HDBaseT – Tips & Tricks

Inside of the wall is a CAT6 shielded cable.  There is a source up to 150m (500 ft.) away sending uncompressed HDMI video, RS232 and IR signals.  This clever receiver is perfectly suited for installations where there is a shallow space between the wall and the display. The receiver (UHBX-R-WP) is compatible with any HDBaseT […]

So How Many Signals Can a CAT6 Cable Really Hold When Moving a Digital Signage Signal?

Video signal distribution in a digital age is so much more complicated than in old days – 2012 or so, when VGA was still the predominant standard for moving video in digital signage applications.  Today VGA is declining significantly as more and more player manufacturers move to DisplayPort or HDMI for their video connections. So […]

Premier Mounts, The Integration Factory Drive Daytona to New Heights

Premier Mounts and The Integration Factory win the 2016 Integration Award in the large venue category for their Daytona Rising project. July 12, 2016 By D. Craig MacCormack For those who say InfoComm’s annual June event is only about networking, parties and having fun, The Integration Factory and Premier Mounts beg to differ. At the […]

Digital Signage Networking – an interesting conundrum

According to Wikipedia – Networking is a socioeconomic business activity by which business people and entrepreneurs meet to form business relationships and to recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities, share information and seek potential partners for ventures. The online service also defines A computer network or data network as a telecommunications network which allows […]

IT and AV, Another Look

Over the last 15 years there have been countless articles written about the convergence of AV and IT. In the mid-90s, some held out that AV and IT were distinct and there was no reason to converge. Live and let live was a common theme in the day and never the twain shall meet was […]

Videowall – More than Meets the Eye

This post is sponsored by Samsung. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Videowalls are simply everywhere. Go to the mall, airport, or auditorium, and there is a videowall. When competing for attention, especially in digital signage, bigger is better. Videowalls are attention grabbers and holders beyond the 4 to 6 seconds we look at smaller […]