Midwich has signed an exclusive distribution deal with LG video conferencing solutions. LG’s room system will join Radvision products in the Midwich portfolio, and will be positioned as the ‘easy solution’ for resellers and end-users to adopt. Initially, Midwich will be distributing the 720p HD RVF1000 portable room system. Midwich describes the solution as ‘competitively priced’ and ‘easy to install’. Aside from 720p HD, 30fps, content sharing and dynamic bandwidth allocation and its portable. The compact design can easily fit in to the provided carry case. Jonathan Morris, videoconferencing pre/post sales technical support at Midwich, added: “The addition of the…
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AV Promotions has announced the launch of AV ProVision – a new business division of the company specialising in the distribution of the professional AV and top tier CE brands to AV professionals, custom installers and specialist resellers. AV ProVision will be managed by ex-Midwich man David Hockaday, who believes that AV ProVision will bring a fresh new perspective to AV distribution. Hockaday told AV News that: “We want to get back to the days where our channel customers can enjoy high standards of customer service and decent margins. We have a new approach to distribution which goes a long…
V7, the house-brand of Ingram Micro has introduced its own range of replacement lamps for projectors.
Digital signage that delivers content that is both relevant and specific to the viewer has been shown to have much greater impact than generic content. In this report, AV News investigates technologies that enable customers to generate content from both in-house networks and the cloud to create compelling and engaging signage. There was a time when a digital signage network could be cost justified on aesthetics, timeliness of the message, savings on print and not much more. All these things are still important considerations, but there is a growing appreciation among signage network administrators that there networks can, and should,…
TV One has announced the sale of one hundred percent of the Company’s stock to a subsidiary of Nortek.
Well known AV industry figures Paul O’Reilly, Peter Finn and Phil Waterhouse left Medium UK as the distributor announced plans to focus its future business on the high growth areas of digital signage and video communications.
Responding to the needs of organisations in dusty and sandy locations, Epson has developed a projector exhaust shutter system. Featured in Epson’s EB-D6155W and EB-D6250 projectors, the shutter automatically closes when the projector is not in use, preventing dust and sand from entering and causing damage. The projectors’ optical engine is encased in glass to offer further protection against the atmosphere, delivering high-quality projection that is fully dust-proof. The EB-D6155W and EB-D6250’s design enables them to withstand extreme conditions with minimal maintenance, offering a low total cost of ownership for users such as factories, clubs, arenas, museums and schools. The…
At a press launch in London on the 6th May RGB announced that the company is to distribute projectors from NEC and Canon.
Office buyers are responsible for the acquisition of all manner of business technologies, with AV an increasingly important constituent. In this report, AV News looks at the requirements of the office sector for meeting room and office solutions, and the purchase route followed by decision makers. As of February this year, of the 29.3 million gainfully employed 21.2 million were classified, by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), as working in the service sector – that is, not in manufacturing, agriculture, construction, energy and water. Even within these organisations falling outside the ‘service sector’, there are offices. Again according to…
After a series of neurological tests carried out by the Mindlab International team at the Sussex Innovation Centre in Brighton on behalf of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), it was found that Blu-ray 3D delivers “an enhanced, emotional entertainment experience that engages viewers more than standard Blu-ray or DVD.” They tested the attention, engagement and emotion levels of a group of subjects whilst watching the various formats. Attention After comparing the total attention levels for each format, the results showed that on average, subjects were 12% more attentive when watching Blu-ray 3D compared to a Blu-ray Disc, and 17% more…