"For decades the AV industry has been driven by incredible feats of innovation, engineering, beautiful science and wondrous artistry. We have witnessed the rise of the product barons, each investing in proprietary technologies that have dictated the design principles for most of the AV that is deployed around the world. AV integrators and resellers flock like loyal subjects at a medieval banquet to InfoComm in the summer and ISE in the European winter to feast upon the latest product releases, desperately seeking new features and benefits that will persuade customers to spend more money. The manufacturers are all too aware that product life cycles are counted in monthsnot yearsand they have to win hearts and minds to sell hard and sell quickly." Julian Phillips
Gear of the Day
Contemporary Research will unveil its newest HDTV tuner, the ATSC-SDI 4, at the NAB Show in Las Vegas April 13-16. The ATSC-SDI 4 is the first cost-effective HDTV demodulator that features onboard ASI and HD-SDI ports, as well as MPEG2 and MPEG4 decoding. More »