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In the inaugural episode of the industry’s first GreenAV podcast, Gary Kayye introduces our GreenAV host, Midori Connolly. Midori shares her story of how she started her staging and meeting AV company on a GreenAV path, pushing against the industry’s  flow to pioneer new methods in staging. She also outlines benefits of using green products and green practices, and gives a preview of what she […]

Joel Rollins talks with Randy Lemke, retiring CEO of InfoComm International, about his time at InfoComm, his successor and the future of the AV industry. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Philips is famous for launching amazing products, but having an inability sell them. Will this be the case with hue, their new iOS- and Android-based lighting control system for consumers? Show links: Video Product Link: http://vimeo.com/51691017 Company Product Page: http://www.meethue.com rAVe Story: https://www.ravepubs.com Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Earlier this month, Polycom held a big, big press conference. At most press conferences, companies tell you how their new product is game-changing — and rarely do they live up to the hype. But, in this case, Polycom delivered. They’ve changed the face of videoconferencing forever by launching not only more affordable solutions, but also cloud-based solutions that are […]

Control rooms are not just for super high-end earthquake monitoring and city traffic surveillance anymore. Control rooms are being used in all sorts of applications including social media marketing efforts. Check out the details of Christie’s control room tour now: Show links: For more information on Christie’s Control Room Roadshow, click here: https://www.ravepubs.com/ Podcast: Play in new […]

In this episode I rant a bit about why SMART Technologies’ products continue to be spec’d by AV dealers, meanwhile there are not only companies like Promethean that have a superior technology, but there also several manufacturers with projectors, boards and LCDs on the market today that have their own built-in interactive technologies. So I ask this simple question: who’s buying […]

Today, I tell you all about our October rAVe Survey and how YOU can win an iPod Touch or Nano simply by taking it! Show links: http://bit.ly/HR4f5Q Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

THE WEEK talks with Jim Smith of Polycom about Telepresence, Unified Communications, the future of conferencing – and the mistakes we all make in getting there. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

The convergence of AV and IT has been a huge point of contention in the AV industry, but perhaps you should be thinking about the relationship between the two industries as more of a partnership. AVDawn, a rAVe BlogSquad blogger, posted a great blog about how CompTIA (basically the InfoComm of the IT industry) cites InfoComm’s standards, practices and procedures as the way to do AV. […]

Most graphic design majors in college are relegated to designing websites when they graduate. But you’ve got the ultimate job for them when they graduate, and you can sell their services profitably! Use their skill set to help you design creative content for digital signage systems and more. The future of the AV industry is […]

In this episode of THE WEEK, host Joel Rollins introduces us to Bayardo Carrillo, an industry veteran who has done everything from live events production to web and mixed media. This busy corporate media and event producer shares tips about the life, the technology — and even what to do when things go wrong. Podcast: Play in […]

One of the best kept product secrets in the AV industry is a product from Peerless-AV — yes a mount company. It’s called HD Flow (www.hdflow.com) and it allows you to send HDMI signals (up to 1080p) wirelessly over an 802.11n network up to 40 meters. But, it doesn’t just do one-to-one HDMI; they even have a version that takes two HDMI inputs […]

If you’ve ever wanted Apple’s wireless video streaming product to work with BOTH Macs and PCs, well Barco’s ClickShare does just that. It creates a wireless network that’s capable of sending whatever is on a laptop’s screen to a connected projector (via ClickShare) wirelessly just by pressing the ClickShare button. All you have to do is connect a ClickShare button to any […]

InfoComm’s new Executive Director, succeeding Randy Lemke, is David Labuskes -a VP ofRTKL Associates. RTKL is the 5th largest architectural and engineering design firm in the world. David currently leads their practice in technology systems encompassing voice, data, audio-visual, wireless, environmental media, electronic security and acoustics. So, he’s got what it takes to COMPLETE the AV/IT convergence. Show Links: rAVe [Publications]: InfoComm International Appoints David Labuskes as New Executive […]

Visix’s latest is in the form of a solid state media player with a 60GB drive. Designed to fit behind an LCD hanging on a wall in a digital signage system, it’s perfect for simple digital signage systems… Show Links: rAVe [Publications]: Visix Adds Super-Slim Media Player Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Sure, everyone’s got warranties for all their gear- and as most manufacturers would say, you don’t need warranties as their gear never breaks. But, in case it does, everyone needs at least a two year warranty. But, Vaddio one-up’ed their competition by offering a one-year, free Advanced Replacement program. We talk about this on today’s program. Show Links: […]

POLYCOM is the first, and only, VTC company to add compatibility with not only Skype but also Facebook Video and Google Talk with their RealPresence system today. Everyone’s been wondering when you’d be able to connect Skype calls into VTC systems – that day happened today, October 8, 2012. Today, POLYCOM changed videoconferencing forever… Show Links: rAVe [Publications]: Polycom Introduces Open-Standards Based Scalable Video Coding (SVC) Protocol […]

Joel Rollins talks to Terry Friesenborg, CTS, Senior Vice President, International DevelopmentInfocomm International about the world-wide AV market of today.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Gary Kayye highlights the NSCA’s $100 discount for the inaugural MNEC Industry Symposium (Mass Notification and Emergency Communications). Show Links: NSCA: MNEC Industry Symposium Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Gary Kayye emphasizes the continued need for high quality analog distribution. Show Links: rAVe: Extron Ships High-Res VGA Line Driver with EDID Minder Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Gary Kayye talks to Clark Brown, Sr. Vice president of Sales of NEC Displays to get the word out about NEC high-brightness projectors and video walls. Show Links: rAVe: NEC PH1000U Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Gary Kayye talks about Utz Baldwin’s new start-up Ube. Ube is an ad supported and cloud-based home automation platform. Show Links: rAVe: Utz Baldwin’s New Company, Ube, Aims to Eliminate Crestron and AMX fromHomeAV Market Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

In our first episode of Rants and rAVes, Gary Describes the upcoming ALMO E4 AV tour in New York.  He also gives a preview of his E4 Krystal Ball keynote. Show Links: ALMO E4 registration info: http://www.almoproav.com/Events/e4/ Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Episode 6: Recorded on September 5th, 2012 We are here for a special WAVEcast with Melody Craigmyle, Vice President of Marketing for Almo Pro A/V. We’ll discuss what you can gain from regional trade and networking events for an education and new product demonstration, as well as, meeting colleagues. rAVe founder Gary Kayye will open our show this week with his keynote at 9:00 a.m. […]

Episode 4: Recorded on July 20, 2012 Listen to the young Women in AV discuss what it means to be starting out in their career and what the futures holds for being a female in our industry. Jessica Spicer, AVI-SPL, Olivia Dumanovsky, Pakedge Device and Software, Molly Stillman rAVe [Publications], and Amy Fulton, Advanced AV share their thoughts and experience about everything […]

On this episode of WAVEcast, we’re joined by four of our industry’s female editor-in-chief’s of AV news publication. These women are leading their sector of the AV industry which is otherwise male-dominated. Our guests Cindy Davis with EH Publishing, Sara Abrons with rAVe [Publications], Kirsten Nelson with Systems Contractor News and Healthcare AV and Margot […]

Host: Jennifer Willard, with guests: Julia Cooper and Elizabeth Schwartz. On this episode of WAVEcast, we’re joined by two of our industry’s female design engineers/programmers.  There is a small group of females in our industry who pursue the technical side of programming and AV Systems Design.  Ourr guests Julia Cooper, CTS with AVI-SPL and Elizabeth Schwartz, CTS-D with […]

Host: Jennifer Willard, with guests: Johanne Belanger, AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions, Jan Sandri, FSR, Inc., and CorySchaeffer, Listen Technologies Corporation. On this inaugural Wavecast – Women in AV discuss women’s leadership, including being female in a male-dominated industry, styles of leadership, the work/life balance myth, mentoring, and how to make it in AV and life! Running time: 50:13 Podcast: Play in new window […]