ASC committee sets HDR display test protocol, Teranex AV, in-ear monitoring, spider webs

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Today's Top Stories #1 American Society of Cinematographers releases "Cinema Display Evaluation Plan and Test Protocol"   Via The Wire@SVConline   The Technology Committee of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) is pleased to announce the publication of its "Cinema Display Evaluation Plan and Test Protocol," which defines a method for the visual evaluation of parameters that characterize next generation cinema projection and active screens. More» Why This Matters: This is the first salvo in the ASC's approach to quantifying HDR cinema presentation—much like they did with the Digital Cinema standards. The paper is available for download here. -Cynthia Wisehart #2 KLANG:fabrik, the future of in-ear monitoring?   By Vince Lepore, FOH   It took me a while to really wrap my head around exactly what Fabrik is. First and foremost, Fabrik is an eight-mix personal monitoring solution. In that sense, Fabrik isn't unlike many of the other personal monitoring systems on the market. However, instead of using dedicated hardware controllers for personal monitor mixers, Fabrik relies on iOS, Android, OSX or Windows client devices. More» Why This Matters: I don't know. Maybe it's just an interesting gimmick. One of my all time favorite bands (Massive Attack) did use it for a concert last year. Did they use it again? The FOH reviewer liked it. The company released an OS update in May. Here's another review from February of this year. Let me know what you think. –Cynthia Wisehart #3 Spiders tune their webs like guitar strings   By George Dvorsky, Gizmodo   Similar to the strings of a finely tuned instrument, each strand of spider silk transmits vibrations across a wide range of frequencies, which propagates throughout the web. This allows spiders, who don't see very well, to sense the integrity of their webs, and to detect the presence of prey and mates. More» Why This Matters: So fun. -Cynthia Wisehart 4. Yamaha Dante products to support AES67 network interoperability (via The Wire@SVConline) 5. BrightSign revamps entire signage player range (via Installation) 6. LG's Amazon Echo lookalike now has Alexa inside (Chaim Gartenberg, Circuit Breaker) 7. Belkin, not Apple, comes to the rescue with an iPhone 7 headphone and charge dongle (Sam Machovech, Ars Technica) 8. FCC moves forward with plan to crack down on set-top boxes (Seth Fiegerman, CNN Money) 9. The Tronsmart Encore in-ear Lighting headphones come with a built-in DAC (Paul Miller, Circuit Breaker) 10. From the Wire@SVConline: Blackmagic announces Teranex AV For daily AV industry headlines see #SVCWIRE archive AV Jobs New England Regional Sales Manager Position; SYMCO, Inc. » Full Compass Systems - Director of Merchandising (Madison, WI)» Full Compass Systems – Service Technician (Madison, WI)» Find Us Online Facebook Twitter LinkedIn RebelMouse Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. Pro AV Today Editorial Team SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email DIGITAL SIGNAGE DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email

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