Technology

Ranging from stadiums, sports halls, theatre, performance venues and cinemas, to museums and heritage sites, corporate and retail environments; lighting forms a central and vital part of many AV projects. So, where exactly should lighting sit in the AV-environmental mix? And what are the key steps in the process of…

Sometimes it takes a dramatic, even extreme circumstance to remind people of things that should have been routine and everyday in their lives. So it was with Covid and the necessity to wash ones hands and generally clean household surfaces and objects. This extended into working environments; in audio for…

Whether it’s software that allows users to control a network of devices remotely or accessories that simplify everyday use and management - AV support systems have a central role. One company active in this area is Vision Audio Visual, best known for its heavy-duty wall mounts and floor stands for…

The more effectively technology is used, the better the return on investment. But how do you measure this? Increasingly the answer is cloud analytics, which uses a combination of device telemetry, in-room sensors and cloud-based software to monitor how well AV installations are functioning and exactly how they are being…

Audio networking is well established and, through digital and IP technologies, offering larger-scale and ever more powerful connectivity. But issues of competing, incompatible formats and the appearance of new, open systems continue to make choosing the right option a daunting prospect. Digital IP audio networking has got to the point…

As my longsuffering family will tell you, one of my favourite sayings is that nothing you see on television is real. But as virtual production becomes more widely adopted, they’ll finally have to admit that I’m right. “Virtual production combines physical and virtual elements seamlessly, so that physical and digital…

Once reserved for the privileged few (or underprivileged few, depending on how much of a devil it was to use), video conferencing has been revolutionised by the global shift to remote and hybrid working during the last two years. “The whole industry changed overnight, from a meeting room model of…

The large format display, or LFD, is the mainstay of a number of key AV applications, from collaborative business meetings and interactive classrooms to digital signage installations and point-of-sale information displays. But how do you recognise an LFD when you see one? Firstly, it is a single display, exactly like…

At whichever point you fancy prizing open an audio solution and looking at the gubbins inside, you’ll find a pushy slice of pro audio signal showing off. If it could talk, it would say something like this: ‘Look mate, my Dad used to make Pink Floyd sound fantastic on stage,…

The last two years have witnessed a sea change in attitudes to interfacing with AV systems without touching them. “The post-Covid-19 new normal has encouraged an evolution in contactless technologies,” says Jonathan Clark, product marketing manager at Poly. “These solutions have become more ubiquitous than before, with many businesses integrating…