The Netherlands - Atlona comes to ISE 2017 with an array of problem-solving innovations in AV and IP signal distribution for commercial and residential AV systems. An exciting entry into the control universe highlights its agility as Atlona advances on ISE with its largest exhibit space and broadest AV solutions portfolio to date.

"ISE remains the premier international industry event for systems integrators, consultants, and resellers working across all professional AV verticals," said MD Ronni Guggenheim. "Our expanded exhibit hall presence, and vision for AV innovation, reinforces our commitment to them."

Atlona will present live demonstrations at Stand 5-S92 to showcase several technological advances and industry firsts. This includes the international debut of the award-winning OmniStream, Atlona's first line of AV over IP products. In addition to the booth, there will

The Netherlands - Calibre will demonstrate to the professional audiovisual market the broad capabilities of their HQUltra 4K presentation scaler-switchers and led screen scalers at ISE 2017 on stand 12.N45 in what was Hall 11 but has now been renamed hall 12 following expansion of the RAI. Calibre will be highlighting several real-world installation scenarios.

"The market has adopted HQUltra because of its ability to switch in under quarter-second and its outstanding low latency halo-free image scaling to produce future-proof, reliable and outstanding image quality," said Tim Brooksbank, CEO at Calibre. "Our technology outperforms the competition in terms of visual information and performance."

Having dedicated areas of the booth for each scaler solution is the best way to communicate the performance benefits of Calibre scaler/switchers for specific applications. The range

UK - Current RMS reports having had a "huge year" in 2016, with major feature releases on display at multiple shows in the UK and US, as well as significant team growth, enabling its team to provide more support to customers worldwide.

To end 2016, the company has revealed a brand new feature, ready for users to have a play with over the Christmas holidays . . .Users can now Clone or Copy & Paste Opportunity Groups across different jobs, which is useful when providing kit for a job with multiple rooms or venues. Rather than having to use the Product Picker to select the same item across multiple jobs, users can now select 'copy' next to the item and paste it onto a different job.

Current RMS will be seeing in 2017 with over 2,100 rental experts onboard, across 1,300 cities worldwide. Major feature releases such as; Simultaneous Scan, Organisation Discounts and a new Costin

The Netherlands - Panasonic will launch a new 20,000 lumens projector at ISE 2017, a replacement for the PT-DZ21K, Europe's best selling high-brightness projector.

In addition, the company is set to demonstrate its live events capability, with a show combining laser projection technology, 3D mapping and performers interacting with moving projection courtesy of the newly launched PT-RZ31K, a 31,000 lumens laser projector developed for the live market.

Hartmut Kulessa, European projector marketing manager at Panasonic, said: "Our annual showcase is fast becoming a tradition at ISE and this year we will create a live event display, which uses the latest AV techniques and is sure to stop people in their tracks.

"Our relentless innovation in laser technology means we now have a roster of projection products that perfectly position us for the live events market."

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UK - Flightcase hardware and 19 inch racking manufacturer Penn Elcom has introduced the FT80-Q - quiet - cooling unit for active heat management in cupboards, closets and other enclosed environments.

The new exhaust fan product has been developed by Penn's R&D team for fitting into sealed enclosures housing 19-inch racking systems, servers, etc, where hot air is not being expelled. These type of enclosures have a high risk of thermal / component failure as the inbuilt fans only re-cycle hot air, so additional cooling is essential for the well-being of the equipment.

The FT80-Q has been designed to efficiently extract air for rack cooling in these situations.

The product comes with a drill template to allow easy installation, creating an extraction hole and then fitting a cover to keep the overall cabinet / rack enclosure looking smart and streamlined. Its fan has numer

USA - With ISE 2017 quickly approaching, Atlona has announced the public debut of the AT-UHD-CLSO-840, a versatile eight-input, four-output 4K HDMI and HDBaseT matrix switcher built for videoconferencing, multi-screen presentations, and divisible room installations.

he CLSO-840 offers both local and remote inputs and outputs for flexibility across AV formats and connectivity options, providing a powerful matrix solution for classroom, corporate, and hospitality environments. The matrix switcher will be demonstrated at Stand 5-S92 from February 7-10 at the RAI Exhibition and Conference Centre in Amsterdam.

The new matrix is equipped with five HDMI and three HDBaseT inputs, two HDMI outputs, and two HDBaseT outputs. It is envisioned for use in a variety of meeting room settings, such as videoconferencing suites requiring at least three independent outputs for connections to

Europe - From the beginning of 2017, Swiss electric chain hoist manufacturer GIS AG is replacing its LCH series with the LP series, offering entertainment rigging professionals a lifting solution tailored to their sector.

The LP series includes the much anticipated and innovative LP500 with up to 60% greater lifting capacity, IP65 as standard and very quiet running at a maximum 65 dB - a key feature for the theatre and live events marketplace.

The specific requirements of the entertainment industry, such as increased capacity in one fall operation, low dead weight, low noise emission and suitability for outdoor use, have been given priority throughout the design and manufacture of the LP500 concept.

LP500 has a robust construction, is simple in its assembly and does not contain any sensitive electronics. All shaft-hub connections are built in a self-centring polygonal

The Netherlands - Analog Way has announced that Perspective Layers feature will be natively available for any Ascender 32 - 4K early 2017. Showcased at ISE 2017 at booth #3-C95, this functionality allows the user to provide top-notch presentations through creation and animation of layers with virtual viewing perspective in real-time.

Already available for the Ascender 48 - 4K - PL and the LiveCore Output Expander 48 - 4K - PL, the Ascender 32 - 4K - PL will be natively equipped with this functionality as well. Developed by Analog Way, the exclusive Perspective Layers mode enables the manipulation of layers in a 3D space in order to give depth to any presentation.

More than a simple keystone effect, operators have the ability to change the layer position in the three dimensions of X, Y and Z, and also rotate them according to the three axes. When the Perspective Layers feat

USA - Red, green and blue have long been the foundational core colours of creative lighting. Laser lighting is no different, as laser diodes have produced red, green and blue hues for decades. As laser technology progresses, precision colour mixing and advanced optics yield stunning creative light designs, yet red, green and blue remain critical to any setup. That point was X-Laser USA's focus while developing the new Aurora Crimson, Aurora Emerald and Aurora Cobalt quad-aperture projectors.

"We know we created something special with the Aurora series in 2015, so we wanted to provide new Aurora fixtures that were still affordable, simple, safe and bright," Adam Raugh, president of X-Laser USA, said. "We decided to go with classic red, green and blue options because those colors are consistently the most used and most versatile."

The Aurora Crimson illuminates with 800mW of

USA - This year's NAMM Show offers musicians and engineers an opportunity to meet Arthur - Schertler's new modular mixer, which has its official North American premiere in Anaheim.

Designed for both live and studio use, Arthur is created from a choice of different Class-A input and output modules - Mic Input, Mic Input Ultra Low Noise and Mic Input x4 units, Yellow instrument input unit, Stereo Input unit, L/R Master, Aux Master and external Power-In units. These can be specified and assembled by the user (in any order and quantity) to form both compact and large-scale mixer configurations. Modules can be added, removed or re-ordered at any time to meet changing requirements.

The Schertler booth (#1282) will feature sample mixer configurations including a compact three-channel live set-up for solo vocals and guitar (with microphone/instrument inputs and L/R output). Used i

The Netherlands - WyreStorm has leveraged its switching expertise in the design of its first HDBaseT 4K UltraHD matrix switchers to include dedicated audio matrix switching. Both 16x16 (MX-1616-HDBT-H2X) and 10x10 (MX-1010-HDBT-H2X) models will be launched at ISE 2017.

The H2X Series of 4K Ultra HD matrix switchers was developed specifically for large, high-end residential and commercial applications requiring multi-source video distribution of the latest 4K HDR content as well as multi-source audio matrix switching to multiple zones.

Addressing the increase in mixed 4K/2K installations, WyreStorm's SmartEDID feature dynamically detects and reacts to display and source capabilities to output the highest possible resolution for each individual source. 4K-2K scaling and frameless switching is also available using the WyreStorm RX-70-4K-SCL HDBaseT scaling receiver also launc

Europe - Audio-Technica has extended the functionality of its ATUC-50 digital discussion system with the launch of the ATUC-50INT simultaneous interpretation unit. Designed for ease of use in situations where up to three languages are involved, the ATUC-50INT places control in the hands of interpreters thanks to the system's intuitive web remote-based conference management software application.

The unit's straightforward control panel allows easy selection of headphone volume level as well as the choice of floor or relayed language - and two ATUC-50INTs may be linked to deliver each language for hardware redundancy

Discussion participants can select between the three interpretation channels on their ATUC-50DU discussion units, or the languages can be transferred to an existing wireless language distribution system via the ATUC-50CU control unit. Multi-language discussion r

Spain - D.A.S. Audio has announced the Event Line Array Systems Performance Simulator. This intuitive new tool enables semi-professionals, enthusiasts, and retailers to quickly and easily calculate how many Event 208A or Event 210A systems are required to properly cover a given audience, or a determined audience area.

The Event Line Array Systems Performance Simulator is a unique tool that is available online via the D.A.S. website. It enables aspiring professionals, church sound volunteers, and similar groups of people to answer in just a few clicks, the eternal question of "How many systems do I need for 3,000 people?"

Similarly, the question may be, "How many systems do I need for an area about 65 feet wide and 94 feet deep?" Anyone working with sound reinforcement products has undoubtedly heard these questions a million times. Now, D.A.S. Audio puts, at one's disposal,

The Netherlands - Vivitek will show its commitment to developing projection and visual solutions and displays that aid collaboration and boost productivity for both private and public sector organisations.

At the same time, it will reinforce its ambition to provide solutions for meeting rooms and venues of all sizes and for every budget with a raft of products that combine advanced technology, reliability, generous warranties and eco-friendliness. A broad range of Vivitek's solutions will be displayed on its booth, which is located at: 5-R55.

From a projector perspective, Vivitek will show a range of solutions designed to offer high brightness and high resolutions, including laser light source technology, ranging from WUXGA to 4K. Offering about four times the resolution of full HD, fabulous 4K resolution enables viewers to enjoy even the finest of details and vivid, true-

UK - RCF UK will present a suite of their latest state-of-the-art control and sound reinforcement products at PLASA Focus Glasgow (Glasgow SECC,18-19 January).

These will include the UK debut of the TT45-CXA (from the Touring & Theatre series) - a high performance, full range, symmetrical monitor for medium and large stages. This will line up alongside the RCF TT25-CXA - a 15" self-powered high definition coaxial floor monitor.

At booth #D4 RCF UK's technical sales manager, Mick Butler, will also be presenting the new M18 tablet-controlled digital mixer, with 18 input channels, 19 simultaneous studio grade effects, stereo main and six aux outputs. This has already won wide acclaim since its launch at Frankfurt PL+S.

Finally, there is certain to be a lot of interest in the new TTL6-A, self-powered, full range, three-way li

USA - A new Anaview audio transformer with a wide frequency response for distributed audio systems delivering high quality music as well as voice content, is being unveiled by ETAL Group at NAMM (booth 5894). ETAL is also exhibiting the premium Anaview AMS and popular high end ALC Class D power amplifiers as well as the recently launched ALA credit card sized amplifier.

Specifically designed to work with Anaview Class D amplifiers, the new Anaview audio transformers from ETAL are aimed at installations delivering music alongside voice content. They offer a +/-1dB frequency response from below 30Hz up to and above 15kHz, providing up to 500W at 70/100V. They are ideal for use with Anaview AMS1000 Class-D amplifiers or other popular sources.

The use of Anaview audio transformers allows speakers to be located 150m- 450m from the amplifier source, depending on the cable used a

The Netherlands - ASL is exhibiting at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2017), showcasing a host of new products including Integra, an all-in-one public address/voice alarm system, Vipedia Rack, a rack based EN54 solution, WMC01, a touch sensitive audio controller and Vipedia Control Protocol (VCP), a new text-based control interface.

ASL - Applications Solutions (Safety and Security) Ltd, is a UK-based systems manufacturer of high-end public address, voice alarm, commercial audio and control system products internationally renowned across transport industries for reliable and complex long-line solutions. ASL's new product ranges cater for a wide range of industries including transport, retail, stadia, nuclear, roads, tunnels and oil & gas industries. Established in 1989 and operating from its UK headquarters in Lewes, East Sussex, ASL also operates from offices in Abu Dhabi and

The Netherlands - Absen will present a focused sector showcase on its stand 12-C45 at ISE 2017. Visitors are encouraged to get 'hands-on' exposure to the new products, such as the Absen HDV Series - designed for corporate impact - and the "one action" Absen M2.9 LED panel.

Nacho Perez, the recently promoted vice managing director at Absen Europe, comments, "The Absen stand will be a must see this year for all integrators and end users looking for high impact and high quality visual display solutions. The new products we will be presenting are designed to meet the evolving needs of the integrator - and this is the opportunity to try them first-hand.

"With plenty of open and private meeting space on our stand as well as the Absen bar, our European team looks forward to discussing exciting projects and supporting needs."

Absen's HDV series of UHD LED video walls, designed

UK - The Ambersphere Solutions are gearing up to welcome visitors to PLASA Focus at Glasgow's SECC on 18-19 January. At Stand C1 the team will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate a selection of fixtures from each of the four premier manufacturers Ambersphere represents.

The Dalis 862 from Robert Juliat is a 150W LED footlight that features two rows of 24 asymmetric reflectors; each row can be controlled independently providing flexibility of deployment. Commended at the PLASA 2016 Awards for Innovation the Dalis is yet another example of quality and intelligent design from Robert Juliat.

Adding to Ayrton's family of Magicdot fixtures is the Magicdot-SX which features a revolutionary 8:1 optical zoom that has an impressive range of 5o to 40o and can switch from Beam to Wash virtually instantaneously. The unit boasts the same compact form, dimensions and features as the M

The Netherlands - Cloud Electronics will show two new models of the MA40 Mini Amplifier series at ISE 2017, shipping immediately post exhibition. Originally shown as development prototypes for the first time at ISE 2016 the new Cloud MA40F and MA40T Mini Amplifiers are squarely aimed at de-centralised solutions and where requirements exist for adding additional audio zones to legacy in-stallations.

The new MA40F Mini Amplifier features a mono 40W output (4?), two stereo line inputs with individual input gain, an additional 70V/100V line input, a paging microphone input with independent EQ, music EQ, music mute (for simple fire alarm connection) and a facility port allow-ing Cloud's LM-2 wall input module and Cloud's new BT-1F Bluetooth wireless audio module to be connected easily.

The MA40T offers identical features to the MA40 but provides 100V output (25V/70V/100V) in pl

UK - From the makers of the multi award-winning Color Force II, Chroma-Q has announced the UK launch at PLASA Focus Glasgow 2017 of their LED PAR, the Color One 100X. With nearly 60% more output than its predecessor and one of the brightest fixtures in this category, it enables users to reach NEW heights of performance.

The Color One 100X combines its superb output with the proven performance benefits of the original Color One 100 - including homogenised RGBA colour-mixing, extremely smooth and uniform output, a pure white, theatrical-grade dimming, convection cooling for quiet operation, and Chroma-Q's exceptional fixture-to-fixture consistency.

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UK - Klark Teknik has announced the shipping of its DM8000 advanced digital audio processor for installation applications featuring configurable DSP, audio networking and acoustic echo cancellation.

As a solution for modern meetings and telephone/video conferencing, the DM8000 is designed for installation in boardrooms, council chambers, courtrooms and more. It delivers seamless integration with computer based conferencing systems, audio networking via USB, and the 1U rack mount chassis can also be remote controlled using built-in Ethernet and RS232 ports.

The DM8000 provides a massive audio toolkit, empowering users to create the ideal custom configuration for any application. With free DSP Designer software containing a comprehensive library of processing modules, the entire signal and processing structure can be compiled on a PC and then run into the DM8000's robust DSP

USA - USA - Lighting is a hands-on business, but the latest technology is often out of reach for students. To address this issue, ETC is offering a special lighting controls package exclusively to students and educators. The ETCnomad Student Package, now available from ETC dealers, allows students and teachers to purchase a 512 ETCnomad software key and a Gadget II USB to DMX/RDM interface for the usual price of just the Gadget alone.

The software key unlocks fully-functioning, professional Eos and Cobalt software for Mac or PC, while the Gadget allows a computer to output two universes of DMX to the rig. Armed with a laptop and these small-but-mighty devices, students can hone their skills, supplement the equipment at their schools, colleges, universities or local theatres, and go out into the world with their own, portable ETC lighting control system.

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Switzerland - At the upcoming ISE 2017 in Amsterdam, Audio over IP pioneer Barix will update its Audio Signage platform with free firmware to deliver multiple audio tracks to single- or multi-screen digital signage installations. Barix will exhibit at Stand 8-N270 in the RAI Exhibition and Conference Centre.

The Barix Audio Signage platform helps businesses and visitor attractions deliver audio associated with digital signage to mobile phones over a local Wi-Fi connection. The firmware update will run on a standard Barix Exstreamer Store & Play unit as opposed to an expensive PC-based system that is complicated to manage. The firmware is available for download at www.barix.com/downloads.

The updated Barix Audio Signage solution works for any location where digital signage needs the additional boost of streamed audio to effectively deliver its message. Though previously sim

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