Features

Building size displays: The future of signage?

Nanotechnology could change the way we see displays, with gold-infused pixels a million times smaller than smartphone pixels potentially being used to create displays large enough to cover entire buildings. Reece Webb reports.


Powersoft at 25: A farm of ideas

Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary, Paul Milligan went to Italy to speak to three senior figures at Powersoft to find out why R&D has been in the company’s DNA from the very beginning.

AV vendors drawn to off-the-shelf hardware

As AMX, QSC and others increase the use of off-the-shelf IT hardware, Tim Kridel explores the challenges and opportunities for integrators, vendors and end users.

Future skills: The turning tides of integrator requirements

The AV industry is moving ever closer to IT in both terms of crossover technologies and skills, redefining the job description and qualifications needed to thrive. Inavate's Tim Kridel speaks to Jamie Trader, Harman International vice president of video and control on essential IT skills for integrators, hardware-software decoupling and the future of software flexibility for AV vendors.

Capex v Opex: AV as utility

The post-digital economy is opening up every aspect of AV as a service but Capex is not about to die out says Adrian Pennington.