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Suggestions for the next big show
I recently had dinner with Jason McGraw of ICIA. Jason is ICIA's Senior VP of Expositions and is most famous for organizing the ProAV market's premier trade show, InfoComm. We had a great meeting and he shared with me some of the exciting new plans for both the upcoming InfoComm 2004 in Atlanta, GA, to be held June 9-11, 2004 and the ISE show in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2-5, 2004. It is clear to me that both of these shows will help lead our industry into the AV/IT Convergence.
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Powerful 3-pound unit delivers 1760 ANSI lumens
Two weeks ago, the new Philips bCool XG1 showed up at my office and I put it through the ringer -- so to speak. In a market where most of the projectors out there are re-marketed and re-branded models from a few key manufacturers, I was curious how Philips, the only manufacturer and marketer of this particular unit, would stand up to the plethora of ultra-portables.
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Plug it in, plug it in – 256MB of on-the-go storage for $100
Sometimes it’s the little things that can make all the difference. Verbatim’s Store ‘n’ Go USB 2.0 drive might qualify as such, because it can store a tremendous amount of data on a thumb-sized trinket that you can use as a keyring. We tested the 256MB model ($100 street) and found it to be a handy little device.
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SMART Technologies’ SMART Board 2000i interactive whiteboard
The hardware reviews in these pages typically focus on characteristics and performance, with little attention paid to the communications theory behind the technology. But as I got down to the business of reviewing the Rear Projection SMART Board 2000i interactive whiteboard, I could not ignore the fact that this category of audiovisual product tends to generate wide-ranging and sometimes wild raging debate. The scope of opinion comes from all corners, from meticulous academic researchers who underscore the value of interactive learning, to disillusioned corporate trainers who have watched as their newly installed machines gather dust. Particularly in the education and corporate training sector, these products get blogged and FAQed to death.
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Brings Bright, Affordable Projection To Classrooms and Conference Rooms
Designed for settings that demand ease of use and low cost of ownership, the new Notevision C60 (XG-C60X) projector from Sharp packs 3,500 ANSI lumens brightness, power-saving features and theft-deterrent capabilities into a slim, 11.3 lb. attache-case frame. An package of basic features makes this native-XGA addition to Sharp's "Conference Series" ideal for installation in classrooms, conference rooms and collaborative work environments.
I/OMagic Corporation announced the release of its MediaStation Dual 4X DVD+/-RW External USB 2.0 drive with 7-n-1 Media Reader. This multi-function DVD burner includes Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD 8 SE software which allows users to easily produce DVD home movies, create digital photo albums and back-up files to free up hard disc space.
Filter suite produces camera, lens and lab process effects
Digital Film Tools has released 55mm 3.0, an update to the company's filter suite for Adobe Photoshop and various motion graphics, NLE and compositing systems. It's available now for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Windows.
KDS USA introduced its latest 19-inch flat panel monitor to complement its existing Radius flat-panel display line-up. The Rad-9b affords consumers a large format, multimedia LCD display for an array of business, graphics-intensive and consumer applications.
Iomega Corporation today introduced the Iomega Super DVD QuikTouch Video Burner, an all-format USB 2.0 external drive for Windows PCs. Featuring an integrated video capture card and one-button video transfer to any industry standard DVD or CD format, the Iomega QuikTouch Video Burner external drive is the easiest and most flexible option yet for preserving video memories.
1.5 course begins November 14
Contour Design, Inc., a developer and marketer of computer pointing devices will co-sponsor, with Oxford Research Institute, an ergonomics certification program in the Washington, DC area on 14-15 Nov 03.
Features Integrated Recording and Production for Application Demonstrations, Software Simulations and Video Tutorials
TechSmith Corp. introduced Camtasia Studio 2, the complete multimedia screen recording and production software for application demonstrations, software simulations and video tutorials.
ATI Technologies Inc. unveiled the MOBILITY FireGL T2 mobile workstation processor. Now shipping in the industry-leading HP Compaq mobile workstation nw8000, the MOBILITY FireGL T2 delivers the industry's best mobile workstation performance in key benchmarks including Viewperf 3dsmax-02 and proe-02 test suites(1).
Canopus Corporation announced ADVC300, a high-quality, bidirectional analog/DV converter for Mac OS and Windows-based computers that features component video output and advanced image enhancement technology, such as digital noise reduction and image stabilization, to instantly clean, stabilize and preserve old VHS and Hi8 videos in pristine DV format.
The Videomaker Expo returns to the Hilton Burbank Airport & Convention Center Jan. 22-24, 2004. Back by popular demand is the Pre-Expo Conference on DVD Authoring, which will be held Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004.
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