In the News

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December, 2011

Sound and Video Contractor Magazine honors the QMOD-HDSC Scaler Modulator as one of the 30 Most Innovative Products for 2011. Integrating an HD scaler with an HDTV modulator, the perfect solution for broadcasting digital signage faciloity wide.

November, 2011

In System Contractor News article , "Willow Creek Distributes HD Video Efficiently," David Cooke, Video Director for Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, Illinois, shares how the site chose broadband RF for HD media facility-wide, employing CR QMOD-HD, QMOD-SDI, and Display Express technology.

AV Technology magazine reports in" Real Time Justice" that Brazil Seal Telecom recently completed an HDTV distribution system for the Brazil Supreme Court, using the QMOD-HDSC for conversion of HD PAL video sources to NTSC and satellite receivers into open QAM channels. Over 100 ICC2-ATSC+ tuners deliver video to users and displays, controlled by Display Express software.

AV Technology also features in" Western Washington Upgrades" Whitlock Group's role in the renovation of Western Washington University's Miller Hall, a site that added extensive green and AV upgrades. The story also ex pains why the media services department selected the CR 232-ATSC+ over consumer-grade technology.

October, 2011

In his article "Get Ready for RF 2.0," in the October Sound & Communications magazine, our own Doug Engstrom writes that, while the advent of new RF HDTV solutions may have been somewhat of a surprise to traditional AV integrators, the near instant growth over the past three years indicates that HDTV is now a key element in the AV design and installation.

September, 2011

How do you refit a luxury yacht for HD without spending millions on fiber, wires and expensive interfaces? After all, every yacht owners have budgets. The solution? In the September Sound and Video Contractor case study, AV Distribution for a Mega-Yacht, learn how Triton Technical turned to the QMOD-HD HDTV Modulator and saved about 95% in costs.

August, 2011

"Help! Our cable company is encrypting all our channels! What do we do?" Most of us in the industry have heard this cry for help many times. In the August edition of Sound and Video Contractor, check out "The New Basic Cable - how to be your own in-house cable company", written by CR's Doug Engstrom. By taking control of your RF network, you can reduce your cable bill and deliver a better content solution for your facility...

June, 2011

"The Money Channel" in the May/June ProAV issue highlight's Russell Investment's integration of in-house TV and signage, HDTV channels for up-to-the-minute information on stock market updates and world news to keep abreast of the global market. The solution includes in-house HDTV channels via QMOD-HD HDTV modulators and Display Express site-wide TV control.

January, 2011

“Stage It As It Lies” in the January, 2011 issue of Rental & Staging Systems covers the challenges Upstage Video faced when the famed Greenbrier Resort asked for large LED displays throughout the course to display live scoring and information with graphics as well as TV coverage of the PGA Classic. Christian Matthews, Upstage project manager, says, “ Moving high resolution through coax and over long distances was the key to this show. We could have accomplished this using fiber equipment but it would have cost four times as much as the QMOD solution.”

November - December 2010

"PBR Rock Bar Opens" in the December Systems Contractor News covers the new PBR Rock Bar & Grill that
opened recently in the Miracle Mile Shops complex at the Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Hotel
and Casino, just as the annual World Finals of the Professional Bull Riding championship—from which it takes its name—came to town. Designed and installed by R2W, the site takes advantage of RF HDTV video distribution using QMOD-HD modulators, controlling channels and power over the same RF with Display Express Web-driven software. R2W notes that, "Going with CR's RF solution for HD video and control over conventional Cat5 baseband switching delivers HD performance at a fraction of the cost - and the install process is much easier."

"Crisis Management – AV Empowers Emergency Response" in the November Sound and Video Contractor magazine, highlights how the Los Angeles’ Emergency Operations Center employs HD RF channels and 232-ATSC tuners to manage emergencies.

“The city project administrators were expecting a satellite HD set-top box at each viewing position at an estimated recurring facility cost of several thousand dollars each month. We negotiated directly with satellite network, and by properly identifying the six key modulated system requirement conditions, we were able to reduce the recurring facility cost to less than $120 per month.”

"It is worth mentioning that while the CATV system interacts with the LAN, the EOC backbone is decidedly RF. As due diligence, [John] Bilar gave IT vendors the opportunity to make their case. However, with requirements such as 24/7/365 reception and distribution of 135 HD channels, the ability to recover from a power failure in less than two minutes without administration, the ability for users to incorporate department-specific content, the need to retain HD detail on the main display wall, the need to avoid set-top boxes and IP appliances, and scalability considerations for new viewer positions all proved insurmountable for a LAN-based system."

In the AV Technology's December issue, Virginia Ruby reviews the QMOD family of HDTV modulators, with comments from users of QMOD systems.

Read Scott Hetzler's comments on delivering signage over RF in the Signs of Growth article in the November 2010 edition of Systems Contractor News.

2010

Contemporary Research 232-ATSC Tuners were included in three of five projects, including both Grand Prize winners, honored by Archi-Tech magazine at InfoComm 2010.

ProAV's June issue highlights a QMOD-HD installation at the Buffalo Wings and Rings Restaurant, a sports-themed facility near the Indianapolis Colts stadium that features over 50 displays, 10 HD QMOD channels, and an exciting ambience.

Our own Doug Engstrom's article," Contemporary Research’s QMOD-HD Streamlines
The Integration Of HDTV Broadband Solutions" in the May, 2010 Systems Contractor News, discusses how Contemporary Research responded to integrator demand for a commercial-quality, cost-effective HDTV modulator to enable in-house HD cable networks,

Kirsten Nelson, editor of Systems Contractor News, and Cynthia Wisehart, editor of Sound and Video Contractor, recently featured interviews with Contemporary Research President Scott Hetzler. In her "Editorial Note" (SVC, Dec. 2009) Ms. Wisehart explores the driving forces that led Scott to create QMOD-HD, and his views on the role in deploying broadband RF as a HDTV integration solution, and the value of energy-efficient design. Ms. Nelson, in her Nov. 2009 "Tuned In to High Definition" interview reveals Scott's engineering background, his time with AMX, his views on HTDV integration, as well as AV technology and CR's future.

In the Systems Contractor News story "It's A Sign" Doug Engstrom of CR explains that Enterprise Communication is a form of digital signage that relates well to the AV Integrator market. Corporations,education, civic, and worship centers are looking for informative signage that delivers relevant data, news, and announcements without creating high overhead to make it happen. This involves middleware software that can sift and interpret the data on the fly and present it attractively as multimedia charts, graphics, RSS feeds, and text on displays. In addition, there are more options for content delivery that just IP.

Need to manage over 800 displays in your facility? The Louisiana Super Dome, host of the Super Bowl winners New Orleans Saints, explains how it's done in AV Technology's The Saints Tackle AV Management.

ProAV goes behind the scene in "Inside Scoop - Fox News Studio H" covers the design and engineering of the 36-by-48-foot Studio H on the 12th floor of the Fox News building in midtown Manhattan.