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Hope Roth (@beerandpie), Crestron Certified Programmer with Riordan Brothers Integration, joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to discuss volunteering and the upcoming InfoComm show in Las Vegas, NV. Hope and Christa are joint recipients for the Harald Thiel Volunteers of the Year award. Both women understand the importance of volunteering and agree that you should not […]

In today’s episode of AV Weakly, Joel Rollins addresses the complicated world of justifying trade show attendance – specifically InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas. It’s a hilarious look at how to convince your boss to let you attend and, best of all, it ends with an ad that you’ll love – trust us, it’s funny! […]

InfoComm is the year’s biggest commercial AV event.  As a manufacturer or manufacturer’s rep spending big bucks for space on the floor, the best thing you can do is be quiet.  Listen to the Selling AV to find out why. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Sony’s launch at InfoComm (booth C7708) includes the VPL- GTZ270, designed for entertainment use including planetariums, theme parks, museums and retail; and the VPL- GTZ280 for simulation, visualization and training. Both are laser-phosphor based projectors. Both 5,000 lumen models have native SXRDTM 4K (4096×2160) resolution and both can also operate in 4K 3D mode. Like all Sony laser projectors, the VPL-GTZ270 […]

Gary was joined on his podcast today – in a special video version – by LG s B2B Enterprise Account Manager, Karl Jackson, who explained why LG built an 83” (3,840 x 600) UHD 58:9 aspect ratio “Stretch” monitor  LG will be in booth C8303 at InfoComm and they will not only be showing their dual-sided OLED monitor but […]

Join the Crew on this special InfoComm 2016 podcast: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Victoria Barela and Christa Bender as they welcome their guests: Jason McGraw – Sr. Vice President of Expositions at InfoComm International Brad Grimes – Director of Communications at InfoComm International Penny Sitler – Marketing Manager at Draper, Inc. Here we are less […]

Calling it CLEDIS (Crystal LED Integrated Structure), Sony will launch a totally new display technology that is an amazingly small (as in width of a human hair thin) crystal LEDs that are encapsulated behind a black sub-structure. The width of each pixel/LED is only 0.003 mm2. Yes, you read that right. Basically, the self-emitting display technology […]

In today’s podcast, Gary talks to dnp’s Senior Product Manager, Johnny Jensen, about they InfoComm plans.  dnp has the best ALR (Ambient Light Rejection) screens on the market – everyone knows this. And, this year at InfoComm, they plan to prove it as they’ll be doing a screen shoot-out each day at 11am in their booth in the […]

OK, that’s not the only reason to stop by their booth (C7730) at InfoComm 2016, but FSR will be popular as the heat rises to above 100-degrees in 2- weeks from today! FSR has patented a new Frame-box install system, aptly called THE FRAME, has something called THE MUD and a plethora of outdoor install boxes, too. […]

There’s still time to register for the Display Summit at InfoComm 2016. Gary talked to Display Summit founder, Chris Chinnock about the 2016 event and, what is certainly going to be the buzz at this year’s event, Compound Photonics. Don’t know who that is or what they did? Listen to the podcast AND consider registering […]

InfoComm is the year’s biggest commercial AV event.  Last time I encouraged you to bring a client to the show.  However, if that just isn’t possible, bring a project instead.  Listen to the Selling AV to find out why. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Prysm recently launched their first (and the industry’s first) Cloud-Based collaboration solution in Prysm Enterprise and at InfoComm they’ll demo this, but also show Prysm Mobile – giving your clients web-browser access for any mobile device including Apple iOS, Android, and Windows. Gary Spoke to Prysm’s CMO, Paige O’Neill, about their InfoComm plans and launches in […]

Are you an AV integrator looking to get into IP video distribution and IPTV?  If so, then you need to listen to this episode AV Glue as we talk to Jim Jachetta at VidOvation about how his company helps integrators bridge the IT gap.  Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Join the Crew:  Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Johnny Mota, Victoria Barela, Justin Watts and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Linda Civitillio – VP Unified Communication & Collaboration Solutions and Microsoft Surface Hub Practice Leader at AVI-SPL Michael Brown – Global VP Sales at Oblong Industries Chris Bledsoe – Sr. Director Evangelism & Developer Programs […]

QSC gave us a sneak peek into its InfoComm launch by telling us it plans to launch a new line of pendant loudspeakers. The new line is nearly identical to its new ceiling speaker line, but in a pendant design. The company will demo the line at InfoComm in its Sound Demo Room N101 as […]

Gary was joined by Prysm Chief Marketing Officer, Paige O’Neill, and they talked InfoComm 2016 and what Prysm is doing. Prysm builds complete packaged solutions from a boardroom to the two-person huddle room and everything in between all using the Prysm Application Suite  At InfoComm 2016, Prysm will be focusing on Prysm Mobile that extends the Prysm Visual Workplace […]

Audinate, the creator of the Dante audio networking system, is holding a free event at InfoComm open to all integrators. Listen to learn all about it! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Did you know the attendees in a meeting get stressed when the equipment doesn’t work right – not just the presenter? They do…  Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

InfoComm is the year’s biggest commercial AV event.  If you want to get the most of your time, bring a client.  Listen to the Selling AV to find out why. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Katye McGregor Bennett, Johnny Mota, Victoria Barela, Justin Watts and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Jeremy Caldera – Lead Audiovisual Design Engineer at Zdi Kelly Perkins – Marketing and Communications Manager at AVI Systems HiPhi Phil Cordell – Director of Engineering at M3 Technology Group Hope Roth (on a call-in) – […]

In today’s podcast, Gary talks to Nureva’s President and CEO, Nancy Knowlton, about their plans for InfoComm 2016. Nureva debuted their SPAN product line to the ProAV community at last year’s show and at the 2016 event, they will be exhibiting in the North Hall in booth N2847 and will be launching a new software update that will include […]

Gary’s the first member of the industry’s press to speak to Kramer’s new CEO, Steve Biegacki, and, even though he’s new to the ProAV market, he’s been pretty close as his last gig was as Sr Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing at Belden – the world’s largest AV wire manufacturer. Biegacki has been at Kramer for a week and […]

David Solomon, One of the founding fathers at Peachtree Audio, speaks with me about the next generation of Peachtree products, and the roadmap to where it’s headed. Peachtree has always, in my mind, been leading the way in computer audio products, and now they’re refining it’s core products in to something even more marvelous than […]

Brad Grimes (@BGrimesDC), Director of Communications with InfoComm International, joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to discuss all things related to InfoComm and the upcoming show in Las Vegas, NV June 4th to the 10th. There are many new and exciting changes taking place at InfoComm16 this year. One of those changes is the Seminar and […]

Gary was joined by NSCA’s Executive Director, Chuck Wilson, who is excited that the Drunk Unkles will, again, perform an NSCA benefit concert at InfoComm 2016. The concert will be at the Hard Rock Hotel, it’s free and will help fund a brand-new program NSCA is launching, officially, on June 8th, called IGNITE. All the details are in this […]

On this episode of AV Weakly, host Joel Rollins sits down to discuss — marketing as a second language — familiarizing viewers with various terms used in AV marketing. So sit back and watch this webcast here on AV Weakly!

In this special extended podcast, not only do we have three terrific guests but we also have two excellent guest Crew members! Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Johnny Mota, Stacy Kringlen, Victoria Barela, Justin Watts along with guest Crew members Alison Maxson and Gina Sansivero as the welcome their guests: John Antanaitis – Vice President, Marketing at Polycom Penny Sitler – Marketing Manager at […]

Gary was joined by Extron’s VP or Product Development, Dave Pincek, who explains what their Vector 4K Scaling is and why you should care. Although 4K scaling is new, scaling isn’t new to Extron. And, it’s Dave explains it’s future-ready as the chipset, according to Extron, is the industry’s only 4K scaler capable of scaling […]

It’s the third episode of the Floating Point, and we have some big news! Well, big podcast news. Chris Tatton (@chris_tatton) will be our new co-host. The Andy to Hope Roth’s (@beerandpie) Conan, if you will. Chris was on our first episode and we wished we could have him on every show. And then we […]

With Barco’s recent acquisitions, including yesterday’s purchase of Medialon, looks like they’re moving towards being a full commercial AV supplier. Today’s podcast Gary gives his opinion on what kind of company Barco will buy next. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Jack Sharkey, Content Creation Manager and Technical Services at KEF, speaks with me about all things glorious, that KEF creates, from flagship to entry level pieces, small, mobile, and compact. We cover vinyl, 2-ch, surround (ATMOS), personal audio, and a new podcast they started that I was honored to be a guest of. British Audio is no […]

Today I talk to you about the event at InfoComm that is known as Dante AV Networking World. If you don’t know about it listen to this podcast as there are two tracks this year – one for newbies and one for people who’ve been using Dante for a while. Podcast: Play in new window […]