Apple shatters sales records, Cisco Spark Board, VR LI, Tesla Powerpacks, Atlona Velocity, soundproof cardboard

ProAV Today   Cynthia Wisehart - Editor     Today's Top Stories - 1.31.17     1. Fox Sports is bringing Super Bowl LI to virtual reality By Keith Nelson, Jr., Digital Trends For the first time, Super Bowl highlights will be delivered in virtual reality– in near real time. Fox Sports and virtual reality production company LiveLike VR will broadcast 20 highlights from Super Bowl LI in virtual reality through the Fox Sports VR app. More» Why This Matters: This is a first—but a limited first. If this is interesting to you, you'll also want to read about why VR NFL isn't quite ready for prime time. http://www.digitaltrends.com/virtual-reality/nfl-virtual-reality-nextvr-voke-super-bowl/ –Cynthia Wisehart   2. Tesla Powerpacks are now lighting up California's grid (with rack pictures) via Roberto Baldwin, Engadget Electric utility company Southern California Edison (SCE) teamed up with Tesla to bring one of the world's largest electron-storing solutions to life in less than six months. In fact, it only took three months to go from groundbreaking to running. More» Why This Matters: Real world deployment of Tesla Powerpacks can power 15,000 homes for four hours to cover our thing called "grid gaps". -Cynthia Wisehart   3. A review of my Samsung curved TV: I hate it so much By Becky Molln, Circuit Breaker So, this Samsung television. (Ed. note: it is a Samsung UN40K6250AF.) The screen is curved, which means that it picks up and seemingly magnifies every glimmer of light in the room. Because that's what you want in a television screen. More» Why This Matters: A quick angry savaging of the Samsung curved TV by Nilay Patel's wife. Rated R for language. -Cynthia Wisehart   4. Cisco takes on Microsoft's Surface Hub with new Spark Board (Emily Price, Fast Company)   5. Apple crushes earnings expectations (Daniel Roberts, Yahoo)   6. ISE 2017: Atlona to unveil Velocity AV system control platform (via Installation)   7. How to buy your own cable box; save hundreds (David Pogue, Yahoo Tech)   8. LG's 5K displays must be kept at least 2 meters away from Wi-Fi routers (Sebastian Anthony, Wired)   9. A soundproof cardboard studio costs $1500 (Andrew Liszewski, Gizmodo)   10. From TheWire@SVConline: WSDG wins 3rd consequtive NAMM TEC award for studio design   For more, see the WHY THIS MATTERS Archive »   FIND US ONLINE     Facebook Twitter LinkedIn RebelMouse PRODUCTS MARKETS STAGING NEWS EVENTS SUBSCRIBE   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2017 NewBay Media, LLC

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