Houses of Worship: Systems Integration Special Focus: Easy Entry for Churches to Digital Signage

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August 17, 2006 | A Prism Business Media Publication |

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Easy Entry for Churches to Digital Signage

House of Hope Believes in Series Five Consoles

Meyer Sound Updates UPA Loudspeakers with Grille Frame

Optoma Ships First Native Widescreen Digital Projector

Lowell Ships Rackmount AC Power Panel

	Houses of Worship Top Story

Easy Entry for Churches to Digital Signage
With digital signage becoming more and more visible in church settings, many media ministers are looking for relatively easy and economical ways to experiment with the new tools...and AV integrators are moving to meet that need.

The costs of hardware, network connectivity, content creation, storage, distribution, and all the effort required to keep things fresh can add up to a serious deterrent for many churches that don't already have thriving media programs. But there are alternatives. more>>

	Installation News

House of Hope Believes in Series Five Consoles
Few houses of worship truly exemplify the term "multipurpose" quite to the size and scale of House of Hope. With more than 10,000 seats and 200,000 square feet total of floor space, Salem Baptist Church of Chicago's new $50M worship facility and neighborhood activity center more closely resembles a concert/sports stadium than a traditional church sanctuary.

The $1.4M custom-designed sound system, specified by Wrightson, Johnson, Haddon & Williams (WJHW), certainly fits the rock concert bill as well. Installed by Audio Analysts, a company respected for its years of providing touring sound reinforcement for artists like Bruce Springsteen and Shania Twain, as well as installs at other "gigachurches" like Houston's Lakewood Church and Colorado Springs' New Life Church, the audio system is helmed by a pair of large-format analog Soundcraft mixing consoles. more>>

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	Product News

Meyer Sound Updates UPA Loudspeakers with Grille Frame
Meyer Sound has given its UPA-1P compact wide coverage and UPA-2P compact narrow coverage loudspeakers a facelift by replacing the original grille design with a robust new steel grille frame. The new style, similar to that already used on the UPJ-1P compact VariO loudspeaker, features a molded steel frame overlaying an inner screen that protects drivers from dust and dirt. more>>

Optoma Ships First Native Widescreen Digital Projector
Optoma, a manufacturer of digital projection and display devices, has announced that it is shipping its EP1690 digital projector. A native widescreen projector, the EP1690 delivers performance and picture quality for today's widescreen notebooks, the latest DVD releases, and high-definition content. more>>

Lowell Ships Rackmount AC Power Panel
Lowell has introduced a new rackmount sequential power panel with surge suppression and alarm interface. The ETL-listed Model ACSPR-SCS4-1509 features six switched and three unswitched outlets. The sequencer is engineered to provide time-delayed, four-step activation and deactivation of equipment that is directly plugged into the unit. more>>