We’ve been pretty enthusiastic here on the MilesTek blog about just how much we love the fantastic new VU Telepresence HD video conferencing systems we sell. They make critical business communications easier, more effective and more affordable.

And, amazingly enough, they just got even better.

Our complete line of VU Telepresence High-Def Video conferencing devices are now interoperable with Vidtel video conferencing services.

The advantage of Vidtel’s service is that it allows you to connect (in high-def) with customers, clients, coworkers or colleagues – even if they are not using the same HD video conferencing equipment. There’s no tedious process of setting up a connection. You just enter in the address and go.

Basically, Vidtel has been one of the industry’s true pioneers of cloud-based B2B video conferencing services (note: services, not equipment). Most notably, the company built an SIP-based network that enables interoperability between SIP and H.323 that allows companies and other organizations to blend enterprise-grade video conferencing with other consumer video application (including, most handily, tablets and smartphones). This technology allows equipment manufacturers to expand the scope of endpoints interoperating within their own network.

In other words, they take cutting-edge connectivity equipment and make it even better. Here’s how it works:

Using a VU Telepresence HD video conference system over a high-speed Internet connection, you basically just dial into a video conferencing room, where you meet with the people you’re trying to reach. Or, if the other participants in your call are non-Vidtel users, they can simply dial your address or meet you in a Vidtel room. There’s no need to log into a portal first.

Vidtel video conferencing with VU Telepresence

From there, you’ll be face-to-face and ready to do the business you came to do (without needing to jump on an airplane first).

As we mentioned a few months ago, the VU TelePresence high-definition video conferencing systems feature some truly amazing technology — and technology that can improve both life and business in several ways.

Simply put, the video conferencing system delivers jaw-dropping video quality, crystal-clear audio quality, and an unmatched feeling that the people you’re meeting with — whether they’re in New York, New Delhi or Newfoundland — are engaged and engrossed just a few feet away on the other side of your boardroom conference table.

HD Video Conferencing System

VU TelePresence Video Conferencing Benefits

Easier direct communication. Less misunderstanding. Deeper relationships. Fewer frustrating interruptions. More people at meetings and more hands on deck. Better and more abundant opportunities to talk, to negotiate, to explore big ideas, to hammer out the nitty-gritty details that make projects thrive. It can even make it easier to connect with old friends and family members — all without the need to plop down thousands upon thousands of dollars on plane tickets or enormously expensive equipment.

Thanks to cutting-edge technology at a fraction of the steep costs standard to this sophisticated of an experience, VU TelePresence makes it happen.

VU TelePresence Video Conferencing Features

VU TelePresence is available as both a 720p video conferencing system and a 1080p video conferencing system. The key to both systems are the 720p and 1080p camera support, the multipoint capability, H.264 High Profile, and their unparalleled mobile ability and easy setup and use.

VU TelePresence Video Conferencing Pricing

Now, we’re proud to announce that we’ve made the system more affordable than ever. Currently, the 720p HD video conferencing system is available for just $1,999. The 1080p HD video conferencing system, meanwhile, is available for just $3,499.

By comparison, most similar systems from VU TelePresence’s competitors run from between $12,000 and $44,000 — with fewer features and capabilities. In other words, there really is no comparison.

Three-dimensional television is a true marvel of modern audio/visual technology.

In a convention booth sales setting, a 3D TV can reach out and connect with potential customers and clients – and give your product or service a critical edge over the competition in the next booth over. In school settings or training seminars, a 3D TV can make the course material being taught come alive in an unprecedented way, engaging with students or employees and instilling in-depth understanding of complicated subjects and concepts.

And, of course, a 3D TV can give an entertainment center in your home unlike any you’ve ever seen, breathing life into parties and gatherings and fascinating your family and friends.

But as with more common high-def AV technologies, a 3D television is only as useful as the cable setup and A/V distribution devices that connect it. So here at MilesTek, we’re proud to offer a string of innovative 3D-compatible HDMI splitter/receiver sets and HDMI extender sets that make connectivity easy and give you enormous flexibility to meet your specific A/V needs.

Such devices include:

Each device features a high-speed chip set that supports both 3D and 4Kx2K resolutions. Furthermore, each device employs innovative use of CAT5E and CAT6 cables, which allow you to run 1080p signal over vast distances at a fraction of the price of attempting to do the same solely with HDMI (without undermining the sparkling quality of the signals). The splitters and receivers also make it easy to run one source to multiple 3D displays.

Here’s a nifty deal to greet the spring:

Currently, you can get the DYMO Rhino 5200 industrial label printer ($146 value) for free when you buy 15 Rhino industrial labels. Buy an additional five labels, and you can upgrade to the handy DYMO Rhino 5200 Hard Case Kit ($225 value). Similarly, the DYMO Rhino 6000 industrial labeler ($250 value) is free when you buy 30 Rhino industrial labels, upgradeable to the DYMO Rhino 6000 Hard Case Kit ($334 value) when you buy 35 labels.

FREE DYMO RHINO 5200 FREE DYMO RHINO 5200 HARD CASE KIT FREE DYMO RHINO 6000 FREE DYMO RHINO 6000 HARD CASE KIT

Both models are portable and rugged, and they represent the cutting edge of hand-held industrial labeling technology. The 5200 makes it easy to add an extra dose of professional finish to installations with clear, long-lasting industrial labels. It can run on rechargeable batteries for maximum portability. And it’s ideal for a variety of professionals, including those in the construction, broadcast, security, datacomm, electrical and A/V fields.

The Rhino 6000, meanwhile, boasts all the features and benefits of the 5200 — and then some. Notably, it’s the first Rhino labeler to include PC connectivity, allowing the user to create custom labels ahead of time via any Windows-based software program. The 6000 model also includes a nifty library stocked with more than 250 industry terms and symbols, plus the ability to save up to 1,000 custom labels.

For both models, the hard case kits are ideal for the rough-and-tumble jobsite environment that many of our customers regularly tackle. We’re also proud to offer a comprehensive selection of industrial labels, including flexible nylon labels, heat shrink tube labels, permanent polyester labels, self-laminating labels and vinyl labels.

The promotion is valid through June 30, so order soon if you’re in the market for an industrial label printer. Or take a look at our complete catalog of cable management solutions to learn more.

Our goal here at MilesTek is to get clients the exact part they need – as soon as they need it. And a big part of meeting this goal is the vast inventories we maintain for just about everything we carry, including A/V distribution products, data bus couplers, and Trompeter connectivity solutions.

But from time to time we need to clear out these inventories, and we always want to do so in a way that makes our electronic components and connectivity solutions more affordable for our valuable customers than ever.

For example, take a second to look at our ongoing CAT5E/CAT6 patch cord sale. Currently, we’ve slashed prices on several of our patch cords, including CAT5E 350 MHz booted patch cords, CAT5E 350 MHz non-booted patch cords, and CAT6 550 MHz patch cords. The cords are also available in a vast range of sizes and colors.

CAT5E/CAT6 Patch Cord Blow Out

The longer cords – including 20-foot, 50-foot, 75-foot, and 100-foot lengths – can reap extra savings when paired with one of our amazing CAT5E/CAT6 HDMI extenders. Basically, extending a sparkling-quality HDMI signal 75 feet with an actual HDMI cable would generally cost you between $70 and $170. By comparison, using a top-quality 75-foot CAT5E Ethernet cord would currently cost you just $8.42. Similarly, the cost of a high-speed 100-foot HDMI cable generally runs around $180, while a 100-foot CAT5E Ethernet cord currently costs only $9.59.

Simply put, huge savings are there for the taking (not to mention the myriad other benefits that come with our HDMI extenders).

The deal will only be available until supplies run out, so order soon if we’ve got anything you need. Questions about which patch cord will meet your unique needs? Contact us – one of our audio-video distribution specialists will be happy to help.

We’re confident that we sell among the best connectivity solutions anywhere in the military avionics and telemetry industries, including our diverse lines of custom harnesses and accessories, connectors and data bus couplers. But there’s nothing like a little bit of validation from one of the most demanding, high-performance companies on the planet and true pioneers of the commercial aerospace field.

Boeing Performance Excellence AwardSo here at MilesTek, we’re thrilled to announce — for the second time in four years – that we’ve been honored by the Boeing Corporation as a recipient of the 2011 Boeing Performance Excellence Award.

The honor goes out each year to company suppliers who best maintain “superior supplier performance” throughout the previous year. From Oct. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2011, we earned a “silver composite performance rating” for month after month through the entire performance period. The honor makes us eligible for Boeing’s “Supplier of the Year.”

According to the company:

Performance excellence is fundamental to the success of both our companies. Boeing extends its sincere congratulations to the employees of your company for demonstrating their dedication to the high performance standards necessary to meet customer expectations and remain competitive in the global economy.

This is the third time to receive the honor. We last earned the award in 2009 for the custom wiring harnesses, connectors and cable assemblies we supplied to Boeing.

The high-demand, mission-critical nature of avionics requires cutting-edge connectivity solutions that are tough, reliable and innovative. We’re proud to offer industry-leading companies like Boeing a full range of such connectivity solutions, including MIL-STD-1553B devices and supporting equipment, Trompeter cables and connectors, and a deep catalog of cable assemblies.

 

We talk a lot about our AV over CAT5E/CAT6 solutions – especially our HDMI CAT5E/CAT6 extenders and VGA CAT5E/CAT6 extenders – here on the MilesTek blog. For good reasons.

Simply put, the extenders are a dream come true for anyone in need of better, more cost-effective, more flexible AV setups. Utilizing high-quality, low-cost CAT5E/CAT6 cables gives you options: They can run farther. With the right extender or splitter, they can easily be split out from one source to multiple displays. And the cables makes for a much more affordable option than you’d find trying to, say, run an HDMI cable several hundred feet.

We love them. We’re proud to offer them. We want our customers to see first hand just how much the kits can simplify their AV needs. So, from now through March 31, we’re selling them at even lower prices.

HDMI OVER LAN/ETHERNET IR EXTENDER KITFor example, our HDMI over LAN/Ethernet IR extender kits make it easy to split out a single HDMI signal (such as a Blu-Ray disc player) to multiple HDMI displays such as high-def TVs over a single CAT5E/CAT6 cable. The kit even includes an IR control signal for a smoother A/V experience.

We’re selling the kits for just $376.67.

VGA 3.5mm AUDIO CAT5E/CAT6 1x4 SPLITTER AND 2-PORT EXPANDABLE RECEIVER KITOr, for another example, take a look at one of our VGA 3.5mm audio CAT5E/CAT6 1×4 active splitter and 2-port expandable receiver kits. Similar to the HDMI extender kits, these VGA extender kits smartly distribute VGA and audio input from a computer to a local VGA display – plus as many as four remote receivers located up to 1,000 feet away. Imagine the possibilities.

We’re selling these kits for just $195.

Again – the offer ends March 31, so order soon. Contact us to learn more, or head over to our main website to explore our comprehensive online catalogs of audio-video distribution solutions.

Dazzling video quality. Crystal-clear audio. Connections with clients, friends and family a thousand miles away that makes you feel like they’re sitting just across the conference table. All this — and more — at an accessible cost you simply won’t find in many other places across the industry.

You can probably tell that we’re more than a little bit excited to introduce our new high-def, ultra-cool, super-affordable HDMI video conferencing systems from VU Telepresence.

Historically, conducting important meetings via video conference was prohibitively expensive for many small businesses and organizations. Doing so would require a significant investment in equipment. Instead, companies were stuck footing steep travel bills when needing to meet face-to-ucj1YDReYE0face for interviews, reviews, sales pitches and other meetings — or they were stuck “making do” with the lesser quality, less-personalized experience of a teleconference.

VU Telepresence offers an intelligent, affordable alternative for businesses in need of direct, visual person-to-person communication. No airplanes or long drives. No overwhelming equipment costs. Just simple, high-def connections at bargain prices. (Don’t believe you’d be getting a steal? Check out this video conferencing technology comparison checklist to see how VU Telepresence systems stack up against systems from Cisco/Tanberg, Polycorn, LifeSize and Radvision.)

MilesTek’s VU Telepresence systems are available in two options — the 720p video conferencing system and the 1080p video conferencing system – and each come loaded with a wide range of features, including:

  • Media control unit/codec
  • Multipoint capability
  • Dual-display videoconferencing
  • WebVU (PC-based video conferencing)
  • Screen and document-sharing
  • Speaker bar
  • Keyboard
  • HD camera
  • Microphone
  • Camera remote
  • Required cabling
  • And more..

The systems are AV-cart compatible, and set-up is simple. The systems are also compatible with third-party systems, ensuring easy video collaboration with customers, clients, and colleagues across the country (and beyond) – regardless of which videoconferencing systems they use.

In other words, the systems are the type of products that simply make it easier for your business to do what it does best. We’re thrilled to be adding it to our complete line of A/V distribution solutions — feel free to contact us with any questions.

Custom Trompeter Assemblies

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Trompeter Connector AssemblyWith deep inventories of a type of connectivity product, you have solutions available for most of your customer’s needs. But with the ability to craft customized solutions on the fly, you can meet just about any needs.

As we mentioned last time here on the MilesTek blog, we’re proud to have recently launched the world’s first complete, authoritative, unabridged altogether-fantastic online Trompeter Assembly Instructions database for Trompeter Connectors.

We wanted to eliminate any potential confusion about the Trompeter Connectors our customers buy by providing detailed, helpful installation instructions for each connector. In other words, the database makes the deep inventories of Trompeter Connectors we provide more accessible than ever.

Simply put, we’re one of the largest factory-authorized distributors of Trompeter products anywhere in the globe. Beyond connectors, we also provide:

Still, we’re not content to simply rest on our inventories, and we understand that some folks have unique needs that require unique, custom Trompeter assemblies. We have more than 30 years of experience dealing with Trompeter assemblies, and our engineers are highly trained to think outside of the box and explore solutions to any unexpected problems our customers bring us.

For example, we provide custom assemblies for Trompter PL75-9 cables, such as an assembly that pairs Trompeter PL75-9 TRB 3-slot male cables with PL75-9 TRB 3-slot Male TWC-78-2 twinaxial blue jacket 78-ohm cables.

Contact one of our Trompeter experts with any questions. Or, if you’d like to learn more about our other unmatched lines of cable assemblies or AV distribution products, ask us about our free catalogs.

Trompeter Connector AssemblyHere at MilesTek, we’re proud to provide maintain one of the largest inventories of Trompeter products anywhere on the globe. But our goal has always been to go beyond simple product sales and become a valuable resource of guidance and expertise for customers as well.

In other words, we’ve been supplying Trompeter connectors, panels, and other connectivity solutions for more than three decades, and think we’ve learned a thing or two along the way.

So check out the first, best, and most long-awaited database of Trompeter Assembly Instructions (TAI) available anywhere on the world wide web. There you can find assembly instructions for our entire catalog of innovative Trompeter connectors, including an unparalleled range of coaxial connectors, twinaxial connectors and triaxial connectors.

You can look up the Trompeter connector instructions you need either by its part number (in the left column) or its unique TAI number (in the right). The attached PDFs include step-by-step installation instructions, plus drawings and diagrams. The documents are also formatted for ideal printing sizes in order to make the instructions accessible without a computer at hand.

Take a look at our complete catalog of Trompeter products to learn more about how these fantastic connectivity solutions can complete your project. In addition to Trompeter connectors, MilesTek stocks the following additional Trompeter solutions:

If you need a bit of additional help or advice concerning any of our Trompeter connectivity solutions — or if the Trompeter connector installation instructions you need are not listed — give us a call. One of our Trompeter experts will be glad to give you a hand.

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