Volume 3, Issue 7 — July 31, 2014
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The WEEK
GreenAV
AV Insider
Rants and rAVes
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July 14, 2014 |
Episode 90: Navigating the AV Market |
In this week’s edition of THE WEEK, Joel speaks with Bill Sharer, Brad Malone and David McNutt, all well-known industry consultants, about their new venture to help AV companies “Navigate” today’s turbulent market. |
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July 31, 2014 |
Episode 14: Caution — Disruption in Progress: Exploring IPTV |
If you’re familiar with technology such as Uber (a mobile app that lets you find a ride nearby in over 70 cities from pre-vetted drivers), you recognize disruptive technology when you see it. In the IPTV/Video Over IP market, the potential for disruption is massive. Just as Voice-Over-IP transformed the PBX industry, so does the opportunity for IPTV to transform the Pro AV market. Listen to this interview with Andrew Lemert of vice president of solutions development at Visionary Solutions, Inc., where he and host Midori Connolly discuss IPTV technology and business opportunity for AV professionals. |
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July 14, 2014 |
Episode 26: OnControls: Home Automation Made Easy and Affordable For All |
Itai Ben-Gal, CEO of OnControls, speaks with host Johnny Mota about home automation and how it typically has only been affordable for the 1 percent — until recently. He explains how they started OnControls, and how it almost immediately became an international company out the gate. All this and more on this episode of AV Insider. |
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July 7, 2014 |
Episode 25: In/On Demand 4 All |
Paul Williams, Vice President of security and communication products at Control4, speaks with Johnny about home automation, control, automation, the difference between the two, and how technology/automation is in demand and more available at a more affordable price range. All this and more on this episode of AV Insider. |
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July 23, 2014 |
Episode 279: Is Bottom Marketing Best? |
Is marketing a product as being the cheapest, least expensive or entry-level the best way to market a product or just an easy way to market a product? |
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July 22, 2014 |
Episode 278: The Best New Products at InfoComm |
Every year the editors and readers of rAVe pick the best 25 or 30 new products that we saw at the InfoComm show. It’s that time again! |
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July 21, 2014 |
Episode 277: What Do You Think Is the Future of Display Technology? |
Insight Media and Display Central ask their readers their thoughts on some trends in the ProAV and HomeAV display market. Have you seen the results? |
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July 16, 2014 |
Episode 276: The Women in AV Now |
I hope you’ll listen to this podcast and then go read the blog associated with it! |
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July 15, 2014 |
Episode 275: Google’s Nest Intros Thread |
Don’t know what Thread is? If you do any AV business in the home or high-end home AV market, you should care. Listen to this podcast and I’ll explain to you why. |
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July 9, 2014 |
Episode 274: Are You Really Ready for 4K? |
Integrating 4K sources and content into the existing AV systems is a lot harder than you think. Have you truly thought about everything? |
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July 8, 2014 |
Episode 273: A Top 10 From InfoComm |
Ultimately, following a large show like InfoComm, we provide you with all sorts of lists. One of those lists will be our Best of InfoComm products and companies sometime later this month. In the meantime, one of our bloggers has his own list of top 10 at InfoComm. Listen to this podcast so you’ll know what we’re talking about! |
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