GV - AV Systems

Interactive Exhibits Used To Make Museums Exciting

Sep 19,2011
Many people may associate a trip to a museum with the words “look, but don’t touch.” That has changed in a big way as interactive exhibits—mainly wall displays or tables—take the place of rows of cases filled with artifacts. More...

Display Systems Offer Innovative Uses

Oct 17,2011
High-speed technology is changing the way mission control operators monitor their display consoles and how those systems are configured to best meet the needs of their audience. More...

Images Erupt From The Screen

Oct 17,2011
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Users Define The ‘Portable’ in Portable Projectors

Nov 28,2011
When it comes to portable projectors, a user’s need will determines how portable a projector has to be, say projector manufactures, who add they are providing projectors that can be carried to presentations across the More...

The Emerging World of Digital Signage

May 9,2011
They are seen everywhere: Full-motion digital billboards running commercials and short features in stores, restaurants and airports.by James Careless More...

InfoComm 2012 Focused on Cutting-Edge Technology

May 14,2012
Some 34,000 audiovisual professionals are expected to attend InfoComm 2012 in Las Vegas June 9–15. Attendees will have access to 925 exhibiters and can sharpen their knowledge of AV at numerous sessions on AV More...

Outdoor Surveillance No Longer A Multi-Camera Job

Mar 26,2012
When a government agency or security provider is tasked with monitoring a massive area—such as an airport parking lot—the organization would deploy about 100 outdoor cameras, each providing multiple video-feeds. More...

GV Expo 2011 Produces Business for A/V Equipment Producers

Jan 9,2012
The GV Expo 2011 exhibit hall attracted industry and government practitioners. More...

Long-Distance Learning Becoming Teacher’s Pet

Jan 3,2012
Not to long ago taking a distance-education class meant pushing a VHS tape into a home VCR and watching a pre-recorded lecture on a consumer television while taking notes in a spiral-bound notebook on a coffee table More...

Digital Audio Demands Editors’ Ears

Feb 6,2012
There was a time when video producers worked with easy-to-use analog audio More...

Telemedicine Prescribed To Improve Health Care

Feb 27,2012
Electronic transmission of medical data—including by videoconferencing, still images, e-health patient portals, remote monitoring of vital signs, continuing medical education and nursing call centers—are what comprise More...

Government Call Centers Can Access Cloud-Based Video Communications

Dec 19,2011
Stratus Video, a company that provides unified phone/video communications, is offering government agencies cloudbased video language services that would reduce costs for those agencies, says Peter Hayes, Stratus’ chief More...

Projectors' Screens Sharply Defined

Aug 29,2011
A Government Services Administration official makes a presentation using a projector and screen More...

Command & Control Center Called ‘Cathedral to AV’

Apr 23,2012
In the fight against crime, police departments across the country are moving to centralized 24-hour command centers with massive video walls that help officers detect crime while it is happening, or to react quickly to More...

Monitoring Canada’s Most Traveled Roads

Apr 11,2011
Just east of Toronto (Canada’s largest city, population 3 million) is the bedroom community of Whitby, Ontario. More...