VIDEO: Eliran Toren of MSolutions Talks About Why Signal Testing Is So Important for 4K

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM MSolutions Eliran Toren of MSolutions talks with Sara Abrons at InfoComm 2019 about why signal testing so important for 4K. He overviews the MSolutions MS-TestPro HDBaseT Tester which is a handheld HDBaseT signal tester that empowers the installer or integrator test an HDBaseT connection with built-in monitoring, logging and […]

VIDEO: Eliran Toren of MSolutions Talks About Why Signal Testing Is So Important for 4K

LG Business Solutions Ships New Transparent OLED Display with ABCOM

LG Business Solutions is now shipping the LG Transparent OLED digital signage display in the United States. This razor-thin, see-through display is designed to deliver a unique customer experience in specialized commercial applications, particularly retail and hospitality. Here’s a video we shot of it at InfoComm: Leading technology solutions reseller, integrator and rental provider ABCOM […]

LG Business Solutions Ships New Transparent OLED Display with ABCOM

The BEST of InfoComm 2019 Awards

Welcome to the 2019 Best of InfoComm Awards! Unlike ANY other awards program at InfoComm, manufacturers can’t pay to enter — in fact, they can’t even nominate their own products. We are NOT pay-for-play. What do we mean? Well, EVERY OTHER product award program in and around InfoComm are what are known as pay-for-play. Pay-for-play […]

The BEST of InfoComm 2019 Awards

LG Ships 130” Pre-Packaged LED Screen

At InfoComm 2019, LG launched a 130-inch LED screen with integrated audio, HDMI inputs and no bezel – think of it as a 130-LCD panel only it’s LED. The LG DVLED LAA Series Signage is aimed at conference room installs as well as digital signage applications – here’s a video we shot of it at […]

LG Ships 130” Pre-Packaged LED Screen

AV’s Headlines Suck. Here’s How to Fix That.

With fresh eyes on amazing new products and services presented over the last few tradeshows (InfoComm, DSE, ISE) so far this year, the rAVe Agency has seen some truly remarkable technology coming out of the audiovisual (AV) industry. But while AV technology is undoubtedly impressive, the way AV products are promoted and advertised has mostly […]

AV’s Headlines Suck. Here’s How to Fix That.

Webinar | Top 10 Things Gary Kayye Saw at InfoComm 2019

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. You may not have been able to attend InfoComm 2019, the largest AV trade show in North America, but you can still learn what the top-10 things Gary Kayye saw there this year. InfoComm 2019 was home to nearly 1,000 exhibitors, with too […]

Webinar | Top 10 Things Gary Kayye Saw at InfoComm 2019

Rants and rAVes — Episode 900: SnapAV’s OvrC Platform is Aimed at Commercial AV Market

THIS IS A PROMOTED POSTLongtime HomeAV distributor and manufacturer, SnapAV, is now aiming its sights on the Commercial AV market. And, their plan includes using their OvrC support platform to do it. What’s OvrC and how does it work? Well, watch this video cast with SnapAV’s Scott Normand, Director of Commercial, who demo’s OvrC live […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 900: SnapAV’s OvrC Platform is Aimed at Commercial AV Market

Rants and rAVes — Episode 899: If You Integrate Control Rooms or Digital Signage, You Should Know Who Monitors Anywhere Is!

Monitors Anywhere basically makes the ClickShare of monitor walls. Using USB to HDMI adapters or thin-client Android computers, you can build network-based digital signage systems or fill video walls with content – in any configuration. So, no digital or analog signal processing – all network-based. If you don’t know Monitors Anywhere, this is the podcast for […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 899: If You Integrate Control Rooms or Digital Signage, You Should Know Who Monitors Anywhere Is!

Rants and rAVes — Episode 898: The Post Visix InfoComm 2019 Videocast

In this episode of Rants and rAVes, Gary is joined by Visix founder Sean Matthews. They discuss (and shows) viewers all six new products Visix launched at this years InfoComm, including explaining VUI voice activated wayfinding, and a four output video player. Watch as Sean shows everything that Visix brought to InfoComm 2019. You can […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 898: The Post Visix InfoComm 2019 Videocast

FSR Brings ‘Smart’ Solutions to InfoComm 2019

FSR surprised attendees at the 2019 InfoComm Show with the launch of the Smart-Way On-Floor Raceway System for wire management. The Smart-Way on-floor raceway is intended for offices, conference rooms, collaborative work environments or anywhere wire management is desired. Wire space will never be an issue with the Smart-Way system since the raceway compartments provide […]

FSR Brings ‘Smart’ Solutions to InfoComm 2019

Rants and rAVes — Episode 897: Why AV-over-IP Should Be On a Separate Network

Will you succeed in putting video onto your existing data network? Laurent Masia, of Netgear, thinks not! See the full blog post here. Make sure you listen to this episode of Rants and rAVes to hear from Justin Kennington and Gary Kayye as they talk about why #AVoverIP should be on a separate network.   […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 897: Why AV-over-IP Should Be On a Separate Network

Rants and rAVes — Episode 896: When Will LEDs Truly Replace LCDs and Projectors? Not As Soon As You Think!

For years, industry pundits have predicted the immediate demise of the projector, due to flat panels. Now, there’s a cry that the flat panels will disappear, any day now, due to LEDs. Do you believe the hype? Well, here’s what Absen’s Director of Sales, Mitch Rosenburg, thinks — and this matters as, not only is Absen the […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 896: When Will LEDs Truly Replace LCDs and Projectors? Not As Soon As You Think!

Rants and rAVes — Episode 895: Nureva Divulges New Product Development Plan Exclusively on rAVe RADIO

Normally, Nureva is tight-lipped with future product development plans, but on today’s post-InfoComm 2019 podcast with Nureva’s VP of Products, Rob Abbott, he clearly outlines what new products we will see launched at ISE 2020 in Amsterdam. And, it’s a logical transition into a new market category for them. So, listen to see why it’s likely […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 895: Nureva Divulges New Product Development Plan Exclusively on rAVe RADIO

Rants and rAVes — Episode 894: The Peerless-AV Post-InfoComm Podcast

Peerless-AV’s Nick Belcore joined Gary for a post-InfoComm Podcast and, we here around rAVe, this it’s the best podcast Gary’s every recorded. Seriously. Listen. Nick wraps up their presence at the show and explains the logic of their booth. And, as you may know, rAVe partnered with Peerless-AV and actually integrated the rAVe RADIO podcast […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 894: The Peerless-AV Post-InfoComm Podcast

READ THIS FIRST: How to Use the rAVe InfoComm 2019 MicroSite

The 2019 version of the InfoComm Show has come to a close, but our coverage here will live forever here — on this rAVe [NOW] InfoComm 2019 Microsite! We have so much coverage — and there’s so much information on this InfoComm MicroSite that it can be overwhelming. So, please take moment to read this […]

READ THIS FIRST: How to Use the rAVe InfoComm 2019 MicroSite

Rants and rAVes — Episode 893: The NEC Display Post-InfoComm 2019 Podcast

NEC Display’s Keith Yanke joined Gary on today’s post-InfoComm podcast to talk InfoComm 2019 impressions. NEC had a record number of visitors to their booth and they had a very unique way of tracking this — in fact, no other booth was able to track the attendees the way NEC did — so, this is worth […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 893: The NEC Display Post-InfoComm 2019 Podcast

The Themes of InfoComm 2019

Over the years I’ve been in this industry (this was my 33rd InfoComm — 34th annual show with InfoComm/AVIXA though as my first, back in 1987, the show was called COMTEC — before the name was changed to InfoComm in 1988), the show has evolved from a technology-based show to a product-based show and, more […]

The Themes of InfoComm 2019

Gary Kayye’s Favorite InfoComm Booth Tours — and His LinkedIn LIVE Show Floor Tour, Too!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE doing booth tours at trade shows. And, I try to do as many of them as possible at trade shows. I enjoy understanding the design and “flow” of the booth — and, a lot of manufacturers are now theming booths pretty creatively. But, MOST OF ALL, I love seeing all the […]

Gary Kayye’s Favorite InfoComm Booth Tours — and His LinkedIn LIVE Show Floor Tour, Too!

The Ultimate InfoComm 2019 Wrap-Up Video – Three Days of Awesomeness & Music

Every year, we produce a video-story that shows the spectacle that is the InfoComm event. Our InfoComm wrap-up video has become one of the most popular things we do each year and, in the lead-up to today’s release, we teased it via social media and the teaser-videos alone garnered over 6,200 views. Again, that’s just […]

The Ultimate InfoComm 2019 Wrap-Up Video – Three Days of Awesomeness & Music

Rants and rAVes — Episode 892: The Shure Post-InfoComm Podcast

Gary was joined with Shure’s Chris Lyons to talk about all they did at InfoComm 2019. Shure, the dominant mic company in the ProAV market for over 50-years, focussed their InfoComm presence on both the UCC market as well as the traditional ProAV presentation market. With Shure’s new “Make Connections Feel Effortless” initiative, Shure has […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 892: The Shure Post-InfoComm Podcast

Almo ProAV Turned 10 Year at InfoComm 2019

Earlier this month at the AVIXA 2019 InfoComm Show, Almo Professional A/V celebrated its decade-long milestone of providing value-added distribution services to the AV industry with an in-booth celebration, an epic anniversary cake featuring life-like AV equipment, and a donation check for the AVIXA Michael Vergauwen Scholarship program. During InfoComm, Almo Professional A/V was named […]

Almo ProAV Turned 10 Year at InfoComm 2019

Rants and rAVes — Episode 891: The Kramer Post-InfoComm Podcast

InfoComm 2019 was apparently Kramer‘s best InfoComm in many years — in addition to launching a plethora of new products. On today’s post-InfoComm 2019 podcast, Kramers VP of Marketing, David Margolin, talks with Gary about his show impressions, Kramer’s new cloud and software offerings, wireless and AV-over-IP strategy as well as their new partnerships – including […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 891: The Kramer Post-InfoComm Podcast

TOA Debuts AM-CF-1 Speaker Bar and Mic Array for UCC

TOA Electronics Europe recently introduced a new digital audio conference dubbed the AM-CF1 — a microphone array and sound bar aimed at small meeting rooms and UCC applications. Combining eight beam-steering microphones with two active two-way speakers in a single device, the AM-CF1 is designed to assist in better web conferencing sound with built-in each-cancellation […]

TOA Debuts AM-CF-1 Speaker Bar and Mic Array for UCC

Rants and rAVes — Episode 890: Leyard and Planar’s Post-InfoComm Podcast is All About Being Transparent and .7

If you didn’t to go by Leyard‘s booth at InfoComm 2019, you missed the industry’s only commercially available 0.7mm LED – that’s a pixel pitch that’s good enough to go in nearly any meeting room or classroom in the world. In fact, 0.7mm is arguably right at the perceived pixel pitch of a direct-view LCD […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 890: Leyard and Planar’s Post-InfoComm Podcast is All About Being Transparent and .7

My (Belated) InfoComm Review

No other AV publication or agency produced as much content around InfoComm19 as rAVe. I mean, it wasn’t even close. Gary did a ton of pre-show interviews and previews, Johnny and Victoria ran the podcast booth on the show floor at the Peerless-AV booth and were booked day in and day out, and an army […]

My (Belated) InfoComm Review

Rants and rAVes — Episode 889: BlackMagic Demos ATEM Constellation 8K in Real-Time

On today’s post-InfoComm 2019 podcast, BlackMagic Designs demos their new ATEM Constellation 8K – a 10 input and 6 output 8K SDI-based production switcher. That means you get 4 M/Es, 40 x 12G‑SDI inputs, 24 x 12G‑SDI aux outputs, 4 DVEs, 16 Keyers, 4 media players, 4 multi viewers, 2 SuperSource and standards conversion on […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 889: BlackMagic Demos ATEM Constellation 8K in Real-Time

NEC Display Announces Global Channel Program

NEC Display today announced the Global Channel Program, part of its NEC One initiative, designed to provide global support and services to AV/IT reseller partners. The announcement was made at the NEC Display booth of InfoComm 2019 in June in Orlando, Fla. The Global Channel Program is designed to develop a strong global ecosystem of […]

NEC Display Announces Global Channel Program