Presentation Industry News:

NEC Announces Projector Under $2,000
VT45 is 1,000 lumens, 5.6 lbs.

Mitsubishi Shipping Three New Projectors
Two offer 1,000 ANSI lumens, another offers 3,700

Toshiba Announces Theft Protection on Projectors, Cameras
Offering Six Months of BoomerangIt Service on New Purchases

Panasonic Ships Wireless Projector
8 lbs., $6,995

Third-Party Apps, Devices and PCs Ready for Windows XP
With Tools Such as Windows Upgrade Advisor Customers Can Determine That Their Applications and Devices Will Be Compatible With Windows XP

QuickTime Live 2001 Rescheduled
Conference to take place February 10-14, 2002

Magnet Media to Ship Free Special Edition Final Cut Pro 2 Training

FOCUS Enhancements Ships FireWriter DV Character Generator
FireWriter DV character generator offers DV , S-Video and composite video inputs and outputs

KNews Weekly
16:9 Projection: To Be or Not To Be
By Gary Kayye, CTS

Unless you have an installation that's primarily DVD media, designed as a screening room for movies or in the home, it's probably a better idea not to install a native 16:9 projector. The current generation of 4:3 aspect ratio boxes from Epson, Sony, InFocus and now even Christie are more than good enough.

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Editorial
Are There Vultures Among Us?
Is The Recent Re-Emergence of Videoconferencing Suspect?
By Max Kopsho

It's almost impossible to do anything today without thinking of the current economic situation and even more difficult putting out of mind the recent tragedies that struck our nation in New York, Washington D.C. and in Pennsylvania. I won't even try. So let's talk about what I've noticed since then.

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Site of the Week
Internationale Funfausstellung, Berlin

Set designer Peter Roth, the man responsible for a number of ARD shows in Germany, wanted to create something original for the network other than traditional projection and cube systems, and the show title Tele Visionen also implied the need for a modern set.

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