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July 9th, 2019

Entertainment Venues Winning Big with Video

Modern entertainment venues boast a mix of elements to heighten the senses and to keep crowds engaged. However, the modern entertainment venue has more competition than ever before with so many options for consumers, from competitive venues and even the entertainment options available at home. So, how can entertainment venues compete? How can they be leaner yet more exciting?

July 3rd, 2019

An Epic AV Experience

When facilities want to inspire and engage audiences, they often turn to video with LED screens and interactive displays. However, this can be complex with many moving parts. Finding the right products and equipment that work together is quite the undertaking. The Epic––a 120,000-square-foot recreation center in Grand Prairie, TX––was facing such challenges.

May 1st, 2019

Communication: The Power of Video

Technology is making a massive impact on the ways organizations communicate with audiences. Whether it’s in a retail store, stadium, restaurant, church, or office building, advances in interactive marketing provide infinite options to customize messages and tailor them to fit the unique needs of your customers or patrons. Increasingly, marketers are choosing video when looking for a powerful means of communication.

April 18th, 2019

Digital Signage Integration Solutions for Houses of Worship

Houses of worship are always looking for ways to strengthen the engagement with their congregation and enhance the worship experience. Active worship venues offer a plethora of events weekly. Digital signage informs, connects and communicates common messages that build engagement and unify the church through dynamic, eye-catching content. Simply put, using digital displays is a simple and cost-effective way to improve congregational involvement, foster a stronger sense of community, and bring a facility into the modern age.

April 12th, 2019

Benefits of AV Over IP

IT and AV are collaborating, moving toward a more advanced, faster, and less expensive way to deliver video content. AV over IP offers significant benefits for AV system integrators and end users. Compared to traditional systems for video distribution, AV over IP systems are more cost effective, offering increased functionality and improved signal quality.

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February 21st, 2019

Taking Control of Your Video Distribution Systems: Video Vices Podcast with Craig Brown

With over 20 years of AV experience, Craig Brown of Shoreline Communications discusses the benefits of video distribution and control solutions, outlines the difference between RF, IP and hybrid solutions, and shares important factors and discusses challenges when choosing between RF and IP systems.

February 14th, 2019

Communicating on Campus- Why Video is a Necessity

Numerous college and university campuses are utilizing digital signage to communicate and educate students. With advances in technology, universities are adding more televisions and displays throughout their campus to communicate with students on current and upcoming events and to enhance their classroom engagement. What are some of the benefits of using digital signage throughout a campus and what additional features can it offer that will save time and money?

December 4th, 2018

IP Display Control: Solutions for Managing Displays on a Streaming Digital Network

The once clearly delineated worlds of AV and IT are quickly unifying as more and more clients are interested in distributing AV content over their IP networks. What are the advantages of AV over IP? And what products are needed to create a complete solution? Concluding a three-part series on encoders, decoders, and IP display control, this blog will reveal what AV Integrators need to know about IP display control, how it works, and the benefits it provides.

November 8th, 2018

IPTV Decoders: Enabling Digital Video Delivery Without Quality Loss

Today, digital media consumers across the U.S. and the world are choosing to distribute video content over IP networks. Receiving video across an IP network is made possible by a device known as a decoder.

September 25th, 2018

Choosing the Right Modulator for AV Integration

It’s important to have all your questions answered when deciding on a modulator for your AV integration. Which RF modulator supports all your needs? What functionality do you require? What’s your intended use for the modulator? The questions go on and on. Contemporary Research (CR) has a list of critical questions you should ask before choosing the modulator for your AV integration.

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August 2nd, 2018

AV over IP Video Distribution Solution from Contemporary Research

Audio-Visual over Internet Protocol or AV over IP refers to the transmission of audio-visual data over a network such as a LAN, WAN, or the internet. It uses standard network equipment to transmit and switch video and audio. The concept has existed for quite some time now, and most venues are transitioning their older AV infrastructures with IP-based infrastructures. If your business is interested in delivering video over a data network, Contemporary Research offers an AV over IP solution that delivers high quality video over Ethernet.

March 22nd, 2018

Encoders: A Solution for IPTV Video Distribution

AV over IP is a hot topic among AV Integrators when determining how to distribute video throughout a facility. However, there are challenges that must be overcome in order to make digital streaming possible. One of the biggest obstacles is the limited bandwidth available for distributing media. Due to this limitation, video must be compressed, and an encoder must be employed.

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