Recent content by rwhealey

COVIDy. I was a bit cavalier about the risks as I had been going to restaurants and shows at home unmasked for a couple months but now wish I had worn an N95 during the show.As far as gear goes - I am seeing mostly incremental improvements. There is finally an Crestron NVX wall plate! I did...

Are you trying to do signage or content like a presentation?For content, Mersive’s Active Learning Mode in the Solstice product line basically builds a large wireless video matrix:https://www.mersive.com/active-learning/

I have had several successful projects with the AMX/SVSI 1000 series which has 10ms of latency, including virtual orchestra pits where this kind of thing is critical. They also have AES67 audio which works great with Q-Sys.The bandwidth requirements are huge - I usually spec a Cisco 3650...

I would have to guess that this had to do with cost.I provide very detailed cost opinions for my designs and are rarely more than 5% off from subcontractor. That doesn’t always save you from last minute cuts (“value engineering”) on a new build due to other disciplines. In that case you can...

You don’t want to get me started on the quality of work I see from even large AV integrators with good national reputations.Apparently, soldering is no longer a necessary skill to teach an AV technician. I always pull plates during punch walks and find deficiencies in at least 3 out of 4.

Altman Phoenix 150W is fanless. I prefer the dimming and color capability of the Colorsource Spot which is around the same pricepoint - but the Altman is silent. If that is your limiting criteria, and the lighting performance of the fixture is a secondary concern, it works very well.Edit: I...

Adaptive (formerly ATM) makes very nice and IMO reasonably priced loudspeaker rigging kits. They are engineered and have a WLL. They are more expensive than standard theatrical rigging hardware but like Bill I have had a lot of difficulty with AV contractor rigging.If you need a complex...

RoomMatch is one of the only line array-type products that has multiple horizontal pattern options (including asymmetric!) with horizontal pattern control down to 200 Hz. I have had several successful projects with RoomMatch. It has some quirks to the voicing that I am not fond of, but it does...

Here is a guide from BrightSign on using 2x Axis cameras with BrightSign players: https://brightsignbiz.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Dual%20IP%20Camera%20Streams%20Tech%20Note.pdfI imagine that setting up a single camera would be simpler - I also believe that you could do this with multiple...

That would work - however, HDBaseT is expensive to DA. Atlona does make a 1x4 HDMI to HDBaseT transmitter (UHD-CAT-4ED) but it's $1,700 and each HDBaseT receiver would be around $300. A major advantage to this approach would be the ability to carry a control signal, but it might not be worth the...

Does this system need to be HDCP compliant (will you ever display presentation content on it)?

This is why I try to avoid IR control unless absolutely necessary. Even if you think the emitter is so well attached it will never come off, one day you will be up there re-gluing it at the most inconvenient time. If there is any way to accomplish what you want with IP or RS-232 controls I would...

I just had a client decide (after the fact) that they did not want a groundrow and hung the ColorSource Cycs supplied as part of the project as such as a stage wash. I did not see how they hung it, but did see a picture of the results - they were able to get a ton of saturated color blasting on...

You can restrict what countries bidders are allowed to bid from on eBay - it is a bit convoluted but there are guides on the help section. International shipping is also fairly easy through eBay.I discovered both of these things when I had an international buyer win an auction even though I...

DNP screens look amazing. I have had a couple go into high-expectation projects and work very well.They are not something you can slap on the wall - there is a high level of planning, design required an the installer must have finesse.