Meyer Sound make the Olypics heard around Beijing.

Few live events have the power to draw an audience of billions, but the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics easily surpassed that landmark. The largest international sporting event of the 21st century was also the most technically complex Olympics ceremony ever, broadcast for the first time in High Definition and surround sound.

At the heart of it all was Meyer Sound's Matrix3 audio show control system, which managed all technical aspects of the performance, including audio, motion control, pyrotechnics, and lighting.

The audience of nearly 95,000 in National Stadium (widely known as the "Bird's Nest") included over 80 heads of state, international celebrities and VIPs, along with more than 17,000 performers. The crowd and viewers around the world were treated to an event like no other, including audio from a stunning Meyer Sound system designed by event technology specialist Gary Hardesty of Sound Media Fusion LLC (SMF).

http://www.meyersound.com/news/2008/olympics_ceremonies/

How do you get 2 x 10.4 monitors into 1 x 19inch rack

Get the new Marshall V-R102DP-HD

Large 10.4-inch screens 800x600 Dots (1.44 million RGB pixels) Hyper Process for Interlace Image Match Color Conversion Adjustable Color Temperature 5 Year /50,000 hour backlight life 10 bit Analog to Digital conversion High resolution scaling Wide viewing radius - 130° horizontal and vertical provides superior visibility. 600 candelas per square meter (cd/m²) luminance produces enhanced image quality in varying light and viewing conditions 500:1 ratio of contrast between black and white luminance values with response rates less than 30 ms results in excellent quality for moving images 4:3 and 16:9 screen aspect ratios for DTV applications Response rates less than 25 ms Direct access for all adjustments Three color tally indicators Standard inputs: HDSDI/SDI (ITU-BR601/SMPTE-259M,292M) Component analog (YCrCb) (YPrPb) for all HD and SD formats Composite Video auto PAL/NTSC recognition S-Video (Y/C) DVI (Analog and Digital with HDMI/HDCP) PC up to SXGA (1280 x 1024) Loop-through of all video input signals On Screen Display (OSD) Blue Screen for color adjustment Adjustment Settings Memory Underscan Ready to Rackmount out of the box

Meyer Sound Announces 24-hour Technical Support Phone Line

Meyer Sound Announces 24-hour Technical Support Phone Line

Besides being one of the foremost speaker manufacturers in the world Meyer Sound has now added 24-hour support to their great equipment support.

As an end user of their gear, it is great to know that in the middle of that festival or corporate gig, there is now someone who can help me fix whatever problems may arise.

Here is the number to put in your Blackberry or i-phone.

To contact Meyer Sound's Technical Support Service call + 1 510 486-0657

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Video Walls at Comcast Center

Comcast's Great Wall.
Cable and communications provider Comcast, has constructed a $22 million dollar HD wall at its new Philadelphia-based Comcast Center. The giant display measures 27' x 87' (yep, that's feet) and crams 10 million pixels within the space. The wall is controlled by a central system containing 27,000 GB of info, six DX700 LED digitizers, seven Encore video processors, and three Matrixpro routers. To see this mammoth Hi-Def display in action, check out the video here.

Christie Launch M series projectors with smaller footprint

Christie Projectors have launched a new series of projectors called the M series offering a smaller footprint .

Every time I am involved in having to fly multiple projectors I love it when they are smaller and easier, but with the same power and performance.

The Christie M Series is a flexible and efficient line of six 3-chip DLP® projectors - loaded with
standard features that are beyond standard

Ranging from 2500 ANSI lumens (single lamp, 200W) to 9500 ANSI lumens (dual lamp, 350W)
each M Series projectors offers high efficiency and low cost of ownership by drawing only
1320W – giving you more lumens while using less power.

The M Series offers high-performance and feature-rich standards by including:

• Embedded Christie Twist™
• Intelligent Lens System (ILS)™
• LiteLOC™
• Dust sealed engine, filter-free design
• Dynamic iris
• Motorized yellow notch filter (HD models only)
• Multi-window processing (up to a 3x3 array)
• Hot swappable lamps

More info available here..
http://www.resourcegroup.org/blog/christieMseries.pdf