VIA Technologies ALTA DS is a new Android-based 4K Digital Signage Player
VIA Technologies today launched the VIA ALTA DS 4K Android-based digital signage player. Capable of connecting to a 4K display with a 3840×2160 resolution …
Christie Adds to Its GS Series with 10K Lumen Models with BoldColor Technology
The new Christie DHD1075-GS and Christie DWU1075-GS 10,000 ISO lumen laser phosphor projectors combine many of the potent features from the Christie HS …
QSC Debuts New AcousticDesign Column Surface-Mount Loudspeakers
QSC has announced the addition of column surface-mount loudspeakers to its AcousticDesign (AD) Series. This premium line extension, which will debut at …
MuxLab Brings New Selection of Pro Audio Integration Solutions to InfoComm
Three new products from MuxLab are designed to help integrators create unique, audio-based infrastructures that are IP-based. Available for the first time …
New Broadcast Pix BPswitch Integrated Production Switchers Offer Full Control-Over-IP
With its new BPswitch family of integrated video production switchers, Broadcast Pix enables houses of worship, schools, governments, businesses, and …
Holm Debut Landscaping sStrip-17 Surface-Mounted Luminaire
Holm just launched the new sStrip-17 surface-mounted luminaire with ZDC Technology. With this technology, designers can add up to 30,000 colors to an …
NAB, EDU and HOW
A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog that relayed the top 5 reasons that you, as an AV professional, should go to NAB. The first of those five reasons was end …
Legrand On-Q Lighting Control Adds Google Assistant Control
Legrand announced that its radiant RF (radio frequency) Lighting Control and adorn Wi-Fi Ready Lighting systems now work with the Google Assistant for …
5 Reasons You Should Be at NAB
Next week in Las Vegas, the National Association of Broadcasters holds their annual trade show in Las Vegas. The NAB Show doesn’t seem to generate the …
Strange ReTales The Force Field
The business news this past week has been abuzz with stories about retailer bankruptcies, increasingly vacant shopping malls, and the looming threat of an …
The 6th Annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards- Open for Nominations!
Our Reader’s Choice Awards blow away ANY other industry award. And, I can say that with 100 percent confidence. How? Well, first off, in 2014, we had over …
rAVe Announces the Best of DSE 2017 Awards
Unlike nearly every other publication’s awards program, ours have no entry fee and no biases towards advertisers, sponsors or those that spent money of …
The Quest for the Holy UX
I’ve been around AV for the last 15 years and have worked for residential and commercial integrators as well as AV manufacturers. There has been a lot of …
Altinex Adds USB-C Connectors to Table Top Interconnect Boxes
Altinex has announced three new USB Type C connectivity products for use with the company’s Tilt ‘N Plug, Pop ‘N Plug and Cable Nook …
The Terms “Home Theater” and “Stereo” are Long Gone!
It’s about time we got what we asked for. Residents in Central Oregon are tired of hearing the words, “home theater” and “stereo.” One local home …
WyreStorm Boosts its Technical Resources with Addition of Nick Roberts
Swindon, UK – 14th February 2017 – WyreStorm strengthens its position as a technology leader with the addition of Nick Roberts to replace the recently …
Tire Kickers And Be Backs
It just occurred to me that I haven’t regaled rAVe readers with any tales from my retail days in quite some time. Then it occurred to me that I’ve been out …
Wisdom Audio to Introduce Architecture-Friendly In-Ceiling Loudspeakers at ISE 2017
Wisdom Audio today announced the first in-ceiling loudspeaker as part of its Sage loudspeaker series. Targeting high-performance entertainment audio …
AptoVision, Aquantia, Christie Digital, NETGEAR, Sony and ZeeVee launch SDVoE Alliance
MONTREAL — Jan. 12, 2017 — AptoVision, Aquantia, Christie Digital, NETGEAR, Sony and ZeeVee today announced that they have formed the SDVoE Alliance to …
Footprint
All the biggest stories of 2016 in the AV integration space had to do with acquisition. The latest round of which relayed that Samsung bought Harman Group, …
Fake It ’til You… Get Caught!
I’m sure we’ve all heard the term “Fake it ’til you make it.” It’s typically used to relay the mindset that people should …
Part 2 – Featured Podcast – New AV for the Riverhouse on the Deschutes
Welcome to Part 2 of the Sound and Video Contractor featured podcast with Tony sharing more about the Riverhouse project. The following is the transcription …
Gpinto Intros New Plug and Play Turntable
Gpinto has introduced ON (which stands for “Old / New”), which the company claims to be the world’s first plug and play turntable. At just 6.5cm …
The (Hidden) Opportunity
It seems like we have been discussing the changing landscape of AV for years. We have all seen the shift toward consolidated components, hardware that is …
Inside Intel: The Opposite Of Talking Is Listening
It’s been said that for many people the opposite of talking isn’t listening, it’s waiting. I’m not perfect at it, but I endeavor to listen more than I …
7thSense Launches Nano-SDI Media Server
7thSense has expanded its media server portfolio with the addition of the Nano-SDI Media Server — an entry-level media server with uncompressed media …
3 Things You Should Take Away from the InfoComm16 Keynote
For the first time since I saw Brian Solis talk at Customer Engagement Technology World, I was excited about a keynote before a trade show. InfoComm hit a …
Stampede Hopes to Bring VR to ProAV Market
Virtual Reality (VR) is coming to the ProAV market with a distribution agreement between Seattle’s VRstudios and Stampede. The two companies announced today …
Dreadful Vendor Spam Redux
Most of the time, the Clutter folder in my new Outlook works great. Sometimes Outlook buries important emails from people I want to hear from in the Clutter …
Frank Loyko Joins VUE To Oversee Global Distribution
VUE Audiotechnik announces the addition of Frank Loyko to the position of Vice President Global Sales where he will oversee all of the company’s global sales …
Less is More – Using Apple as an Example to Apply Minimalism in the AV Industry
This week, I would like to explore the crossroads we often come to when we want to add technology to a space. It is so easy to get all “wound up” on all …
New Sterling Headphone Amps Combine Clarity and Simplicity
Thousand Oaks, CA – May 2016… Sterling Audio unveiled a new line of professional headphone amplifiers, with three models to serve a variety of …
