Volume 2, Issue 8 — August 30, 2013
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The WEEK Recap
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August 26, 2013 |
Episode 46: Breaking Down the Silos |
Joel covers this weeks news, and then holds a conversation with three industry consultants, Brad Malone, David McNutt, and Bill Sharer about a unique program they are co-developing for Infocomm’s Super Tuesday. |
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August 15, 2013 |
Episode 45: August AV News |
It is vacation week in Connecticut, and Joel takes advantage of a day alone in the office to catch up with the news of the industry, including new products from several key manufacturers, new distribution agreements, and CEDIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. |
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August 8, 2013 |
Episode 44: Giving Back |
After the news, Joel speaks with Neil Willis about a unique project he is doing to bring the power of digital learning to a rural village in Africa. |
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Rants and rAVes
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August 28, 2013 |
Episode 159: China and CEDIA |
Today get two for the price of one as I plug two different things into one podcast. First is all about how much larger the Chinese projection market is than the U.S. market, and for those of you who are considering attending CEDIA, I tell you how! |
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August 27, 2013 |
Episode 158: Gary Speaks to Access Network’s VP of Sales and Marketing Aaron Gutin |
Access Networks is a provider of pre-programmed networking solutions for the HomeAV market. The company developed its Access Unity Network, an enterprise-grade unified home network, to meet the growing AV and automation demands of high-end residential environments. This is a very cool service-offering that EVERY HomeAV integrator SHOULD be selling along with every system they integrate. It’s an easy way for a HomeAV integrator to offer complete IT services, it’s profitable and Access Networks services it FOR YOU for three full years! |
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August 23, 2013 |
Episode 157: Lutron Isn’t the Only Company with Wireless Lighting Control |
When you think of lighting control you most undoubtedly think of Lutron. And certainly Lutron has dominated the lighting control market. But now Savant has debuted a wireless lighting control system that used WiFi instead of RF. |
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August 22, 2013 |
Episode 156: OLED and 4K |
I don’t necessarily agree with our blogger Mark Coxon and his review of 4K and OLED screens. Listen to my podcast and tell me what you think? |
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August 21, 2013 |
Episode 155: Have $1 Billion Laying Around? |
PSAV is for sale for $1 billion. They are best known for their live events management and their investor wants out after doubling the company’s growth. |
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August 13, 2013 |
Episode 154: BYOD |
What is it and why should you care?
Read AV and BYOD here. |
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August 12, 2013 |
Episode 153: Why You Should Read ‘Why Digital Signage Content is King’ |
We have a great two part series on why digital signage content is king on our website. If you’re already involved in digital signage or you want to be involved in digital signage, this is a great primer on what’s going on in the entire digital signage industry with respect to content being played on the signs themselves. |
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August 5, 2013 |
Episode 152: What’s Up with UC – Unified Communications? |
I have a special guest for today’s podcast: Darcy Harrell, CEO of Total Marketing, attended and wrote a review of last month’s Wainhouse UC&C Summit in Northern California and she explains why we, in AV, need to focus more on Unified Communications. |
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