Audio/Video

Screen Innovations Nano Motorized Box Version

Screen Innovations Intros Nano Motorized Shade Manual Box Version

Projection screen and window shade maker Screen Innovations (SI) has broadened its Nano product category with the addition of Nano Manual Box shade cassettes, providing integrators with the chance to dress every window with matching cassettes. Designed to match the cosmetics of the motorized version of Nano, Nano Manual Box offers integrators and end-users the ability to use a combination…

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Mantle Mount

MantelMount Announces Acquisition of Dynamic Mounting

MantelMount, an effective solution for high-on-the-wall television mounting, has announced it has acquired the intellectual property of Dynamic Mounting, a North Carolina-based manufacturer of movable TV mounts for flatscreen televisions. As a result of the acquisition, MantelMount will hold nine issued patents and six patents pending domestically – with more under development, plus additional patents pending internationally. Collectively, these patents…

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LG Unveils Commercial-Use UltraGear Monitors

LG Business Solutions USA has introduced commercial versions of the LG UltraGear series monitors suitable for Esports facilities, schools and teams use, the company says. Speed, picture quality and specialized gaming features are attributes that make the new 27-, 34- and 38-inch monitors attractive investments for such purposes, according to Stephen K. Hu, LG’s U.S. head of B2B monitors. With…

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Samsung Releases The Premiere UST Projector

Samsung has introduced The Premiere ultra-short-throw (UST) smart projector – the latest addition its Lifestyle product portfolio. The Premier is available in two models, with a display size up to 130 inches on the LSP9T ($6,499.99) and 120 inches on the LSP7T ($3,499.99), respectively. The Premiere LSP9T, Samsung says, is the world’s first HDR10+ certified projector, and both models support…

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WiSA Speaker Partners to Develop Products With Immersive 3D Audio

WiSA LLC, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, comprised of over 60 leading consumer electronics brands, and founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, has announced support of Dolby Atmos height channels, allowing WiSA speaker partners to develop products that include immersive 3D audio experiences made possible by Dolby Atmos technology. WiSA users will be able to assign front height, side height…

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Petra Partners With Adept Audio on Architectural Speakers

Petra Industries, a wholesale electronics distributor, has announced a partnership with premium architectural speaker brand Adept Audio. Although the Adept name is new, they have a very highly regarded in-house loudspeaker speaker development team. Over the course of their engineering careers, they have designed and voiced architectural speakers for many of the top cabinet loudspeaker brands in the consumer electronics industry.…

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Study: 54% of US Broadband Households Now Own a Smart TV

Parks Associates has released a new whitepaper, Optimizing the Smart TV Experience, which finds more than 50% of US broadband households own at least one smart TV, making the smart TV the primary platform for video services at a time when content consumption is increasing dramatically.  The whitepaper, developed in cooperation with Applicaster, highlights the evolution of video and the TV…

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Nureva HDL200 Audio Conferencing System Ships

Canada-based Nureva is now shipping its HDL200 audio conferencing system, the newest addition to the company’s line. Designed for rooms and open spaces up to 18′ x 18′ (5.5 x 5.5 m), the HDL200 system delivers the same consistent and reliable audio pickup that Nureva’s HDL300 systems delivers for larger spaces, says the company. All Nureva audio systems are powered…

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Architettura Sonora’s Luxury Outdoor Audio

Sutherland AV Marketing, a company that forms partnerships with select manufacturer teams with a goal of design differentiation, has announced the availability of of Architettura Sonora luxury outdoor audio loudspeakers from Tuscany, Italy. Architettura Sonora revolves around a collaborative team of acousticians, engineers, architects and landscape designers whose mission, says the company, is redesigning experience of space and landscape through…

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