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BenQ’s latest is a wireless HD projector that’s designed for the home theater – and it’s 2200 ANSI Lumens! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Infocus is back focusing on projection technology with two new short throw projectors. One is WXGA and the other is just plain old XGA. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

The hardest thing to do is to say no to a customer, right? Read the blog here: The Art of Saying No Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Barco’s going to take the next 10 days and launch one projector per day. But that wasn’t good enough for us, so we got the inside scoop to tell you about all 10 of them NOW! So, if you don’t want to wait for 10 days to find out what Barco’s gonna launch, listen now. Podcast: Play in […]

Shure is matching up to $25,000 in donations to the NSCA Educational Foundation. Listen in to see how you can participate! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

This week, Joel talks with Midori Connolly, who is, among many other things, the chair of the InfoComm Rental and Staging Council. The topics include InfoComm, the Council’s initiatives, training and the rental and staging portion of the industry. Don’t miss this one. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

The annual HomeAV tradeshow is less than three weeks away, and we already have a half dozen new product announcements from HomeAV manufacturers! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

There’s a great article on our website right now written by Aaron Gutin of Access Networks. I tell you why you should take the time to read it! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Optoma’s decided that the install market for projectors is where its future potential growth is going to happen. With that in mind, the company’s come out with a new line of projectors it’s calling ProScene that aren’t available through distribution. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Noah Kaplan, president of Leon Speakers, talks with host Johnny Mota about custom audio, hifi, and “Sound Sculpture” in the residential and commercials spaces. Leon has a new product that won’t be released until CEDIA but he tells Johnny all about it. That and more, on this episode of AV Insider. Podcast: Play in new […]

Big news in AV and electronics this week, and Gary Kayye and Joel Rollins share a phone call about the biggest — Microsoft tries manufacturing yet again. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Let 2013 InfoComm’s Women in AV Winner tell you what and why women are important to our industry. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Today get two for the price of one as I plug two different things into one podcast. First is all about how much larger the Chinese projection market is than the US market, and for those of you who are considering attending CEDIA I tell you how! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Access Networks is a provider of pre-programmed networking solutions for the HomeAV market. The company developed its Access Unity Network, an enterprise-grade unified home network, to meet the growing AV and automation demands of high-end residential environments. This is a very cool service-offering that EVERY HomeAV integrator SHOULD be selling along with every system they integrate. […]

Joel covers this weeks news, and then holds a conversation with three industry consultants, Brad Malone, David McNutt, and Bill Sharer about a unique program they are co-developing for Infocomm’s Super Tuesday. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Mark and Johnny talk about his latest venture with Milestone Pro AV as the west coast rep and why it’s important to have reps who know and understand the products being sold, as opposed just dropping of literature and saying “call me if you have questions.” Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Adam Stone, president of D-TOOLS, talks with Johnny about the importance of design and project management. They cover how and why DTOOLS was created and what integrators can expect from them over the next few years as a software company. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

When you think of lighting control you most undoubtedly think of Lutron. And certainly Lutron has dominated the lighting control market. But now Savant has debuted a wireless lighting control system that used WiFi instead of RF. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

I don’t necessarily agree with our blogger Mark Coxon and his review of 4K and OLED screens. Listen to my podcast and tell me what you think? Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

PSAV is for sale for $1 billion. They are best known for their live events management and their investor wants out after doubling the company’s growth. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

It is vacation week in Connecticut, and Joel takes advantage of a day alone in the office to catch up with the news of the industry, including new products from several key manufacturers, new distribution agreements, and CEDIA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

What is it and why should you care? Read AV and BOYD here.  Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

We have a great two part series on why digital signage content is king on our website. If you’re already involved in digital signage or you want to be involved in digital signage, this is a great primer on what’s going on in the entire digital signage industry with respect to content being played on […]

After the news, Joel speaks with Neil Willis about a unique project he is doing to bring the power of digital learning to a rural village in Africa. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

I have a special guest for today’s podcast: Darcy Harrell, CEO of Total Marketing, attended (and wrote a review: https://www.ravepubs.com/a-review-of-the-wainhouse-ucc-summit/) of last month’s Wainhouse UC&C Summit in Northern California and she explains why we, in AV, need to focus more on Unified Communications. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Listen to hear where you can find who won what in our Annual Best of InfoComm Awards. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

What do you do when you are charged with leading sustainable production (and overall sustainability) for the world’s largest IT event (close to 52,000 attendees) and 8,000 global events per year? Well, Paul Salinger, vice president of marketing for Oracle and his team discovered this answer over the last several years. From achieving a 70 […]

Time Warner is the worst cable company on the planet. Period. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Host Jennifer Willard talks with 2013 InfoComm Women in AV Award Winner Aneeta Gupta.  Hear about the industry, how women such as Aneeta are leading the way and why. Aneeta also talks about what she sees for the future of our global technology industry. Visit her at: http://www.visionaire.com/ Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]

Last week, Joel discussed demonstrations with Bill Sharer of Exxel about how we send our demos south. This week, we discuss how to do it right and when it is appropriate to bring out the hardware. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

On the first episode of AV Insider, Johnny Mota interviews Randy Kunin of Randall-K Designer HIFI. Randy discusses blending art with audio. Check out his website at http://www.randall-k.com/   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Following the news, Joel talks with Bill Sharer of Exxel about the traps and pitfalls of product demonstrations. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS