July 07, 2025

Why IP: An AV Guide

Technical Guides IP NDI

The AV industry knows how to do things. It has decades of experience fine tuning its skills and technologies to provide clients with high quality sound and audio and a level of reliability that is simply outstanding.

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March 27, 2024

Is it time to move away from HDMI switchers?

Technical Guides Introduction

There are a lot of four channel HDMI switchers on the market and they are deservedly popular both in AV installations and live production. Connect HDMI cameras, media players and laptops to the switcher and with the press of a button you can mix sources or simply switch inputs – it's high quality and there's virtually no delay.

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August 11, 2023

【Breakthrough】A Guide to Automating Cameras

Technical Guides Introduction

A PTZ camera is an amazing piece of technology which can move to follow the action, whether that's in a concert hall, lecture room, conference space, worship service, TV studio or meeting room. The PTZ revolutionized video production: a single person could now control many PTZs – a huge saving in time, resources, and cost.

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June 27, 2022

【ProAV Lab】introNDI#09 - Combining NDI and SRT for Streaming Synergy

Technical Guides NDI SRT

NDI and SRT are both Video-over-IP technologies used to transmit high-quality, low latency video. In this article, we will look at the differences and how to use them.

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April 27, 2022

【ProAV Lab】3minAV#04 - What is NDI|HX 3?

Technical Guides NDI NDI|HX 3

Episode 4 is about NDI|HX 3, the exciting new version of the "High Efficiency" video over IP protocol. NDI|HX 3 delivers extremely high-quality video over Ethernet networks.

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February 24, 2022

【ProAV Lab】introNDI#04 - NDI 5 in ProAV

Technical Guides NDI NDI 5

Until the advent of NDI 5, the format was used overwhelmingly in event and broadcast production. This is not just because of NDI's heritage in the media industry. It's also because of specific AV requirements, many of which have now been addressed in NDI Tools, version 5. Now, NDI offers AV managers an enhanced AV over IP technology.

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January 12, 2022

【ProAV Lab】3minAV#02 - What is NDI?

Technical Guides NDI 3minAV

In our second Lumens 3-Min AV University video, we look at the NDI technology, a popular high-efficiency protocol that transmits video at low bandwidth across Ethernet networks.

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Lumens AV Unversity What is Live Streaming?

November 02, 2021

【ProAV Lab】3minAV#01 - What is Live Streaming?

Technical Guides PTZ Camera Media Processor

With the rapid growth of streaming media, consumers, businesses, worshippers and educators are watching video, TV and events live. With live streaming, viewers can watch an event live on their smartphones, tablets, smart televisions and computers, rather than having to download it after the event has finished

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