Sound & Communications

Sound Directions
Focused audio improves digital signage.
Managing the audio component of digital signage can be a complex and daunting task.
Published in May 2009
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Building Key Alliances
Expanding DS offerings with maximal efficiency.
Innovation and creativity are fueling growth in all sectors of the digital signage.
Published in March 2009
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Striking Visions
Digital signage deployments capitalize on creativity.
Innovation and creativity are fueling growth in all sectors of the digital signage.
Published in February 2009
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Show Me The Money
There is growth potential in digital signage.
Are you taking full advantage of all the revenue streams available to you as a provider of digital signage solutions? One way to expand profit opportunities in an increasingly commoditized digital signage hardware market is to offer more of the services customers need to deploy their signage projects successfully..
Published in February 2009
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Harnessing The Power Of Signage
It’s an FCC mandated opportunity.
Digital signage is a major potential growth area that has been getting a lot of attention of late, as evidenced by the success of last year’s Digital Signage Expo [see “Digital Signage Wins Big,” April 2008].
Published in January 2009
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Digital Video Transition And You
It’s an FCC mandated opportunity.
Digital signage is the single most exciting market opportunity available to AV integrators today. By making it easier than ever to display the right content to the right people at the right time, new signage technologies offer all kinds of businesses—from the largest multi-site retailer to the local diner—a variety of highly compelling value propositions.
Published in December 2008
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Implementing Telepresence
Designing and building systems to fulfill client needs.
More and more customers are asking systems integrators to create telepresence environments for their companies; that is, live, face-to-face meeting rooms that immerse everyone into the same room, regardless of place or distance.
Published in August 2008
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Signs of Progress
Deploying digital signage solutions in retail.
Digital Signage has moved beyond the niche it once occupied in the corporate world to become a business-critical communications vehicle, driving investments in infrastructure across multiple industries and business sizes.
Published in July 2008
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Worlds apart...But Across the Table
Telepresence changes the face of conferencing.
It has become clear that two distinct definitions of telepresence have formed. They are not necessarily at odds with each other, but the second is a slightly cynical version, couched in more specific and familiar terms used in video collaboration today.
Published in May 2008
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House of Worship: Business
This ‘savior’ promises to give new life.
On February 18, 2009, all full-power television stations will be broadcasting digital signals, possibly high-definition (HD). Blu-ray has become the high-definition DVD standard.
Published in May 2008
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Dynamic Digital Signage in Education
Technology gets high marks.
Digital media and communications have come to play a vital role in people’s everyday lives, and a visit to the local K-12 school, college or university campus quickly illustrates the many ways in which individuals rely on audio and visual technologies each day.
Published in May 2008
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Widening Our View
How 16:9 can enchance a church's experience.
Widescreen flat panels and projectors continue to make huge inroads as the technology becomes less expensive and more prevalent. But do you know why the majority of these units are in those wide formats?
Published in April 2008
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Faith Streams
Where AV and IT meet in the House of Worship segment.
New streaming media technology and content delivery networks are enabling Houses of Worship to expand their outreach through online live and on-demand services. Video production, capture and editing systems, signal encoders and servers, and networks for hosting websites and streaming media are all part of the mix.
Published in April 2008
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Projector Specs Are Dead part 2
A follow-up to November 2007's discussion.
If you read my November 2007 “Sight Lines,” entitled “Projector Specs Are Dead,” then you know that my hypothesis is that, no matter what projector manufacturers do and say with the marketing of their specifications, the only thing that matters today is service.
Published in February 2008
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Kayye's Krystal Ball, V.08
The author reviews how he did last time, and makes projections for the future.
Welcome to the 2008 edition of my Krystal Ball feature predicting the upcoming year for commercial AV, and even some home AV technology, trends and products. If you’re a regular reader of Sound & Communications, you know that, each year, I actually start by reviewing my own previous predictions (see Sound & Communications, December 2006, and my “Sight Lines” update in the June issue).
Published in December 2007
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