At a ceremony held at Wake Forest University last week, AMX announced the immediate availability of its new Enova DVX-3150HD All-In-One Presentation Switcher.

The Winston-Salem-based university is scheduled to open a new facility for its Charlotte, N.C.-based business programs next month in which it will deploy multiple DVX units and other AMX products, and on Thursday, Dec. 15, AMX president and CEO Rashid Skaf personally delivered the first DVX unit in advance of that launch.

“AMX has enjoyed a lengthy relationship with Wake Forest and took this occasion to show our support in the University’s efforts to ready their new facility,” Skaf said in a statement.

The switcher was formally unveiled in June at InfoComm 2011 and has a US MSRP of $11,900.

According to AMX, by offering a complete AV/IT platform for audio, video and networked control, the new switcher is designed to simplify A/V control and distribution in conference rooms, classrooms and auditoriums alike. AMX believes it will appeal to integrators and end users trying to unify A/V with IT networks.

“AMX is charging into 2012 focusing on the most advanced AV/IT solutions, and the architecture of the Enova DVX is a hallmark example of this commitment,” Skaf said in a press release.

According to the same statement, John Owen, director of information technology at the Schools of Business at Wake Forest University, said that the school’s purchase of the DVX was driven by a clear return on investment (ROI).

“[T]he University will see an ROI not only through the ease of installation but also through network-based management of all our AV/IT resources using AMX’s Resource Management Suite (RMS) software,” he said. “With RMS, our support staff can monitor and manage the equipment remotely from our main campus in Winston-Salem versus driving one-and-a-half hours to the satellite facility. This provides a return on both revenue and manpower.”

According to AMX, the Enova DVX-3150HD’s flexibility fits any room with a mix of analog and digital sources, multiple displays or rooms that require support for video conferencing, and eliminates the need for numerous individual components and equipment allowing integrators to save time and effort in configuring and programming. The DVX also comes with exclusive AMX technologies like SmartScale, which delivers video scaled for each connected display, eliminating integration challenges that occur when sources and displays have different supported resolutions.

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