Corporate AV: Systems Integration Special Focus: What Can Open-platform Systems Offer the Industry?

March 13, 2008 | A Penton Media Publication |

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	Corporate A/V Top Story

What Can Open-platform Systems Offer the Industry?
By Jessaca Gutierrez
That answer, in short, is probably a whole lot—especially where the client is concerned. As the hum of IT convergence grows louder in the AV industry, system-based decisions are being shoulder by clients. Should I go with an open-based system or a proprietary system? Kyle Smith, sales manager for Engenuity Systems—a company whose focus is providing open-based systems to the building automation and industrial automation industry—says there are three things that clients need to take into consideration when weighing their system options. More text to come. more>>

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	From the Issue

Expert Roundtable: AV Meets IT
By Jay Ankeney

Like the raging streams of the mighty Nile River, the two currents of audiovisual (AV) communication and information technology (IT) are combining to form the greatest outpouring of communication ever to wash over the corporate world. But like those two Nile tributaries, AV and IT come from different sources, traverse different landscapes, and have origins derived from different functions, so getting them to cooperate can also be one of the greatest challenges for today's systems integrators. more>>

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	Product News

Panasonic Annouces AW-HE100, High-quality Integrated Pan/Tilt/Zoom HD/SD Camera

Panasonic announced the new AW-HE100 multi-format HD/SD camera that features an integrated pan-tilt-zoom mechanism with a unique ergonomic-design. The all-in-one HE100 combines outstanding image quality, super smooth pan/tilt/zoom operation and flexible system configuration. more>>

TVOne-task Releases 4x4 Component Matrix Routing Switcher
TVOne has added the 1T-MX-3344 Matrix Routing Switcher to its expanding TV One-task product line. The 1T-MX-3344 is an extremely wide bandwidth, high performance unit that provides four inputs and four outputs of Component Video and Stereo Audio. The unit accommodates YPbPr HD Video or YUV (Y,R-Y,B-Y) SD Video signals, plus Analog Stereo Audio. The unit has a suggested retail price of $595 and is now shipping. more>>

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