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The technical operations staff at
BU is also enjoying the benefits of
networked projectors. With non-networked
projectors, the technical operations
department must wait for a professor
to report a projector failure. However,
with the IP-enabled VPL-FX50 projector,
a member of the technical operations
staff routinely conducts remote diagnostics
on an office desktop computer. This
has changed the technical operations
staff’s support strategy from reactive
to proactive, allowing it to manage
its materials and manpower more effectively.
Like networked projectors, Sony’s
new professional optical disc video
system is a startling technological
breakthrough. Sony Broadcast and Professional
Systems Division senior vice president
Steve Jacobs discusses the competitive
advantages of the professional optical
disc video system in Questions &
Answers (page 18) and how it will
enable broadcast and production companies
to achieve their objectives of working
“faster, better and cheaper.”
“We think optical will make our customers
instantly more competitive,”says Jacobs.“In
addition, we think the Internet-quality
video that we record in addition to
DVCAM®or the MPEG IMX™ video will
be very easy to reprocess and put
on the Internet.”
In addition to many other retailers
around the country, Kinko’s Inc. has
embraced Sony’s
PictureStation™ digital photofinishing
systems. See page 8 for the story
of why Kinko’s, the world’s leading
provider of document solutions and
business services, decided to install
the PictureStation systems in 800
locations nationwide. As Kinko’s executive
vice president of operations Sue Parks
puts it: “Sony’s PictureStation systems
present a compelling opportunity to
expand Kinko’s range of photo services
with what we feel is clearly the best
retail-based digital photofinishing
solution.”
Houses of worship are also discovering
the high-tech world’s benefits. When
the Calvary Cathedral of Praise (page
34) recently relocated to a larger
house of worship in the Kensington
section of Brooklyn, the church installed
a comprehensive presentation system
featuring Sony projectors, monitors
and color video cameras.
Now, the Pentecostal church uses
two Sony VPL-FX50 SuperSmart projectors,
two professional PVM-14N5U production
monitors and two DXC-390 high-resolution
color video cameras. The integrated
projection system enables the church
to capture and display everything
from video clips, special events announcements,
and words to songs and hymns on two
large screens for the benefit of its
2,500 congregants.
As always, we appreciate hearing
from you. Please share your thoughts
and comments with us.
Cordially,
Alec Shapiro
alec.shapiro@am.sony.com
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