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Giant-Screen HDTV Plasma Display Panel from Zenith Targets Custom Installers

SONICblue Introduces Broadband Digital Video Recorder

Premise Ships Home, Building Automation Software

Canon Debuts Elura 20MC DV Camcorder

InFocus Endorses New Video Display Standard

Autodesk to Acquire Media 100 Software Line

DSPDEV Introduces VRS (Virtual Room Simulator) for Creamware Pulsar/Scope

Panasonic Ships 42" Plasma Display

ConceptDraw MINDMAP Announced

KNews Weekly
The AV/IT Craze
By Gary Kayye, CTS
Where AV meets IT. That was the theme shouted all over the show floor at the annual InfoComm Show held in June (in Las Vegas). In fact, there was even a seminar with the same name. But, what's the low down on this entire IT buzz and where's the money? What is it, exactly, that dealers can do to take advantage of this emerging market and actually make some real cash? I'm going to show you the money...

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Product Review
EZAV's Remora and Remora GT Micro-Computers
By Jody Thomas, CTS
This nifty little package (and I mean little) weighs in at only 9 ounces. This PDA-sized device is by no means a PDA; it contains a full-blown computer that is specifically designed for portable applications, such as presentations. Since this computer runs the latest Microsoft operating systems, such as Windows ME, 2000 or even the upcoming XP, all of the applications that you would commonly use on a desktop or laptop computer will run here, as well.

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Product Spotlight
SmartKey Anti-Theft Mount
Projectors have become hot properties, and I do mean hot. The amount of thefts is growing in proportion to the popularity of the systems, and as more projectors are installed in classrooms and meeting facilities, it's only going to get worse. SmartKey is a new anti-theft device from Display Devices, Inc. (DDI) introduced at InfoComm. The device is designed not only for projectors, but for plasma displays, speakers and teleconferencing equipment as well.

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Site of the Week
Orange County High School for the Arts Installs Studio Cameras
Orange County High School for the Arts added professional broadcast cameras for its expanded film and television program. Russel Bauman, Chairman of the school's Film and Television Department, ordered three Z-3000W cameras with Fujinon A19x8.7BRM lenses.

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