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February 10, 2005

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Corporate A/V Top Story

Old buildings: Attractive, well-built...and problematic?


Installation News

Corporate Initiatives installs boardrooms, conference facilities for Telstra


Product News

Christie introduces LX50 projector



Chief introduces new accessories for the RPA Custom and RPA-U projector mounts


TANDBERG Expressway allows visual communication anywhere with IP network


Corporate A/V Top Story

Old buildings: Attractive, well-built...and problematic?

Old buildings can be beautiful, and their owners may cherish their solidity and strength. But the AV systems integrator planning a job in such a building often knows it can bring its own distinct challenges.

Some of the problems are easy to guess: Thick walls, minimal room for cabling and control systems, and so on. But sometimes challenges arise from just the opposite factors.

When Audio Visual Innovations' Broadview, Ohio, office began working on a technology update at Cleveland's 1872-vintage Union Club, the biggest stumbling block they encountered was a big chunk of open space. Click here for more...




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Installation News

Corporate Initiatives installs boardrooms, conference facilities for Telstra

Australian telecommunications company Telstra has a reputation to keep as a company that fully embraces cutting-edge technology. Twelve years ago, it had the foresight to employ a standard video projection system in its main executive meeting rooms.

Today, Telstra uses AMX automation and integration to control high-level presentations and videoconferences between its Melbourne and Sydney facilities. By blending the required audio/video equipment with the innovative architectural design and overall purpose of these two conference rooms, the company has successfully set a new standard in multimedia business communications.

Corporate Initiatives of Melbourne, Australia, completed Telstra's original installation of video projection equipment and the recent technology and control system upgrade design. Click here for more...

Product News

Christie introduces LX50 projector
Christie, a provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment, and industry, has introduced the Christie LX50, its newest network-enabled LCD projector. The announcement caps a successful year for Christie, which saw the introduction of a number of new products and the company's growth into rapidly expanding markets such as houses of worship, education, executive briefing and conference centers, and rental and staging.

The Christie LX50 projector provides 5000 ANSI lumens and 1200:1 contrast ratio, as well as XGA native resolution with scaling for signals up to SXGA resolution and all currently known HDTV formats. The latest progressive scan video creates crisp, clean artifact-free images. It has a wide range of short- and long-throw lenses and connectivity options, in a compact, portable design ideal for shared resources. The motorized zoom, focus, and lens shift with Fast Lens Change mount allows for a full range of lens options that are easy to set up and easy to maintain.Click here for more...


Chief introduces new accessories for the RPA Custom and RPA-U projector mounts

Chief's RPA series projector mounts are now further customizable with a series of new accessories. Our cable management products, CMA-165 junction box adapter and the new CMA-347 vibration isolator offer unique designs and long-awaited solutions for the new RPA-U Universal projector mount and the RPA Custom projector mount.

Chief's cable management accessories include the CMA-152 NPT coupler with cable access feature and the CMA-275 quick-snap cable cover. The CMA-152 allows 1 1/2in. NPT column connections while still allowing access to the cables that run through the columns. The quick-snap cable cover is a kit of three units of 4ft. long cable management covers that manage cables by snapping onto the outside of any column from 1 9/10in. to 2 3/4in. in diameter. Click here for more...


TANDBERG Expressway allows visual communication anywhere with IP network

In a pioneering advance that permits video communication anywhere there is an Internet Protocol (IP) network, TANDBERG has introduced its Expressway technology that securely overcomes corporate network firewalls to make face-to-face interaction convenient and cost-effective. The breakthrough opens the door to creating a vast global community of video-communication users among companies and their suppliers, customers and home-office workers. Click here for more...

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