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Good News, Bad News
The Good News is that Modern Communications has added Christine Schlum, soon to be Christine Du Vall, to our Digital Media and Video Sales Staff. Christine comes to us from the City of St. Peters and the St. Louis Cardinals where she has worked in many capacities such as Production, Post Production, and Graphics. She is well versed in the nonlinear post and broadcast production. We hope that over the next few weeks many of you will get to meet and welcome Christine to our staff.
 
Now the Bad News. James Martin has taken a job back in the academic world teaching Video Production at the University of North Texas. We appreciate all that James has done for us and wish him the very best in his new endeavor.
And now a note from Christine....
Hello,
Let me first introduce myself. I am Christine Schlum, soon to be the Mrs. Christine Du Vall, and I have recently taken over for James Martin here at Modern Communications. I am here to help you with whatever Avid needs you might have. I have been researching some new options for network media for Avid as well as other operating systems. I found that Studio Network Solutions here in the St. Louis area is making a new box called EVO. Click on this link for a spec sheet so that you can take a look. We will be having a demo here at Modern Communications on Monday, October 6th. We will begin at 11 am and have a second session at 2 pm if we have quite a few people who are interested. Please send me an e-mail at cschlum@modcomm.com or cduvall@modcomm.com to let me know if you are interested or please call 636-343-0800 and we will get you registered. Please take a look at the Studio Network Solutions website so you can get a better feel for what they do. I look forward to meeting many of you on October 6th.
~ Christine
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Twisted Pair Hits the Mainstream
Extron’s Comprehensive Solutions Offer Advanced
Features and Dramatic Savings
High definition video is experiencing unprecedented market growth and its use is expanding to an ever-widening range of applications: digital signage, retail merchandising, airport terminals, houses of worship, universities, and custom home installations, just to name a few. Projects that require switching and distribution of high resolution video are increasingly common. Where as coaxial cable used to be the only option for such projects, recent advances in technology have made twisted pair systems a viable design alternative. Extron offers the widest selection of twisted pair transmitters, receivers, switchers, matrix switchers, distribution amplifiers, cabling and accessories in the industry. When your next project requires distribution of high resolution video, along with standard definition video, audio, and serial control signals, consider the potential benefits and cost savings offered by Extron twisted pair solutions.
Coax vs. Twisted Pair
Smaller. Lighter. Simpler. Cheaper. These attributes of CAT 5-type UTP cable, in relation to coaxial cable, are well known. The small, lightweight cable fits into smaller conduit than larger, stiffer coaxial cable and is easier to pull, lowering overall project costs and allowing it to be used in applications where space is an issue. Terminations are simpler and less expensive with CAT 5-type cable than with coaxial cable.
With the price of copper increasing dramatically over the past few years, low-cost twisted pair cable has made a difference in keeping many projects within budget. Especially when cable runs exceed 200 feet or more, the cost of twisted pair equipment and expensive CAT 5-type cable can be significantly less than an equivalent run of coaxial cable, for which an interface or peaking amplifier might also be required.
Extron engineers have developed a broad product line that capitalizes on the benefits offered by the physical characteristics of CAT 5-type cable. Through superior quality, advanced technology, and award winning design, we offer system designers and integrators even more reasons to consider using twisted pair for A/V applications.
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