Gary Kayye

Gary Kayye

Gary Kayye, founder of rAVe Publications, is one of the most prominent personalities in the audiovisual industry. He has been a contributor to WIRED magazine and a technical advisor and columnist for Sound & Communications magazine as well as an opinionated columnist for rAVe [Publications] since 2003. In addition to his writing and market analysis, Gary has been a product, marketing and business operations consultant to dozens of AV companies in the U.S. and overseas. Clients have included companies such as Sony, Sharp, Epson, Lutron, InFocus, Sanyo, Mitsubishi, NEC and Philips.   Gary, who has been involved with the audiovisual market for over 20 years, was the recipient of the InfoComm 2003 Educator of the Year Award and the 2007 NSCA Instructor of the Year Award. Over the years, he has donated much of his time as an active volunteer in the AV industry’s trade association and served as chairman of InfoComm’s Professional Education & Training Committee (PETC), chairman of the ICIA Design School Committee and chairman of InfoComm’s Installation School Committee. In addition, he has served on the InfoComm board of governors. He also helped grow the InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out as the premiere AV industry trade show special event serving on the committee from 1991 through 1997, and was instrumental in launching the Shoot-Out in the European market at the Photokina Expo in 1994 and 1996 as well as the Asian market at the 1995 and 1997 INFOCOMM Asia shows.   Prior to founding his own company, Gary was vice president of sales and marketing for AMX Corporation (www.amx.com), a manufacturer specializing in professional AV and residential AV control systems. Prior to AMX, Gary spent nine years at Extron Electronics (www.extron.com), rising to the position of vice president of sales and marketing. Gary earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1987 from the University of North Carolina and is currently Adjunct Faculty at UNC in the School of Journalism teaching a class on how future technologies will affect the future of advertising, PR and marketing.   He is also the founder of Swim for Smiles, a non-profit that raises money for the N.C. Children’s Hospital through swimming and other fitness-related events for kids. You can contact him at gary@ravepubs.com..

Updated: ISE 2021 Moves to June — Still in Barcelona

Update from rAVe Editor Sara Abrons: We reached out to AVIXA to see how the rescheduling of ISE would affect InfoComm and if there were any plans to delay, with ISE moving to June, the same month InfoComm is scheduled to take place. Rochelle Richardson, senior vice president of expositions and events for AVIXA, said […]

Updated: ISE 2021 Moves to June — Still in Barcelona

Crestron Adds AES67, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and POE+ to DM NVX AV-over-IP platform

Crestron announced updates Tuesday to its DM NVX AV-over-IP platform. The new DM-NVX-360 and DM-NVX-363 models enable support for the latest industry standards and formats, including AES67, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and POE+. The DM NVX platform also added encryption and security updates, too. The latest evolution of the DM NVX platform supports HDR10+ and Dolby […]

Crestron Adds AES67, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and POE+ to DM NVX AV-over-IP platform

Leon Releases Ente SoundTile Reference-Grade Speakers

Leon’s new Ente SoundTile is spec’d as reference-grade speakers powered by a Sonos Amp. First introduced at CEDIA Expo in 2019, the Ente SoundTile was originally only offered in a two-channel audio configuration. Now Leon has expanded the line to include one-channel and zero-channel options so that integrators can mix and match models to create […]

Leon Releases Ente SoundTile Reference-Grade Speakers

Exertis Provides £10 Million of Credit to Support Its AV Channel

Exertis, a distributor of technology products for the B2B, enterprise, mobile and retail markets announced a boost for its ProAV resellers with the release of an additional £10 million of credit. Its ProAV division has also announced further enhancements to its solutions bundles for home working, huddle spaces, meeting rooms and boardrooms with a choice […]

Exertis Provides £10 Million of Credit to Support Its AV Channel

Dexon Systems Releases DXN5400 Video Wall Controller for Any Sized Control Rooms

Dexon Systems has released the DXN5400 video wall controller for any sized control rooms with video intensive visualization. This processor drives a video wall of multiple screens, and displays live video overlay windows. The company integrated: Large video-wall area for Windows 10 applications. Live input videos displayed over the video wall surface in real-time. PIP4 […]

Dexon Systems Releases DXN5400 Video Wall Controller for Any Sized Control Rooms

ClearOne’s CEO and Largest Stockholder, Together, Buy Back 2.1 Million Shares

ClearOne announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional and accredited investors, with the participation of Edward D. Bagley, the company’s largest stockholder, and Zeynep (Zee) Hakimoglu, the company’s chief executive officer, for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 2,116,050 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $2.4925 […]

ClearOne’s CEO and Largest Stockholder, Together, Buy Back 2.1 Million Shares

QSC Announces Two New Audio, Video and Control Processors Native to Q-SYS Ecosystem

QSC announced two new audio, video and control processors native to the Q-SYS Ecosystem — the smaller Q-SYS Core 8 Flex and Q-SYS Core Nano. The Core 8 Flex includes onboard analog audio I/O and GPIO plus network I/O while the Q-SYS Core Nano offers network-only audio I/O processing and control. Built on the same […]

QSC Announces Two New Audio, Video and Control Processors Native to Q-SYS Ecosystem

Rants and rAVes — Episode 1006: When You See a Title of ‘Footballer & AV Pro,’ You Gotta Ask

After getting a connection request, via LinkedIn, from Calaigh Copland of Diversified in Canada, I noticed her title started with Footballer and ended with AV Professional, not the other way around. So, here’s your chance to hear from Calaigh: the AV industry’s only national soccer player (Guyana)! Her path to AV is probably much like yours was, and she’s […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 1006: When You See a Title of ‘Footballer & AV Pro,’ You Gotta Ask

Optoma Unveils ProScene ZU720T Laser WUXGA Projector

Optoma announced its ProScene ZU720T, a compact, fixed lens, 7500 lumens laser (1920 x 1200) WUXGA projector. The Optoma ZU720T is aimed at digital signage, entertainment, projection mapping, large conference rooms, lecture halls, museums, houses of worship and multiprojector installations. AThe Optoma ProScene ZU720T is 4K and HDR10 compatible (using pixel-shifting technology to simulate 4K) […]

Optoma Unveils ProScene ZU720T Laser WUXGA Projector

ClearOne Releases Conference Controller for CONVERGE Pro 2 DSP Mixer

The ClearOne Conference Controller is a 10-inch touch screen designed for control of ClearOne’s CONVERGE Pro 2 audio DSP mixers as well as COLLABORATE Live videoconferencing room systems. Or, the Conference Controller functions can be accessed from a tablet or smartphone browser as well. Designed to be paired with the CONVERGE Pro 2 DSPs, the […]

ClearOne Releases Conference Controller for CONVERGE Pro 2 DSP Mixer

Vanco International Releases Two New Products for Streaming, Recording Audio and Video

Vanco International introduces two new products for streaming and recording audio and video: the Vanco video recording HD Capture and the PulseAudio audio recording Audio Capture. Both products were developed as inexpensive, wireless AV options that help streamline virtual working, learning and entertaining from home. The Vanco HDCAPT1 allows for HDMI sources to be streamed […]

Vanco International Releases Two New Products for Streaming, Recording Audio and Video

Z-Wave Alliance Announces New Long Range Specification

The Z-Wave Alliance, a standards organization for advancing the Z-Wave wireless smart home protocol, announced the new Z-Wave Long Range (Z-Wave LR) specification. Engineered to provide significantly extended wireless range and support robust networks, Z-Wave LR extends Z-Wave connectivity beyond the interior boundaries of the home to improve wireless transmission range of peripheral Z-Wave devices […]

Z-Wave Alliance Announces New Long Range Specification

VI-Grade Uses Barco Projectors for DYNAMIC Driving Simulator

Barco and VI-grade, a provider turnkey dynamic driving simulators, continue their long-standing partnership using Barco projectors for the recently launched DiM250 DYNAMIC Driving Simulator. According to Barco, VI-grade leads the way in providing best-in-class software products and revolutionary turnkey solutions for static and dynamic driving simulators. Recently they launched their new DiM250 DYNAMIC Driving Simulator, […]

VI-Grade Uses Barco Projectors for DYNAMIC Driving Simulator

Tripleplay and Onelan Launch Occupancy Management Solutions for Public Spaces

Tripleplay and Onelan announced the launch of their Occupancy Management Solutions for retail, corporate, education and other public space facilities helping to ensure safe social distancing. Utilizing anonymized data from CCTV cameras, content is triggered depending on real-time occupancy levels, which are displayed on digital signage at key locations within or outside offices, shops, and […]

Tripleplay and Onelan Launch Occupancy Management Solutions for Public Spaces

Vivitek Releases DLP-based Ultra-Portable Projector

The new Vivitek DU857 is a WUXGA (1920 x 1200 resolution) DLP-based ultra-portable projector aimed at medium-sized meeting rooms. Integrated with DLP BrilliantColor technology, it’s spec’d at 5000 lumens of brightness using a 4,000-hour lamp. In addition, it has a six-segment color wheel and a user-controlled adjustable contrast ratio. Added to the projector is a […]

Vivitek Releases DLP-based Ultra-Portable Projector

UCC Does .EDU — Terribly!

Way, way before COVID-19, UCC saw explosive growth. Because of it, “collaboration” was not only the buzzword of InfoComm 2019 but also completely dominated ISE 2020 — the last great AV event of 2020. But, UCC doesn’t mean meeting room or huddle room, by the way. If you read the spec sheets of the plethora […]

UCC Does .EDU — Terribly!

Extron Announces Availability of New Stereo Audio Power Amplifier

Extron announced the availability of the NetPA U 1002 stereo audio power amplifier. This Dante enabled amplifier delivers 100 watts per channel in a half rack, 1U, convection cooled, plenum-rated enclosure that includes rack mount hardware. Dante connectivity makes it easy to distribute audio from a centralized location to decentralized remote amplifiers throughout a facility, […]

Extron Announces Availability of New Stereo Audio Power Amplifier

Optoma Releases 5-Series Interactive Flat Panels

Optoma announced its Creative Touch 5-Series Interactive Flat Panels (IFPs) Thursday. The panels are available in 65”, 75” and 86” formats. Expanding upon its line of Creative Touch IFPs, the new 5-Series Interactive Flat Panels offer 4K UHD resolution (3840 x 2160), annotation tools and connectivity aimed at classrooms, lecture halls, boardrooms and meeting rooms. […]

Optoma Releases 5-Series Interactive Flat Panels

Bummer Alert: AV in EMEA Could Decline to $65 Billion in 2020

Following a rise to $71 billion in 2019, the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) ProAV market is set to fall by 9% in 2020 to $65 billion as COVID-19 impacts regional economies, according to the new 2020 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) EMEA Summary produced by the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. […]

Bummer Alert: AV in EMEA Could Decline to $65 Billion in 2020

Yamaha Enters the Ceiling Mic-Array Market

Yamaha UC today announced ADECIA, a family of UCC products. The conferencing solution introduces the RM-CG ceiling microphone and RM-CR audio processor and includes Yamaha’s PoE switches and VXL Series line array speakers. ADECIA enables organizations to overcome implementation, configuration and room acoustic challenges by providing all the equipment required for a successful installation with […]

Yamaha Enters the Ceiling Mic-Array Market

Panasonic Unveils PressIT — Aiming it at Barco ClickShare, Crestron AirMedia, Extron ShareLink and Kramer VIA

The new Panasonic PressIT Wireless Presentation System is a plug-and-play wireless presentation system designed to eliminate the need for cables and facilitates sharing content between different PCs. Attendees connect the transmitter button to their PC’s USB and HDMI ports and press the button to share their content on the room’s display. No setup, software or […]

Panasonic Unveils PressIT — Aiming it at Barco ClickShare, Crestron AirMedia, Extron ShareLink and Kramer VIA

Beyerdynamic Releases Third Generation of Tesla Hi-Fi Headphones

Beyerdynamic’s new T1 and T5 — the third generation Tesla Hi-Fi headphones will be available for purchase in September 2020. The T1 headphone, with its open design, offers a three-dimensional sound experience using Tesla sound transducers. While the T5 is a closed high-end headphone — it allows users to listen to music without external noise. […]

Beyerdynamic Releases Third Generation of Tesla Hi-Fi Headphones

Luxul Wireless Mesh Solution Will Be Available to Integrators This Fall

Luxul announced Tuesday that its highly anticipated Epic Mesh wireless mesh solution will be available to integrators mid-September 2020. Epic Mesh is the first wireless mesh solution designed for the AV integration channel. Epic Mesh combines a mesh node acting as a router and additional satellite nodes that require no wired link between them. Each […]

Luxul Wireless Mesh Solution Will Be Available to Integrators This Fall

Crestron Says Its 4-Series Control Systems Are Its Fastest Ever

Crestron just released its line of 4-Series control systems, marketing them as the fastest, and most secure the company has ever built. With 15 times faster processing and up to four times more memory, the 4-Series includes the ability to manage anything with a network connection, including AV, voice and data, lighting, security, streaming media […]

Crestron Says Its 4-Series Control Systems Are Its Fastest Ever

Panasonic Releases New 4K PTZ Camera for Production

Panasonic announced the availability of its AW-UE100 Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) camera aimed at production. The AW-UE100 claims it’s the industry’s first PTZ camera to support 4K@60p for high-bandwidth NDI and Secure Reliable Transport (SRT), enabling users to capture and stream high-quality images and video over public internet securely and in real-time. The AW-UE100 PTZ camera features […]

Panasonic Releases New 4K PTZ Camera for Production

New Whiteboarding Solution From Huddly Uses AI Technology Via Camera

Huddly just launched a whiteboarding solution for home or work applications called Canvas. This AI-based content camera connects via USB connection and allows both the primary and Canvas camera to be on at the same time while on a Microsoft Teams or Zoom video call. Everyone would likely agree that whiteboarding is the original collaboration […]

New Whiteboarding Solution From Huddly Uses AI Technology Via Camera

Studio Technologies Launches New Series of Announcer’s Consoles

Studio Technologies launched a new series of Announcer’s Consoles with Dante Audio-over-IP connectivity. The new line of Announcers Consoles includes three products — the Model 232, Model 234 and Model 236. All three of them feature a “pro-quality” microphone input circuit, Dante and analog output channels, plus two, four or six talkback inputs and outputs. […]

Studio Technologies Launches New Series of Announcer’s Consoles

Arista Corporation and Fallout Zones Partner to Address Challenges of Projection Mapping

Arista Corporation and Fallout Zones have jointly announced the formation of a strategic partnership to address the challenges of projection mapping technology. By combining Arista’s Video Projection Mapping Turnkey System — which incorporates a 4U rack mount computer powered by an Intel Xeon 10-core processor combined with its ARD-5816 HDBaseT transmitter — Arista brings an […]

Arista Corporation and Fallout Zones Partner to Address Challenges of Projection Mapping

Peerless-AV Announces New Generation of SmartMount Solutions

Update: According to a leaked webinar from Microsoft earlier this year, the Surface Hub 2X may not actually be released after all, with Microsoft promising “major software updates” instead. Peerless-AV has announced the newest generation of SmartMount Solutions, including the SmartMount Cart (SR560-HUB2) and SmartMount Flat Wall Mount (SF640-HUB2), both for use with the Microsoft […]

Peerless-AV Announces New Generation of SmartMount Solutions

Avocor Announces WCD for Microsoft Teams

Avocor just announced the first Windows collaboration display (WCD) certified for Microsoft Teams. A collaboration integrated with an IoT sensor, the AVW-6555 Windows collaboration display is being marketed by Avocor as the first Teams-certified WCD, and it is also certified for Microsoft Azure IoT. That said, you can still download Zoom, Webex, BlueJeans and use […]

Avocor Announces WCD for Microsoft Teams

Glory Star Launches Own Line of TAURI Temperature-Check Tablets

Glory Star, partnered initially with Aurora Multimedia, just launched its own line of TAURI Temperature-Check Tablets. Designed to screen people when entering healthcare, manufacturing or government facilities, hotels, restaurants, conference centers, retail stores, schools and gyms, TAURI is a touch-free private temperature-check and messaging system in one tablet. You may recall seeing this before — […]

Glory Star Launches Own Line of TAURI Temperature-Check Tablets

Parasound Turns to SnapAV to Distribute Its Products

SnapAV announced a strategic distribution partnership with Parasound to make 41 Parasound products immediately available to SnapAV customers. SnapAV customers who complete the approval process immediately have access to Parasound’s home theater, two-channel systems, multiroom audio and its line of Halo products. The partnership provides SnapAV dealers with full access to four distinct product lines: […]

Parasound Turns to SnapAV to Distribute Its Products