Features

Peer review - DNP Supernova

Reviewed by Petr Barcal from AV Media - Supernova is an optical front projection screen bringing rear projection screen advantages to a front screen projection system. It appears to have a silver/grey painted surface, but according to DNP people it contains seven or so various layers. In fact it is a piece of advanced technology. And it really works!

  • 27/11/2015

Interview - A zest for technology

InAVate recently caught up with Andy Hawkins, Group Sales & Marketing Director, and Geoff Robertson, Chief Executive Office or MediaZest, an interesting player in the outdoor media market. The company draws on its agency experience and AV background to blur the lines between creativity and installation.

  • 27/11/2015

Tutorial - Terminating Ethernet cables

Ethernet connections typically use Category 5e or Category 6 cable, which contains four pairs of unshielded twisted pair (UTP) wire. These are terminated using the RJ-45, 8-pin modular connector. The connector pins are designed to penetrate the insulation of each cable when pressure is applied using a compression tool. Here’s how to do it properly...

  • 27/11/2015

What goes on in the boardroom?

A boardroom installation offers the system designer a chance to really shine in terms of using the latest technologies and products to deliver an aesthetically and technologically impressive space for the customer. Chris Fitzsimmons reports on the trends in the market.

  • 27/11/2015

The winning bid

In the third in our series of articles on public sector contracting, consultant Eddie Regan looks at how small companies can write winning tender documents.

  • 27/11/2015

Over extended?

Integration and installation of audiovisual systems could be defined as the art of combining disparate components into a single and cohesive whole; the more successful and efficient integrators possessing an above average ability to identify and apply the most suitable component for each element in a large and complex system. Steve Montgomery reports on the technology that glues these systems together.

  • 27/11/2015