Gary’s Rants & rAVes

On this special edition of Rants and rAVes, Gary and Joel discuss day three at Integrated Systems Europe. They talk OLED and laser phosphor as well as favorite products seen today. Joel’s favorite product of the day is the Savant remote while Gary’s is the inorganic EPSON projectors. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]

On this special edition of Rants and rAVes, Gary sits down with Christa Bender, inside sales and marketing coordinator of AVT to discuss ISE day three. This year’s show is Christa’s first trip to ISE and her first trip to Amsterdam. They talk about Epson, LG, Samsung, Oblong, Nureva, Kramer and others. Listen in to […]

Live from the ISE 2016 show floor in Amsterdam on day three, at the Kramer booth (#1 F-20), Gary Kayye is joined by rAVe RADIO host Joel Rollins to talk about the products they’ve seen today that caught their eye. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Live from the ISE 2016 show floor in Amsterdam, at the Kramer booth (#1 F-20), Gary is once again joined by rAVe RADIO host Joel Rollins to discuss products and booths they saw on day two of the Integrated Systems Europe show. Tune in to hear what they have to say! Podcast: Play in new window | […]

UK-based custom smart home integrator, Kris Gamble, creator of the #LiveInstall hashtag on Twitter joins Gary on today’s podcast. Kris accidentally created a worldwide AV phenomenon. Listen to Gary and Kris discuss the story behind #LiveInstall and what’s happened since. And, you’ll be hearing more from Kris as he’s about to become a regular podcaster […]

Live from the ISE 2016 show floor in Amsterdam, at the Kramer booth (#1 F-20), Gary is once again joined by rAVe RADIO host Joel Rollins as they talk day two of Integrated Systems Europe. On this podcast Joel and Gary discuss their impressions of the second day, and pick the one product that they saw on […]

On this ISE special podcast, Gary sits down with Kramer’s Aviv Ron, VP of Strategy and Business Development for Kramer Electronics, who discusses how Kramer fared on Day-1 of ISE 2016. He highlights their top new products as well as what was the most popular products from ISE visitors. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]

At the close of day one of Integrated Systems Europe Gary is joined by rAVe RADIO host Joel Rollins to recap the shoes first day. They discuss products seen and booths visited as well as their initial first impressions of the show. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Live from the ISE 2016 show floor in rainy Amsterdam, at the Kramer booth (#1 F-20), Gary and Joel discuss opening day of the Integrated Systems Europe 2016 show. They talk products and booths they saw during opening day that are a must-see at this years show. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Epson just launched itself into the rental and staging market, and well as expanded its large-venue offerings by introducing 25K and 12K lumen projectors. Gary was joined by Epson’s Senior Product Manager for Projectors Sean Gunduz, who gives us all the specifics of the new projectors. The new projectors are laser 3LCD and use an inorganic phosphor […]

Gary is joined by Epson’s VP of North American Marketing, Rajeev Mishra, who took the time to not only review 2015, but also talked about their aggressive plans in 2016 – including a totally new market entry. Epson has over 50% worldwide marketshare in projectors and is Mishra talks about their focus on news Laser projectors using 3LCD […]

Gary talks to Brady Bruce, formerly of Jupiter Systems, now vice president of marketing at InFocus, about InFocus’ acquisition of Jupiter, Avistar and BitCo, as well as what InFocus is showing this year at ISE 2016 in Amsterdam. To find out more about how InFocus is incorporating Jupiter technology into InFocus products such as the […]

Live from the ISE 2016 show floor in Amsterdam, in the Kramer booth (#1 F-20), Gary is joined by rAVe RADIO host Joel Rollins. Gary and Joel discuss what they expect to see from this years Integrated Systems Europe and the booths and products they’ve seen the day before the show opening that caught their […]

Gary was joined on a special ISE Videocast by InFocus’ VP or Marketing, Brady Bruce, who discusses the recent acquisitions of Avistar and VIDCO and how they help expand InFocus’ reach in UC, collaboration and videoconferencing, in addition to offering more professional services. This follows InFocus’ purchase of Jupiter Systems last fall. And, Brady hints at some new products to be launched […]

Next week, KanexPro will debut its HDBT- VTSC72-4K that’s aimed at collaboration of 2K and 4K sources. And, on this videocast, Gary is joined by KanexPro’s Product Development Manager, Kashyap Khetia, who actually demos the system for you. They will be exhibiting in the Discovery Zone at ISE in Hall 6 Stand M166.

KanexPro will be looking for dealers and distributors at ISE and they will be exhibiting in the new company Discovery Zone at ISE in stand 6-M166. They were one of the early HDBaseT adopters (since 2010) and they will be showing new 4K technology at ISE. Gary was joined by KanexPro’s VP of Sales and Marketing Mathew Bute […]

I Skyped in to Just Add Power’s UK office to get a sneak-peek of its 4K over IP rack of gear that will debut at ISE next week, Just Add Power’s Daniel Adams shows me how they are doing it and invites you to stand 5-R108 in this videocast.  

Gary Skyped in with Just Add Power’s Daniel Adams today to discuss the company’s booth/stand plans for next week’s ISE Show in Amsterdam. In addition to focusing on 4K over IP, the company has some simplified integrator tools they’ll launch, all of which are detailed in this podcast. Just Add Power will be in stand […]

Gary was joined today by Crestron’s (www.crestron.com) head of marketing for EMEA, Tim Hyman, who detailed Crestron’s big ISE 2016 plans. Instead of being product focused, Crestron plans to surprise everyone at ISE with a different booth plan than any other show before (listen in and be in the know). Of course, Crestron has some […]

BARIX launched Soundscape at lSE 2015 and it’s been shipping since the Fall. Soundscape is IP-based audio distribution to multiple locations simultaneously (think retail music controlled from the headquarter’s office). But, it’s more than just that as their have a complete on-line CMS that allows you to not only manage the music playing in each store, but also […]

If you’re an AMX programmer, reseller or have an AMX system, you might want to listen to today’s podcast. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Gary is joined by Power Technology VP of Sales AND Engineering Walter Burgess, who explains how the company’s Laser Illuminated Projection (LIP) system works — something we pondered as a potential future of projection. Burgess explains how it works AND says they are looking to hire projection sales people! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]

Have you heard of the Illumina Light Farm? If not, listen to my podcast to learn about it, because this technology could be disruptive to the projection market. And no, I don’t use the term disruptive lightly. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

dnp will use ISE to highlight two new packaged systems using their LaserPanel screen technology. These are pre-packaged systems that include a 1080p native laser-based DLP projector, a 100” screen and a short-throw mount system (as well as an optional touch-screen version) that provides a competitive (and larger) option to large-screen LCD monitors. dnp is […]

Vivitek will use ISE to launch a new 8K lumen projector, two new wireless collaboration tools and a handful of other new projectors. Vivitek has gone from a traveling presenter projector company to a major player in less than six years, using DLP projection to do it all. Gary was joined in today’s ISE videocast […]

Our ISE 2016 MicroSite is LIVE and Gary makes a pitch to try and convince you to go check it out! Is he convincing enough? Listen and let us know. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Vivitek EMEA will use ISE to launch new versions of its Novo Wireless Collaboration system including one aimed at digital signage. By ISE, Vivitek will have three versions of Novo — including one version that is capable of 4K video at 30fps. On today’s podcast, Gary was joined by Vivitek EMEA General Manager Holger Graeff who talks all […]

This is a can’t miss videocast as Gary is joined by CEO Nancy Knowlton who who talks about its Span system while a 40’ wide version of it is literally demo’d in the background. This is worth watching as it will convince you to be a dealer of Span’s if you aren’t already. The company […]

Gary was joined on his podcast today by Nureva President and CEO Nancy Knowlton who talks about the company’s ISE plans, including how a primary goal for them is to add dealers and distributors while in Amsterdam next month. Nureva’s Span Ideation System won rAVe’s Best of InfoComm 2015 Award and you can learn more about […]

Gary was joined by Sam Taylor, Almo ProAV’s Executive VP, who explains that BOSE’s commercial AV product line will now be distributed by ALMO ProAV. Sam explains what this means to the ProAV market and how you can start buying the gear through ALMO ProAV. Here is BOSE’s official statement about the distribution partnership: Bose […]

Today’s podcast focuses on what Gary thinks is, so far, the best commercial AV product launched at CES. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Gary’s guest today is ISE’s Managing Director, Mike Blackman. This year’s ISE will be the first, ever 4-day AV show and will take place in Amsterdam 9-12 February. How do you get people to stay for a 4-day show? Well, the keynote, alone, will do it as Dr. Michio Kaku (author of Physics of the Future) […]