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If display sales are any indication, the HomeAV market is tracking positive right now. Listen and see why Gary thinks so.

The ProAV market’s following in the footsteps of the HomeAV market as stuff moves from physical sources to streaming content and media. Are you ready?

In this episode of the WAVEcast, we talk with two of the recently awarded 2012 InfoComm International Award winners. Women in AV winner Malissa Dillman of Kramer Electronics and Young AV Professional Christina Minihan of Visix Inc. share their thoughts about what it means to win their award, where we stand as women in AV, how we can help Hurricane Sandy victims and what […]

This week, Joel talks with David Stout of KBZ, a longtime New Orleans resident and Hurricane Katrina survivor, about the AV industry’s recovery after Katrina, and what we can expect after Sandy.

I discuss how the interactive whiteboard market’s changed over the last few years with projector manufacturers like Mitsubishi gaining ground. Show links: https://www.ravepubs.com

Gary asks what you think about the AV economy.

Joel speaks with Mario Maltese, executive director of the Association for Quality in Audio Visual Technology, about adopting quality metrics in the AV industry.

My personal thanks to Randy Lemke. Story Links: Randal A. Lemke, Executive Director and CEO of InfoComm International, Announces Retirement The Randy Lemke Interview

The AV industry (led by Women in AV) is helping victims of Hurricane Sandy and you can help, too. Listen in to find out how.

Now there’s a projector out there that’ll allow you to project PowerPoint and HD video side-by-side in native resolution (no scaling). And, it’s from one projector, not two edge-blended ones, thanks to projectiondesign.

Everyone in AV should be on LinkedIn. Listen and I’ll explain why.

Why is the AV integrator so far behind the IT integrator in installing IP-enabled AV Gear? I explore the stats.

Today I cover Extron’s new HDMI twisted pair extender via Cat5 significance of Brother’s entry into the VTC market.

A great application of augmented reality is CNN’s new Virtual Senate room, which allows the host to walk around as if the host is actually on the U.S. Senate floor.

Gary talks about which AV markets are looking HOT for 2013 and which ones are NOT.

Joel Rollins speaks with Jennifer Willard and rAVe’s Sara Abrons about Women in AV not being just for women — and they also discuss the effect of Hurricane Sandy on New York and the AV industry. Story Links: Sandy by Joel Rollins: www.ravepubs.com Please Help Our AV Friends by Jennifer Willard: http://bit.ly/Uu1vkd WAVE Demographics Survey: http://bit.ly/PriUN5

I talk to you about the importance of taking the first-ever Women in AV survey. It’s for women only, but men should help spread the word, too! Link to Jennifer’s blog and survey: bit.ly/PriUN5

Well, you knew I just had to talk about Disney buying Lucasfilm and STAR WARS, huh? Check out my blog post on the subject here: https://www.ravepubs.com

Sonance recently announced that they’re shipping new in-wall speakers aimed at the ProAV market. I tell you what’s special about them and why Sonance charging so much. rAVe Story: Sonance Ships In-Wall Speakers Aimed at ProAV Market

In this episode, we talk the men in our industry who support and promote the advancement of women in AV. Listen to our guests, Tim Albright of Lewis and Clark College, Chuck Wilson of NSCA, John Greene of Advanced AV, and George Tucker, World Stage Inc. discuss the challenges, opportunities, and the position of women in […]

In the inaugural episode of the industry’s first GreenAV podcast, Gary Kayye introduces our GreenAV host, Midori Connolly. Midori shares her story of how she started her staging and meeting AV company on a GreenAV path, pushing against the industry’s  flow to pioneer new methods in staging. She also outlines benefits of using green products and green practices, and gives a preview of what she […]

Joel Rollins talks with Randy Lemke, retiring CEO of InfoComm International, about his time at InfoComm, his successor and the future of the AV industry.

Philips is famous for launching amazing products, but having an inability sell them. Will this be the case with hue, their new iOS- and Android-based lighting control system for consumers? Show links: Video Product Link: http://vimeo.com/51691017 Company Product Page: http://www.meethue.com rAVe Story: https://www.ravepubs.com

Earlier this month, Polycom held a big, big press conference. At most press conferences, companies tell you how their new product is game-changing — and rarely do they live up to the hype. But, in this case, Polycom delivered. They’ve changed the face of videoconferencing forever by launching not only more affordable solutions, but also cloud-based solutions that are […]

Control rooms are not just for super high-end earthquake monitoring and city traffic surveillance anymore. Control rooms are being used in all sorts of applications including social media marketing efforts. Check out the details of Christie’s control room tour now: Show links: For more information on Christie’s Control Room Roadshow, click here: https://www.ravepubs.com/

In this episode I rant a bit about why SMART Technologies’ products continue to be spec’d by AV dealers, meanwhile there are not only companies like Promethean that have a superior technology, but there also several manufacturers with projectors, boards and LCDs on the market today that have their own built-in interactive technologies. So I ask this simple question: who’s buying […]

Today, I tell you all about our October rAVe Survey and how YOU can win an iPod Touch or Nano simply by taking it! Show links: http://bit.ly/HR4f5Q

THE WEEK talks with Jim Smith of Polycom about Telepresence, Unified Communications, the future of conferencing – and the mistakes we all make in getting there.

The convergence of AV and IT has been a huge point of contention in the AV industry, but perhaps you should be thinking about the relationship between the two industries as more of a partnership. AVDawn, a rAVe BlogSquad blogger, posted a great blog about how CompTIA (basically the InfoComm of the IT industry) cites InfoComm’s standards, practices and procedures as the way to do AV. […]

Most graphic design majors in college are relegated to designing websites when they graduate. But you’ve got the ultimate job for them when they graduate, and you can sell their services profitably! Use their skill set to help you design creative content for digital signage systems and more. The future of the AV industry is […]

In this episode of THE WEEK, host Joel Rollins introduces us to Bayardo Carrillo, an industry veteran who has done everything from live events production to web and mixed media. This busy corporate media and event producer shares tips about the life, the technology — and even what to do when things go wrong.

One of the best kept product secrets in the AV industry is a product from Peerless-AV — yes a mount company. It’s called HD Flow (www.hdflow.com) and it allows you to send HDMI signals (up to 1080p) wirelessly over an 802.11n network up to 40 meters. But, it doesn’t just do one-to-one HDMI; they even have a version that takes two HDMI inputs […]