Gary Kayye, founder of rAVe Publications, is one of the most prominent personalities in the audiovisual industry. He has been a contributor to WIRED magazine and a technical advisor and columnist for Sound & Communications magazine as well as an opinionated columnist for rAVe [Publications] since 2003. In addition to his writing and market analysis, Gary has been a product, marketing and business operations consultant to dozens of AV companies in the U.S. and overseas. Clients have included companies such as Sony, Sharp, Epson, Lutron, InFocus, Sanyo, Mitsubishi, NEC and Philips.
Gary, who has been involved with the audiovisual market for over 20 years, was the recipient of the InfoComm 2003 Educator of the Year Award and the 2007 NSCA Instructor of the Year Award. Over the years, he has donated much of his time as an active volunteer in the AV industry’s trade association and served as chairman of InfoComm’s Professional Education & Training Committee (PETC), chairman of the ICIA Design School Committee and chairman of InfoComm’s Installation School Committee. In addition, he has served on the InfoComm board of governors. He also helped grow the InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out as the premiere AV industry trade show special event serving on the committee from 1991 through 1997, and was instrumental in launching the Shoot-Out in the European market at the Photokina Expo in 1994 and 1996 as well as the Asian market at the 1995 and 1997 INFOCOMM Asia shows.
Prior to founding his own company, Gary was vice president of sales and marketing for AMX Corporation (www.amx.com), a manufacturer specializing in professional AV and residential AV control systems. Prior to AMX, Gary spent nine years at Extron Electronics (www.extron.com), rising to the position of vice president of sales and marketing.
Gary earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1987 from the University of North Carolina and is currently Adjunct Faculty at UNC in the School of Journalism teaching a class on how future technologies will affect the future of advertising, PR and marketing.
He is also the founder of Swim for Smiles, a non-profit that raises money for the N.C. Children’s Hospital through swimming and other fitness-related events for kids.
You can contact him at gary@ravepubs.com..
2N is now a Crestron integration partner and the latest firmware update to 2N video intercom door stations makes them compliant with Crestron Rava SIP intercom and phone technology. As a result, they integrate with Crestron TSW-x60 Series touch screens for a video intercom solution that also integrates with third-party electronic door locks. For Crestron […]
Extron just launched the XTP II CP 4o HD AT 4K PLUS, an XTP output board with four HDMI and four Dante digital audio outputs. It is HDCP 2.2 compliant and accommodates data rates up to 18 Gbps for support of video resolutions up to 4K/60 with 4:4:4 color. The Dante output adds the capability […]
Klipsch announced today that it will debut a variety of premium sound solutions for consumer applications. New products include a family of small wireless in-ear headphone, wireless room or portable speakers with voice command functionality, sound bars and wireless home theater speakers. The Klipsch T5 family of in-ear headphones are small in size and weight. […]
Extron has announced the availability of the HD Pro Plenum Series of active, hybrid optical-copper cables for high-speed transmission of HDMI digital video and audio signals. They support data rates up to 18 Gbps, video resolutions up to 4K/60 @ 4:4:4, HDR, EDID, HDCP and CEC, as well as all HDMI audio formats. These active […]
Extron announced the availability of the 12G HD-SDI 101, a one-input, one-output cable equalizer for multi-rate SDI digital video signals. It offers an economical solution for sending multi-rate SDI digital video signals over long coaxial cable runs. The 12G HD-SDI 101 supports all common serial digital video data rates up to 11.88 Gbps, while passing […]
Savant has announced the video tiling to their AV-over-IP product line. IP Video Tiling (aka: making a digital canvas) is now built into Savant IP Video input and output modules (with video processing) and can be offered with no added costs or specialty equipment required. Integrators can now add video tiling to any IP Video […]
Rayva announced today the addition of four new interior design themes to its lineup of turnkey home theaters — Cross Beam, Contours, Main Street and Rialto have been added to Rayva’s lineup and are available now for projects around the world. Curated by Rayva Executive Director Theo Kalomirakis, Rayva’s interior design themes can now be […]
Atlantic Technology is now shipping the 8600e LR Loudspeakers. This all-new speaker design employed in the 8600e LR features internally braced non-resonant MDF cabinets housing seven new Atlantic Technology drivers configured in a D’Appolito/M-T-M array, four 8-inch fiberglass woofers, two 5.25-inch fiberglass mid-drivers and an advanced 1-inch aluminum/magnesium dome tweeter with a neodymium magnet structure. […]
At one time, TASCAM (under the TEAC name) was a prolific manufacturer of mixing consoles — remember the Model 15? In the late 1970’s it was the standard. TASCAM re-entered the mixing console business with the Model 24 earlier this year and now they’ve launched the MZ-223 (three output) and the MZ-372 (dual output) rack-mountable zone mixers. TASCAM’s Joe Stopka, Vice […]
Mersive Technologies today announced support for Miracast screen mirroring on its Mersive Solstice wireless collaboration solution. With this addition, Solstice users can now wirelessly share content on all major operating systems -Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS. The Miracast screen mirroring protocol is a growing industry standard. It was ratified by the Wi-Fi Alliance in 2012 […]
Among Lainie Mataras’s many talents is the ability to fold a t-shirt, perfectly, while blindfolded. No, seriously, she can do that. Lainie has some unique talents and that, along with the ability to make fiends with 5000 people in 25-years, have made her an invaluable resource to both Crestron and Sapphire. Lainie’s been in AV […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST nobox is a suite of services launched this summer from Almo ProAV — nobox is designed to make integrators more profitable, augment their services and give them a more national reach — when they need it. If you aren’t aware of the set of nobox series available for integrators, you should check out […]
We’ve been covering, tracking and following the digital signage market for well over 10-years now. And, it’s gone from good, to great, to fantastic to incredible. In those 10+ years, there’s never been a negative sales year and, in most years, the digital signage market has enjoyed double-digit growth. It’s grown from a few giant […]
Nortek Security & Control LLC (NSC) today announced a new alignment between Gefen, its signal management brand, and Barco’s enterprise AV control and monitoring software, Overture, which preloads drivers for the entire Gefen AV-over-IP into the Overture platform’s interface. The Gefen AV-over-IP solutions take HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, VGA and audio and put those signals on […]
Signagelive has announced a new strategic partner, PosterMyWall, which allows customers to create promotional graphics and videos without needing any design skills. Thousands of templates can be used for restaurants, retail, corporate, events and bars within Signagelive that the companys says can be customized within minutes. PosterMyWall includes: Over ten thousand templates Change signage from […]
If you’ve ever spec’d an audio media server, imagine one that served up EVERY kind of content in a restaurant, bar, coffee-shop, retail store or school install. Well, the TASCAM CD-400U does just that — and more. Yes, it’s a CD-player — think 80’s. But, it’s one that is network and RS232 controllable and includes a USB-stick […]
DVDO has updated the TILE collaboration system. The DVDO TILE even won rAVe’s Best of ISE and Best of InfoComm award winner as it’s a competitively priced ($1,200) way to make a giant digital canvas layering up to four sources on a screen (anywhere you want to place them — not just in a 2×2 […]
Gary was joined on today’s podcast to talk 2019 and Synnex‘s outlook for the ProAV market. Synnex’s Vice President of Product Management, Sandi Stambaugh, has an aggressive strategy for 2019 and it includes a lot more educational initiatives. We hope you enjoy! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
AVIXA has announced the election results for the 2019 Certification Steering Committee. Certification holders elected new committee members Heather Callaway, CTS-D, APG Electric Inc.; Lauren Guidry, CTS, Whitlock; and Luke Jordan, CTS-I, Electro Acoustics & Video, Inc. Jordan has also been elected by his committee peers as chair. Kudos to all elected! “I am excited […]
DSS ISE and DCS ISE have announced initial speaker line-ups, though we certainly hope they consider some women for the next round of speakers, yet to be announced. (We even suggest a few below.) DSS ISE will feature digital signage market insights and best practice from experts and customers, while DCS ISE will present top […]
Leyard and Planar today announced a strategic partnership with Lighthouse Technologies to target the sports and entertainment market. Lighthouse brings a product line and years of implementation in the sports market with LEDs. They have installs in professional venues in Los Angeles, Cleveland, Dallas, Seattle, Philadelphia and Atlanta and a major presence at Times Square […]
Carousel Digital Signage announced the availability of Carousel Cloud, a new subscription-based SaaS platform. It is designed for an off-premise hosted digital signage service and can be deployed across networks that use Apple TV devices in addition to media players. Carousel Cloud means there is no traditional hardware servers. Instead, Carousel Cloud delivers a software-defined […]
Nureva announces the integration of its HDL300 audio conferencing system with the Intel Unite solution for content sharing and collaboration. The new V4 plugin for the HDL300 system gives Intel Unite users access to the audio system controls, allowing them to quickly change volume or mute a call directly from their laptop. Intel Unite has […]
If you’ve ever met Zee Hakimoglu you’d remember. After graduating from Drexel University with a Masters in Physics, she entered the world of tech and has never looked back. Since declaring physics as her major in college, she’s been mostly surrounded by men and has some straight-up advice on how it shaped her and every decisions […]
Matrox Graphics is now shipping the Matrox Mura IPX 4K DisplayPort capture and IP encode/decode cards. These new dual DisplayPort 1.2 video wall cards feature 4Kp60 with full 4:4:4 color sampling support alongside a dedicated onboard network interface controller (NIC), offering the most advanced capture, encode, stream, record and decode capabilities from a single card. […]
rAVe has obtained a copy of an internal memo from Barco CEO Jan De Witte that both explains both how Barco is planning to “refocus on the customer” while potentially eliminating as many as 239 jobs. Although this may seem like a large number, Barco has about 3,600 employees worldwide, so this is only about […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST FROM ALMO PROAV NEC has been in the collaboration board marketing since the market category’s inception two years ago. But now, NEC has a much better product in the new Infinity Board — distributed by Almo ProAV. With the Infinity Board, NEC partnered with the top third party companies in each category aggregated […]
James Loudspeaker has introduced the SPL3LCR-75 sound bar engineered to provide a solution the width of 75” TVs. The SPL3LCR-75 is a complete entertainment solution, designed to provide left, center and right-channel audio into any space. This new model is available in satin black with a width of 65 7/8-inches, which matches the smallest measurement […]
Flex Rental Solutions announced that Flex5 Phone — its newly designed phone app — has been released to all customers. Flex5 is the company’s new HTML5 user interface and features a complete rewrite of Flex’s user interface and backend architecture. Flex5 will eventually replace Flex’s current Flash UI by adding a new desktop environment. Flex5 […]
Yamaha Unified Communications announces the availability of the Yamaha YAI-1 Wireless Microphone Conference Ensemble for installation out of the box into boardrooms and large conference rooms utilizing UC applications. Available in North America, the conferencing solution is a preconfigured USB audio system that achieves premium audio experience for an organization’s chosen UC platform. The professional […]
Did you know that Smart Technologies accidentally entered the K-12 Education market? Well, it’s true. Nancy explains how a chance meeting with the wife of an AV professional at a late 80’s helped make Smart successful and how she got in to technology, itself. Nancy is, undoubtedly, a pioneer in AV and one of the […]
Synnex wraps up their 2018 Roadshow series next week, December 4th and 5th, in New York City. It caps off a big year for Synnex Corporation, which saw a big acquisition and some new partnerships. Gary was joined by Synnex’s Vice President of Product Management, Sandi Stambaugh, who details some of their new initiatives launched in 2018 […]
