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AV Intelligence

• 5-Minute Interview
  Battista Remati
• Q & A
  Question of the Month
• Pop Quiz
  Test Your Knowledge of Light Measurement.

Installations

• JET Nightclub Takes off with AV
  After losing the Siegfried and Roy show, the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas bounces back with a $17 million nightclub complete with custom AV.
• Corporate Install: AV Aids Corporate Lobbying
  Honeywell's new multimedia visitor's center uses dynamic AV to highlight its employees, products, and technologies.
• Sports Install: Gym Uses AV To Address Acoustics
  A Midwestern university's athletic center installs a zoned audio system to enhance sound intelligibility.

Features

• Will Telepresence Save Videoconferencing?
  Maybe not for a few years -- but important AV enhancements are driving today's solutions toward a "reality" experience.
• SEDS: Still Standing in the Shadows
  Canon and Toshiba's surface-conduction electron-emitting display (SED) technology is taking on cult-like status. But will it ever come to market?

Products

• NSCA Hot Picks
  Must-see products from the show floor.
• NAB Products
  A sampling of products to be featured at the 2006 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, April 24-27 in Las Vegas.
• New Products

Columns

• What's Next: A Better Light
  After nearly a half-century of development, lasers are set to move inside TVs, digital signage, and cinema projectors.
• Peer Review: Furman Sound ASD-120
  With Daniel Woody
• Peer Review: HME DX200
  With Dave Talamas
• Sound Insight: What Good Are Power Ratings?
  One of the sacred cows of the audio industry, the loudspeaker power rating is likely the most widely recognized specification, and undoubtedly one of the most useless.
• Parallax View: Running The Gamut(s)
  Color measurement for electronic displays is getting easier and easier.
• What's Next:Breaking Into Digital Signage
  Digital Signage Group fields national team of integrators to boost signage business.
• Consultant's Connection: Can We Sole Source
  When it comes to writing specifications for individual AV components, the pro AV industry may need to do things a bit differently--once again.