Chief’s Digital Device Accessories for Flat Panel TVs enable seamless content integration at installation site

Chief offers numerous solutions to support content-driven technology by mounting a CPU or media player with a flat panel TV. Choose from flat panel mounts with integrated CPU adapters, flat panel accessories that hold a CPU or media player close to the display, or projector accessories that are ideal for video conferencing.

Flat Panel Mounts

Chief’s MWC™ and PWC™ Tilt Wall Mounts with CPU Adapter provide an all-in-one solution for mounting a flat panel and a CPU or receiver. The mounts include a safety strap to hold the CPU in place and provide a complete solution for both the flat panel and the CPU. Integrated lateral shift provides easy positioning and Q-Latch™ offers quick screen connect/disconnect with integrated security. The MWC is compatible with 26-40” flat panel displays and CPUs up to 18.8” x 3.8” (478 x 97 mm); and the PWC fits 37-65” displays and CPUs up to 18.8” x 3.8” (478 x 97 mm).

Flat Panel Accessories

The MAC251™ and PAC251™ CPU/DVD/VCR Universal Mounting Adapters allow easy integration of a media player with the flat panel installation. The adapter securely hides the media device behind the display, and allows easy access to drives and input/output connections. The MAC251 is compatible with Chief’s 26-40” flat panel mounts and fits max equipment dimensions 13.75” W x 3.88” D (349 x 99 mm). The PAC251 is compatible with Chief’s 37-65” flat panel mounts and fits max equipment dimensions 15.5” W x 3.5” D (394 x 89 mm)

Chief’s MAC252™ and PAC252™ CPU Universal Adapters are the perfect solution for integrating a CPU with your flat panel display. The adapters securely hide the CPU behind your flat panel display and provide easy access to drives and input/output connections. Security hardware is included. The MAC252 is compatible with Chief’s 26-50” flat panel mounts and the PAC252 is compatible with Chief’s 37-65” mounts.

Projector Accessories

Chief offers several accessories for storing CPUs, cables and electrical equipment with your projector ceiling installation. The CMA™170 In-Storage Ceiling Enclosure is a CPU storage accessory used to store equipment in the ceiling. The CMA470™ Plenum Enclosure provides convenient storage for non plenum-rated cables and equipment and can be used with Chief’s CMA440™ Lightweight Suspended Ceiling Kit. The CMA160™ Electrical Storage Enclosure is designed to make installations quicker, easier and cleaner for installers by providing one central, compact location for electrical hook-ups, cables and equipment that remains hidden above the ceiling.

via [press release]

CSI Debuts Pure Digital Fiberlink® 3150 Series for HD/SD-SDI over one fiber

Communications Specialties, Inc. (CSI) debuts the Pure Digital Fiberlink® 3150 Series.  The all-digital fiber optic system provides Broadcast quality transmission for HD/SD-SDI over one single mode or multimode fiber.
The Pure Digital Fiberlink® 3150 Series allows you to transmit HD or SD-SDI as per SMPTE 292 and 259, with or without embedded audio and data, as well as DVB-ASI. Signals are equalized and re-clocked prior to fiber optic transmission. The 3150 transmitter features a re-clocked and equalized SDI loop through and the 3151 receiver features two re-clocked and equalized SDI outputs.
The 3150 Series is compliant with SMPTE 297-2006 and has the ability to operate seamlessly with other SMPTE 297-2006 fiber optic compliant devices, such as matrixes and routers, up to 1,485 Gbps.
The 3150 Series is immune to pathological signals over the entire budget link and operating temperature range.
It is ideal for Broadcast or corporate studios, OB vans, Rental and Staging, auditoriums, stadiums and theaters, airport or transportation hubs, distance learning, surgical or medical imaging and more!

via [press release]

Revolabs Announces Fusion Wireless Microphone System

 

Revolabs, today announced Fusion™, its newest all-in-one wireless microphone system, designed for use in small conference rooms around the world. The new product combines all of the necessary electronics in one small package so that the set-up and use of the Revolabs wireless microphones is extremely simple. Previously, the technology required several pieces of rack-mounted equipment.
Revolabs Fusion System comes in a compact, good-looking enclosure that is pre-programmed with all of the software necessary to function immediately. Users simply plug Fusion into a power outlet, plug a cable into a phone line or a video-conferencing system and begin using the wireless microphones. The product supports both the regular Revolabs Solo Wireless Microphones as well as the Revolabs RF-Armor™ Wireless Microphones which are impervious to Radio Frequency (RF) interference.
“We are excited to release Fusion into the marketplace,” said Marty Bodley, Revolabs, president and CEO. “The new product is a result of years of research and development and allows users the luxury of a truly plug-and-play system in one small package that delivers exceptional audio quality, unmatched flexibility and great value when compared to other microphone solutions. Fusion will revolutionize the microphone market, because it’s easy to install and easy to use. For the first time, end users will be able to purchase a sophisticated system like Fusion and have it up and running instantly.”
Because Fusion is plug-and-play, there is a much lower cost-of-ownership. The new Fusion solution fits well in small conference rooms that are used for audio-and video-conferencing. Most of the previous Revolabs Wireless Microphone products were designed for and installed in large corporate conference and board rooms.
The Fusion Wireless Microphone System brings all of the benefits of the Solo Wireless Microphones into smaller conference rooms, including secure, rechargeable, and flexible microphones. Security is paramount for most of Revolabs’ customers including those in the medical profession bound by HIPAA-compliance regulations and for companies using audio/video-conferencing to discuss confidential information. Revolabs Solo Wireless Microphones are some of the most secure in the industry.
The Solo Wireless Microphones are also equipped with a rechargeable battery that provides eight hours of talk time after each full charge. The microphones charge when they are in the charger base that ships with each system, or by using the various charger accessories. The Wireless Microphones recharge to 85 percent capacity in approximately 45 minutes
Revolabs MaxFlex™ technology allows the Solo Wireless Microphones to be interchangeable and seamless for multiple applications. The Fusion system comes in an eight and a four microphone version, and the end user may choose the combination and the types of wireless microphones desired: wearable, tabletop, or XLR. There are also two packaged systems for out-of-the-box installation — an eight microphone solution consisting of six tabletops and two wearable wireless microphones, and a four microphone Fusion system with three tabletops and one wearable wireless microphone.
Pricing and Information

Revolabs Fusion 4 microphone solution is priced at $4995 and the 8 microphone solution is $6995 (both include the Solo Wireless Microphones). The 8 microphone Fusion system is available immediately from certified partners in North America, with worldwide distribution to follow.

via [press release]

Sanyo brings “smallest and lightest” XGA projector to these shores

It looks like it’s not only those in Japan that’ll be able to get their hands on what’s purported to be the “industry’s smallest and lightest XGA projector,” with Sanyo now also announcing that its diminutive PLC-XW60 LCD projector will soon be available ’round these parts as well. Most importantly, the price has also received a rather steep cut from the direct Yen to dollar conversion, with it now boasting an MSRP of just $795. That’ll still get you the very same 3.6-pound projector, however, which packs a respectable 2,000 lumens of brightness, a 400:1 contrast ratio, component, composite and VGA inputs, and, last but not least, a built-in 1 watt mono speaker. Look for it to hit all the usual sources sometime next month.

via [engadget]

3D VisWall makes scientists drool, your flat-panel weep

Rest assured, we’ve witnessed quite a few astounding scientific displays set deep within university research labs, but it’d be mighty hard to cover up the $350,000 monolith residing at the Tufts University School of Engineering. The VisWall, unsurprisingly a product of Visbox, combines twin backscreen projectors and sophisticated software in order to display 3D imagery for DNA junkies and budding surgeons to swoon over. Aside from giving researchers and students alike the ability to investigate chemical structures and cellular makeups more closely, the 8- x 14-foot screen also dabbles in haptics, giving remote holders the ability to “guide the manipulation of virtual scalpels or surgical tweezers onscreen.” Sheesh, it’s like giving kids a reason to attend class — imagine that.

[Via CNET]

Microsoft Surface launching April 17th… with AT&T

   No, Microsoft hasn’t suddenly transformed its 30-inch, multi-touch Surface into a big-ass cellphone. It has, however, chosen AT&T to launch the world’s first Surface into retail. Shoppers in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, and San Francisco will be treated to what amounts to the novelty (at least initially) of learning about a device (Samsung BlackJack II, pictured) by simply placing it atop the Surface. They’ll also have the ability to explore interactive coverage maps. Later, users will be able to drag ringtones, graphics and video and drop it into “the phones.” Note their use of “the” and not “your” phone in the press release. Nevertheless, we’re happy to see Microsoft get the technology out the door on its long march towards consumerdom.

via [engadget]

Hotels are wising up, providing Wii Sports and Guitar Hero to bored guests

We keep telling ourselves we’re going to play through Mario 64 some day on one of those ubiquitous N64s embedded into hotel entertainment systems, but we never get around to it — primarily because of our unhealthy addiction to “next-gen” graphics and gameplay. Lucky for us, hotels are starting to get in on the action and hand-delivering consoles to guests, sticking a Wii in the fitness center, and offering Guitar Hero nights in the hotel bar. Best of all, Hotel Sax Chicago networked its Xboxen for Rock Band and Guitar Hero multiplayer with other hotel guests. Unfortunately, most of these hotels are charging an arm and a leg for the priveldge — $50 an hour of Wii rental? Ouch! — but it’s starting feel like these places have at least figured out which century we’re living in.

[Via Joystiq]