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AVF Introduces Wheeled Monitor and SMART kapp Stand
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Barco Adds 5MP Display for Mammography
Barco has announced the launch of a new diagnostic display system — Nio 5MP LED. FDA-cleared for radiology and mammography and …
Microsoft Shows Up To ISE
Last summer one of the biggest stories (non-stories) was the large, vacant booth from Microsoft at InfoComm. It was almost as if they …
rp Visual Solutions to Unveil AVISO Line of Kiosks at DSE 2015
rp Visual Solutions (RPV) will unveil its new line of battery and AC powered kiosks during DSE 2015. The line, called AVISO, includes …
Weekly Wrap-Up | 100 From the AV Industry, AVPeople: Mark Coxon, Piece of the Pi and More
Another week has come and gone and it is finally Friday or Friyay and it is time for the Weekly Wrap-Up! Every week we give you five or so …
Bryston Introduces the Mini A Loudspeaker
Bryston just launched what it’s calling the Mini A loudspeaker, a three-way bookshelf speaker engineered and balanced for off-axis …
RGB Spectrum Claims First 4K Videowall
RGB Spectrum is claiming to launch the first UHD video wall processor in the form of the MediaWall V. The MediaWall V processor supports up …
AudioControl Ships Architect Model 2660 16 Channel Power Amplifier
AudioControl is now shipping the Architect Model 2660 — a 16-channel amplifier that outputs 65 watts via 8 ohms, 100 watts via 4 ohms …
AV People: Mark Coxon, AVPhenom
A zoologist, an amateur fighter and an AV systems designer all walk into an InfoComm reception… No, that’s not the beginning of a …
The Reality of Virtual Reality
Microsoft recently unveiled a series of commercials surrounding the long anticipated and much rumored HoloLens VR 3-D headset at both IES …
NSCA Releases 2015 Guide to State Licensing for Contractors
The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) has announced its 2015 Guide to State Licensing. The report provides the commercial …
Serviceability At The Forefront
If you survey a broad sampling of veteran AV pros you’ll find that they’re united by a common trait: They’re all really good at …
From The BlogSquad
A Post-BLC Interview with Christa Bender
I have had the pleasure of knowing quite a few influencers in the audio visual industry, young innovators to CEOs and other executives from …
Versatility in AV/IT Integration – An Audio Interview with Tory Holmwood, Service Sales Account Manager
Tory Holmwood, CTS is a service sales account manager at Advanced AV, a well-known integrator in the greater Philadelphia area of …
Shomi The Money
This blog will likely be of little interest to readers in the USA, but I’ll take shelter in the fact that rAVe is an international …
The Anatomy of a Great Keynote
I had the opportunity to go to many events over the last several years. The events have ranged to major ones like InfoComm or NAB, to …
The Future of Technology in the Classroom — The Next Gen Raspberry Pi 2
In the AV business, technology in the K-12 classroom has been defined in many different ways. From interactive technologies to educational …
Five Steps to Greener and more Intelligent Parking Decks
Parking Decks are likely one of the last buildings you think of when considering building automation, but they are a prime opportunity …
Texting While Driving: Why?
To those who know me it may seem a tad hypocritical for me to complain about how people today are too plugged in; too intimately and …
Convergent Tech Interview #2: Lifesize’s Video Evangelist Simon Dudley
A question was posed to and answered by a well-known person in the videoconferencing and collaboration industry and here is what Simon …
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Rants and rAVes — Episode 356: All About Atlona
Atlona started focused only on the HomeAV market. But, in recent years the company has been focused on the ProAV market as well as been a …
Good AV Episode 2: The Ladies of BTX: What’s Trending in AV Tech
This month, I have the pleasure of engaging two smart ladies representing rAVe sponsor BTX in a fun conversation about what is happening in …
cAValry Rides – Episode 14: Sapphires, Fools Gold and Where in the World is AVPhenom!
InfoComm, we have a problem. The host of the AV industry’s popular drivetime comedy and tech talk podcast show has turned up missing. …
Rants and rAVes — Episode 355: Chuck Wilson’s Industry Life Lessons
What have you learned being in our industry? NSCA Executive Director Chuck Wilson shares the 100 things he’s learned over the course …
cAValry Rides – Episode 13: The Lucky Ones
So here we go with what we’re referring to as the “lucky episode” as we don’t believe in unlucky numbers here at cAValry Rides. If …
Direct From AV Manufacturers
BeckTV Completes New York NOC Expansion for The Switch
CEDAR GROVE, N.J. — March 3, 2015 — BeckTV, one of the United States’ premier design-build systems integrators, today …
Barco adds 5MP display cleared for mammography viewing to its new LED line of diagnostic displays
Kortrijk, Belgium, 3 March 2015 – Healthcare imaging specialist Barco announces the launch of a new diagnostic display system: Nio 5MP …
Pan Acoustics GmbH incorporates DANTE digital audio network on Pan Beam series
At the ISE 2015 exhibition in Amsterdam, Pan Acoustics GmbH presented the active digitally steerable column-speakers from the Pan Beam …
Sennheiser’s MobileConnect Provides Inclusive Technology for Hamburg Theatres
Old Lyme, Conn., March 3, 2015 – Audio specialist Sennheiser in cooperation with Hamburg Department of Culture is providing its new …
