Presented by Gary Kayye of THE rAVe Agency at the 2019 Almo Professional AV E4 Experience Nearly everyone out there is misleading you about AV-over-IP. It’s not easy, it’s not lossless compression and it’s not going to happen overnight. But, it IS the future of AV signal distribution. There is no standard that everyone has […]
Presented by Joe Cornwall of Legrand AV at the 2019 Almo Professional AV E4 Experience Technology convergence is a manifestation of the fourth industrial revolution, which is the current trend of automation and data exchange and includes cyber-physical links, the Internet of Things, edge computing and the merger of audible, visual and kinesthetic communications. In […]
Presented by Todd Heberlein of Almo Professional AV at the 2019 E4 Experience Almo Business Development Manager and Digital Signage Expert, Todd Heberlein, will define and discuss the five stages of a digital signage deployment, outline potential challenges in the process, and provide keys to avoiding pitfalls in each of the five stages. View the […]
Presented by Joe Cornwall of Legrand AV at the 2019 Almo Professional AV E4 Experience The common USB connector has undergone a radical change in just the last year. The introduction of new Power Delivery standards promises to change everything you think you knew about USB. The new Type C connector will change the way […]
Presented by Tom Kehr of AVIXA at the 2019 Almo Professional AV E4 Experience The success of a converged AV/IT system is dependent on a properly installed and tested structured cabling system. As more and more audiovisual integrators are offering IT infrastructure installation to their clients, it is mandatory that they have an understanding of […]
Presented by Gary Kayye at the Almo Professional AV E4 Experience in Chicago. Gary Kayye’s annual Krystal Ball series, which comes out each January, is likely the most-read news article in AV every year. Why? Well, he’s usually right — like 90 percent of the time. For example, he predicted the impact that Bluetooth would […]
**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. This is the one webinar you DO NOT want to miss. Gary Kayye’s annual Krystal Ball series, which comes out each January, is likely the most-read news article in AV every year. Why? Well, he’s usually right — like 90 percent of the […]
**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Nearly everyone out there is misleading you about AV-over-IP. It’s not easy, it’s not lossless compression and it’s not going to happen overnight. But, it IS the future of AV signal distribution. There is no standard that everyone has adopted for sending AV […]
Presented by Jim Nista at the 2018 Almo Professional E4 AV Tour Digital Signage is one of the few areas of AV where “Content is King” and creativity truly shines. Unfortunately, creating content isn’t something many AV integrators offer, which can lead to project challenges. It’s important for integrators to offer a total solution for […]
Presented by Saundra Merollo at the 2018 Almo Professional E4 AV Tour It is estimated that by 2020 approximately 1.5 trillion dollars will go into creating smart connected cities. Intelligent communication will be critical for the infrastructure of these cities, and digital signage will be at the forefront. Learn how to get ready for this […]
Presented by Steve Alexander at the 2018 Almo Professional E4 AV Tour Lots of signals, just one cable: Simplify AV installations and lower cost with Audio over IP (AoIP) methods such as Dante, AVB, and CobraNet. This course will serve as an introduction and comparison to three approaches to network-based audio signal distribution. Participants will […]
**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. It all started with Barco’s ClickShare, the market leader in BYOD and wireless collaboration, back in 2012. But, now Crestron, AMX, Extron, Vivitek, Lumens, Kramer and even a tiny company called AirTame all have wireless sharing and BYOD devices aimed at small meeting […]
**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. LED has experienced explosive market growth over the past three years. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find any other display technology that’s experienced the market growth that LED has. And it’s not Just for stadiums, arenas and billboard anymore. Now, LEDs are […]
Integrate turned 10 yesterday when the halls opened at the new International Convention Centre Sydney in Darling Harbour. We have four reporters here covering the show both through extensive social media coverage (see @rAVePubs on Instagram and Twitter) as well as via a dedicated show microsite. In fact, we’ve already shot and posted over 150 […]
**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. The V in “AV” gets all the glitz and glamour, but the A, ironically, is more profitable. While video is an art, audio is a science. And, that science basically grew this industry. AV started with A. And, the A is where all […]
**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. For the second year in a row, rAVe Founder Gary Kayye was the opening keynote speaker for the UBTech Conference. UBTech is an annual conference and trade show on higher education technology leadership. UBTech highlights emerging trends in IT and AV technologies and […]
It’s here! You’ve been asking for it and we released it today. Each year, we produce a wrap-up video to give you a glimpse of the InfoComm show. Are you in it? Is your company highlighted? Check It! and watch here:
We are excited to announce the winners of our 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. Our awards are different than ANY other industry awards and the stats speak for themselves: We had over 92,000 voters for the final awards! The nominations for the awards came SOLELY from you – the AV community. We have a system that […]
THIS IS A SPONSORED POST With the introduction of flexible digital signage players and device-agnostic software options, taking full advantage of digital signage is becoming more affordable and accessible for end users than ever. Until recently, incorporating digital signage into a building or public space required users to shop around for hardware and software from […]
Presented by John Fisher at the 2018 Almo Professional E4 AV Tour In this discussion, we will look into the value of curved vs. non-curved displays, OLED vs. LED or LCD technologies. We will discuss HDR and why it is an important consideration with regards to choosing display technologies that fit your needs. We will […]
Vote NOW for the 7th Annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards The nominations are in and now you can go vote for the 7th Annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards! You nominated them and now it’s time for you to vote for the best of the best. Check out the list of the top companies and products […]
On Tuesday, April 24, at the Hyatt Regency Dallas the second stop of the Almo E4 AV Tour makes a stop in Dallas. The E4 is the AV industry’s favorite distributor show for five years running and has more AVIXA CTS RU’s than any US-based event, annually, besides the InfoComm Show. And, this year’s E4 […]
It’s that time of year again! Our Readers’ Choice Awards are open for nominations now and we need you (our readers) to tell us who you think the best of the best is in the AV industry. In case you haven’t heard every year at InfoComm we give out our annual rAVe Readers’ Choice Awards […]
**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. For almost a decade, industry pundits have been predicting the death of the projector – yet, sales keep growing. And, in the biggest irony of all, the projector has invaded the the one-and-only market deemed as a display-only segment: digital signage. That’s right, […]
We took to Instagram – and their STORIES feature in fact – to ‘storify’ what it’s like to attend the world’s largest AV trade show, the Integrated Systems Europe expo in Amsterdam. But, most of our readers don’t have Instagram accounts [if you don’t, follow-us NOW, here: @rAVePubs or at instagram.com/rAVePubs], yet, so we’ve created another way for you […]
MSD switches are designed to enable quick and trouble-free installation and operation Since introducing the first MSD, IDK has continued to innovate, refine and enhance their go-to, AV problem solvers. MSD switches offer the industry’s best AV port-to-port interoperability and spec’ing them in assures that source, aux processing and display equipment all function seamlessly together. […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST 4K is everywhere today and we are seeing more and more manufacturers release 4K versions of products. In fact, Gary Kayye, rAVe founder, just wrapped up one of his most successful keynotes in fall 2018, that focused on everything integrators need to know to specify, sell and integrate 4K systems. […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST Regardless of where colleagues or team members are located, the work still has to get done – one way or another. And because of today’s technology, more specially huddle rooms and collaboration spaces, workday productivity has significantly increased for multiple industries. We know that creating and integrating huddle spaces cna […]
The terms BYOD, collaboration and huddle space have become widely used in the AV industry over the past year. There are countless articles on how collaboration is essential to innovation and how more and more companies are making the investment in creating spaces where employees can easily collaborate. But we wanted to know exactly how […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST Think about the power of the video wall. High impact, excellent image quality, 24/7 operation, bright colors, the list goes on. But imagine high-impact video walls that can be created using fewer monitors with less bezel interruption across the entire video wall. Sharp’s PN-V701 display was specifically developed for use […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST The ability to produce innovative digital signage is a vital business solution and a smart investment that can not be ignored any longer. It has become increasingly more difficult for businesses to stand out and get noticed because of the constant stream of communication from digital devices competing for your customer’s […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST Amazing and innovative digital signage can be a vital business solution and a smart investment. And the ability to stand out and get noticed have become more challenging as digital devices deliver constant streams of communication, competing for your customer’s attention. Whether it’s wallpaper-thin OLED displays, ultra-thin bezel video walls […]
