Gary’s Rants & rAVes

Probably the best known brand of Albiral Display Solutions is Arthur Holm. The company will be at ISE launching two new products and a significant software update. The Dynamic Talk System is one of the coolest mechanical lift systems for a microphone we’ve ever seen. Arthur Holm is also launching a companion Dynamic Vision product at ISE for […]

Google’s purchased of nest may have an effect on not just the home AV market but also the commercial AV market. Listen and see if you agree? Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Williams Sound is one of ISE’s longest standing exhibitors at the Integrated Systems Expo in Amsterdam and at this year’s upcoming show, the company will launch two new products: the Digi-Loop and the Digi-Dock. If Digi-Loop sounds a little familiar, it’s because it was previewed at InfoComm 2013 as a prototype product. When it ships in […]

Audinate‘s 4th Annual AV Networking World at the ISE show will happen on 4 February at the Amsterdam Holiday Inn located at De Boelelaan 2, 1083 HJ Amsterdam, Netherlands. I was joined by Audinate’s founder and president, Lee Ellison, today and he not only talked about AV Networking World next month (worth 4RUs from InfoComm) but also […]

Digital Projection just launched a 12,000-lumen laser projector that it will officially debut at the ISE 2014 show next month in Amsterdam. This is the brightest laser projector so far. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

In today’s podcast, Gary talks about how you can follow along with pre-show news from the Integrated Systems Europe show in Amsterdam next month month as well as see our live coverage of ISE 2014. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

It may be the first full week of the brand-new year, but 100,000 or so people are in Vegas at the annual Consumer Electronics Show and we are covering the the products from the show that will impact the HomeAV and ProAV markets. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

This year, like last year, we put together a year in review video. 2013 was an exciting year for the audiovisual industry and we take a look back through this three minute video! Check out the video here!  Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

In today’s Rants and rAVe’s, Gary talks about how Christie shrinks the space between MicroTiles to create even thinner seams, as well as the upcoming AOpen Forum in Europe, held just before ISE 2014, which he has been asked to host. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

The DS market can be intimidating for a newbie, but a new column by Jeff Hastings will help you navigate it. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Mersive is targeting Crestron and Barco directly with her new campaign; but I believe that they’re making a mistake. Listen why…   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Most people would agree that Crestron and Extron dominate the room control market. Well, both launched new cable management systems yesterday! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

We have over 20 bloggers in our BlogSquad who blog regularly and are hoping to help you and your business! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Adding an AppleTV to a room isn’t as easy as it should be. Yet, you’ll need to know how to do it as BYOD is coming fast! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

I teach a class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about new media and marketing. This semester the two classes had to do a social media project to raise money for local charities, and they raised more than $5,000! Listen to hear more about their accomplishments: Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Middle Atlantic’s new under-table rack line is genius! Listen to hear why: Link: rAVe: Middle Atlantic Brings Under Table Rack Mount to Meeting Spaces   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Is this really a surprise to anyone? Some companies are ahead of others; take a listen. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

It’s no secret the HomeAV industry has suffered more than any segment of audiovisual technology in the last five years. We noticed about 25% of the products that were exhibited at CEDIA this year were actually ProAV products. But gaming could save HomeAV. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

In this podcast, I explain what was changed about our website to make it easier to find the most popular stories being read on our site each day.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

We just issued our Best of CEDIA awards and I’d love for you to check them out here (https://www.ravepubs.com/2013-best-cedia-awards/) and let us know what you think. I also had an interesting observation at CEDIA Expo that I think you ought to know about. Listen and see if you agree. Podcast: Play in new window | […]

rAVe founder Gary Kayye had a chance to record a video call with both Ashley Flaska, VP of marketing for NEC, and Sam Taylor, executive VP for Almo Pro A/V today. Check out the video chat! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONeDzr0CR14

We posted a story on our website today about how the SmartPhone market is now larger than the entire consumer electronics market. But is the SmartPhone market doing that much better or is the consumer electronics market actually imploding? Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

In a market once dominated by one company, SMART, now there are dozens of players to make interactive whiteboard technology. Listen to hear my take on how I think SMART can save their market for the future and let me know what you think? Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

I caught up with Barco at the Almo ProAV E4 AV Tour Friday in Irvine and I interviewed Neil Wittering and Peter Pauwels about their plans for the new projector line. It includes hints about future strategy and details about their modular, upgradable design that accommodates both built-in ClickShare connectivity and HDBaseT signal routing. Podcast: Play in […]

Today will be remembered as a sad day in the history of the display business with Mitsubishi pulling out of stand-alone monitors and projectors. But, I have fond memories and give thanks for the awesome 35″ that defined them. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

HDBaseT appears to be the standard that every major manufacturer is using to route video, audio, control, Ethernet and (potentially) power across a Cat5 or Cat6 wire. You’re probably using HDBaseT already and don’t even know it. But if you aren’t, Panasonic, Epson, Sony, Mitsubishi, Barco and Christie will have you doing it in the […]

We accidentally got a scoop today during my (Almost) Daily Rants and rAVe’s podcast (special video interview edition) when I was interviewing Almo’s VP of Marketing Melody Craigmyle. The video interview was supposed to be the opportunity for us to announce our partnership to bring all the future Almo ProAV E4 AV Tours LIVE via […]

I tell you about two “must read” blogs on our website today. Please listen and consider reading. Your Next Competitor: Nest So Close! Why True “Smart” Residential Power Management Needs to Happen Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

We’re proud to bring you the most complete coverage of the CEDIA Expo last week in Denver. And you should check it out regardless of what segment of the AV industry you are in. Why? Because CEDIA not only launched a host of new HomeAV products but also had a tremendous amount of commercial AV […]

We have a handful of reporters at the CEDIA show in Denver shooting videos of all the new AV gear aimed at the HomeAV market. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

I think there are 5 reasons that that the Cedia Expo could be in trouble. Do you agree? Read my blog here. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS