BishopSound has launched a solar-powered powered pro audio amplifier for festival and outside event companies keen to improve their green credentials and reduce costs. The Green Waves 4,000W RMS, 2-channel solar powered amplifier can run for eight hours on a single charge. Delivering 2 x 2,000W RMS into 4-ohms, its…
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Urben makes modular AV frames to speed up roll outs
Urben Technologies has redesigned its Single, Mobi, Dual and Triple AV frames for meeting rooms. The manufacturer's new Standard Solutions range offers companies readily available modular meeting room frames in large volumes, which can be customised and installed globally within days. The new design enables Urben to assemble immediately from…
Huddly adapter gives L1 camera plug-and-play functionality
Huddly has launched the USB Adapter to give its L1 network camera plug-and-play functionality and make it suitable for flexible BYOD set-ups. The USB Adapter allows users to connect a Huddly L1 to Windows, macOS and ChromeOS devices. It is compatible with major conferencing platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom…
Planar launches 21:9 105″ LCD display for hybrid workforce
Leyard subsidiary Planar has launched a 105" ultra-wide-format LCD display optimised for hybrid working. The Planar UltraRes W Series, which features a wide colour gamut 5K HDR display, is designed to suit the most popular unified communications and video collaboration platforms, including Microsoft Teams. The displays are available in non-touch…
Lightware makes major investment in HDBaseT technology
Lightware Visual Engineering has made a significant investment in HDBaseT technology, allowing it to offer a wide range of professional AV connectivity solutions, from HDMI point-to-point extension to signal-to-switch. The solutions offer AV professionals an open API, intuitive diagnostics for simplified troubleshooting and real-time analytics. AV professionals are empowered to…
Nigerian government institution installs TecPodium lectern
A government institution in Nigeria has installed a Tecom Electronics TecPodium lectern in its 450-seat auditorium. Project consultant Hewelt Systems was tasked with finding a solution that would allow people to present without relying on the control room operators to call up their slides. The auditorium's projector also needed updating,…
New model URSA camera is enhanced for virtual production
Blackmagic Design has launched a new model of its most advanced digital film camera designed for use in virtual production (VP) with LED video walls. The Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K OLPF adds a high-performance optical low pass filter (OLPF) to the 12K Super 35 image sensor. The OLPF reduces…
Matrox ConvertIP proves compabilitiy with Panasonic Kairos
Matrox Video's Matrox ConvertIP DSS SDI/IP converter has been proven compatible with Panasonic's all-IP Kairos live video production platform, in a lab test. The ConvertIP DSS makes it possible to integrate traditional SDI signalling and processing into a SMPTE ST 2110 environment, thereby bridging the gap between the Kairos and…
Proto and CodeBaby to develop chatty AI hologram avatars
Holographic display booth company Proto has announced a collaboration with digital avatar and AI firm CodeBaby to develop hologram avatars with conversational AI capabilities. The announcement was made at the Project Voice 2023 conversational AI conference in Chattanooga, Tennesse. Holograms have been shown to increase engagement, comprehension and even emotional…
Cast Group unveils tracking solution for smaller productions
Cast Group has launched a real-time tracking solution that has been designed for single-tracking integration needs at the Prolight + Sound 2023 show. BlackTrax-One (BT-1) has been engineered to bring big show effects and automation to productions with smaller budgets, such as corporate events, theatrical shows, TV productions, concerts, VR…