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ViewSonic’s Director Product Marketing, Gene Ornstead, joined Gary today to talk about their DSE plans at next week’s Las Vegas event. They will debut an 84” 4K monitor and a host of displays from 10” up to over 100” – listed for the details. And, of course, you can see all their stuff at: http://www.viewsonic.com/us/products-1/commercial-displays.html

It was in May of 2015 that we did a show titled “We’re Talking a WIN for the AV Industry” – it went like this: Welcome to the episode that gets right to the point — women, AV and the newly formed InfoComm council whose mission is as follows: To provide a global community of […]

Gary was joined by Planar’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jennifer Davis, who reviews how the combination of Planar and Leyard will make its debut at the DSE show next week. In addition to their new transparent OLED, Planar and Leyard’s combo-booth will highlight giant LED’s as well as new 4K display technologies. All the specifics are […]

The Digital Signage Expo (DSE) starts next week in Las Vegas. We will be there shooting videos and blogging live from the show. In the meantime, you can check out our digital signage Microsite for all the news, thus far. Gary talks about it today!

Rich Kearney, product manager at Ray Super remote, speaks with Johnny about the company’s modern day “Universal Remote.” Current universal remotes require a mix of programming, IR blasters and RF base stations to achieve what RAY Super Remote is able to do simply without those things. Johnny and Rich talk about the Pro version for […]

Alexis La Broi (@AlexisLaBroi) and Bradford Benn (@BradfordBenn) join host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to discuss industry and manufacturer certifications. Alexis discusses how she was inspired at the WIN breakfast at InfoComm15 to pursue her CTS certification. Alexis describes how she started in the rental and staging side of the industry and eventually made her way […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew: Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota, Katye McGregor Bennett and late to the party guest Crew member Mike Shinn as they welcome their guest: Vincent Bruno – CEO at CEDIA On this special podcast episode that’s hosted by Katye the Crew talks with Vin about numerous topics  beginning […]

Gary was joined by NEC’s Vice President of Business Development, Rich Ventura  who talks experiential when describing NEC’s booth at DSE (booth #2210). And, he hints at some surprises too. NEC is a founding member of DSE and Rich is the currently the Vice Chairman of the DSF Board of Directors.

We employ a lot of women and also a lot of young women – either through our internship programs or even full-time rAVe team members. I asked three of them, along with Broadsign’s Director of Marketing, Stephanie Gutnik  to join me on a special podcast that is long over-due. rAVe’s Editor-in-Chief, Sara Abrons, rAVe’s Director of Social Media, Emily Dean and […]

Gary was joined by Sharp’s Gary Bailer, who detailed the company’s DSE booth (#1223) plans. It includes a working bar AND cafe (and free drinks for all!). Sharp will be announcing some new products and demonstrating the world’s first 8K LCD display. Sharp has also set up both an end-user microsite and a dealer microsite […]

Adelyte chose rAVe RADIO as the platform to officially launch Version 2.0 of Crescendo Framework with Cloud Dashboard. Gary was joined by Wes Hatchett  CEO, who explained how their template-based user-interface design for Crestron control systems differentiates and simplifies control for the user. Integrators will love the recurring revenue opportunities this system offers. If you’re in the HomeAV market, you […]

Sharp will head over to DSE later this month in Las Vegas and be filling booth 1223 with a ll sorts of new technology. But, the big attention-grabbing headlines will, no doubt, come from their 85” 8K resolution (7680 x 4320) display. I happen to see it at ISE and we shot a video of it during that […]

Jake Boshernitzan, CEO and co-founder of Swan Solutions, Inc., speaks with Johnny Mota about the brilliant device that turns any surface into a remote — Knocki. Knocki is a startup out of Texas that is currently working on a commercial version for you #AVTweeps and #LiveInstallers. We’d tell you which systems they’re supporting, and which […]

It’s the inaugural edition of the Floating Point! And who better to get host Hope Roth (@beerandpie) off on the right foot than Toine Leerentveld (@toinecl), Technology Manager for Control Systems at Crestron and Christopher Tatton (@chris_tatton), Programmer at HB Communications. (Note: Producer Corey Moss (@Cbmoss) hung out with us as well, but we managed […]

Tony Sprando has been in AV over 20-years and has a lot of helpful advice for integrators. So, we gave him a voice on the rAVe BlogSquad and he’s already written two great pieces on Microphone  and on Speaker placement. I spoke to Tony today on my daily podcast so you can get to know […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew: Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota and Katye McGregor Bennett as they welcome their guest: Linda Civitillo – VP, Unified Communications and Collaboration and Microsoft Surface Hub Practice Leader at AVI-SPL (@avisplinfo) -AND- New Crew member Victoria Barela (@barelAVictoria_) On this episode we talk to Linda about the […]

The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) just named James Beckham as its annual Per Haugen Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2016. Gary got the chance to speak to James today, where he shares his advice for long-term company and personal growth in the AV market. He’s humble but offers some amazing marketing advice. If you’re an AV Integrator, […]

Gone are the days where sales people wear a suit and tie to every meeting. So given the differences between regions and the businesses we call upon, how do we assure we always look professional? Find out in this week’s Selling AV.

Sony went to ISE in Amsterdam and debuted six new models and one was a 5000 lumen 4K projector, the VPL-GTZ270, that can handle a color space of 4:4:4 @60Hz – one of only three projectors in the world that can say that. Gary was joined by Sony’s Projector Product Manager, Sander Phipps, who not only explains the […]

We just returned from the ISE show in Amsterdam — and we compiled the most show coverage we’ve ever completed. All the details are in today’s podcast!

Vanessa Folk, PR Manager at GeekGirlCon, Torrey Stenmark, DIY Science at GeekGirlCon, and Richard Prevete (@RichardPrevete), Audio Visual Technician at Compass Group North America, speak with host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to discuss ISE, role models, mentorship, certifications, gaming, comic books, science, and math.  Christa briefly discusses her use of the Shure MV88 microphone while at […]

Welcome to the show and join the Crew Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota, Katye McGregor Bennett and (guest Crew member) Christa Bender as they welcome their guests: Brad Grimes (@BGrimesDC) – Director of Communications at InfoComm International Paul Zielie (@paulzielie)  – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman Chris Bundy – (@Cbundy711) – Sr. Brand Manager at […]

In today’s world of traditional and digital communications, it’s important that you pay attention to how your customers like to communicate and make sure you meet them where they are. Take a five-minute spin through this topic and get a little bonus piece of advice in this week’s Selling AV.

On this special edition of Rants and rAVes, Gary and Joel discuss day four at Integrated Systems Europe. They talk overall impressions of the ISE show and their favorite products of the day. Joel’s favorite product of the day is ClearOne’s new distributed microphone system, while Gary’s is the Biamp Devio.

On this special edition of THE WEEK, Joel Rollins sits down on the final day of Integrated Systems Europe 2016 to talk with Annabelle Kayye. In this podcast they discuss their impressions of the ISE show and also understanding the “why” of social media. Tune in!

On this episode of THE WEEK, Joel Rollins is joined by Bob Snyder of rAVe Europe to discuss the Integrated Systems Europe show. Listen in as Joel and Bob talk about this year’s show, the products they say, and the booths that impressed them.

Welcome to the show and join the Crew Corey CB Moss, Johnny (Stuff n’ Things) Mota, Stacy Kringlen and (guest Crew member) John @jgreenesix Greene as they welcome their guests: Alison Maxson (@Aliemaxme) – Press and PR Specialist at Barco Bill Nattress (@BillNattress)  – Director of Channel Strategy – Paging at Biamp And… A special appearance by Chuck […]

On this special edition of Rants and rAVes Gary Kayye is joined by rAVe RADIO host Joel Rollins to talk about the products they’ve seen on the final day of Integrated Systems Europe that caught their eye. Gary’s favorite product of the day is the AV Stumpfl 8k media server, while Joel’s favorite product is great […]

Eva Cannon, Director of Marketing and Events for US Office, speaks with host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) live from the ISE show floor. They discuss ISE, products, and new releases. All of these topics and more can be heard on this episode of Tech Chaos.

On this ISE 2016 special edition of Rants and rAVes, Gary Kayye sits down with Angela Murphy, Solutions Marketing Manager for Cisco, to talk about all the new products and collaboration solutions Cisco launched at this year’s Integrated System Europe show. Tune in to hear what Cisco has to offer!

On this special edition of Rants and rAVes, Gary and Joel discuss day three at Integrated Systems Europe. They talk OLED and laser phosphor as well as favorite products seen today. Joel’s favorite product of the day is the Savant remote while Gary’s is the inorganic EPSON projectors.