It’s the final rAVe [TV] episode of 2025, and Gary and I take a step back to talk about what this year really meant for the ProAV industry — what worked, what broke, and what we are finally being forced to rethink. We highlight our State of the AV Industry 2025 survey, point viewers to our LDI coverage and share a quick look at disguise’s OmniCal in action.

We’re also joined by Alan Brawn, who helps us unpack why “wash, rinse, repeat” no longer works, why end users are firmly in the driver’s seat, and where real growth may be happening outside traditional AV categories. We then bring in Brad Hintze to discuss why simplicity in AV remains elusive, how human behavior is often overlooked in system design and what organizations need to reconsider when it comes to adoption and experience.

We round out the show with highlights from Shure and Crestron — and close the year looking ahead to 2026, which is shaping up to be anything but predictable.