Gary’s Rants & rAVes

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Thanks to BARCO, BrightSign and Da-Lite, tomorrow I will deliver a world first – my entire ALMO E4 AV Tour keynote will be delivered in full 4K resolution! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

We’ve noticed the trend too! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Voting is now OPEN for our 5th Annual Reader’s Choice Awards. Gary discusses what’s the big to-do about them on today’s podcast. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Although we handed out dozens of 2016 Best of ISE Awards yesterday, today’s podcast is all about why three particular manufacturers won: LG, Newline and Sharp. Gary specifically talks about those. Check out all the award winners at www.ravepubs.com/ise2016 and he’s going to spend the next two months, every once in a while, talking about […]

ALMO’s new partnership with BOSE Commercial AV product group will be highlighted during the 2016 E4 AV Tour and ALMO’s Business Development Manager, Rob Ziv, joined Gary on his daily podcast to explain the partnership and the special E4 plans BOSE has in store. Listen to all the details as here as there are a […]

Gary was joined by ALMO ProAV‘s VP of Marketing, Melody Craigmyle, today to talk E4 AV Tour. The 2016 event includes stops in Washington DC, Atlanta, Boston and Dallas. And, this year you’ll want to register ahead of time as there are some special workshops. Listen to this podcast for the details and register now: http://e4avtour.com Podcast: […]

ViewSonic’s Director Product Marketing, Gene Ornstead, joined Gary today to talk about their DSE plans at next week’s Las Vegas event. They will debut an 84” 4K monitor and a host of displays from 10” up to over 100” – listed for the details. And, of course, you can see all their stuff at: http://www.viewsonic.com/us/products-1/commercial-displays.html Podcast: […]

Gary was joined by Planar’s Chief Marketing Officer, Jennifer Davis, who reviews how the combination of Planar and Leyard will make its debut at the DSE show next week. In addition to their new transparent OLED, Planar and Leyard’s combo-booth will highlight giant LED’s as well as new 4K display technologies. All the specifics are […]

The Digital Signage Expo (DSE) starts next week in Las Vegas. We will be there shooting videos and blogging live from the show. In the meantime, you can check out our digital signage Microsite for all the news, thus far. Gary talks about it today! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Gary was joined by NEC’s Vice President of Business Development, Rich Ventura  who talks experiential when describing NEC’s booth at DSE (booth #2210). And, he hints at some surprises too. NEC is a founding member of DSE and Rich is the currently the Vice Chairman of the DSF Board of Directors. Podcast: Play in new window | […]

We employ a lot of women and also a lot of young women – either through our internship programs or even full-time rAVe team members. I asked three of them, along with Broadsign’s Director of Marketing, Stephanie Gutnik  to join me on a special podcast that is long over-due. rAVe’s Editor-in-Chief, Sara Abrons, rAVe’s Director of Social Media, Emily Dean and […]

Gary was joined by Sharp’s Gary Bailer, who detailed the company’s DSE booth (#1223) plans. It includes a working bar AND cafe (and free drinks for all!). Sharp will be announcing some new products and demonstrating the world’s first 8K LCD display. Sharp has also set up both an end-user microsite and a dealer microsite […]

Adelyte chose rAVe RADIO as the platform to officially launch Version 2.0 of Crescendo Framework with Cloud Dashboard. Gary was joined by Wes Hatchett  CEO, who explained how their template-based user-interface design for Crestron control systems differentiates and simplifies control for the user. Integrators will love the recurring revenue opportunities this system offers. If you’re in the HomeAV market, you […]

Sharp will head over to DSE later this month in Las Vegas and be filling booth 1223 with a ll sorts of new technology. But, the big attention-grabbing headlines will, no doubt, come from their 85” 8K resolution (7680 x 4320) display. I happen to see it at ISE and we shot a video of it during that […]

Tony Sprando has been in AV over 20-years and has a lot of helpful advice for integrators. So, we gave him a voice on the rAVe BlogSquad and he’s already written two great pieces on Microphone  and on Speaker placement. I spoke to Tony today on my daily podcast so you can get to know […]

The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) just named James Beckham as its annual Per Haugen Lifetime Achievement Award winner for 2016. Gary got the chance to speak to James today, where he shares his advice for long-term company and personal growth in the AV market. He’s humble but offers some amazing marketing advice. If you’re an AV Integrator, […]

Sony went to ISE in Amsterdam and debuted six new models and one was a 5000 lumen 4K projector, the VPL-GTZ270, that can handle a color space of 4:4:4 @60Hz – one of only three projectors in the world that can say that. Gary was joined by Sony’s Projector Product Manager, Sander Phipps, who not only explains the […]

We just returned from the ISE show in Amsterdam — and we compiled the most show coverage we’ve ever completed. All the details are in today’s podcast! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

On this special edition of Rants and rAVes, Gary and Joel discuss day four at Integrated Systems Europe. They talk overall impressions of the ISE show and their favorite products of the day. Joel’s favorite product of the day is ClearOne’s new distributed microphone system, while Gary’s is the Biamp Devio. Podcast: Play in new […]