İHola Microsoft Window’s 8!

We're having an exciting 2012! I was in Barcelona, Spain assisting Microsoft in their launch of Windows 8 at the Mobile World Congress, the planet's largest cell phone trade show.

To make the Consumer Preview an immense success, we partnered with a German company, Satis & fy. The strong work ethic and level of knowledge our new friends, Oliver (Project Manager), Danny (Camera / Video), Stefan (Video Playback / Video Engineer), provided was among the best we’ve worked with in a long time.

For visual gear, we used Stumpfl 16:9 screens and a Barco FLM HD20 High Def Video projector to present Windows 8. We also used Thomson LDK 8000 Elite Worldcam cameras and Fujinon HA42x13.5 BERD-U camera lenses to show off and record the presenters.

For audio gear, Yamaha MSP 3 powered speakers were used with a Yamaha M7CL48 digital mixing console. Speakers used Shure UHFR wireless microphones.


Watch video of the Consumer Preview here.

-- By Kevin Peterson

Harrison Ford and George Lucas at the EAA Show

During the last week of July, Warner AV had the privilege to work at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. The week was challenging, but Project Manager Kevin Peterson had the unique opportunity to design and and execute AV for the annual gala dinner. This year, the dinner featured special guests Harrison Ford and George Lucas along with the world-premiere of Lucas' new movie trailer, Red Tails, a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen in WWII.

To make this air craft-themed movie look fantastic on the big screen, a Screen Pro 2 Switcher plus controller was used to control five difference screens in three destinations - you could even play different sources to different screens. Additionally, a Christie 18 HD Projector was connected to local area network for control. A Sony HD tape player was connected to an SDI output to the switcher. For sound, a full Meyer sound system was used in the air plane hanger.

Over all, Warner AV had a very successful week providing sound to almost 541,000 air show attendees.