| Top AV News Today - 06.27.13 | | INSIGHT OF THE DAY | | "Dear Professor Phil, I noticed that numerous new products boast about using category cabling. Some of these products transmit video, HDMI and other signals. While I'm familiar with Category 5 for LANs, I've always been curious about how these cables are qualified for each application. Also, how would I know which of my cables would fit a particular application?" More » | | | GEAR OF THE DAY | | The AT-H2H-88M matrix switcher routes sources to displays, enabling devices to be shared in multiple spaces simultaneously. Integration-Ready Control (IRC) offers multiple control options including IR, RS-232, and TCP/IP, which increases compatibility with a variety of control systems. More » | | | DEAL OF THE DAY | | PowerStick.com Inc. is shipping the next generation of its solar-powered portable charging solutions. The PowerBinder is now available on PowerStick.com with a list price of $199-$249. Pricing varies depending on the flash memory size. More » | | | INSTALL OF THE DAY | | "Media Visions was tasked with performing a complete gut of Mountaintop Community Church's AV systems, which hadn't been updated since the mid-'80s. From there, it was a pretty standard HOW install for the Birmingham integrator." —Alabama HOW Chooses LED Over Edge-Blended Projection DisplayMore » | | | JOB OF THE DAY | Technical Program Manager, AV Engineering, Google (New York, NY)
• Collaborate with Audio Video/Video Conferencing (AV/VC) engineers and project managers to design and deliver large-scale technical AV/VC projects.
Partner with global operations teams such as Facilities, Networking, Technical Support, and internal AV engineering teams Systems Operations to deploy AV/VC services and products in new and existing buildings.
• Collect and evaluate data and information to understand and solve complex technical and operational issues.
• Exercise stellar technical judgement, lead technology reviews, influence and contribute to discussions and decisions, and achieve consensus across several functional groups.
• Drive all aspects of project life-cycle: proposal, expectation setting, requirements, project and resource planning, communication, budgets, execution, and closeout. | | | TWEET OF THE DAY | @avtechnologymag
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