Protect Your AV System Investment: Managed Services
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audiovisual systems
Category: Audio Visual Systems
WHY DOES AV NEED 12G SDI?
WHAT IS SDI? SDI = Serial Digital Interface. In 1989, The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ( SMPTE ) announced a new digital video format for the broadcast industry, used for mostly uncompressed content in TV studios and production facilities. The first format was simply called SDI, and could carry enough info for[…]
HDR: How High is High? How Dynamic Can You Get?
High dynamic range (HDR) video is quite possibly the best thing to happen to video, ever. In my humble opinion, better than higher resolution. There, I said it. Why so? Because it can push video content to levels of realism and vibrancy far beyond what we are used to seeing. That said, three things are[…]
Low Cost, High Quality, 4 Camera Automated PTZ System
4 camera PTZ system with full production switcher and control = $11k
Barco Clickshare Updates CSE-200 and CSM-1
CSE-200 firmware v1.2.2 available now A ClickShare CSE-200 firmware v1.2.2 is now available to: Enable static IP address to cover multiple subdomains (VLANs) in network integrated mode Resolve audio issues on HDMI when connected to screens/projectors in WXGA resolution Eliminate connectivity issues with umlaut characters in the meeting room name Download now from the Barco[…]
Barco Clickshare: Network Integration
Why network integration? Three reasons. Bandwidth With network integration, you don’t have to create a WAP (or a lot of them, depending on the number of base units in your deployment) to allow for mobile devices and tablets to connect. Strewing access points across the facility increases the bandwidth consumed by management traffic such as beacons and probe[…]
HDbasicallyT: How’s it working out in 2015?
Valens updated HDbaseT by announcing the Colligo HDBaseT family of chips at ISE recently. They now support native USB 2.0, HD audio, transmission of 4K video over Cat-5/6 cables up to 100m in length, and add single- and multi-mode fiber transport over distances up to 10km. Not a bad spot to ask whether HDbaseT is becoming a[…]
AVB: Get On My Layer (3), Bro
In March 2011, the IEEE 1733 standard was approved for publication. It specified how to transport Layer 3-encapsulated AV data. The awesome Layer 2 Quality of Service (QoS) provided by the IEEE 802.1 AVB standards is one of the best things to come with this standard. Also big: the standard is reliable, well known, what[…]
AVB – what IT is and is not
Some basic facts about the AVB standard: NOT proprietary: Good news, open standard, everyone understands. Manufacturers, like Pakedge will make products that support the standard, and will back their products up with their usual strong after sale support directly. Same will go for others who produce AVB capable equipment. NOT a whole lotta V: AVnu[…]
AVB – AV is workin’ IT
So how does AVB work? Timing is everything in AV. . In your office or conference room, you have become accustomed to video and audio that behave in a certain way. You will not, for example, put up with video that takes 10 seconds to begin playing, nor would you accept video if it’s audio was delayed even a[…]