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Essential Install | Products Acoustic Aesthetics The new Impulso Architect app has been specially developed for the architectural market Artnovion says that its High End collection is designed for residential and commercial properties and delivers a dramatically improved audio performance as well as a focus to any location. Simple to install and with a selection of unique multi-dimensional fi nishes, Artnovion’s latest collection is ideal for home owners, architects and interior designers who are looking for visual effects. The range of panels include absorbers, bass traps and diffusers which the maker says are engineered to perfection as well as striking to look at. Artnovion has created an acoustics app called Impulso, which is designed to help users tune their rooms without requiring specialist training. With a user-friendly layout, room measurement is carried out in a few easy steps via the software’s intuitive interface. As well as measuring the room, the app allows users to pick the desired Artnovion product and then automatically simulates how the room’s acoustics will improve, showing a reverberation time graph. More information: Invision UK [phone], www.invisionUK.com OPPO adds Dolby Vision support to Ultra HD Blu-ray Players Oppo Digital has added Dolby Vision to its two 4K Blu-ray players OPPO Digital has announced that its UDP-203/UDP-205 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc players can now receive a fi rmware upgrade that enables the Dolby Vision feature. Initially released in December 2016 and April 2017 respectively, the OPPO UDP-203 and UDP-205 have won awards and have earned enthusiastic reviews from consumer and industry publications for their picture quality. This new fi rmware makes the OPPO UDP-203 and UDP-205 the fi rst Blu-ray Disc players to support Dolby Vision. Roland Vlaicu, vice president of the consumer entertainment group at Dolby Laboratorie, said: “With Ultra HD Blu- ray, we are able to scale faster to meet the growing demand for Dolby Vision content globally.” Jason Liao, OPPO Digital’s chief technology offi cer, added: “Delivering reference picture quality and a premium viewing experience has always been the core mission of OPPO’s disc player products. We are thrilled to work with Dolby to incorporate Dolby Vision into our UHD disc players.” Customers who already have an Internet connection set up for their players can directly upgrade by answering the player’s prompt on their TV screen, or from the player’s setup menu. Customers who do not connect their players to the Internet can visit OPPO Digital’s web site and download the fi rmware fi le or request a fi rmware CD. More information: Oppo Digital [phone], www.oppodigital.com ELAN Now Shipping 4K VoIP Product Line Three new VoIP products have been launched by ELAN ELAN has announced that it is now shipping three new VoIP products. These new solutions deliver distribution of HDMI video at 4K UHD resolution over a 1GB Ethernet Switch. The new line includes the EL-4KPM-VIP-TX transmitter, EL-4KPM-VIP-RX receiver and EL-4KPM-VIP-CTRL control module. Mike Jordan, vice president, product management at US distributor Core Brands, says: “The industry has been requesting a VoIP solution that is extremely scalable for today’s large residential installations and this new line does just that. “AV distribution is an essential component of home control and automation systems and ELAN dealers now have virtually infi nite confi gurability options for their installations.” Using lossless compression technology, Mike says that ELAN VoIP’s built-in video scaling ensures that the optimal video signal is delivered to each display. And the ELAN confi guration software gives custom installers fl exibility and ease of installation. Mike said: “VoIP protocols allow for convenient and cost-effective distribution of these HDMI signals that otherwise isn’t possible. ELAN’s new solutions allow for this sophisticated signal distribution. They are infi nitely scalable to incorporate virtually any number of transmitters and receivers.” More information: Indigo Distribution [phone], www.indigodistribution.ie ULTIMATE POWER ABSOLUTE CONTROL Meridian Audio’s Hi-Res, 1U tall 218 Zone Controller and 258 Eight Channel Power Amplifier. Tailored for custom install, competitively priced and with a five year warranty included; it’s not just the performance that’s outstanding. [email protected] [phone] meridian-audio.com 190x40.indd 1 68 | July 2017 12/07/2017 11:30