including the TRC-1080 remote control and TRF-ZW1 Total Control Z-Wave Extender.

Stand: 1-P18/19

Face analysis goes mobile SIGHTCORP

Loopy for Digi-Loop WILLIAMS SOUND The Digi-Loop induction loop amplifier from Williams Sound is on show at ISE 2014. Dubbed the world’s first network-controlled induction loop system, it includes DSP for software control of mixing, equalisation, compression, loop phase shift and more.

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Class D, pulse-width amplifiers aim to maximise efficiency and reduce size and weight. Network control capability provides remote system set-up, operation and monitoring via a laptop, tablet or other portable device.

The Digi-Loop’s dual-amplifier design offers the option of single 12A output for perimeter loops

or dual 10A outputs for loop arrays or one loop and one loudspeaker.

Priority input (70-100V) is also available for connection to a paging system, ensuring life or safety announcements are heard loud and clear. Digi-Loop also offers an easy-to-read LCD graphic display.

Stand: 3-C130

New iOS- and Androidcompatible versions of the CrowdSight SDK and InSight SDK by Sightcorp are on show at ISE. The company, which is attending the show for the first time, develops face analysis, emotion recognition and eyetracking technologies.

CrowdSight Software Development Kit (SDK) gives insight into audiences’ interests and behaviour to different stimuli in real-life situations.

Real-time information on age and gender, mood, clothing

styles, attention and emotional reactions of audiences watching digital billboards or visiting shops can be retrieved.

Additionally, InSight SDK, offers eye-tracking and emotion recognition solution for individual analysis purposes.

Sightcorp clients are now able to use mobile platforms to better understand their users’ behaviour and interests.

Sightcorp technologies help companies to create products in different markets like digital signage, gaming and narrowcasting.

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New visualiser is ceiling-mounted WOLFVISION The new VZ-C6 Ceiling Visualizer is one of the focal points of WolfVision’s stand. It features WolfVision’s Synchronized Lightfield, which the company says provides for easy and intuitive positioning of display materials and, as with WolfVision’s other Ceiling Visualizers, the VZ-C6 is said to ensure that nothing obstructs the view between the presenter and audience during a presentation.

The VZ-C6 Ceiling Visualizer comes with native 1080p Full HD resolution at 30fps (frames per second), 12x optical and 4x digital zoom, HDMI input and output, integrated WLAN and 8GB internal

memory, plus additional USB stick memory expansion. The VZ-C6 is the first model in WolfVision’s Ceiling Visualizer product range to feature onboard HD video recording functionality that allows entire presentations and lectures to be captured, including audio.

The interface is claimed to require no advanced technical knowledge, and in addition to the capture of ‘live’ visualizer material, external content such as digital images, videos, PDFs or webpages can also be easily recorded. Adding the optional Bluetooth dongle combined with a Bluetooth headset microphone allows voiceover audio to be recorded. WolfVision describes the VZ-C6 as an easy-touse all-in-one multimedia

The WolfVision VZ-C6 Ceiling Visualizer features 1080p resolution

presentation and HD video recording solution – mounted on the ceiling, with presentations easily able to be streamed to computers, tablets or smartphones, either on an internal network or over the internet.

Stand: 1-M20

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Yamaha’s Commercial Installation Solutions range is one of its star attractions at ISE 2014

Inaugural showing for install products YAMAHA MUSIC EUROPE Several new products for the installation market are making their debut at the Yamaha Music Europe stand. Among other items, Yamaha is adding to its Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) series with

EN54-24 certified versions of the VXC and VXS loudspeaker ranges, which are specifically designed for use in PA/voice alarm systems.

At this year’s edition of ISE, Yamaha is demonstrating its full CIS series, including all VXC and VXS loudspeakers, XMV

multichannel amplifiers, MTX matrix processors and DCP controllers.

The company is also showcasing its Commercial Installation Solutions Speaker Calculator (CISSCA) software.

Available as a free download from the Yamaha Pro Audio

website, this Windows application helps calculate the number of speakers required for optimum performance in a room size specified by the user. In addition, it helps users work out the effective sound pressure level of the system.

Yamaha’s CL series digital

mixing systems and optional I/O interfaces, including the DUGANMY16 auto mic mixing card, are also on show at ISE 2014, as are the company’s AV receivers and amplifiers and the WORKproCA range of installation products.

Stand: 3-A112

J2K codec route to Ultra-HD TV INTOPIX JPEG 2000-based UHDTV 4K and 8K codecs that are integrated in a single-chip 28nm FPGA are being showcased on the intoPix stand.

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generation of 28nm FPGA technology from Altera and Xilinx.

With an optimised footprint, the codecs fit on a single FPGA chip.

The company claims the technology could deliver 60fps video with a respective maximum compression bitrate of 2Gbps for 4K and 8Gbps for 8K, at a visually

lossless quality.

JPEG 2000 is an open standard that supports every resolution, colour depth, number of components and frame rate. The ability of JPEG 2000 to compress frame by frame has made the technology popular in the digital intermediate space of the cinema

industry. The intra-frame codec closely matches the production process, in which each frame of a video is treated as a single unit.

Reflecting on these developments, Gael Rouvroy, CTO of intoPIX, said: “With this new codec implemented in a single FPGA chip, intoPIX is offering a

flexible solution for the future production workflows in cinema and in broadcast, from capture to post production. We are focusing on providing 4K and 8K codecs with the lowest footprint and lowest power consumption achievable in the current FPGA.” Stand:10-K150

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Presentation system targets collaboration CHRISTIE Enabling users to meet, share information and work together across multiple sites while automatically co-ordinating up to five simultaneous video and audio presentations on meeting room displays. That, in a nutshell, is the target application for Christie’s Brio presentation system.

“As we thought about what we wanted in a meeting technology, there were three things that were very clear,” said Kathryn Cress,

vice president, global and corporate marketing, Christie.

“One, it had to be easily accessible, with no special training or driver software that users had to install. Two, it had to tear down the existing communication barriers so that sharing information became effortless. And three, it had to allow users to share multiple types of content. The ultimate goal in developing Brio was to ensure that all participants could share whatever they needed to – to

The Christie Brio enables multi-site information sharing

ultimately be able to share more.”

Christie Brio nodes can be connected via locally-managed IP networks to form a multi-site meeting where all participants see the same content. In addition to video and audio, all participants can use the interactive whiteboard

to share and draw in real time, regardless of geographic location. The Brio displays uncompressed 1080p video sources within a meeting room or streams video between sites at up to 30fps.

Housed in a 1U form factor

Cube Share for BYOD

It’s all going on @ The Office ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS Communication enhancement at the office is core to the Elo @ The Office solution designed to optimise collaboration and boost productivity in a variety of office environments.

The bundles combine Elo’s 42in to 70in all-in-one touchcomputing hardware and software to enable cloud-based collaboration, digital whiteboard, building directory and virtual receptionist applications.

Elo @ The Office is compatible

with Cisco WebEx, Citrix GoToMeeting, Google Hangouts, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Skype, ReadyTalk and other cloudbased applications such as QlikView and salesforce.com.

Also on show is the Elo Corporate Collaboration Solution, which enhances the effectiveness of multi-location meetings and integrates with existing IT environments. The 70in touchscreen with integrated Intel Core i5 computer running Microsoft Windows mounts less than 4in

from the wall and requires just AC power and a network connection.

On the digital whiteboard front, Elo’s 70in touchscreen and Hitachi’s StarBoard Software combines a whiteboard with the power of a computer without the need for a projector or a laptop.

Elo’s directory solution is a 55in touchscreen plus JibeStream NovoTouch software, providing built-fortouch functionality to enable visitors of any building or campus to find their destination

quickly and easily. The interface offers directory listing templates and advanced 3D maps.

Finally, the Elo Virtual Receptionist Solution is a 42in touchscreen plus WinTech LLC’s ALICE receptionist software that allows employees to communicate with visitors in the lobby from their desks using face-to-face video or audio-only conversations. The interface makes it easy for a receptionist in a central location to manage several remote office lobbies.

Stand: 8-K230

Networked DSP for conferencing XAVTEL (ATEÏS) A new range of advanced digital audio conferencing and pro-audio DSP processors from Xavtel is being launched at ISE 2014. Part of the newly formed PAX ProAV Group and exhibiting with Ateïs in Hall 7, Xavtel is targeting the highend professional AV and conference sectors.

The Senator system is a fully digital and networked DSP solution for conferencing, voting and simultaneous translation, based on Xavtel’s high-speed redundant network technology. Up to 504 different delegate units can

be individually processed using one DSP processor, while still providing individual processing for each mic. The technology features a Voice Activated Gate, on-board SIP3 VoIP telephone module, and an optional wideband AEC card for teleconferencing. Expandable from four delegate units to 16,000+, the network topology can be either a Cat5/6 or fibreoptic loop configuration with full redundancy and fault indication.

Also launching at ISE 2014 is the Dialogo Series of budgetpriced, high-end, table-

top AV conferencing systems.

The Xavtel range offers Full HD audio and video over Xavnet, a redundant ring network (1Gbit), or the star wired AVB network (1Gbit). Up to 420 audio channels can be sent over the 1Gbit network, including 32 channels of Full HD video (1080p) with a latency of 1ms.

chassis and capable of supporting up to two multi-touch HID (Human Interface Device) flatpanel displays, the Brio includes two dual-link-DVI-D ports (up to 2560 x 1600 pixels per output, which may be adapted to DisplayPort or HDMI) and two analogue 3.5mm stereo audio ports. Inputs include two DVI-D ports with support for up to 2560 x 1600 pixels), and five wireless inputs with supported resolution depending on protocol.

Stand: 1-H50

The range will also include the Octo Series of DSP processors, commencing with the Octo-Jr., which is described by Xavtel as an entry-level, standalone DSP processor.

Romano M Cunsolo, Xavtel director of marketing and business development, commented: “We have created products one step ahead of competition, which makes the integration of networked audio, video and control systems as easy as possible, from the concept to final project realisation.

Stand: 7-M190

GENEE WORLD The final release of Cube Share has been announced by ISE newcomer Genee World. The new generation of cloud software, designed around the company’s touchscreen and tablets, allows the presenter or teacher to share presentations directly onto any Android, Apple or Windows tablet.

The software includes a two-way option, allowing the participants or students to respond back via their devices directly to the touchscreen. The cloud-based aspect means collaboration can happen even if users are in different locations, which addresses the challenges of multiple sites.

There are extra features such as a “live chat facility” for further discussion and tools, which allow various backgrounds, worksheets and files to be saved and websites to be linked.

Many of the initial tools are based around Genee World’s Genee Spark Software with Grid’s. This software allows organisations such as schools and corporates to implement their BYOD policies and enable any smartphone or tablet to serve as a learning device.

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UC and VC: time to talk Ian McMurray, ISE Daily team

According to ISE’s official listing, there are more than 90 companies at ISE that have something to offer in the way of conferencing and collaboration solutions.

Underlining the vibrancy of this market, nearly a quarter of them are exhibiting at the show for the first time

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“There is a lot to talk about on the topics of UC and VC,” says Bill Haskins, senior analyst at Wainhouse Research. “Full-featured UC deployments are still the exception: is anyone figuring out how to unify audio, video, data sharing, IM, presence and conferencing in such a way that a mid-to-large enterprise can truly deploy it? On the VC front, the industry is moving from hardware to software, and the outlook is grim for traditional, expensive, hardwarebased room systems. On the other hand, there’s a huge rise in personal video solutions and managed services, which should ultimately usher in a video renaissance. The real question here: which vendors will come out on top?” Haskins also notes WebRTC, mobility and interoperability as other hot topics.

HOT TOPICS “There are three hot topics for ISE,” believes Ian Vickerage, managing director of Imago Group. “The first is cloud networks, or off-premise infrastructure. The second is SVC capability, which I think most of the major VC/UC vendors have committed

to and will be showing. And the third is WebRTC, which allows real-time video communications in a browser.”

Roland Dreesden, managing director of Reflex, also sees three key themes. “Firstly, Microsoft Lync, because it is such a brilliant enabling tool,” he says. “Secondly, I think we’ll see common platforms hosted in the cloud being talked about. And thirdly, the hot topic for the last couple of years, which continues to be vitally important – collaboration.”

Also a believer in the potential of Microsoft Lync is Ian Vickerage, who

vendors tend to work in isolation, and this can lead to compatibility problems.

I would also urge visitors to look out for new Microsoft Lync-based room systems, which will be prominent at the event, and worth seeing if they are considering investing in a room system.”

SEARCHING QUESTIONS Roland Dreesden sees a similar area of focus for those looking to ask searching questions.

“I’d recommend visitors look at what supporting vendors such as

‘The latest developments in video communications are game-changers, but what will be important to users is to ensure that new technology is compatible.’ urges ISE visitors to focus on interoperability.

“The latest developments in video communications are real gamechangers, but what will be important to users is to ensure that new technology is compatible: will it work with existing technology? How does it link with an iPad or smartphone and so on?” he says. “This is important because some

Vaddio, ClearOne and Logitech have to offer,” he suggests. “These are companies offering the auxiliary device such as webcams, microphones and so on, that complete any UC/VC offering. Visitors should be asking ‘Does the product match my application?’ and, vitally, ‘has it been tested on the platform I use/will use?’

“Also,” continues Dreesden, “look out

for Lync, with supporting vendors Polycom, Crestron and SMART. Ask ‘how does this technology integrate with standard VC systems?’”

Both Dreesden and Vickerage see managed video, or outsourcing, as an emerging trend in the videoconferencing industry. What does Bill Haskins think?

“Managed video is certainly a prime area of growth in the video industry,” he says. “This trend is riding the coattails of the cloud revolution, which is gaining traction as more mid-tolarge enterprises are looking to outsource non-core services. A managed video provider has a number of advantages over an IT team, including skill sets, platform expertise and scale. Managed services and hosted services also may go hand in hand, allowing elements of the video solution to live in the provider’s cloud.

These hosted video providers are uniquely positioned to enable enhanced services beyond those that an enterprise can deliver.”

As ever, ISE is the place to discover what’s going on and where the industry is heading. And, of course, to get answers to tough questions.

(Left to right) Wainhouse Research’s Bill Haskins, Imago Group’s Ian Vickerage and Reflex’s Roland Dreesden reflect on an eventful time for UC and VC technologies

A collaborative Lync to the boardroom CRESTRON Presentation and collaboration solutions are central to Crestron’s ISE 2014 presence, which includes demonstrations of its RL platform that brings the Microsoft Lync program into the boardroom.

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server-based application that enables video, voice, interactive content sharing, presence and chat from personal devices. Crestron RL integrates this into one complete solution, allowing any user within a conference room to start a collaborative session.

The functionality includes sharing desktop content with local

and remote participants, viewing PowerPoint and annotations over the slides, and sharing interactive whiteboard content.

Crestron RL links to all the other systems in the room, such as IT, AV, lighting or HVAC, to offer complete room and collaborative control. It also communicates with the Crestron Fusion software that

collects and reports usage data about all connected systems.

Also on show is AirMedia, Crestron’s presentation, collaboration and content sharing platform for small to mid-size organisations. The AirMedia platform is pitched at smaller spaces where the installation of an advanced AV system is not

practical but where presentation, collaboration and content sharing capabilities are needed.

Its compact form-factor means it can be hidden behind flatpanels or above a projector. AirMedia can wirelessly present audio and video content to a room display or be viewed from a tablet or similar.

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Wide displays taken to the Xtreme DELTA DISPLAYS The new WideXtreme megapixel displays represent the latest in Extreme Short Throw front projection and edge blending technologies from Delta Display.

The compact, lightweight displays provide seamless,

high-resolution images and take up very little space.

The WX displays are claimed to solve two of the most common problems found in many conference rooms: the lack of cost-effective beyond-HD display systems, and collaborative software to connect, control and

share. According to Delta Displays, they also deliver easy assembly and minimal maintenance.

The WX series is available in various preconfigured large format sizes: 2 x 1, 3 x 1, 2 x 2 and 3 x 2.

Stand: 9-D111

A room with a SuperView RGB SPECTRUM Multi-window processors by RGB Spectrum, including the SuperView 4100 Multiviewer, are on show at ISE 2014.

Featuring real-time processing, reliable 24/7 operation, video and graphic inputs and integrated keyboard/ video/ mouse (KVM) control, RGB Spectrum's multiviewers display multiple high-resolution video and computer sources on a single screen.

From the boardroom to teleconferencing to control rooms, the multiviewers offer customers a dedicated system architecture and embedded operating system, which provide security and reliability without PC vulnerabilities for missioncritical applications.

The SuperView 4100 multiviewer can display up to eight windows on a single monitor with layout flexibility and good image quality. Its custom-built architecture offers

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fast updates and display flexibility, as well as enhanced robustness and security.

As an additional option, notes RGB Spectrum, the SuperView 4100 incorporates RGB Spectrum’s patented SinglePoint KvM (SPKvM) technology to enable operators to access and control both the visual display as well as all connected source computers, with a single keyboard and mouse.

Stand: 3-C111

Go wide: Delta is exhibiting its WideXtreme displays

Carry-on interpretation P.I. DEGANO GABRIELE Low-weight portable interpretation booths are on show at ISE 2014 in the form of p.i.

Degano Gabriele’s DTB-L Series easy-to-mount structures.

The 65kg DTB-L Series comes in a wheelie-case and can be mounted by one person without any tools, as is the case with the company’s other models, the DTB-S and the DTB-T. The user just needs to determine where the door for the interpreters will

be located. The company says that despite their lightweight form factor, the DTB-L booths respect the standards for interpretations and conferences.

They provide sound absorbing technologies and offer a Total Silence package if necessary.

Other features include the ability for the booths to be customised as they come in various colours and sizes, and offer a scalable structure for two or three interpreters.

Stand: 8-H120

The technology world is becoming increasingly IP- and network-based. What are the main challenges here for your market sector?

‘In order for us to continue to drive the creation of knowledge, it’s been key for us to develop customisable presentation solutions, such as our new VZ-9.4 and VZ-C6 Visualizers that are designed to integrate easily into a wide variety of network infrastructure. Our customers need this flexibility in installation, and they also asked us for new ways to combine the display of ‘live’ objects together with presentation content stored either in the cloud, or on other devices such as PCs, smartphones or tablets – and with vConnect, that’s exactly what we are introducing here at ISE 2014.’

Julien Bussell, international sales manager, WolfVision

‘There are no significant challenges left for the videoconferencing and UC market in this respect. The industry has been based entirely on IP protocols for quite some time. Also, the task of implementing and deploying UC solutions is moving from AV integrators to the hands of IT professionals, thanks to widespread softwarisation, mobility and unified communications. The main goal here is to break the reservations most customers have about the practicality of videoconferencing.’

Michael Gotalsky, CEO, TrueConf

‘On the contrary to challenges, Daktronics welcomes IP. The move to IP and network-based systems has offered great opportunity for Daktronics. It has given us the chance to deliver seamless and unique content over local and wide area networks. Installers and integrators can get all the information they require on networked technology from a Daktronics representative on the stand at ISE. They should also come and try out our Show Control, which manages a variety of screens from one easy-to-use touchpanel unit.’

Patrick Halliwell, managing director, Daktronics

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In your opinion, what is the best thing about the ISE show?

ISE is among the most important trade shows in the field of media and system integration. We really love to come over here, since the fair visitors are also highly qualified and interested.

Furthermore, the percentage of international guests is pretty high, too, which has earned us many new contacts in recent years.

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

The HDBaseT technology is gaining more and more acceptance, which is easily recognisable by the numerous product novelties from different suppliers. But many of them build the devices only to their needs – regrettably I’m missing a true standard. Hopefully these things will improve and this – definitely fine – technology can win more ground.

In our range we even offer several devices based on this technology. The highlight is certainly the DVM-194-HDS. Why should delegates visit your stand at ISE 2014?

Quite simple: to see the devices of the DVM-194 series at work and thus get inspiration for their own projects. The CARDINAL-DVM 194 series contains an entire device range complete with media controller, audio mixers, HDMI switcher and power amplifier, and a fully modular concept.

Easy operation and programming was given priority during the development stage. All devices have an integrated web server and can be easily operated via any web-browser software.

Stand: 5-S120

Get smart for LCD lifting ANXIN The LCD Smart Lifting System from Anxin uses a new invisible design “which is slim and elegant, integrated with screen inside so that the items can be totally hidden in the table”, according to Jacky Du, CEO, Hubei Anxin Intelligent Home Science.

The system utilises a linear guide rail design with intelligent control and one-button operation, which means it can automatically start to operate, move up, tilt and so forth. It can be controlled manually or via remote control, group control or RS485 control.

The system can control multiple units at once, making them tilt precisely (from 0°-15°) and synchronously, to ensure the consistency and stability of all the displays in a classroom or meeting. The lift is also designed for safety, keeping users’ fingers away from harm.

It is also claimed to be quiet, using “novel super-silence motor driver technology, to ensure the lifting fluency and stability during operation”, plus enhanced reliability. The system will work

Anxin’s new LCD Smart Lifting System is ideal for meeting rooms

with a range of screen sizes, from 12in displays to 27in units. It incorporates RS485, VGA, HDMI and two USB interfaces, and also

has an iPod-like control wheel for up/down, screen switching and PC On/Off controls.

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Wireless, seamless interaction BITWISE CONTROLS Three controllers that can serve as the hub of a home automation system, allowing components and devices to interact with one another both wirelessly and seamlessly, are on display at the BitWise stand.

Home theatres, lighting, HVAC, shading systems and more can be accessed from any BitWise controller or user interface on the network. The onboard relays and signal sensing ports allow interaction with mechanical devices as well, and two-way interaction with serial and networked devices is supported.

The top-end BC1 is a 1RU unit said to be suitable for any

Teletask’s Aurus-2 Sense remote motion sensor is available now

Lighting, HVAC and more can be accessed from BitWise controllers

Get yourself (KNX) connected GIRA

residential or commercial application. It includes eight IR ports (routable and attenuable), four SPDT relays, and two USB ports to allow for future expansion. A built-in astronomical clock provides event scheduling based on the time of day, sunrise or sunset; the BC1 also features analogue or digital signal sensing capabilities and customisable

email notifications. It can be shelfor rack-mounted.

The BC2 contains the processing power of the BC1 in a mid-sized chassis. It features four IR ports (routable and attenuable), two SPDT relays, and analogue or digital capabilities. Two USB ports allow for expansion and, like the BC1, email notifications can be customised.

The BC4 is a single-room or expansion solution that can be used independently or in conjunction with BC1 or BC2 models. It offers one RS232 port, four IR ports plus a built-in blaster and two SPDT relays. BitWise systems can also be controlled with the BitWise Touch app for a host of Apple and Android devices.

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More than a motion detector TELETASK The Belgian company Teletask is showing its new Aurus-2 Sense, which may appear to be a regular motion sensor but in fact offers much more. Besides a discrete PIR motion detector (12m – 90°), the Aurus-2 Sense features two capacitive push-buttons, a built-in

light and temperature sensor, along with an IR receiver for remote control.

The various functions of the Aurus-2 Sense can be easily configured using PROSOFT, which means the device can be installed as a touch panel, as a motion detector with adjustable light level, for constant light regulation

control, and as a room temperature sensor for heating and cooling purposes.

Thanks to the Teletask DoIP concept, everything can also be configured and adjusted on-site or remotely (for example, over the internet). It also includes full remote diagnostics.

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The new KNX DALI gateway Plus from Gira is the interface between an KNX installation and a digital DALI lighting system. With this gateway, it is now possible to switch and dim a maximum of 64 lights in up to 32 groups.

In addition, up to 16 different sequences and light effects can be saved and called up. According to the company, this enables individual devices, groups or complete lighting scenes to be completely controlled.

With the Gira KNX DALI gateway Plus, room-based light control can be integrated into the KNX building management of open plan offices, production halls, conference rooms, display windows and more.

Furthermore, the device can be used to couple a DALI emergency light system in accordance with EN 62386-202 to a KNX system.

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Three become one ELKO LARA is the name given by exhibitor ELKO EP, a Czech manufacturer of modular electronic devices, to its range of home automation and home entertainment solutions.

Among these is LARA Radio, a music and internet radio player. As well as playing streaming radio, it is possible to connect an external music source (iPhone, MP3 player, smart phone) via a 3.5mm jack.

It is equipped with a 1.5in OLED colour display, and is controlled via a touchpanel or an infrared remote controller that is included with the product. A built-in 2 x

10W amplifier delivers sufficient power for hi-fi speakers, while configuration is possible from a laptop using the free LARA configurator.

The LARA home video intercom allows the radio to be turned into an intercom, and can also be connected to an entrance door equipped with a video camera. This, says ELKO EP, means that three devices are combined into a single solution.

LARA iNELS Multimedia is the company’s top-of-the-range solution. Not only does it have the functionality of LARA Radio in

ELKO EP’s iNELS is a top of the range home automation system

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terms of streaming radio and connections to external portable music players, it can also play multimedia files from network storage (NAS), enabling a music collection to be available throughout the home. It uses

Power over Ethernet (PoE), meaning that installation requires a single cable, while its video capability allows it to be used as a complete home videophone solution.

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Two-way control and feedback PRO CONTROL The new Pro Control ProLink.z control processor can work with its Pro24.z touchscreen controller to deliver an improved control experience. It has an integrated 2.4GHz ZigBee antenna for bidirectional communication via

the Pro24.z, plus two RS-232 twoway ports for advanced control and monitoring of devices.

The sleek Pro24.z controller has a high-resolution 2.4in TFT LCD touchscreen, programmable fiveway joystick, and backlit hard buttons to enable intuitive operation even in a darkened

room. The ProLink.z processor stores macros for professionalgrade control and offers a host of control options, including six routable IR ports with adjustable output strength, two voltagesensing inputs for improved management of connected devices, and an Ethernet port for

network control of a virtually unlimited number of devices.

Pro Control’s ProPanel app is also available for the ProLink.z control processor, giving users complete two-way control and feedback over any Pro Control system from an iPhone.

Stand: 5-R78

Taking the load with automated ease CONTROL4 A range of switches, dimmers, controllers and keypads is being introduced for Control4’s home automation system.

The Wireless Switch provides on/off control for virtually every type of load, including LED lights, incandescents, halogens, electronic low voltage (solid state) transformers, magnetic (iron core) low voltage transformers, fluorescents, compact fluorescents and motors, such as ceiling fans and bathroom ventilation fans.

Featuring a robust relay and high amperage rating, the switch can

handle high in-rush loads such as fountain pumps or large banks of fluorescent lights.

The Wireless Fan Speed Controller delivers fan speed control of standard paddle-type ceiling fans, with four fan speed buttons and an off button. It also enables fan speed to be incorporated into Control4 systems for climate control and other automated events.

There are also two new dimming units. The Wireless Forward Phase Dimmer is aimed at dimming forward phase compatible loads, including incandescents, line-voltage halogens and magnetic

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transformers. The company says the unit would be particularly well-suited to dimming highwattage loads such as chandeliers and large banks of recessed lights. The Forward Phase Dimmer is also compatible with forward phase dimmable LEDs, CFLs and fluorescents. The company's Wireless 0-10V Dimmer, meanwhile, provides in-wall control of 4-wire 0-10V dimmable fluorescent ballasts and LEDs, an increasingly popular choice in architectural residential and commercial projects.

The company is also launching

the Auxiliary Keypad, which Control 4 claims would provide an economical solution for threeway control of a load. Using the existing in-wall three-way wiring of a home or business, the Auxiliary Keypad wires directly to any compatible Control4 Dimmer, Switch or Fan-Speed Controller.

The range comes in a diverse palette of colour and finish options, with custom backlit engraved buttons, programmable status LEDs and an ambient light sensor to automatically adjust the brightness of both LEDs and button backlighting.

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The NP36 Network Patroller from Pakedge is a new gateway device that facilitates streamlined network management for installers. It provides access to the BakPak app for cloud-based monitoring and management of networks for multiple projects on a single interface.

With a 1RU NP36 installed at each active project installers would be able to view network maps, check device status, perform remote troubleshooting and more.

“It is often a company’s after-sales service that separates one installer from another, and with the NP36 we are offering the tools for installers to set themselves apart from the crowd,” said Pakedge president and CEO Victor Pak. “If installers have a series of individual projects, perhaps many miles from one another, then accessing the BakPak app via an NP36 will streamline how they access the networks, allowing them to provide a better service to clients and simultaneously ease their workload.”

Designed for integrators requiring an all-in-one management system for multiple networks and end-users, Pakedge’s BakPak provides full remote access to customers’ networks via an iPad, iPhone or Android device, or web browser.

Stand: 5-S122

The technology world is becoming increasingly IP- and network-based. What are the main challenges here for your market sector?

‘In the past, our wireless microphone systems would connect to DSPs via analogue connections, but with the rapid adoption of AVB, we are seeing requests for native AVB over IP connections in our systems to directly connect to the DSP solutions. We’ve also received requests for network management capabilities, and with our new Executive Elite system, we’re responding by introducing a hosted management interface so IT managers can access their system from any browser, anywhere in the world.’

Tim Root, CTO and executive VP of business development, Revolabs

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Network management on patrol

‘With the move to IP we have to ensure that the AV industry keeps up with the skill set required to work in the combined AV and IT environment, as well as keeping the specification of AV by people who understand AV at the forefront of any installation.’

Jon Sidwick, director, Maverick Europe

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Soundcraft’s Si Expression console is available in three frame sizes

The new ASL Intercom Paging Speaker station aims to address theatre duties

Intercom maker talks up range expansion ASL INTERCOM

Express(ion) yourself SOUNDCRAFT Claimed to be the most advanced digital console in the low price category, Soundcraft is showing its Si Expression digital console range. Available in three frame sizes, Si Expression 1, 2 and 3 offer 16, 24 and 32 fader and mic inputs respectively.

All three versions are capable of up to 66 inputs to mix by connecting any Soundcraft stagebox, including the two new Mini Stagebox 16 and 32 (16 x 8 and 32 x 16) models also launched at the show, or by connecting additional inputs

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over MADI or AES/EBU. All external inputs are extra to the connections on the desk itself.

The mixer features processing from Harman siblings BSS, dbx, Lexicon and Studer, and many professional features such as a colour touchscreen, iPad ViSi remote control and Soundcraft FaderGlow, adopted from Soundcraft’s Vi Series large format consoles. FaderGlow is a patented technology that automatically illuminates specific faders in varying colours according to their assignment, enabling the user to focus on the mix, not where signals might be.

A powerful DSP engine provides four-band parametric EQ, delays, gates and compressors on every input, parametric and 30-band graphic EQ, compressors and delays on all outputs, as well as four Lexicon stereo effects devices, all capable of being utilised at the same time. Soundcraft ViSi Remote allows remote control of the console from an iPad. Freely assignable fader layers allow the placing of inputs and outputs anywhere on any layer, optimising mix control for the most important channels.

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As well as showcasing its range of analogue and digital intercom systems, ASL Intercom is introducing a number of new products in its ASL Digital series.

The DS 53 Fiber Optic Matrix Link module allows the creation of a high-speed data ring with fibre optic cable, to which two or more existing DS 4002 matrix units can be connected. The data ring can have a length of up to 15km, with ASL suggesting the solution is ideal for situations where the digital intercom system has to be spread out to several buildings. The DS 56 Fiber Optic String Extender can also extend an intercom line up to 2km.

The DS 8200 Power Supply is being introduced to optimise the redundancy of DS 4002 matrix units. A DS 8200 is capable of powering two matrix units and allows for connecting these units to a second VAC group. For additional 48 VDC ‘String Power’ on the outputs of a DS 88 hub, ASL is introducing the DS 84 Power Injector.

To offer paging applications in the public areas of a theatre

building or for show relay in dressing rooms, the company is introducing the DS 130L Paging Speaker station, with Volume ‘Override’. Volume ‘ducking’ can be achieved on the system using an existing DS 74 interface.

The DS 76 Telephone Interface is also being showcased, with its ability to make telephone connections from an ASL speaker station. An auto answer function can be enabled or disabled in the configuration software.

ASL is also offering capabilities to extend the amount of General Purpose Inputs (GPI) and General Purpose Outputs (GPO) in an intercom system, via the new DS 78 GPIO Interface. Each DS 78 offers eight GPIs and eight GPOs. Also on show is new functionality for ConfigurIt software, which provides a graphical user interface for configuring ASL Digital Intercom systems. In one of many new features, the GPIO software is able to make logical connections (routes) between the knobs of an intercom station to the GPIO connectors in the network or to the knobs of another intercom station.

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Drivers aid assistive listening UNIVOX A new hearing loop amplifier series is being launched at ISE 2014, with three different drivers to cover areas from smaller meeting rooms to mid-sized conference rooms and churches.

The Univox PLS X Series comprises the PLS X1, X3 and X5; platform, power stage and case – with all controls on the front – are all new, and the amplifiers boast several new features.

Univox says the PLS X1, X3 and X5 offer the smallest professional loop drivers available. The units are only 1U high and are half-width, making it possible to mount two drivers in one single 19in rack mount.

The electronic transformer is stated to be 93% efficient, with its size and weight a fraction of those of any comparable product.

Stand: 7-E175

Tesira 2.0 extends AVB BIAMP Tesira 2.0, the latest version of Biamp’s flagship family of digital signal processor (DSP)-based systems, was launched here at ISE 2014 on Tuesday. At its heart is TesiraFORTÉ, a series of audio processors that extend audiovideo bridging (AVB) to application-specific settings.

Designed for conferencing, telephony, and VoIP environments, eight preconfigured models (four AVB

and four non-AVB) are available.

Biamp’s new DAN-1 digital server networking card functions as a gateway interface and supports 64 x 64 channels of Dante audio. Shipping with Tesira 2.0, DAN-1 can be installed as a standalone solution, alongside AVB or CobraNet; or can work with both. A single Tesira SERVER-IO can operate with all three protocols.

Tesira 2.0 firmware and software enable two Tesira SERVERs to act as a redundant

pair: the secondary SERVER provides a mirrored backup to prevent any service interruption should the primary fail.

“As an enterprise-level platform, our Tesira family has been widely applauded since its initial release,” said Justin O’Connor, audio product manager, Biamp Systems. “And now, with TesiraFORTÉ, we’re extending that sophisticated technology to application-specific and value-conscious designs – bringing exceptional AVB audio

solutions to everyday applications. And the new DAN-1 server card is the latest in our series of interfaces designed to bring the power of the Tesira platform to a greater number of audio systems.”

Designed for applications such as corporate, government, and higher education, TesiraFORTÉ uses a customer’s existing cabling infrastructure for a costeffective networked audio installation.

Stand: 1-M122

Display processor uses high speed bus VTRON Claimed to effectively solve the bottleneck associated with display speed being restricted by the limit of data bus bandwidth, the VTRON Digicom ARK 3000 Processor series features 280G/S multiscreen high-speed bandwidth technology and the company’s RIET (Real Time Intelligent Exchange Technology), delivering pointto-point signal transmission via a dedicated high-speed data bus.

The ARK 3000, which VTRON describes as a versatile processor with a broad range of applications, is scalable and, when extended, it is said to be able to support hundreds of RGB signals simultaneously.

It is designed for demanding 24/7 operation in multiscreen environments such as emergency response centres and command and control centres.

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Scalable and flexible intercom solutions CLEAR-COM Clear-Com is releasing several new intercom systems and product enhancements that make its solution capable of meeting communication requirements for a wide range of applications and environments.

Said to be ideal for theatres, convention centres, multicampus venues and stadiums, the new Eclipse HX-Delta Digital Matrix System, extended HelixNet Partyline Intercom System and enhanced Tempest 2400 Wireless Intercom System will be showcased at ISE 2014.

“We strive to provide our customers with intercom systems that work for most

applications and in different environments,” said Simon Browne, director of product management, Clear-Com. “The solutions we are presenting at ISE this year are designed to scale into larger systems and extend access to local or geographically dispersed user groups without compromising audio clarity, reliability and system performance.”

Clear-Com’s all new Eclipse HXDelta digital matrix system offers the perfect balance of speed, capacity, capabilities and performance in a compact 3RU frame. It offers up to 256 internal ports, features two CPU cards and houses four interface cards and three interface modules. The

matrix has the potential to connect users over dedicated Cat5, IP infrastructures (LAN, WAN and internet), and fibre networks.

It can also seamlessly integrate with digital wireless beltpacks and IP-based virtual panels.

The latest version of HelixNet Partyline provides a multisystem linking capability over Ethernet and fibre to permit a more sophisticated and costeffective digital partyline intercom network for large stadiums or multi-campus venues. This function enables the distribution of many digital partyline channels, program audio feeds and auxiliary interfaced audio over a single XLR cable to a digital beltpack

Showcase for LUCIA TC GROUP With a larger presence than ever before, TC Group’s install and tour brands – Tannoy, Lab.gruppen and Lake – have brought their extensive range of commercial install and performance audio products to ISE 2014, showcasing their integrated audio systems for the installation market.

The event marks the first major European debut of Lab.gruppen’s LUCIA amplifier, which offers consultants and installers a

decentralised solution without compromise, presented here alongside complementary loudspeaker products from fellow TC brand Tannoy.

Suitable for low-cost, lowhassle commercial installations such as boardrooms, classrooms and retail outlets, the two-channel LUCIA (Localized Utility Compact Intelligent Amplification) is a compact and versatile Energy Star-compliant Class D platform.

Combining innovative lowimpedance electronics with

user. This new capability for HelixNet means that each of the possible dozens of HelixNet beltpack users can access any two of the available network partyline channels on the beltpack. Enabling the system linking capability are two modules: the HLI-ET2 Ethernet Module, for Main Station-to-Main Station networking over a LAN and the HLI-FBS Fibre Module, for daisy-chaining fibre interfaces to link Main Stations over long distances.

The new Tempest Digital Wireless Intercoms’ CCT-RT-EX Remote Line Extender is used to increase the maximum distance between a Tempest BaseStation and the Remote Antenna

Transceiver. This increase can be as much as 914m with a single Line Extender, or 609m per Line Extender if using two or the maximum of three, for total coverage of up to 2,286m. Also featured is Tempest2400’s Seamless Roaming feature, which allows Tempest2400 BeltStation users to move freely between as many as 16 different BaseStations (coverage areas or zones) without interference or dropouts. These extend Tempest’s wireless communications capabilities for live productions, multi-level facilities and sports arenas staged in RF-heavy environments.

Stand: 11-D54

Selected products from TC Group’s extensive install range

cutting-edge processing from the world of high-end broadcast audio, LUCIA is said to deliver consistently great sound at any listening level.

The LUCIA M model variants include ADLC (Automatic Dynamic Loudness Contouring), which provides a ‘fuller’ and more comfortable listening experience – especially at low perceived levels.

Dynamic processing automatically ‘eases off’ at higher SPL so that the system maintains a consistent full bandwidth sound with full

impact at all levels. M models also benefit from additional DSP functionality and 4 x 4 mix matrix.

Among other items, TC Group is showcasing the flagship Lab.gruppen PLM Series, as well

as products from the Tannoy CMS and VX series. Tannoy is also showing its new powered VSX subwoofers that complement QFlex and other ranges.

Stand: 5-R98

AiO offers clean conference computer audio INTERSPACE INDUSTRIES The new AiO USB soundcard for conference installations from Interspace Industries is designed to give the technician control over the audio in and out of a computer in a live environment.

Audio Out has a master volume control – manual and stereo/ mono at the flick of a switch.

Isolation is provided by transformer output as standard and, with the common ground lift switch, ensures a clean, buzz-free signal.

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clean signal on your computer.”

AiO is a standard Human Interface Device on USB 2.0 so requires no software to run.

Stand: 12-B92 Buzz free: The Interspace Industries AiO USB soundcard for live events

Why do you think ISE has grown so quickly in a relatively short time?

‘ISE brings together professional AV and systems integration into one great event. Technology in these growing markets keeps developing rapidly and the show brings together all the important providers which make it a one-stop shop for channel and end users for keeping up to speed with the latest technological innovation, along with conducting business, networking and education.’

Tim Stone, VP marketing EMEA, Polycom

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“For audio input, we have again used transformers for isolation, but with a selectable gain block of line or mic level,” explained designer Dave Humphrys. “The two channels have independent level control and together with the clip LEDs will ensure you record a

‘The industry has centred around ISE due to the success of InfoComm in the US. Europe wanted something similar at a different time to keep pace with the faster rate of change.

Who would have guessed at that time its scale would surpass the show it came from.’

Jon Sidwick, director, Maverick Europe

‘In my opinion this is a reaction to the market. The proportion of integrated systems in the field of installation technology and in the media sector – be they conference rooms, public buildings or lecture halls – is noticeably rising from day to day. This was, and certainly is still, promoted by the triumph of smartphones and tablet computers. Due to the great demand the components are becoming ever cheaper as well – which is why we can also find integrated systems in relatively low-budget installations.’

Peter Rieck, key account & distribution manager, Sommer Cable

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Big Mouth strikes again ICE CABLE SYSTEMS

Presenters sharing projectors and displays gain flexibility with the Conference Connect HDMI

HDMI sharing system set to shine APANTAC The Conference Connect system for projector/display sharing is being enhanced by the MT HOOD CatX extender technology, on show at the Apantac stand.

The Conference Connect HDMI package offers up to 20 CONF-CON-Tx-HD nodes, each of which accepts two video and embedded audio HDMI sources.

Nodes interconnect to each other and connect to the projector or display with Cat6 cable, with the maximum distance between nodes being 15m. Each node has a RJ45 connector for line in and a line out, allowing daisy chaining of

all of the CONF-CON-Tx-HD nodes.

Each HDMI input features a HDMI loop-out and a simple switch for source switching.

Switching can be also accomplished via a button on the optional HDMI connector/ pushbutton extension accessory. The system supports HDMI 1.3, as well as DVI 1.1.

In addition, the Conference Connect HDMI package features a HDMI active receiver, the HDMI-1-R-II. This connects to the projector output of any CONF-CON-Tx-HD node via Cat6 cable, with a 30m maximum distance at 1080p resolution.

The company says the

enhancement addresses the time wasted in meetings and conferences when multiple presenters have to connect individual laptops to share the projector and display. It allows each presenter to pre-stage their laptops and access a shared projector or display, so eliminating the need for plugging and unplugging cables when changing presenters. To go online as the presenter, an individual can select their laptop in the system with a push of a button.

The Conference Connect HDMI complements Apantac’s existing Conference Connect VGA/Analogue Audio solution.

Stand: 10-S114

Keypad controller benefits from net effect SY ELECTRONICS SY has launched several products designed to support professional AV installers, including the network version of its successful standalone keypad controller.

This features a built-in browser for control and monitoring over a network. Enhanced functionality includes time-based events and control for other devices on the network.

There are also two new multiformat matrix switchers: 32 x 32 and 64 x 64. These use a card

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SY has unveiled a network version of its standalone keypad controller

frame system with four inputs or four outputs on each card to create a flexible, modular switching system. Buyers can specify analogue or digital signals

and VGA, HDMI, HDBaseT, SDI and DVI cards. This future-proofs the switchers, allowing for new IO cards for future expansion.

Designed to fit UK and European (Gira) backboxes, the new SY wall mounted audio amplifiers provide 2 x 25W of audio power. They include RS232 control and a front panel with LED level indicators.

Completing the line-up is a range of all-metal wall and floorbox connectivity plates, incorporating HDMI, VGA, USB and network ports.

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The Big Mouth Payout (BMP) bulk wire and cable box is now shipping. The BMP box combines a 4in payout hole with a proprietary cable-winding pattern which according to the company helps eliminate everyday pullproblems like knotting, recoil and tangling.

Incorporated on the cable jackets are ascending and descending footmarkers which make it easier for the integrator to identify how much cable has been used and how much remains.

To withstand abuse on the job site, the BMP box is comprised of an extremely durable water resistant cardboard along with duallayer reinforced handles.

Stand: 2-E40

ISE 2014 plays host to the debut of the Magnolia LED display

LED display suits shorter viewing distances SILICONCORE TECHNOLOGY The highest resolution display using Common Cathode technology yet developed has been launched. SiliconCore Technology claims that the Magnolia is the most advanced and high-quality resolution LED display on the market, with a 1.5mm pixel pitch and 2,000-nits brightness.

The Common Cathode mode means that the red, green and blue LEDS are addressed separately, so eliminating the need for a resistor and ensuring that power is not lost to heat. It also increases the lifespan of the display. According to SiliconCore, the technology makes LED perfect for close proximity applications for the first time.

Steve Scorse, vice president for SiliconCore in EMEA, said: “The 1.5mm LED display is suitable for shorter viewing distances, resulting in the resolution of a videowall, but with far superior image quality. The technology is modular, so it can be configured for any size or shape, without any seams, gaps or bezels.”

Typical applications include corporate lobbies and conference suites, high-end signage in retail environments, VIP areas in sporting arenas, and large-format displays for command and control centres. The 1.5mm pixel pitch allows integrators to create a 1920 x 1080 Full HD screen at 130in, making it a replacement for rear projection solutions in boardrooms and smaller meeting rooms.

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Displays can sense your presence

The Mipro MTG-100 supports several simultaneous tours or groups without interference

Digital tour guide offers wireless access MIPRO

NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS The newly updated Professional (P Series) large-format displays from NEC now include a human sensor, Near Field Communication (NFC) and remote browser control.

The MultiSync P Series models, available with 40in, 46in, 55in, 70in and 80in screens, all have LED backlighting for lower power consumption, a slimmer design and reduced weight.

The new displays have been developed from the ground up, according to Thorsten Prsybyl, section manager large format displays at NEC Display Solutions Europe. “They bring innovations that make the products more environmentally

friendly, easier to use, and cheaper to install and run,” he added.

The human sensor detects someone in front of the display and can change settings – such as input, volume or brightness – when someone approaches, or engage power-saving modes if no one is present.

The NFC sensor works with an Android app to reduce installation costs as displays can be configured before they are mounted, copying settings to all displays in the install. It also simplifies maintenance. Additionally the displays have Auto Tile Matrix for easy videowall setup and support video and signal daisy chaining up to 100 units.

Stand: 4-R24

MediaStar creator celebrates 30 years CABLETIME Celebrating its 30th birthday at ISE, Cabletime’s booth reflects some of the product, corporate and industry developments that have marked significant milestones in its history. A special montage recognises many of the industry figures who have been involved in the company’s progress through the years.

The company is also taking the opportunity to announce a number of enhancements to its product capabilities. Among these is an

expansion of its DVB-T2 (terrestrial) and DVB-S2 (satellite) LAN-Caster range to allow processing of signals from cable networks (DVB-C). Making its debut at ISE 2014, the unit allows the live streaming of news, sport, entertainment and information from CATV networks directly onto the LAN. Based upon the DVB-T2 LAN-Caster unit, it has a PCMCIA CI CAM slot for multiple channel decryptions and is available in a blade format. Existing DVB-T units in the field can be upgraded to support the DVB-C standard.

“DVB-T users who upgrade will have the option to switch between terrestrial or cable delivery, depending on which delivers the most comprehensive content and signal,” said Mike Cuckow, sales director, EMEA Asia Pacific at Cabletime.

Cabletime is demonstrating all the new features on its products throughout ISE 2014, illustrating the enhancements they bring to users both in terms of content delivery and content management across their network.

The MediaStar range provides TV/AV and multimedia distribution products primarily for medium to large enterprises, which require solutions for live TV, corporate communications, multicasts, music TV, training and digital signage.

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A digital wireless tour guide system is being launched at the show, offering a new option to analogue-based systems. The MTG-100 is based on Mipro’s proprietary digital wireless technology, with the company claiming the system is ultracompact, lightweight and easy to use, and was developed as an option to inherent problems faced by analogue tour guide systems.

The digitally encrypted technology is designed for secured audio listening with clear audio quality, suitable especially in high noise environments. In addition, it is interference-free from Bluetooth, WiFi and 2.4GHz wireless transmission.

The system operates in the license-free 865 or 928MHz ISM band. Each band is preset with 16 switchable frequencies and up to four compatible systems are available, ensuring that several

different tours or groups can be operated at the same venue without interfering with each other.

Mipro claims that this capability would enable maximum and reliable reception quality in indoor or outdoor environments.

The MTG-100 is offered in a lithium rechargeable or disposable alkaline battery configuration. Both fit easily inside a pocket or on a neck lanyard, says the company.

Three different battery charger stations and carry cases are available for small (four-slot), medium (12-slot) or large (28slot) applications.

The MTG-100 may also be used for assistive listening, such as in educational institutions, houses of worship, conventions and auditoriums. An optional MTS100T digital stationary transmitter can be used in interpretation applications.

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Introducing Kiosk2Go PEAVEY COMMERCIAL AUDIO Version 1.7 of Peavey Electronics’ MediaMatrix NWare software suite is now available in general release.

NWare version 1.7 introduces Kiosk2Go, which allows designers and integrators to extend the custom kiosk control interfaces they create in NWare to any mobile device via the platform’s web browser component and HTML5.

This provides end users with custom control interfaces that they can then operate from their own mobile devices.

Any control interface that a designer creates in NWare can be accessed wirelessly with any

Android, iOS (Apple), Blackberry, Windows or Linux mobile device.

MediaMatrix NWare allows custom interfaces to be constructed from its resident control interfaces, with full colour graphic, signal and labeling elements. Personalised graphics or photographs can be incorporated within the interface by importing them into the application as PNG files.

Kiosk2Go is now available and included in this version 1.7 general release of MediaMatrix NWare programming software.

NWare is available to consultants, designers and integrators at no cost from the MediaMatrix website.

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>> Today’s InfoComm sessions FREE VOUCHER SCHEME To mark its 75th anniversary, InfoComm International has launched a voucher scheme to provide free entry to its Professional Development courses at ISE 2014 . All attendees will receive, with their show badge, a voucher for two free InfoComm sessions. Additional course vouchers may be purchased at a discounted rate.

10:00 – 11:00 Challenges in 4K Colour Calibration Room D204 Speaker: Hartmut Berberich, ISF Instructor The arrival of 4K resolution, new colour spaces, new signal formats and OLED display technology has created challenges in colour calibration. Learn how to incorporate these new factors into your adjustment and calibration procedures. In this session attendees will explore issues such as: can the same calibration techniques used for 2K display, REC 709, be used with new colour spaces, such as SONY xvYCC or ITU-R BT.2020? What new procedures are needed? How does OLED technology change calibration?

What is the impact of HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort and HDBaseT? Plus easy procedures for adjusting (no calibration) the display, or sink, for the colour space provided by the source device.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10:00 – 11:00 Understanding USB for AV Applications Room D203 Speaker: Joe Cornwall, Technology Evangelist, C2G Inc Universal Serial Bus (USB) is more than a way to connect your keyboard to your computer. USB is being used to control a multitude of devices such as video and image annotators, scanners, document cameras, interactive whiteboards and other devices. USB also transfers files and is common in sharing music, video and data. What are the limitations of USB? What are the speeds and how do you know whether your USB connection will work to the desired level? An in-depth treatment of USB as it is applied to an AV-centric project is long overdue. Don’t let USB failures cost you time and money on your next project!

Participants in this unique programme will leave with a full understanding of the genesis and evolution of the USB standard, which tools can be used to troubleshoot the USB network, and which challenges and pitfalls must be

avoided when integrating this common data connection into an AV project. This is USB as you’ve never seen it before!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11:30 – 12:30 Optical Screen Technology in Relation to the ANSI/InfoComm Standard on Projected Image System Contrast Ratio Room D204 Speaker: Johnny Jensen, Senior Product Manager, dnp denmark Projection systems are more than a screen and a projector.

Discover all the elements of a projection system, what the PISCR standard is about and why contrast is important.

There will be live measurements and calculations which show key elements of PISCR. Examples will show why and when optical projection screens can enhance image contrast significantly.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11:30 – 12:30 The 5 Technologies That Will Define the Next 5 Years in AV Room D203 Speaker: Joe Cornwall, CTS-D, ISF-C, Technology Evangelist, C2G Inc It is widely understood that analogue AV connectivity faces a limited future with rapidly declining applicability. Most industry experts agree that composite, component and VGA AV connections will be largely obsolete by 2017. With the digital future already reality, it is critical that system integrators, designers, owners and operators understand the infrastructure and connectivity choices which are necessary to facilitate a smooth and seamless transition into the next generation of AV technology. What technologies will prevail? Is there a real plan for the

future? Explore the five technologies, both wired and wireless, which will have the greatest effect on design, integration and performance of the last 100 metres of digital AV infrastructure over the next five years.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 13:00 – 14:30 Deploying Large Scale AVB Networks Room D204 Speaker: Jeff Koftinoff, Embedded Systems and Signal Processing Architect, Meyer Sound AVB makes it easy to build medium scale audio networks.

For a large AVB network that contains many network bridges, multiple zones, thousands of streams and redundant networks and redundant devices, additional planning is required. Join Meyer Sound’s Jeff Koftinoff as he explains how AVB works and how to successfully create large AVB networks.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 13:00 – 14:00 Project Management for AV Room D203 Speaker: Bill Thomas, Staff Instructor, InfoComm International Whether you are involved in live events or installed AV, every job requires coordination and management, both internally and with external stakeholders. Successful projects are the result of good planning (including drawing on previous experience) and ongoing communication and coordination between all parties. This is Project Management. We will look at the basics, and some not so basics, of project management principles and practices as they apply to the AV industry. This seminar should be of interest to you if you are involved in delivering projects to your organisation’s clients, or indeed if you are the client or an allied professional.

>> Some of today’s presenters

Johnny Jensen, senior product manager, dnp denmark, presenting Optical Screen Technology in Relation to the ANSI/InfoComm Standard on Projected Image System Contrast Ratio, 11:30 – 12:30, Room D204 “Image contrast is the most important factor for image quality. Join this session to learn what to expect of a projection system and how to measure it by a standardised method. Come to see live demonstrations and to understand what changing the screen could do for the overall system performance and why optical screen technology is the way to conform to the PISCR standard in high ambient light environments.”

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Jeff Koftinoff, embedded systems and signal processing architect, Meyer Sound, presenting Deploying Large Scale AVB Networks, 13:00 – 14:30, Room D204 “The AVnu Alliance certification program is now open for AVB-enabled professional audio products and bridges. With manufacturers¹ products being tested for certification, and AVnu Alliance participation continuing to grow (65 members to date), the transition to a new ecosystem of interoperable audio and video devices is closer than ever.”

Bill Thomas, staff instructor, InfoComm International, presenting Project Management for AVB, 13:00-14:00, Room D203 “What are the keys to great project management? Attend this session to discover the discipline and tools used by successful project managers everywhere. Discuss the major elements and procedures used to evaluate and implement good project management from an AV perspective.”

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>> Today’s CEDIA sessions 10:00 – 15:00 CEDIA ESD1 Certification Exam (inc. Revision Session) Room: D201 Speaker: Matt Dodd, ThinkingBricks and Dave Pedigo, CEDIA Price: €300 (members)/€450 (non-members) Aimed at people who wish to become CEDIA Designer Level 1 Certified, the first three hours of the day comprise a revision session to help candidates prepare for the exam.

Candidates are expected to attend with a list of topics that they require clarification on. this is not a course ; the only subjects that will be covered will be in response to the questions from attendees. The exam comprises 200 multiple choice questions to be completed in four hours.

This session does not cover the curriculum in any depth, and is intended only for candidates who have already studied the curriculum. An individual who passes the ESD I exam will attain the status of “CEDIA Certified Professional, ESD I”. If desired, the individual may use the abbreviated version of “Individual’s Name, ESD I” on his or her business cards, letterhead or other documentation.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10:00 – 15:00 CEDIA EST2 Certification Exam (inc. Revision Session in English) Room: D201 Speaker: Matt Dodd, ThinkingBricks and Dave Pedigo, CEDIA Note: The Exam will be available in English, French, Spanish and Italian languages Price: €300/€450 By establishing clear, objective standards for the required skills and knowledge of electronics system designers and installers CEDIA Professional Certification delivers a range of benefits to individuals, consumers, integration companies and manufacturers. By defining a series of benchmarks for designers and installers, CEDIA Professional Certification will promote professionalism and growth throughout the industry. CEDIA EST2 is the baseline technical certification suitable for anyone with a technical role within residential integrated technology design and installation. It is the first step within a structured certification path offered by CEDIA. This session is aimed at people who wish to become CEDIA EST2 certified, the first section of the class is a revision session to help candidates prepare for the exam. The exam itself

will be available in English, French, Spanish or Italian and candidates have three hours in which to complete it.

This session does not cover the curriculum in any depth, and is intended only for candidates who have already studied the curriculum. An individual who passes the EST II exam will attain the status of “CEDIA Certified Professional, EST II”. If desired, the individual may use the abbreviated version of “Individual’s Name, EST II” on his or her business cards, letterhead or other documentation.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10:00 – 15:00 CEDIA Residential Networking Specialist Exam (inc.

Revision Session) Room: D201 Speaker: Matt Dodd, ThinkingBricks and Dave Pedigo, CEDIA Price: €300/€450 A CEDIA Residential Networking Specialist is an individual who has mastery of the fundamentals, as defined by CEDIA, of designing, installing, and configuring a network in the home. It is recommended that industry professionals pass the CEDIA EST 2 certification before sitting for the Residential Networking Specialist Credential exam, to ensure a broad knowledge of infrastructure and subsystems. This credential is curriculum based and does not replace attaining other CEDIA certifications. Candidates are expected to attend with a list of topics that they require clarification on. this is not a course; the only subjects that will be covered will be in response to the questions from attendees. The exam comprises 100 multiple choice questions to be completed in two hours. This session does not cover the curriculum in any depth, and is intended only for candidates who have already studied the curriculum.

An individual who passes the ESD I exam will attain the status of “CEDIA Residential Networking Specialist.”

experts. THX Video Calibration Level 1 is a one-day introductory course, designed for those looking to join the ranks of professional calibrators. It also serves as a prerequisite for THX Video Calibration 2 (covered on Friday and Saturday in the same location), which is required before you are able to perform THX Certified Video Calibrations. Candidates who successfully complete the coursework and score at least 85% on the THX exam will achieve the title of ‘THX Certified Professional’. They will also be listed on the THX directory of Certified Professionals, among other marketing support materials.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 14:00 - 17:00 Wireless Residential Networking Room: D202 Speaker: Geoff Meads, Presto AV Ltd Price: €125 (members), €165 (non-members) WiFi connectivity is a key communication method for much of the personal technology we use today. The increasingly crowded WiFi spectrum is busy delivering media, email, VoIP and other services to home owners and their neighbours! With this in mind it’s essential that AV engineers fully understand wireless technology to ensure fast and reliable service to their customers.

This goes back to basics to understand the fundamental technology behind wireless and RF (Radio Frequency) transmission as a physical layer in the OSI model. The course compares wireless to other physical layer types and explores the behaviours of RF considering data speed, frequency and coverage.

Students will also learn about wireless security, making sure customer networks are protected and how to expand a wireless network to cover larger areas.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10:00-17:00 THX Video Calibration Level 1 Room: Holiday Inn Amsterdam Speaker: Greg Loewen, THX Price: €525/€595 THX Video Calibration training is open to all industry professionals and enthusiasts who want to learn the art of video calibration and become THX certified calibration

>> Some of today’s presenters Matt Dodd, co-presenting CEDIA ESD1 Certification Exam (inc Revision Session), CEDIA EST2 Certification Exam and CEDIA Residential Networking Specialist Exam (inc Revision Session), 10:00-15:00, Room D201 “ISE not only brings new products for the custom integrator to review, but also new and exciting educational offerings where our members across the globe can perfect their skills. We purposely arrange our education calendar so as not to take you away from the show floor for too long on each day, and thanks to the huge success that we have seen in our new networking school this year, we are delighted to be offering all three classes, plus the new Residential Networking Specialist, at ISE. We will also be bringing a selection of the new business classes, including the increasingly popular ‘Let’s Make Money’ course.”

Geoff Meads, presenting Wireless Residential Networking, 14:00-17:00, Room D202 “IP has become the default technology for communication within the home. It offers a unique combination of widespread connectivity, scalability and universal appeal that no other connection method comes close to. Building a well-planned and flexible network in the home is the most important electronic provision to be added to new homes. Delegates need no prior knowledge of the subject to attend this training course as it we dive right in to this essential subject and attendees will leave with great grounding in the subject. The course covers common protocols, terminology and connectivity methods are explained plus an exploration of network hardware.”

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>> Exhibitor Sessions 09:00-17:00 Product Demonstrations Room E108 Presented by: Steinway Lyngdorf

09:00-16:00 SATE Academy Day Room E102 Presented by: TEA

1:000-16:00 DMC – T Room G106 Presented by: Crestron

10:00-11:30 Touch Screen Design for the Integrated Home Room: G102 Speaker: Mike Backler Presented by: Crestron

10:00 – 11:00 Video over IP Technologies – The Future of Our Industry?

Room: D504 Speaker: Erez Dafnai Presented by: Kramer Electronics

11::00 - 12:00 AV Standardization: Plug and Pray Room: D504 Speaker: John Dijkstra Presented by: Kramer Electronics Language: German

11:00 – 12:00 KNX Seminar by Domonetio Stand 7-N222 Speaker: Jose Maria Morcillo, KNX Tutor Presented by: Domonetio

12:00 – 13:00 Time to Switch – The Challenges of Digital Video Switching Room: D504 Speaker: John Dijkstra Presented by: Kramer Electronics Language: German

12:00 - 12:30 Unified Communications Room: G102 Speaker: Mike Backler Presented by: Crestron

13:00 - 14:00 4K- är vi beredda?

Room: D504 Speaker: Jens Nilsson Presented by: Kramer Electronics Language: Swedish

14:00 - 15:00 HDBaseT, How to Deliver the Promise Room: D504 Speaker: Nick Mawer Presented by: Kramer Electronics

15:00 - 16:00 KNX Seminar by Domonetio Room: 7N222 Speaker: Jose Maria Morcillo, KNX Tutor Presented by: Domonetio

14:00 - 15:30 Setting the Digital Standard Room: G102 Speaker: Mike Backler Presented by: Crestron Language: English

16:00 - 17:00 Trådlöst - Så fungerar det Room: D504 Speaker: Jens Nilsson Presented by: Kramer Electronics Language: Swedish

15:00 - 16:00 AV Standardization: Plug and Pray Room: D504 Speaker: Mr. John Dijkstra Presented by: Kramer Electronics Language: German

>> At-Show Events IMMERSIVE SOUND EXPERIENCE For the first time anywhere in the world, a group of companies – including Datasat Digital Entertainment, Genelec, Screenline and Lang AG – have come together to create a room showcasing Auro 3D sound technology.

09:00-11:00 Rolling Home Cinema content demonstration

INVIDIS CONSULTING SEMINARS

ROOM E105 13:00-14:00 The potential of immersive sound Speaker TBC 14:00-15:00 Rolling Home Cinema content demonstration

11:00-12:00 Evolution of Digital Surround Sound Speaker TBC

15:00-16:00 Auro 3D sound technology explained Guest speaker from Auro Technologies

12:00-13:00 Rolling Home Cinema content demonstration

16:00-18:00 Rolling Home Cinema content demonstration

Each day at ISE 2014, Invidis Consulting is offering an executive introduction and summary of the EMEA digital signage market. The focus will be on the 2013 financial year and trends and drivers for 2014.

Each Market Briefing will be followed by a Digital Signage Guided Tour, presenting an overview of the Digital Signage area of the showfloor and the most important trends to emerge during the show.

Attendance is free of charge.

14:00 – 14:30 Digital Signage Market Briefing Room F102 Speaker: Daniel Russell 14:30 – 16:00 Digital Signage Guided Tour Room F102 Speaker: Daniel Russell

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>> Today’s ISE Theatre sessions Hall 7, Stand 7-W180 11:00 Using Science to Solve the Low Frequency Problem in Media Rooms and Home Theatres Keith Yates, Founder, Keith Yates Design Group 12:00 Emerging Trends in High-Quality Home-Cinema Projection Texas Instruments 14:30 2014 - Emerging Residential Technology Trends Dave Pedigo, Senior Director of Learning & Emerging Technology, CEDIA

Hall 8, Stand 8-H310 11:00 Show Me the Money: How Network Operators Can Succeed at Selling Advertising Daniel Parisien, VP Marketing & Strategy, Broadsign 12:00 The Value of Technology-Enabled Collaboration Jeff Lowe, VP Enterprise Sales & Marketing, SMART Technologies 12:30 Success Stories of Multifunctional 3D-Indoor-Navigation Adrian Zentner, CEO, 3d-berlin

15:00 Insight into 4K David Meyer

13:30 No Cost, Low Cost, Affordable Training Resources: How to Get Yourself or Your Staff up to Speed in AV with Limited Time, and Limited Money Amanda Beckner, Director of Education, InfoComm

16:00 Smart Home Technology - Where We are, Where We’re Going, Where Will We Be? Allen Weidman, Executive Director, STEP Foundation

14:00 Case study: Achieving Sales Uplift at Telecom Italia, Fiumicino Airport Rome YCD Multimedia/DOOH.IT 14:30 Using Digital Signage Technology Trends to Meet Customer Demands Daniel Russell, invidis consulting 15:00 Real-Time Image-Guided Surgery through the Use of Video Collaboration Polycom

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In-wall speakers receive pro makeover PROCELLA AUDIO Procella Audio’s new P6iW is the company’s first in-wall speaker system. The high-output two-way design has a 6.5in woofer and 1in high-frequency compression driver mounted on a Procelladesigned constant directivity waveguide.

It employs pro audio components to produce uncompressed playback levels and dynamic range that are claimed to exceed the capabilities of conventional speakers using dome tweeters.

Low frequencies are reproduced by a high-output woofer in a sealed back-box enclosure. Per THX Cinema standards, the P6iW is a 2m reference speaker as it can produce a continuous output of 105dB at 2m.

“The P6iW is the answer to frequent requests from integrators and dealers that would like to achieve Procella performance in rooms that are not dedicated home theatres,” commented Procella director Chuck Back. “In any room where the speakers need to be concealed, especially in media

Procella designer Anders Uggelberg shows off the P6iW

rooms and multipurpose rooms, the P6iW will produce a much wider dynamic range than conventional in-wall speakers, and it will produce better sound

throughout the room thanks to its waveguide design, which gives a much wider sweet spot and better imaging than speakers using dome tweeters.”

The constant directivity waveguide produces a circular radiation pattern of 80º above 2kHz, enabling integrators to achieve excellent performance with the speaker mounted either vertically or horizontally. This ensures a high level of performance when the speaker is ceiling-mounted, whether for conventional surround, main channel applications or 3D Audio system height channels, where playback level requirements may exceed the ability of conventional in-wall designs.

Stand: 5-S110

Screens can be stuck and unstuck SCREENLINE A new range of screens is being presented at ISE 2014 by Screenline. The company says that it has identified a specific market requirement to be able to create a projection screen on almost any flat surface – one to which it has responded with GlueIt Front, Glue-It Front RW and Glue-It Retro.

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The screens are manufactured from a self-adhesive diffusion PVC foil with a non-glare embossed surface. The glue is dotted across the surface to allow quick, bubble-free application.

The three screens can be stuck to walls, plaster, wood partitions or furniture or, in the case of rearprojection, glass or transparent PVC. They can be easily removed and reused multiple times.

Screenline’s Glue-It Front can deliver similar functionality to an IWB

Glue-It Front is described as the simplest and most convenient solution and works as a projection screen in combination with interactive projectors. It can be written on with a dry-erase pen.

Glue-It Front RW has the same functionality as the Glue-It Front, but can be used with a permanent marker; it is washable with an alcohol-based detergent. An improved version of Glue-It Front,

ScreenApp, is currently under development. This features a thicker rear, to compensate for any unevenness in the plaster to which it is fixed.

Glue-It Retro is designed for rear-projection applications such as retail/point of sale.

Glue-It Front, Front RW and Retro are out now; ScreenApp will be released next quarter.

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Mission-critical KVM platform gains added security GUNTERMANN & DRUNCK Security is being tightened for the ControlCenter-Digital Modular KVM matrix switch from Guntermann & Drunck (G&D).

The system provides a large range of features and functions for users to operate up to 287 computers over a number of simultaneous consoles.

To protect rights management and configuration data, the ControlCenter-Digital mirrors their content on two independent, internal SSD storage media, with redundancy provided by a RAID1 array system. If necessary, storage media can be effortlessly replaced

by IT administrators. All rights information and configuration

management are also encoded by unique cryptographic keys.

The boot loader, operating system and firmware of the ControlCenter-Digital form a trusted computing platform to protect the system against third-

The G&D ControlCenter-Digital offers a web interface to monitor critical system information

party manipulations. An integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) protects any access and

configuration data against exposure with a RSA encryption process and with 2048-bit key length. Sensitive information such as log-in data and passwords are stored permanently with encryption. Potential firmware modifications can be detected at an early stage and lead to a cancellation of the booting process. This prevents manipulations such as the installation of keyboard sniffers.

G&D provides its devices with proactive monitoring functions that can be easily integrated into a global network management system. Whenever defined thresholds are exceeded, or if a status changes, the system sends a message or a warning. Instead

of actively querying any monitoring values, networkcapable G&D devices can automatically send those values as SNMP traps. At the same time, the values can be queried at the device via SNMP-Get. Users can also monitor critical information in the web interface.

Through permanent detecting, measuring, documenting and alerting, KVM devices are in constant contact with each other, the network and, therefore, the administrator. The company said this enables the devices to transport management information, status messages, and generate statistics for longterm evaluation.

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Interactive mounts on the rise CONEN MOUNTS The new Screencart series from manufacturer Conen Mounts is designed for interactive monitors, interactive projectors and interactive whiteboards.

For presentation it includes a variety of electrical heightadjustable mounting systems for interactive monitors from 42in to more than 100in, including: units for wall mounting, mobile and platform stands (with or without two whiteboard side wings);

lockable wooden cabinets to store the monitor, with sliding front doors and a rear cable management door; mobile units with two wooden computer cabinets; and other accessories.

There are similar electrical height adjustable mounting systems for interactive projectors and interactive whiteboards.

For conference use, it has mounting systems for monitors and videoconference cameras, including: fixed height or electrical height adjustable systems;

Retail in Bloom Q-BETTER LDA Queue management, digital signage and retail analytics systems manufacturer Q-Better has brought its Bloom line to ISE. The Bloom line systems are complete solutions that run on

entry-level, professional hardware, and are compatible with most platforms including Windows, iOS and Linux. They support mobile devices and can work standalone or in the cloud.

Q-Better’s products are pitched at small, individually-owned shops

various wall mounts, plus mobile and platform stands; mobile units with two wooden computer cabinets, sliding front doors and cable management doors; and accessories.

It is also showing new mounting systems for digital signage monitors, including: various wall mounts, mobile and platform stands; and accessories.

Stand: 9-D129 Conen’s new Screencart range includes a wide range of mounts

Q-Better’s systems make queue management, digital signage and retail analysis accessible

as well as at decentralised retail chains. Content creation is simplified to make it accessible to anybody within an organisation.

The systems are scalable to allow the remote management of a single shop or thousands of outlets.

Q-Better lists the likes of Vodafone, Pixmania, Nokia, McDonalds, Continental and Pingo Doce as existing users of its products.

Stand: 8-K255

New Dante-enabled processors BSS AUDIO The Soundweb London BLU-806 and BLU-326 processors with support for Audinate’s Dante technology have begun shipping.

The BLU-806 and BLU-326 offer the same configurable signal processing features as the existing BLU-800 and 320 devices with the addition of Audinate’s Dante digital media networking capabilities.

The BLU-806 and BLU-326 devices allow 64 incoming Dante channels and 64 outgoing Dante channels. Both offer configurable

inputs and outputs, compatibility with all Soundweb London input and output card options, logic processing capability, the 256channel Soundweb London digital audio bus and GPIO. Each device offers up to 16 inputs and outputs, configurable in banks of four. Card options include analogue mic/line inputs with Phantom Power, analogue outputs, digital inputs (AES/EBU and S/PDIF), digital outputs, the Soundweb London AEC Input Card and the Soundweb London Telephone Hybrid Card.

The Soundweb London BLU-806 processor adds Dante capabilities

“System designers using Soundweb London now have the choice of AVB, CobraNet or Dante as the digital audio transport, using BLU link to complement the application-specific transports.

Most importantly, system designers are able to deploy each of these transports using a single

software application,” said Iain Gregory, market manager for installed sound at Harman Signal Processing.

“During the past two years, the growth of Dante has been moving at a phenomenal pace and we are thrilled that BSS has developed its Dante solution so quickly,” added

Lee Ellison, CEO of Audinate.

“Since BSS announced the adoption of Dante last year, the commercial installation community has been extremely positive in anticipation of this release of the Soundweb London platform with Dante."

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DynamicTalk gives microphones a lift ARTHUR HOLM DynamicTalk, a new universal lift and retracting system for gooseneck microphones from Arthur Holm, incorporates remote control and remote diagnostic features.

The system is claimed to be “extremely easy to install, reliable, universal and provides an exquisite finish”. It has a brushed stainless steel cover plate and a Dynamic internal LED ring that changes colour to indicate the audio system status for Speak and Mute modes. The

microphone can be twisted to be closer to the user and the mechanism will automatically retract it to a vertical position.

It is available for short, medium and large microphones with XLR connectors and can be customised for all types of conference systems. Internal deep switches allow precise length adjustment.

It is locally and remotely controllable through RS422/RS485 or through GPI. External control can be done through the AH Net protocol (RJ45) or a contact closure. AH

Lift and retract: DynamicTalk puts gooseneck microphones in their place

Net is an open communication protocol available for all Arthur Holm’s Dynamic products. The latest software version allows simultaneous remote control and remote service.

The cover plate can also be customised to add interfaces of conference manufacturers and can be covered with wood, leather or other material.

DynamicTalk was selected as an InAVation Technology Awards finalist, the winners of which were awarded at ISE 2014 last night.

Stand: 12-E90

New outdoor display is just grate

AudioControl 12.8 is a step up

SHENZHEN Q-COLOR APART AUDIO A new Outdoor LED lighting display range has been introduced by Q-Color Technology that can be used in many applications, including LED curtain displays, wall displays or grating displays. The OD units are particularly suited to building very large screens, thanks to their light weight, ease of construction and maintenance, low power and good heat dissipation.

A display based on the OD units would typically weigh 1525kg/sqm for the screen and 1030kg/sqm for the steel structure (compared to 60-70kg/sqm and 55-65kg/sqm, respectively, for a

Q-Color’s new OD-31.25 can be used as part of LED curtain or wall displays

normal outdoor LED display). The lighter structure also reduces the load on any building to which it is attached.

Thanks to its open design, the system is also a lot less prone to wind loads than solid displays. It is IP68 rated for weather

Ethernet module enables enhanced MADI routers, converters RME Five newly designed digital MADI devices from RME are being showcased at ISE 2014. The MADI Router, ADAT Router, ADAT Converter, AES3 Router and AES3 Converter all feature a new onboard RJ45 connector for MADI. This connector extends their existing two media options – optical and coaxial cable – by adding standard network cable.

Depending on cable type, lengths of up to 150m can be achieved.

The MADI Router offers four groups of three different MADI

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I/Os each and can be used as a patch bay and format converter between them. It offers fully transparent operation between its ports and lets users create output signals that combine audio channels from different inputs.

The ADAT Router provides eight optical ADAT inputs, eight ADAT outputs and MADI connectors for optical, coaxial, and MADI twisted pair connections. All audio channels can be freely routed between MADI and ADAT. The AES3 Router offers multiple AES3-MADI conversion, with optical, coaxial and twisted pair MADI connections.

resistance. There is no need for a heat elimination system, while maintenance can be carried out from both the front and the back, meaning it doesn’t require the 800mm+ protected access at the back usually needed to maintain solid screen systems.

The main products from the range on show at ISE 2014 are the PH25mm OD-25; the PH31.25mm OD-31.25; the PH50mm OD-50; and the PH25/50mm OD-25/50.

Stand: 9-A129

RME's five new digital MADI routers and converters for its Premium Line

Additionally, the AES3 Router provides four D-sub 25-pin ports, carrying 32 audio channels in and out of the device.

The ports can be configured to be sendonly or receive-only, resulting in 64 audio channel outputs or 64 audio channel inputs.

All three routers feature a TFT display for easy operation and status overview, redundant (double) power supplies, and USB ports for preset storage and firmware updates.

The ADAT Converter translates the signals of up to eight ADAT inputs to MADI TP, and sends the

signals from its MADI input to the eight ADAT outputs. The AES3 Converter can be configured to convert the attached MADI signal to send and receive 32 channels, or if required, either send or receive 64 channels.

Stand: 7-C207

Introduced last year, Apart Audio’s AudioControl 12.8 paging matrix – designed for small and medium-sized audio applications – is a step up from the manufacturer’s previous capability of a four-zone matrix or a six-zone 100V paging system.

Incorporating DSP processing and control possibilities, AudioControl 12.8 paves the way for Apart Audio to supply paging solutions for up to 16 zones when two matrices are linked together.

AudioControl 12.8 can also be deployed in three different modes: out-of-the-box mode, where no programming or PC is needed; installer mode, in which only limited parameters can be changed; and expert mode, where the integrator can configure the complete DSP with EQ, dynamics, macro programming, paging station and wall panel configuration.

It features a message player/recorder that makes it possible to integrate eight messages into an audio system that can be recorded from a DIMIC paging station, any AudioControl audio input or via the output of a PC media player.

Playback of these messages is possible in any combination of zones. Applications include regular announcements such as store closing, school bells and assistance counters in retail environments.

AudioControl 12.8 also features eight logical inputs and eight logical outputs.

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Link card for BLU BSS AUDIO Providing enhanced networking capabilities for a host of Harman products, BSS Audio has introduced its BLU-Si BLU Link Card, which enables Soundcraft Si Expression, Si Performer and Si Compact mixing consoles to be connected to Harman components equipped with a BLU link interface to provide expanded audio distribution, mixing and control capabilities.

The BLU-Si card is a 32 x 32channel interface that connects to

a BLU link digital audio bus via a standard Cat5e cable. It works with these Soundcraft mixing consoles and a wide variety of Harman products equipped with BLU link, including the dbx PMC16 Personal Monitor Controller, BLU link-enabled BSS Audio Soundweb London devices, and Crown PIP-BLU Programmable Input Processor (PIP) amplifier input/control module.

“The BLU-Si provides an easy way to greatly expand the capabilities of a Soundcraft Si Expression, Si Performer or Si

BSS Audio Link Card connects Soundcraft consoles with Harman components

Compact console, without the need to connect the console to a network,” said Noel Larson, market manager for portable PA, tour and recording at Harman Signal Processing. "For example, a Soundcraft Si Expression or Si Compact 16 can be connected to a

dbx PMC16 Personal Monitor Controller to create a highly costeffective mixing and monitoring system that gives the sound person up to 32 channels to work with and enables everyone in the

band to dial in their own personal onstage monitor mix using any combination of up to 16 of these available 32 channels.”

The BSS BLU link is a lowlatency, fault-tolerant digital audio bus of 256 channels that can be connected to compatible BLU link-enabled devices using a Cat5e cable of up to 328ft in length. The BLU-Si can select sequential banks of 32 BLU link channels and transmits and receives from any BLU link-enabled product.

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Latest generation TriCasters on show 3D STORM Announced in September last year, the latest generation of TriCaster multi-camera production systems from NewTek is a highlight of the 3D Storm’s stand at ISE 2014. 3D Storm is the NewTek distributor for EMEA, Turkey, Russia and Pakistan.

The range now includes three new models – TriCaster 860, TriCaster 460 and TriCaster 410 – as well as major enhancements to

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the company’s flagship system, TriCaster 8000. According to 3D Storm, the expanded product family offers a number of industry firsts that represent a significant advance in integrated live video production, enabling video producers to deliver programmes with a level of quality and visual impact that has not before been possible with single, turnkey multi-camera production systems.

All systems now offer four or eight full mix/effects (M/E)

channels, thereby expanding the system’s switching performance.

Producers can use these M/Es to generate layered and composited real-time video, produce submixes in the main video programme, and output content as a secondary programme – all with complete switcher behaviours, transitions, overlays, multi-source layering and virtual sets.

Additional enhancements that are now standard across the entire product line include:

advanced virtual sets with new camera motion controls; new ‘holographic’ virtual sets that blend panoramic images with layered and composited video; broad media publishing functions for simultaneous multichannel content delivery; expanded buffers for creating hundreds of custom motion and animated

Three new models will be at ISE 2014

graphics; new, remote robotic camera controls; and extensive macro and automation functions that are said to simplify the execution of system commands during a live programme.

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New conference portfolio COMM-TEC Three new brands, Arthur Holm, ClearOne and pixel2media, have joined the COMM-TEC ranks at ISE 2014. On its stand, the panEuropean distribution partner and manufacturer is now presenting motorised retractable and stationary monitors by European manufacturer Arthur Holm.

The brand’s flagship product, comprising screen and mount, is the Dynamic 1, 2, or 3. The displays can retract into a table, fold, unfold and rotate. The Dynamic Talk system, also on show, is a retractable ‘gooseneck’ microphone and mount system.

“This brand fits perfectly into our portfolio of technology for conference systems and display solutions,” said Tobias

New creative collaboration

Ebitsch (pictured), product manager for Arthur Holm.

Also new at the show is the ClearOne Beamforming Microphone Array (BFMA), which includes 24 microphones and replaces up to 10 traditional microphones on a table for example.

Pitched at conferencing applications, the BFMA can be wallmounted, ceiling mounted or used on a table-top. Three units can be daisy-chained together. The microphone can pick up sound from anywhere within a room, so users don’t need to speak directly into it.

Also making its first appearance is the P.CORDER mobile studio kit by pixel2media, pitched at lecture recording, corporate e-learning, technical education, event streaming and webcasting.

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LIGHTHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES

COMM-TEC is presenting monitors by Arthur Holm

Eve puts iPad Air in the frame BASALTE

EKTA Identifying ways of engaging consumers beyond traditional display solutions is at the heart of a new philosophy being launched by Ukrainian LED screen producer EKTA at ISE. By involving customers and strategists, including marketers and advertisers, in the creation of desirable, state-of-the-art products from the start of the design process, EKTA’s ‘IdeaLAB’ is claimed to herald a new creative collaboration initiative for the Kiev-based company.

Reflecting its mission to be ‘Ahead of the Future’ for digital LED display technology in Europe, Middle East and CIS countries, EKTA’s IdeaLAB aims to become a focal point for innovation and inspiration through the use of both online and offline channels. A dedicated IdeaLAB website is under development to enable submission of crowdsourced ideas and EKTA also plans to introduce special online webinars, as well as leading ‘wow workshops’ at selected industry conferences and exhibitions.

“As companies continue to seek new ways of interacting with consumers, EKTA is focused on creating solutions that really push the envelope of what can be achieved,” said EKTA’s sales director Oleg Bogomolov. “By harnessing both our own knowledge and expertise in display technology as well as customer ambitions at the conceptual stage, we will be best placed to develop products that really defy convention and deliver the wow factor.”

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The Eve iPad frame for iPad Air and iPad mini retina is having its debut showing at ISE. Basalte is also showcasing the Sentido touch-sensitive switch, which has received a software boost, and the Deseo room controller.

Eve is an on-wall mounting frame that complements Apple’s latest tablets and is precision-machined out of a single block of aluminium.

The frame is powered by a puck-shaped USB charger that ensures that the iPad remains charged and is always ready for use. The

Apple’s newest iPads are supported by the Eve Air wall-mountable frame

Adding value in distribution LANG For many distributors in many industries, ‘value-added distributor’ means a company that, in addition to providing products also provides lines of credit, training, marketing support and so on. Exhibitor Lang adds value in a different way, according to the company’s international sales director Alexander Prill.

As an example, he shows off a touchscreen that is centre stage on the Lang stand. Nothing special about that – until Prill points out how narrow the frame is.

“Until now, if you wanted an infrared touch screen, you had to put up with an ugly, thick frame,” he said.

“But our engineering team felt that there must be a better way – and have come up with a proprietary solution, developed in-house by

Lang, that transforms what’s possible with touchscreen, making it more aesthetically pleasing.”

According to Prill, the frames are custom-made, and can be built in almost any size up to 10m long.

“Thin is in,” he laughed.

Touchscreen isn’t the only example of the value Lang adds to its customers through in-house product development. Prill is proud to show off the RPC-902, a Langcreated desktop controller for the Barco PDS-902 digital switcher.

“Barco caters for a very sophisticated market with the PDS-902,” said Prill, “but there are also many customers who want the high quality that the PDS-902 brings, but at a more affordable price for simpler deployments.

The RPC-902 responds to that market need.”

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new frames are available with round or rectangular covers and come in a number of finishes, including polished aluminium, brushed anodised black or aluminium and satin white.

For commercial applications such as retail and hospitality, Eve is available with a cover for secure installation. When required, the iPad can be easily unlocked and removed by an installer by means of a supplied tool.

One of the main new features of the upgrade to the Sentido software is a room toggle for the multitouch function of Basalte’s touch-sensitive

The versatility of the company’s FS25 flexible LED strip is being demonstrated by this eye-catching customised Mini car on the Lighthouse stand at ISE. The flexible silicon-based strip, which is available in 6m lengths that can be cut, can be mounted on any shape of surface.

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KNX switch. This allows the switch to be aware of whether lights in a room are on or off. When this multitouch function is used, a welcome scene is activated or lights can be switched off with only one movement.

Sentido now also includes a scene controller, for running home automation macro functions. The switch itself can thus control scenes, instead of having to have them programmed in the actuators, as before.

Also on show, the Deseo offers an integrated display that gives access to all home automation functions, within the dimensions of a standard lighting switch. It offers single touch control to operate any lighting circuit, create different scenes, control sunscreens, or operate the heating, air conditioning and ventilation using the built-in thermostat.

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New entry-level scaler BARCO Unveiled at ISE 2014 is the ImagePRO-II Jr, an entry-level addition to Barco’s series of all-in-one video scalers, scan converters and switchers.

Building on the legacy of the ImagePRO and ImagePRO-II presentation switchers, the ImagePRO-II Jr is said to combine high-performance scaling with low total cost of ownership and to be perfect for basic applications.

“As the industry standard for best-in-class signal conversion, our flagship ImagePRO-II presentation switcher has a proven track record and we are proud to further expand this product range with an entry-level model as a successor to our workhorses ImagePRO-HD and

ImagePRO-3G,” said Andreas Yerocostas, R&D director image processing at Barco. “From the simplest to the most complex applications, we can now meet any customer requirement for versatile and advanced switching – and not only for the rental and staging market, but for corporate AV and visitor attractions as well.”

The ImagePRO-II Jr is an all-in-one video scaler, scan converter, switcher and transcoder that converts any input signal format to any output format. It supports universal analogue, DVI single link, and SD/HD/3G SDI signal formats and provides loop-through outputs for the analogue, DVI and SDI input and genlock signals.

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An all-round view on Lync POLYCOM Microsoft’s Lync communications system is becoming a must have for videoconferencing and voice over IP, particularly for Polycom, which already has 40 systems that work on Lync, and has just added the CX8000, a dedicated Lync Room System with tight integration to Microsoft Outlook and one-touch meeting arrangements.

It includes the CX5100 360º HD panoramic camera, HD voice, and active speaker tracking (which automatically takes a window from the 360º image). Polycom has also enhanced

Lync up: Stone (left) and James with the 360º camera system

its videoconferencing systems and PBX handsets for Lync.

“Lync for voice is growing very quickly in the market,” said Tim Stone, VP marketing EMEA. Polycom now has 76% of the Lync handset market (according to recent research).

Microsoft “is really our most important partner,” added Charlie James, Polycom’s alliance director for Microsoft.

Although basic Lync services are available in software, “a large number of customers still need physical devices for the desktop and conference room, and users don’t want video to be a separate island,” said Stone.

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Smart connectivity for music streaming and building security KNX A host of new devices offering KNX connectivity are being showcased in Hall 7, from manufacturers clustered around the KNX Association hub.

The Corlo Touch KNX display features glass surfaces and chromium-plated frames and controls room temperature, sunshade, ventilation and light via the KNX bus system. The touchscreen also displays switches and rotary

controllers for manual operation of a building system.

The ITP 1000 VoIP intercom from EMT Controls offers special vandalism protection, glass touchscreen technology and an embedded RF-ID reader. ITP 1000 delivers full-motion video over IP intercom offers wideband audio intercom for clear communication and video security.

The KNX proServ controller, from iKNiX and BleuCommAzur, offers a brand new product database that enables the design

of KNX user interfaces on smartphones, using standard ETS software.

Also on the KNX stand, trivum is showing the new AudioBox, a KNX-compatible retrofit music system in a high quality aluminium frame, as well as the audio actuator 4x, which offers planners and electricians a complete four-zone multiroom music streaming system for distribution cabinets.

KNX Visualisation Apps allow the Divus Touchzone to combine the functions of an Android device with building security

functions. The 7in glass multi-touch panel can be used as an intercom unit and multiroom control panel.

Divus Optima is a new KNX solution that features a side-scripting module that supports application scripting to expand the KNX Server and KNX Superior touchpanel.

The server software and hardware interfaces can be used to implement and develop basic user functions, in addition to Sonos and Dune scripts.

Stand: 7-N176

Kiosk collaboration PRESTOP PRODUCTS Visitors to ISE have been navigating their way around the showfloor using the 22 multi-touch information kiosks at the RAI. The units were the product of a collaboration between three show vendors.

The multi-touch displays are supported by racks from PresTop, manufacturer of a variety of display support solutions, including videowalls, PresTop supplied the support and housing for the ISE touchscreens and touch multi-touch kiosks computers, and kiosks.

Omnivision Studios designed the kiosk’s multitouch Wayfinding software, which it premiered at last year’s ISE. The screens themselves were supplied by German manufacturer Lang.

The company chose primeTOUCH integrated 40in and 46in multi-touch screens. The primeTOUCH screen detects up to 32 touch points simultaneously and is available in three models: integrated, slim line and overlay.

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ControlSpace goes Dante BOSE Highlighted on the company’s stand are three new cards that bring Dante networking interoperability to Bose’s latest ControlSpace engineered sound processors and PowerMatch configurable professional power amplifiers. Each userinstallable Dante option card provides 48 kHz/24-bit digital audio network connectivity over standard IP networks for connecting with Bose and other manufacturers’ Dante-enabled products.

Bose Dante cards feature configurable secondary ports for modes supporting daisy-chaining or no-glitch audio redundancy. Built on existing networking protocols and standards, Dante is a

plug-and-play networking solution which delivers ultra-low latency and tightly synchronised media.

The new Bose ControlSpace Designer version 4.0 software release enables configuration of PowerMatch and ControlSpace products using the new Dante option cards. ControlSpace Designer software enables an operator to design, configure, control and monitor all Bose networked system electronics using a single application.

The new 8x8 Dante card option for the PowerMatch power amplifiers provides digital input to the amplifier of up to eight audio channels from a Dante network.

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Optic’s DisplayPort extends 4K range to a new scale OPTICIS The tiny new DPFX-200 DisplayPort extender from Opticis can transmit 4K (at up to 60Hz) “up to 100m over two LC multi-mode fibre-optic cables, compared to 3m to 5m using DisplayPort,” without the need for scaling or data compression, said Ken Shin, marketing manager. It also has a dual DP mode, supports MultiStream transport, and can be USB or DC powered.

Also new is the OMM-2500

Shin with the tiny DPFX-200 DisplayPort extender

32x32 DVI/HDMI/SDI and optical matrix, which can switch up to 32 inputs of various types to 32 digital displays. The IO cards each have four ports, so it can be configured from 4x4 to 32x32 – except for the DVI cards, which have two ports (so configuration would be from 2x2 to 16x16). Using an Opticis fibre DVI extension module allows it to transmit a DVI signal for up to 1km. It can be controlled via a web browser, RS-232, touchpanel or key input.

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Time is money: Peerless to give away $10,000 PEERLESS A point made by many industry insiders is that, when margins on projects are tight, it doesn’t take much to turn a profitable installation into a loss-maker.

Exhibitor Peerless AV is making that thinking the focal point of its presence at ISE with an innovative competition with the slogan, ‘When time is money, every second counts’.

“Installers need the confidence that the mounting systems they choose will perform first time every time, and allow them to do a professional job while spending the minimum amount of time

on site,” said Paul Dawes, director of marketing at Peerless. “That’s what we believe our mounts deliver. Installers want to get in, do the job, and get out. We believe we give them the peace of mind that they’ll be able to do that.”

To reinforce the point, visitors to the stand are offered the opportunity to answer six questions about how the company’s mounts help to save time. Participants are then entered into a twice-daily draw and the winners get to spend one minute trying to grab as much of $10,000 on offer as possible.

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Bath can feature TV, champagne chiller

Appealing to all the senses UNIQUE AUTOMATION Running a bath is now as easy as turning on the lights, according to exhibitor Unique Automation which returns to ISE for the seventh time to launch a new ‘bathomatic’ system and a PoE WoW Switch keypad.

According to the company, the new bathomatic bathler touches all senses in a single product. For the eyes, the bath can come equipped with a 24in TV on a lift.

Control is via a touchpad, while up to 12 different scents can be configured to appeal to the nose.

For the ears, a 5.1 surround sound system is possible, while, for the tongue, a champagne chiller – also on a lift – can be installed. Every bath is built to order.

Dutch audio innovation The CRMS series offers a 1:1 natural response, with low-distortion and 1:17 dynamic range

Peerless’s Paul Dawes shows how to grab $10,000

Peavey’s Norwegian distribution PEAVEY COMMERCIAL AUDIO

Commercial Audio and their products in Norway,” said Hernes. “I know the products and I believe in the products, which is essential. I have always respected MediaMatrix and its position in the market since its inception in the early 1990s. We have a strong team at Benum, which certainly means we have a great chance of converting project opportunities throughout the territory.”

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Benum has been appointed as the Norwegian distributor of Peavey Commercial Audio.

The company will look after all three of Peavey’s brands: MediaMatrix, Crest Audio, and Architectural Acoustics.

Benum is headed by Ronald Hernes, who has decades of pro-audio experience and has worked on a number of key commercial audio projects within the region. According to Hernes, the main goal is to maintain and manage the continued growth of Peavey Commercial Audio in the territory.

“I am particularly happy to be with working with Peavey

(Left to right): Peavey’s James Kennedy and Mark Coombes, and Benum head Ronald Hernes

‘Polywall’ correction POLYMEDIA In yesterday’s ISE Daily, we mistakenly referred to Polymedia’s Polywall solution as ‘Polycom’.

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Polymedia’s Polywall is software for data visualisation management in control rooms and command centres. Polywall allows users to control several displays and

Also on show is the Sky Shower which, like the bathomatic bathler, is created as a bespoke solution according to specific customer requirements.

SkyShower can be of any size, shape, form and colour with multiple outlets, fragrance dispensing, colour lighting, speakers, ventilation and more.

WoW Switch is designed as a universal keypad for all home automation and lighting systems either via RS485 or LAN. It is waterproof and utilises an XY touch button co-ordinate system, which allows for what Unique Automation says is an ultra-short customisation time, with freedom of button sizes and positions.

Stand: 1-N1

videowalls from a single user interface, enabling ‘any source on any display’ Polymedia is making its first appearance at ISE this year.

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ALCONS AUDIO The latest pro-ribbon sound system and a preview of a double 18in subwoofer are being showcased in Hall 6. The broad scope of the ISE 2014 show enables Alcons Audio to display a wide choice of its point-source array, line-source and line-array sound systems, based around the company’s patented pro-ribbon technology.

The main focus is the RR12 point-source array, which presents Alcons’ pro-ribbon transducers in a modular concept. According to Alcons Audio founder Tom Back, the RR12 has been developed as “a building block” to create tight-

packed horizontal or vertical arrays for controlled sound coverage in the widest variety of audience areas.

In a preview for the show, Alcons is revealing the new BF362 double 18in subwoofer system, featuring Alcons’ X-Vent technology for maximum breathing and output capacity.

Also on show are the new Cinema Reference Monitor Systems (CRMS) series, consisting of CRMSmkII and the CRMScompact, featuring proribbon main loudspeakers, timbre-matching pro-ribbon surround loudspeakers, ultrashallow subwoofers, dedicated processing and amplification.

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