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Gary Kayye of rAVe Publications and host Victoria Barela reveal that the Trade Show Minute will have over 45 podcasts to come! 3 more slots are open. If you’d like to be a guest on the show and are in Amsterdam, sign up at https://ravepubs.as.me/

Logitech’s SmartDock  a touch-enabled meeting room console designed for Skype Room Systems, debuted in late 2016 and they’ll head to ISE 2018 with the new SmartDock Flex. If you use ANY cloud-based videoconferencing solution, you’ll want to watch this video cast as their new SmartDock Flex not only allows the SmartDock to be integrated into Zoom but also […]

Note: This is the second part of a crossover series that Hope and Christa are doing, so make sure to catch the first part of this series on The Floating Point. In this episode, Hope Roth (@beerandpie) joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to talk about football, their big bet, and how watching football outside of […]

iMAG used rAVe RADIO today to launch a product no one else has ever seen! It’s a single-button approach to controlling an AV-over-IP function – literally any function. Gary was joined by iMAG founder, Gerry Raffaut, today on his Rant’s and rAVe podcast on a special video-version to demo their iPress and show him how their new analytics […]

David Kirk, VP Product Marketing at Epiphan Video, speaks with me about a few updates at Epiphan, since the last time he graced our airwaves back on episode 24. We cover all things live video, and how Pearl-2 has improved upon the process, and how forward thinking the product is itself, even by today’s standards. […]

It’s a very special crossover edition! rAVe’s own Christa Bender (@AVChrista) joins host Hope Roth (@beerandpie) to talk some Super Bowl Smack (stay tuned for the details of our big bet!), New Year’s podcasting resolutions, and why Hope wants to bring more women onto this show. We also announce the AV Book Club (@AVbookclub). We […]

In addition to their obvious array of new display gear – and the first time most AV people will see UniSee – Barco will use Hall 12 Stand F100 at the ISE Show to demo their new ClickShare products, software vision 1.5 and the family of WePresent products – now branded as Barco. Version 1.5 includes new audio lip-syncing timing, 30fps video for […]

Gary was joined by BrightSign‘s CEO, Jeff Hastings, today who explained what they will show in their booth in Hall 8 Stand G240 at next week’s ISE Show in Amsterdam. There are two focuses (new 4K players and software compatibility) — so listen to today’s podcast and check them out at www.brightsign.biz 

Most AV-over-IP companies have embraced one technology over the others. But, ZeeVee can send AV over an IP network in all three flavors – H.264, over a 1Gig and over a 10Gig network. So, depending on the application, the client chooses — the NFL, for example, chose H.264 for the Super Bowl. Listen to today’s podcast with […]

ISE Managing Director, Mike Blackman, joined Gary on a special video edition of his Rants and rAVe’s podcast today to share details on the two new ISE Halls, how to register for exclusive Projection Mapping Shows and on every special event at the show. This year’s show will be the biggest AV show ever- he even […]

InFocus will not only focus their ISE stand on the family of Mondopad collaboration boards but they’ll use the annual mega-AV-show to highlight they new Jupiter PixelNet 2.0 distributed display wall system – an AV-over-IP video wall system including 4K, audio and fiber support. And, InFocus’ CMO, Brady Bruce, joined Gary on today’s podcast and hinted at new projectors for InFocus […]

In case you haven’t heard, the HDMI Alliance’s new 2.1 standard passed and it means that, unless you take HDMI over the network, you’ll likely be distributing it via fiber. Cleerline Fiber not only has a family of fiber cable, but also a test kit designed specifically for AV integrators, the SSF-TKITE-100  and a new super-thin, fishing-line-like fiber (SSF-CLEER900UM) cable […]

IDK was one of the first SDVoE Alliance members and has a 10Gig AV-over-IP solution that not only includes a transmitter and receiver but also a separate external controller – allowing both legacy AV products and AV-over-IP products to be controlled simultaneously. Gary was joined by IDK’s Executive Director, Ryohei Iwasaki, and their CTO, Chris Miller, to talk about […]

As salespeople, we’re told persistence is a virtue. This week I share a sales call gone wrong to show why persistence may sometimes be a liability.

Absen’s Polaris 1.9mm COBALT (Chip-on-Board Advanced Light Technology) is Absen’s first Chip-On-Board solution. Everyone’s been talking about this technology for years and now Absen plans to make it mainstream. What is Chip-on-Board and why does it matter? Listen to today’s podcast with Absen Europe’s Product Director, Liam Winter, as he explains that as well as what they have planned […]

Aurora CEO, Paul Harris, was a guest on a special video-edition of Gary’s podcast today to talk about their new HDBaseT Supercharged system that will debut in Hall 2 Stand A34 at the ISE Show in Amsterdam next month. Supercharged HDBaseT ism exclusive to Aurora and he explains how it’s different and how it not only provides a high-bandwidth version […]

Last year, Christie Digital announced their intention to develop SDVoE AV-over-IP products and they debuted at InfoComm in the form of the Terra Series including a transmitter, receiver and controller. At ISE 2018, according to Christie’s Senior Product Manager, Karl Johnson, we will see SDVoE inputs on both the BOXER and CRIMSON series of projectors — furthering their alliance with the SDVoE standard as well […]

In today’s podcast with Crestron Director of Enterprise Technology Dan Jackson, Dan wanted to talk about Crestron’s new XiO Cloud and XiO EdgeControl services. But when he mentioned that “a large portion of their ISE booth” will be taken up with a side-by-side demo of their NVX (1Gig AV-over-IP solution) alongside the AMX SVSi and SDVoE solutions, shootout-style, […]

Gary was joined by NEC Display Europe’s Strategic Product Marketing Manager, Thomas Walter, who explains what it will be like tour through Hall 5 Stand R20 at ISE Europe next month. NEC’s theme at the show is Create Endless Impressions and they’ll do that with three sections in the stand: Digital Signage, Corporate Meeting and […]

VuWall’s founder and president, Paul Vander Plaetse, used rAVe RADIO to Launch their new TRx — a software platform for AV integrators and operators alike, who need to deploy and manage small to large-scale AV networks of encoder and decoder boxes. Just like all other VuWall products, VuWall’s TRx is open to multiple hardware platforms. It supports not only […]

Mark Bishop, President of LynTec, speaks with me about their electrical automation switching panels. We cover their business model, different applications for LynTec, lighting control, load shedding, power sequencing, and everything in between for the Pro AV Integrator. LynTec specializes in the Pro AV space, but you’ll be surprised when you find out where their […]

Gary was joined on today’s Rants and rAVe podcast by Kramer Electronic‘s David Margolin who explained how the ISE Show will be used to further their AV-over-IT product strategy as well as to debut dozens of new products in their stand — Hall 1 Stand F20. Kramer used last year’s ISE to debut Kramer Control and their Enterprise Management solutions […]

Vivitek used rAVe RADIO to talk about their brand-new LED lineup of fine-pixel-pitch displays from 1.2mm to 2.5mm. Of course, they’ll have their new laser-phosphor projection displays there, too — including a new 18K lumens projector and new laser-based rear-screen projection cubes. Vivitek’s General Manager EMEA for Vivitek, Holger Graeff, explained how Vivitek has leveraged their parent company, Delta […]

If we’ve seen one trend over the last several years, it’s the customer’s increasing interest in using consumer and home technologies in their professional spaces. This week in Selling AV I talk about developing your strategy to address these questions in 2018.

Panacast, a USB-based camera line from Altia Systems, used rAVe RADIO to detail their ISE Show plans – they will be in Amsterdam in Hall 13 Stand E115. Panacast’s USB cameras literally repack the need for any PTZ camera in a meeting or huddle room. And, it’s all demo’d here on a special video edition of Gary’s […]

Mark Lachman, western regional sales manager at Audacy Wireless, a wireless lighting control company from Ideal Industries, speaks with me about this 4 year old companies success in the lighting control category. We discuss how Audacy’s different than the competition, advantages to their system vs. the competition, system capabilities, some things to come, and a […]

You may not have heard about Multitaction but Guinness Book or World Records has as they own the award for the world’s largest multi-touch display. Multitaction will be at ISE to demo two new software apps — SHOWCASE and CANVUS that help make collaboration simple and sharable worldwide. This is the kind of product that every AV integrator around the world […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST Gary used today’s Rants and rAVe’s to talk about his upcoming webinar — next Tuesday at 2pm EST. The webinar, part of the rAVe Almo ProAV webinar partnership, is based on his popular annual Krystal Ball predictions article — the 2018 edition was published here. The webinar will go in a bit more […]

Last year at this time Justin Kennington, the SDVoE Alliance‘s President, was making ISE Show preparation in hopes that he’d have enough 10Gig AV-over-IP gear to show in his stand this year, he’s got over 30 Alliance members and over 60 products that all send AV over a 10Gig IP network and a new switch, from NETGEAR  that’s specifically […]

Semtech acquired the core technology company that invented the AV-over-IP 10Gig system and standard that was once known as AptoVision.  Gary was joined by Semtech’s Vice President & General Manager, Kamran Ahmed, of the AptoVision products, on today’s podcast to give Gary an update on how the acquisition is going and how Semtech sees the future of AV-over-IP. […]

NETGEAR, a founding member of the SDVoE Alliance and best known for they networking products, is heading to the ISE Show in Amsterdam with a new network switch specifically aimed at making AV-over-IP easier. Their new 2U high M4300-96X is a scalable and modular network switch with 48 ports of built-in 10Gig fiber (or 24 post of 40Gig fiber) […]

Gary was joined today by Wyrestorm‘s EMEA Director of Sales, James Meredith. Wyrestorm’s one of the few companies in the AV industry that has AV-over-IP at all data rates – from H.264 to 10Gig (SDVioE). And, they’ll be at ISE in stand 5-S60 demoing it all. Wyrestorm actually debuted their first AV-over-IP system almost five years ago and […]