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Get ready for the industry’s one and only ultra short-throw laser projector in the form of two new versions of the Epson BrightLink line. BrightLink is their Interactive line of short-throw projectors and Epson, this morning, rolled out one aimed at education and one aimed at corporate applications in the form of the BrightLink 710Ui and BrightLink Pro […]

Last week, in an acquisition that was barely mentioned by the AV trades, Econocom Group purchased 100 percent of BIS Group, an AV and Smart Buildings integrator mostly focused in the Netherlands and Belgium. And, Econocomm also purchased a 40 percent stake in JTRS,  an Apple and Google partner focused in the education market in the UK, as well as 100 percent […]

InFocus will be at InfoComm re-launching their new cloud-based VC service called ConX Cloud. InFocus’ Director of Product Marketing, Glynn Jystad was on this podcast and explained that ConX Cloud is free for a 3-seat license and a 10-seat option is only $8 per month and a 50-seat license is less than $10 per month. They’ll be demonstrating ConX Cloud […]

Gary caught up with BrightSign founder, Jeff Hastings today, as he literally heading out the door to fly to Orlando for InfoComm. BrightSign is in booth 443 at InfoComm and they’ll be highlighting their embedded signage options, their OPS signage capabilities and the most complete lineup of digital signage players in the universe. I asked Jeff what the difference […]

Alison Maxson, PR & marketing communications manager, & Paul Johnston, SR. director of customer service, at Absen America, both speak with me about some big new changes currently taking place at Absen, and their involvements, changes to infrastructure, Service programs/service locations, some trainings to attend, new products, and obviously an invitation to view them both […]

I jumped on a videocast with Karl Johnson, Sr. Product Manager for Christie Digital’s Image Processing department, and he showed me their first box and was surprisingly candid in saying that Christie intends to add SDVoE AV-over-IP as an input on their projectors and monitors as well as use it for their video wall products. The first […]

Watch this special InfoComm Videocast to learn all about Vivitek’s InfoComm plans. In addition to the exclusive projector demo, James Hsu, Vivitek’s Global Product Marketing Director, showed us their new NovoTouch – a Collaboration Board integrated with the NovoPro BYOD collaboration technology. Watch the videocast below!

On today’s special InfoComm videocast Gary is joined by Sander Phipps, Sony’s Senior Product Manager. Sander and Gary talk about what to expect from Sony at InfoComm 2017! Watch this videocast below!  

On this InfoComm special videocast, Gary is joined by Barco’s Strategic Marketing Director, Wouter Bonte. Gary and Wouter talk about all things InfoComm. Watch the videocast below to see, and hear, what Barco will bring to InfoComm 2017!

Bose Professional is hitting the show floor (in booth #4061) at InfoComm with three major new product launches. The company is using InfoComm for the official U.S. rollout of ControlSpace EX, the conferencing solutions that originally debuted at ISE in Amsterdam in February. I nabbed a one-on-one interview with Rob Kosman, Bose’s events and applications manager, today on […]

Dataton is best known for WATCHOUT. WATCHOUT is, by far, the easiest, fastest and most reliable way to create giant, live presentations – from the smallest conference gig all the way to image mapping the most famous buildings in the world or the court at the NCAA Final-4 Basketball tournament, WATCHOUT can do it. Gary was joined on today’s Rants and rAVe’s podcast by Marty […]

Gary was joined by Sony’s Rick Perkins this morning on his Rants and rAVe’s podcast to rAVe about the new Sony Vision Exchange. Vision Exchange is one of those products you have to see it demo’d to really see all the features. It basically turns any lecture hall or classroom in a college into a wireless multi-collaboration system. It’s […]

At the ISE show in Amsterdam earlier this year, Kramer launched Kramer Control – their cloud-based control system that they say is easier to program (or is pre-programmed) than traditional control systems. I asked Itai Ben Gal of Kramer’s control group to join me on today’s Rants and rAVe’s podcast to talk about what makes Kramer’s control solution different from the […]

Altia Systems, creators of PanaCast 2 Panoramic-4K USB video camera system, has worked with Intel to launch PanaCast Whiteboard, a computer vision software that detects content on an existing whiteboard and displays (in any room) and adds it in (automatically) into a vide meeting. This may not seem like a big deal but, watch this videocast with their CEO and […]

Today’s edition of my Rants and rAVe’s podcast includes the first public showing of Logitech’s new MeetUp ConferenceCam  I was honored to be joined by Logitech’s Head of Marketing for the Collaboration Business Unit, Joan Vandermate, who explains the features behind the 4K USB camera and what makes it perfect for small rooms and huddle spaces. This is one […]

WolfVision will use booth 3801 at InfoComm to launch Microsoft 365 integration with their Cynap line — calling the new version, appropriately, Cynap 365. The Linux-based Cynap can play, display, record, and stream all commonly used media simultaneously during meetings, lectures, and collaborative sessions. WolfVision’s RSM, Jason Dovel, was on this edition of Gary’s Rants and rAVe’s podcast and he not […]

Gary was joined on this edition of his Rants and rAVe’s podcast by Anchor Audio‘s Cy Bates who talks about a very cool NBC Studios live demo Anchor did (you can watch that demo here) as well as their plans for InfoComm 2017 — including an in-booth game as well as a happy-hour that takes place both […]

Sharp is in booth 3401 and is heading to InfoComm with a plethora of new products the year. But, specifically, their focus on digital signage will obvious this year. They are one of the first companies to integrate the Mini OPS standard but also have a system on a chip (SoC) option, too. Gary Bailer, Sharp’s Director of Product […]

Gary was joined by NEC Display’s Rich Ventura  today on a video version of his Rants and rAVe podcast – and this one was definitely a rAVe! The NEC ThinkHub is coming off a four-city roadshow, where 500+ people got to play with it first-hand. The response is that NEC Display’s collaboration with T1V for the ThunkHub collaboration board in 55” […]

Gary caught up with Anchor Audio‘s new director of sales, Nick Craig, on a pre-InfoComm videocast today where he talks about why Anchor added their Air feature to the Bigfoot and Beacon portable PA systems. Air is their wireless system and they have a very cool feature where you an use different PA’s together, wirelessly. Watch this videocast with Nick […]

The world’s first look at the new indoor LED M Series (m for mobile) from Absen happens right here – on Gary’s latest Rants and rAVe podcast. The M series is completely modular – even the video board is modular. On this special InfoComm videocast Gary is joined by Absen’s Marketing Communications Manager, Alison Maxson. And, Absen’s Key Account […]

In this edition of Gary’s Rants and rAVe’s podcast, Altia Systems the PanaCast camera people, hints at a big addition at InfoComm. Gary talks to Aurangzeb Khan, President and CEO, of Altia Systems (exhibiting in booth 3770) and after a big ISE, they are coming to InfoComm with the PanaCast 2 – 180-degree, panoramic USB 4K camera with auto-switching – and the […]

Absen is known in the Rental and Staging market but not yet in installs. But, as Gary Fuller  their senior advisor, tells Gary on today’s Rants and rAVe’s podcast, they intend to change that at InfoComm later this month. Absen has beefed up their US support staff – more than doubling in size, hired a few well-known […]

Media Solutions, founded by two Valens alumni, has the best HDBaseT test tool ever – it’s called the MS-TestPro and it is specifically designed for AV integrators to help them identify and solve HDBaseT connectivity and compatibility issues. The company, started by Eliran Toren & Ariel Marcus  is all about HDBaseT. And, the tester is a godsend for AV integrators – every […]

Gary was joined on today’s podcast by Justin Kennington — the president of the SDVoE (Software Defined Video Over Ethernet) Alliance.  There are nearly 20 members of the alliance that (sort of) is trying to standardize the way that AV is sent via IP. Most of the companies are network-based AV signal distribution companies using the AptoVision chip technology for […]

Very few AV-over-IP system manufacturers have products that send video and audio over a network using both the the major compression technologies – JPEG 2000 and AptoVision BlueRiver NT.  But, iMAGsystems is one of them. iMAGsystems, exhibiting in booth 3987 at InfoComm this year, doesn’t just sell you AV-over-IP systems but educated you on what the different wats there […]

All touch screen display have glass overlays — except a display using PLTS (Pliable LED Touch Surface). PLTS is the surface that Leyard Planar actually invented to make LED multi-touch (using 32-point touch) work. Jennifer Davis, Leyard Planar’s CMO, joined Gary on his podcast today to explain exactly how PLTS works, as well as talk about what […]

dnp is known as the company that invented the ambient light rejection screen technology. And, now they have AV furniture — here, take a look a the video we shot of some of their projection furniture this past February at ISE here. But, as you’ll see on today’s pre-InfoComm videocast with the VP of Global Sales […]

Gary was joined on today’s podcast by FSR Senior Sales Engineer, George Fournier, today who talked about their InfoComm presence in booth 3843. As you will hear, it’s all about power – and HDBaseT, Huddle Room Furniture, and their Huddle BLOX solutions. We got a sneak peek at some of their InfoComm launches earlier in the week and posted […]

You’ve been hearing about the new Nureva HDL300 audio conferencing system for almost a year now. And if you’ve had the fortune to attend the half-dozen or so shows that it was demo’d at, you were able to hear what it’s like to have 8,192 virtual mics (using Nureva’s Microphone Mist technology) inside a room so that […]

Gary’s videocast today was with Sharp’s Sr Product Manager for Professional Displays, Steve Brauner. It’s summer and the theme for this year’s Sharp booth will all be about Baseball – including their team decked out in Sharp-branded Baseball jerseys. So, they won’t be hard to find in booth 3401 on the InfoComm show floor. Highlighting […]

There are more than a dozen collaboration boards shipping now. And, nearly all of them have a proprietary software OS. Not Avocor.  Avocor, the start-up out of Portland, Washington, decided to use Windows 10 to allow for the Microsoft suite of applications to be used on any Avocor board. And, since it’s designed for touch, the […]