Heinrich Hertz An AV Pioneer

Grant's Perspective on ... Heinrich Hertz turns 155.

I noticed that it is Heinrich Hertz's 155 birthday today. His Wikipedia page says that " He was the first to conclusively prove the existence of electromagnetic waves by engineering instruments to transmit and receive radio pulses using experimental procedures that ruled out all other known wireless phenomena."

Our industry has honoured Hertz by naming the cycles per second of an electrical signal a Hertz.

The background image of the Inland AV website is our stylized "wave".

Happy Birthday Mr Hertz!

Grant

Chief To Introduce Interactive Monitor Kit

Grant's Perspective on ... Chief introducing an interactive monitor kit very soon.

We attended the 2012 Chief road-show in Winnipeg yesterday. Chief has expanded their line of AV mounts recently to include interactive kits. Back in September I commented on the projector mount that included an interactive module that would turn any regular projector into an interactive projector.

Below is a close up photo of the interactive module on the projector mount.

close up of Chief interactive projector mount

This same technology will soon be available as a part of a a display monitor mount kit! You will now be able to turn any commercial monitor (that you can touch the display surface without marking it) into an interactive monitor.

Allison (our friendly, helpful Chief representative) did not have a sample of the yet to be released display mount but she did have an illustration that we can share with you. The module is similar to the projection mount module but it looks to be much smaller. See illustration below.The monitor is mounted to the bracket and the "interactive accessory" (left side of the photo below) is in place just above the monitor glass. The monitor and bracket are then mounted on a wall or stand and it is ready to go!

I remember an Inland AV salesperson commenting when the BrightLink Solo first came out saying "I wonder when we will have an interactive kit for monitors?" He can wonder no more because it will be released in the next month!

Grant

Inland AV Event Staging Tips on Twitter

Grant's Perspective on ... Inland AV Technical Tips on Twitter.

While I focus on new audiovisual technology in my blog, an associate at Inland AV has started a Twitter account (IAVTecTips) for posting tips of interest to people that deliver live presentations. As a senior staging technician, Rick has tons of experience and I find his tips insightful.

Here is a sample of his recent Tweets:

"Focus focus focus! Your LCD/DLP projector is NOT in focus until you can see the black lines BETWEEN the pixels."

"The audience must be encouraged to use floor mics. A good idea is to have runners in the crowd with W/L handhelds to capture any comments."

I also like his avatar: 

 Grant

Digital Projection on Canucks Ice

Grant's Perspective on ... Canucks using Digital Projection projectors to play video on the Rogers ice surface.

Digital Projection (Inland AV represents their line of projector Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta) sent us their latest newsletter  that featured their projectors utilizing the ice surface as a projection screen.  The YouTube video below shows the Vancouver Canucks pre-game video introduction. Digital Projection projector use the entire ice surface as a projection screen. Four translucent vertical banners are also projected onto as well as the score board video screens and arena power ring.

A great way to get the crowd into the game!





Grant