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<blockquote data-quote="Brad Weber" data-source="post: 56209" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Re: Infocomm?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Consider the intended markets and applications covered by InfoComm, there are a good number of attendees who probably don't even look at audio products or that are more interested in commercial rather than pro applications. I actually think InfoComm did a better job this year of organizing the floor so that people with specific interests weren't having to run all over the place, they even had the speaker demo rooms right outside the audio section of the floor. However, listening to speaker demos was difficult as they are arranged so that half of the rooms have demos on the odd hours and the other half on the even hours, meaning one could easily spend several days just at the speaker demos.</p><p></p><p>As of right now, AVB looks like a great option for networked audio but the 'V' or video aspect as well as the control side seem seriously lacking, in fact in the presentation I saw at the AVnu Alliance booth I don't recall them even mentioning, much less demonstrating, any video or control aspects. And given the focus of many video related manufacturers on 4k video, it seems a bit limiting to develop a signal distribution standard that would not support those higher resolution images.</p><p></p><p>The biggest surprise to me on the audio side was Bose. They're not ready to challenge the established pro audio names or make a mark in the tour and production world, however they seemed to actually be presenting products and support that make sense for some of the pro audio market. Time will tell but it seems a big step to readily admit to having talked the talk without backing it up and to commit to changing that.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of the Bose products, as well as those shown by other manufacturers such as Renkus-Heinz, there seems to be a trend toward 'line arrays' that also address the horizontal pattern. Right now it seems to be a matter of mixing and matching boxes with different vertical and horizontal patterns, but there were also rumors of steerable Bessel arrays in the near future.</p><p></p><p>I have to say that I experienced iPad overload. iPads have their place but it was almost as though people might not consider a XLR connector or cable unless it came with an associated iPad app. The ironic aspect was how many of the intended applications seemed so impractical - look at how someone walking in a room with their iPad could control the room, all they need to do is configure the iPad for the wireless network, download the app, install it, configure the app for the network, download the room control file, load that file and now they can do the same thing they could have done by flipping a switch or turning a knob on the wall, but they did it on their iPad (unless it lost connection).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brad Weber, post: 56209, member: 114"] Re: Infocomm? Consider the intended markets and applications covered by InfoComm, there are a good number of attendees who probably don't even look at audio products or that are more interested in commercial rather than pro applications. I actually think InfoComm did a better job this year of organizing the floor so that people with specific interests weren't having to run all over the place, they even had the speaker demo rooms right outside the audio section of the floor. However, listening to speaker demos was difficult as they are arranged so that half of the rooms have demos on the odd hours and the other half on the even hours, meaning one could easily spend several days just at the speaker demos. As of right now, AVB looks like a great option for networked audio but the 'V' or video aspect as well as the control side seem seriously lacking, in fact in the presentation I saw at the AVnu Alliance booth I don't recall them even mentioning, much less demonstrating, any video or control aspects. And given the focus of many video related manufacturers on 4k video, it seems a bit limiting to develop a signal distribution standard that would not support those higher resolution images. The biggest surprise to me on the audio side was Bose. They're not ready to challenge the established pro audio names or make a mark in the tour and production world, however they seemed to actually be presenting products and support that make sense for some of the pro audio market. Time will tell but it seems a big step to readily admit to having talked the talk without backing it up and to commit to changing that. Speaking of the Bose products, as well as those shown by other manufacturers such as Renkus-Heinz, there seems to be a trend toward 'line arrays' that also address the horizontal pattern. Right now it seems to be a matter of mixing and matching boxes with different vertical and horizontal patterns, but there were also rumors of steerable Bessel arrays in the near future. I have to say that I experienced iPad overload. iPads have their place but it was almost as though people might not consider a XLR connector or cable unless it came with an associated iPad app. The ironic aspect was how many of the intended applications seemed so impractical - look at how someone walking in a room with their iPad could control the room, all they need to do is configure the iPad for the wireless network, download the app, install it, configure the app for the network, download the room control file, load that file and now they can do the same thing they could have done by flipping a switch or turning a knob on the wall, but they did it on their iPad (unless it lost connection). [/QUOTE]
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