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At this year’s ISE show in February in Amsterdam, Logitech launched the world’s first 4K USB desktop videoconferencing camera (called Brio) and, ironically, the wildly popular camera was a hit – not because it’s 4K. On today’s podcast, Gary is joined by Logitech’s Simon Dudley  their Director Product Strategy, who explains why people are actually using Brio as well as hints […]

Gary was joined on his Rants and rAVe podcast by QSC’s product manager, Martin Barbour  who explained the philosophy behind their play-oriented booth at this year’s InfoComm 2017 booth. In the past, QSC has built running systems in their booth but this year they will be focused on engaged interactivity. Of course, they’ll have all their gear there, […]

For the 12th year in a row, the industry’s most famous (and only) band will play a benefit concert during InfoComm. With the money going directly towards financing the NSCA Educational Foundation and Ignite program, the Drunk Unkles will put on a show with a 9 p.m. concert at BB King’s across the street from the Orange […]

Victoria Barela, “Junior Creston Programmer” at Riordan Brothers Integration, speaks with me about her first year in the AV industry. Everything from her experiences, a few tips to the millennials coming into the work force, what to expect, the perks of working in AV/Tech, and we obviously cover her own podcast, Coffee with Millenial-Z. We […]

Gary was joined by AVOCOR founder, Scott Hix  on today’s podcast. Late last year, AVOCOR launched into the ProAV market with a Collaboration Board in the UK and first started shipping in the EMEA before launching into the US earlier this year with their exclusive distributor, Almo ProAV.  ACOCOR’s Collaboration Board technology is platform agnostic as it’s Windows 10 embedded and […]

I had a chance to catch up with LG’s Head of Marketing, Garry Wicka  during their Roadshow launch event in Washington DC last week and he shared their InfoComm 2017 plans with me. LG’s OLED Wallpaper will, no doubt, make its InfoComm debut but they have a few more large-format surprises planned as well as a totally new type of […]

AV systems are used everyday to help give company presentations to potential clients. How many of you are positioning the AV systems you design and install as marketing tools? Listen to this week’s Selling AV to learn why you should.

With their third appearance at InfoComm, Nureva hopes to add more ProAV integrators focused on large room deployments. I had a chance to catch up with Nureva’s CEO and co-founder, Nancy Knowlton, yesterday on my Rants and rAVe’s podcast and she told me that, in addition to focusing on new features for their Span system […]

I attended The first stop on LG’s 2017 five-city USA Roadshow Tour yesterday in Washington DC. They were easily 300+ integrators in attendance and my keynote address was attended by most of them. They were there to see OLED, 4K, LCDs and the new Wallpaper displays from LG. But they were surprised as LG used […]

Gary was joined on today’s podcast by Bill Bozeman, CEO of PSA Security Network as well as KC Schwarz, CEO, and Chris Whitley, CFO, of USAV to talk about their new combined operations. In case you missed it, PSA acquired USAV a couple of weeks ago and the new combined organization serves thousands of integrators […]

Sometimes the difference between being dismissive or accepting of new ideas is not being so sure of ourselves. Listen to this week’s Selling AV to learn why.

Andy Oattes, Head of sales, at Lode Audio and I, speak about multi-room audio streaming solutions for the residential, hospitality, commercial, and marine custom installation industry. We talk about LODE’s roadmap, shows they will attend this year an next, what makes them different, partnerships & integrations, and some great ideas for the networked audio future. […]

Have you heard of AVI LIVE? rAVe NOW will be in Chicago covering the regional dealer show with our LIVE trade show coverage including videos, podcasts and blogs!

Many times as AV sales people we are asked to itemize pricing on our bids. In this week’s show, I give a couple strategies on how to handle that request.

Nope, I am not getting paid to podcast this – as many of you may have assumed. I found this cool company called Gear Box Pro that’s aimed at solving audio and power distribution in LIVE EVENTS. They’re small, out of Canada and their stuff is cool. I asked John Adams to join me today and tell […]

If you’ve seen a product or company given an award in our industry – and it’s not from rAVe – then it was most likely bought and paid for. You’ve certainly heard of fake news now learned about fake awards… Listen, please.

Joey D’Angelo, VP, Design & Engineering, and Frank Pelkoffer, CO-Founder, and CEO, of Utelogy, speak with me about Utelogy 2.0. We cover everything they showed off at ISE in Amsterdam, what Software based AV is capable of, how it saves time, energy, and money as a system & service. untraditional AV Insider fashion, we cover […]

It’s April in New England, which means that it’s been oscillating between snow and 80 degree weather. Floating Point host Hope Roth (@beerandpie) put on a light jacket, braved her hotel WiFi, and then joined Harman’s Paul Zielie (@paulzielie) to talk about large-scale systems (spoiler alert: even huddle rooms can be large-scale if you look […]

Bidding open RFPs can be tedious and your chances to win the work can be slim. This week I tell you how to multiply your odds.

Brad Paulson, national sales manager of Brodmann Acoustics, speaks with me about Vienna Austria’s most beautifully made musical interments, which double as gorgeous speakers. Brodmann, most famously known for Joseph Brodmann pianos for the last 200 years, and over the last 40 years, equally as beautiful looking/sounding loudspeakers, has been acoustically redefining the sound of […]

In this episode, Sean Brown (@Sonic_Sean) joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to talk about how Kansas State University is preserving up to four decades of content with Mediasite. They also talk about the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and how they are using Mediasite to record lectures, continuing legal education […]

Gary was joined by InfoComm’s own Jason McGraw and Rachel Bradshaw, to specially talk about their new pre-show TIDE conference. TIDE is a brand-new pre-show conference that will focus on applications of AV beyond the products themselves – using AV in experiences and creative applications. TIDE truly has an unbelievable lineup of the people behind […]

Last week I recommended including all the parts and pieces required to make a system work in your bids, even if they weren’t listed on the spec. This week, I go further, recommending you include parts you don’t even need. Find out why on this week’s Selling AV.

There’s no question that LG‘s brand-new OLED Wallpaper is the most popular new display format at DSE (thanks to the fact that it’s half-the-thickness of an iPhone)  -and, they’re showing it as a stand-along 55” display, in a curved wall as well as an in-glass dual-sided display. But, LG is here in Las Vegas for the annual signage […]

In this episode, Dayna Baumann (@DaynaBaumann) joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to talk about what it is like being a new person in the audio visual industry. Christa and Dayna start the show off with a “woo-hoo” and then Dayna explains her role at Control Concepts. Dayna provides key information that is needed for a […]

The word collaboration is hackneyed in AV — but, I feel we need keep using it as it does, in fact, define a trend in business. People want to connect, share and work in groups — whether they are in-person or working via the Internet. Many would argue that Barco started all this, in AV at least, with their wireless collaboration […]

If you are bidding jobs that have already been designed, you most likely have to choose between bidding to win and bidding responsibly. This week, I tell you how to do both.

Ryan Donaher, VP at Meridian America, speaks with me about 2-channel audio, surround, gorgeous sounding/looking towers, car audio, personal audio, DACs, amps, pre/pros, high resolution audio, and some new gear as well that you can only find on this episode of AV Insider.

If you’re Selling AV, you’ve definitely encountered “the gatekeeper”. Some are amazingly good at their jobs, so here are a couple ideas on how you may be able to get them to open up that gate!

Last year, Leyard showed a technology demo of a 0.9mm indoor LED wall. Now, they’re shipping it and it, along with a host of other digital signage-focused technologies that will be at the Digital Signage Expo in two weeks in Las Vegas – in booth 407. Planar and Leyard have always been focused on the digital signage market and is one of DSE’s largest […]

Gary caught up with BrightSign CEO, Jeff Hastings, today and they talked all about DSE – the Digital Signage Expo  DSE is the world’s only dedicated digital signage show and it’s in two weeks in Las Vegas. BightSign will use DSE to make the North American of their new OPS digital signage player that’s unique as it’s only about $400 but […]

It’s our 10th (or is it second?) episode of the Floating Point! Host Hope Roth (@beerandpie) is joined by Patrick Murray (@controlhauspat) to talk standards, certifications, and to panic slightly about the future. It’s a wild, wild west out there… but we’d like to see some better standards for programmers. How do you go about […]