Rants and rAVes – Episode 102: All About Blogging

We here at rAVe have an amazing group of bloggers that represent each segment of the A/V market. We have bloggers that work for manufacturers, dealers and even those who are end-user bloggers. Have you noticed? Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 102: All About Blogging

Rants and rAVes – Episode 101: Extron Responds to our Switcher Shoot-Out Article

And, the company claims that Crestron is guilty of misinformation. Listen to hear why. Link to article: www.ravepubs.com Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 101: Extron Responds to our Switcher Shoot-Out Article

Rants and rAVes – Episode 100: ALMO ProAV’s Brian Rhatigan is my Guest on Today’s Podcast

Almo is the ProAV industry’s fastest growing distributor. Today, Brian Rhatigan, Almo Pro A/V’s director of business development, talks to Gary Kayye about where he sees the market heading in 2013 and where the big growth opportunities are. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 100: ALMO ProAV’s Brian Rhatigan is my Guest on Today’s Podcast

Rants and rAVes – Episode 99: Crestron’s Switcher Shoot-Out Videos

Crestron took a very bold approach by producing videos that compare, side-by-side, their switchers with switchers made by Extron and AMX. Why bold? Listen to my podcasts and hear what I think. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 99: Crestron’s Switcher Shoot-Out Videos

Rants and rAVes – Episode 98: Christie’s Bar-Setting 4K Resolution Projectors

At today’s NAB show Christie will debut two 4K resolution three chip DLP projectors! Listen to this podcast and you get the details first. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 98: Christie’s Bar-Setting 4K Resolution Projectors

Rants and rAVes – Episode 97: Where’s Our Apple?

In today’s podcast, I discuss the lack of innovation in our industry recently. I point out a couple of success stories in the last five years including Christie’s MicroTiles, Peerless-AV’s Custom Kiosks and NanoLumens– but we are missing a real innovative company. Why? Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 97: Where’s Our Apple?

Rants and rAVes – Episode 96: Is the HomeAV Market in Trouble?

Signs are that the HomeAV market is in trouble – in fact, recently, most HomeAV integrators pointed to digital signage as an opportunity for growth. I agree! Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 96: Is the HomeAV Market in Trouble?

Rants and rAVes – Episode 95: The Digital Screenmedia Association Industry Excellence Awards

The Annual Digital Screenmedia Association Industry Excellence Award submissions are being reviewed and I — an AV guy — have been selected as a judge! Watch rAVe’s coverage here: From rAVe Founder Gary Kayye to Serve as a Judge for 2013 DSA Industry Excellence Awards Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 95: The Digital Screenmedia Association Industry Excellence Awards

rAVe Founder Gary Kayye to Serve as a Judge for 2013 DSA Industry Excellence Awards

rAVe founder Gary Kayye will serve as a judge for the 2013 Digital Screenmedia Association Industry Excellence Awards, which honors the best self-service, digital signage and mobile technology deployments across all vertical market segments. Entries could be entered in the following categories: Technology: Digital Signage Self-Service/Interactive Kiosk Mobile Vertical market: Corporate Communication Digital Out-of-Home Campaign […]

rAVe Founder Gary Kayye to Serve as a Judge for 2013 DSA Industry Excellence Awards

Rants and rAVes – Episode 94: Image Mapping on a Dress? Yep!

At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, singer Carrie Underwood wore a dress that was image mapped using two projectors. Read rAVe’s coverage here: From Wearable Electronics to Wearable Projections Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 94: Image Mapping on a Dress? Yep!

Register for InfoComm Now

I am writing this today to ask for your help. We are on a mission to make this year’s InfoComm show the highest attended AV show, ever. And, there’s no reason that it can’t be. Why do we care? Well, at rAVe we spend a lot of time and money carefully tracking the industry trends, […]

Register for InfoComm Now

Rants and rAVes – Episode 93: Live from Almo’s E4 AV Tour

We’re here live at the Almo E4 show in Chicago and I tell you about two products that caught my eye – from MITSUBISHI and Peerless-AV. Watch rAVe’s coverage here: rAVeNowE4.com Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 93: Live from Almo’s E4 AV Tour

Rants and rAVes – Episode 92: We Need Your Help By Registering and Attending InfoComm

I have an article that I just posted today at rAVePubs.com about why you need to register for InfoComm. Why now? Listen! Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 92: We Need Your Help By Registering and Attending InfoComm

Rants and rAVes – Episode 91: Nothing Goes Away on the Internet

That’s the subject of Joel Rollins’ latest blog at rAVePubs.com, however I tell you even a deeper secret about the Internet’s future. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 91: Nothing Goes Away on the Internet

Digital Sign in Alabama Airport Kills 10-Year-Old

I just read the AP story about the departure and arrival monitor that fell on a family of five at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport in Birmingham, Ala. on Friday. It was a six-screen (3×2 array) flat-panel enclosure that apparently held 40″ LCD monitors that were mounted inside a wooden housing – pretty typical of what you […]

Digital Sign in Alabama Airport Kills 10-Year-Old

Rants and rAVes – Episode 90: LCD Sales Fall for First Time Ever in 2012

The LCD TV market has almost reached saturation in terms of consumer televisions. However, the digital signage market will see huge growth in 2013. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 90: LCD Sales Fall for First Time Ever in 2012

Rants and rAVes – Episode 89: Invenshare is a Creative Systems Integrator Inventory Sharing Website

Invenshare is a creative way to share your inventory in the cloud with other systems integrators and sell excess inventory. http://invenshare.com/ Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 89: Invenshare is a Creative Systems Integrator Inventory Sharing Website

Rants and rAVes – Episode 88: InfoComm is Not Just a Tradeshow

At this year’s InfoComm show in Orlando, they’ll be over 300 courses that you can take and during the show. Don’t just go to the show to walk the show floor make sure you’re taking educational courses. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 88: InfoComm is Not Just a Tradeshow

Rants and rAVes – Episode 87: Come See Me Speak at Next Week’s Almo E4 AV Tour Stop in Chicago

I’ll be in Chicago next Thursday along with 32 AV manufacturers on the Almo E4 AV Tour. Listen to this podcast and you can find out how to sign up for free; and why you should attend. http://www.almoproav.com/Events/e4/ Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 87: Come See Me Speak at Next Week’s Almo E4 AV Tour Stop in Chicago

Rants and rAVes – Episode 86: A Day in the Life

In today’s podcast I tell you about a fun Day in the Life of ISE video we made for entertaining you as well as how you can submit a cool digital signage system for a DSA Award! Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 86: A Day in the Life

Rants and rAVes – Episode 85: Christie’s NAB Plans Call for Unique Theater Experience and a 4K Demo Too

I had a chance to sit down with Christie’s Director of Experiential Marketing Steve Capling last week and he told me about a very cool theater the company will be building inside its NAB booth next month in Vegas. Ever since the debut of The Hobbit, where they released the movie in both a traditional 24 fps […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 85: Christie’s NAB Plans Call for Unique Theater Experience and a 4K Demo Too

Kayye’s Krystal Ball is Back – LIVE! In Chicago in March and San Francisco in April

For 13 years, rAVe founder Gary Kayye’s Krystal Ball has been one of the annual columns most-read by AV integrators, consultants and manufacturers. Covering the future trends in each technology and product sector, Gary has been able to predict what the future held for projectors, flat panels, VTC, digital signage, signal routing and a plethora […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball is Back – LIVE! In Chicago in March and San Francisco in April

Rants and rAVes – Episode 84: A Digital Signage Roundtable

The Digital Signage Foundation is hosting four regional events in 2013 to help integrators understand the opportunities in the digital signage market. They’re free and the first one is in Dallas next week, while the other three are in Toronto, Minneapolis and southern California. Sign up to attend ASAP. Having trouble listening to the podcast on […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 84: A Digital Signage Roundtable

Rants and rAVes – Episode 83: Cisco’s CCENT Certification

If you want to understand networks better and you want to talk to IT professionals, you need to consider taking Cisco’s CCENT certification classes – listen to my podcast to hear why and click here to read about the CCENT: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccent Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 83: Cisco’s CCENT Certification

Rants and rAVes – Episode 82: The Importance of Partnerships

There are a lot of partnerships and alliances happening in our industry right now. I’m a big fan of partnerships and alliances. Why? Well, listen to this podcast to see. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 82: The Importance of Partnerships

Rants and rAVes – Episode 81: All About Houses of Worship

I am joined today by Digital Projection’s VP of Business Development, George Walter, who explains their Good, Better, Best approach to the HOW (Houses of Worship) market and what they have to offer as they have three lines of products specifically aimed at HOW installs. Here’s their HOW line: http://www.digitalprojection.com/MainNavModule/HousesofWorshiptab/tabid/173/Default.aspx Having trouble listening to the podcast […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 81: All About Houses of Worship

Rants and rAVes – Episode 80: Extron’s Three-Input Scaler/Switcher

Dubbed the DSC 301HD, it’s a cool, small scaler/switcher that’s HDCP compliant — no matter the signal type! Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 80: Extron’s Three-Input Scaler/Switcher

Rants and rAVes – Episode 79: My Top Two Products from Day Two of DSE

As promised, here are the top-2 things I saw on Day-2 of the Digital Signage Expo. Listen and then watch the videos we shot of each product here: Perch RP Visual Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can or subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes – Episode 79: My Top Two Products from Day Two of DSE

Rants and rAVes – Episode 78: Corning’s Gorilla Glass is Coming to DSE

Yesterday during the opening of the Digital Signage Expo here in Las Vegas, we recorded the keynote address delivered by Dr. Bocko of Corning. Corning is entering the ProAV market to help display manufacturers deliver better, stronger displays that was last longer using Gorilla Glass – the same kind of glass used on high-end smartphones. Having trouble listening to the podcast […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 78: Corning’s Gorilla Glass is Coming to DSE

Rants and rAVes – Episode 77: My Top Two Products from Day One of DSE

Listen to my podcast from Day One of the Digital Signage Expo here in Las Vegas. In this podcast I let you know the top two products I saw during my first day of the Digital Signage Expo – one is from a company you know well and the other is from a company of […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 77: My Top Two Products from Day One of DSE

THE WEEK – Episode 20: Tradeshows – The Human Factor

This week, Joel winds up a two-part series on maximizing your returns on tradeshows. Last week, we spoke with Dean Hills about tradeshow technology. This week, we follow that up with a frank talk with Gary Kayye about tradeshow messaging, and preparing for the show. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   […]

THE WEEK – Episode 20: Tradeshows – The Human Factor

Rants and rAVes – Episode 76: Bookmark our DSE Coverage

We are here in Vegas with our own booth on the show floor at the Digital Signage Expo. We are here covering the show live and I’d like for you to bookmark the page ravenowdse.com so you can follow along with our coverage. We have 6 reporters here and we’ll shoot a few hundred videos of all […]

Rants and rAVes – Episode 76: Bookmark our DSE Coverage