AV in Education: Education Market Still Embracing Wireless Audio Technology

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September 19, 2007 | A Penton Media Publication

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Education Market Still Embracing Wireless Audio Technology

Meyer Sound Excels at UMass Boston Auditorium

Polycom Delivers High-definition CX100 Speakerphone

AMX Unveils Next-generation Modero Viewpoint

Sanyo Introduces Ultra-affordable 1080p LCD Front Projector

Eight Universities Use Digital Signage from Rise Vision to Extend Campus Communication

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Education Market Still Embracing Wireless Audio Technology By Linda Seid Frembes

Whether K-12 or higher-education institutions, the education market is still embracing the use of wireless audio technology both inside and outside the classroom. Sennheiser, a manufacturer of microphone technology, RF-wireless and infrared sound transmission, and headphone transducer technology, has sold into the education market for many years. "We've always had products for the education market centered around core wireless technologies like radio frequency and infrared products," says David McNutt, industry team leader for installed sound at Sennheiser. "Many of those products found their way into both K-12 and higher education." more>>

In Depth

Meyer Sound Excels at UMass Boston Auditorium

As the largest auditorium on the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) campus, the 510-seat Herbert Lipke Auditorium is used continually for everything from lectures, presentations, and panel discussions to guest speakers, a bimonthly student film series, and occasional live broadcast concerts for WUMB-FM, the school's award-winning, NPR-affiliated, folk music radio station. In order to provide superior audio quality to such a broad spectrum of events, the university's technical management team upgraded the Lipke Auditorium sound system to one based on Meyer Sound's self-powered UPJ-1P compact VariO loudspeaker. more>>

New Products

Polycom Delivers High-definition CX100 Speakerphone

Polycom announced the availability of the CX100 Speakerphone, a portable Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 endpoint that offers significantly better call quality than speakerphones through traditional business desk phones.

The Polycom CX100 Speakerphone gives users the ultimate hands-free calling experience with Office Communicator 2007. Office Communicator 2007 is a unified communications desktop client that helps people communicate easily with others in different locations using a range of different communication options including instant messaging and voice and video calling. more>>

AMX Unveils Next-generation Modero Viewpoint

At the recent CEDIA tradeshow, AMX provided a sneak peak at its next-generation Modero Touch Panel line as it unveiled its 5.2in. Modero ViewPoint Widescreen Touch Panel (MVP-5200i). The MVP-5200i combines a stylish, sexy design with high-resolution graphics, wireless mobility, digital intercom functionality and extended battery life. more>>

Sanyo Introduces Ultra-affordable 1080p LCD Front Projector

Sanyo introduces the PLV-Z2000 1080p LCD projector featuring a new 3D color management system with a high contrast ratio of 15,000:1, along with an advanced lens shifting function and the industry's quietest fan system.

Offering a full 1920x1080 high-definition resolution, the PLV-Z2000 delivers rich, deep and accurate colors due to Sanyo's exclusive Topaz Real HD technology, a 3D color management system that addresses changes in color phase and color level to obtain perfect color reproduction. more>>

From The Briefing Room

Eight Universities Use Digital Signage from Rise Vision to Extend Campus Communication

Rise Vision a provider of web-based content management software for interactive control of digital signage networks, announces that it has expanded its list of university and higher-education customers using Rise's digital signage solutions to improve campus-wide communications. more>>

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