Now that December has come and gone and we’ve officially rung in the new year, it’s time to review the results of rAVe’s December Temperature check. For this survey, we wanted to get our readers’ perspective on how the world of ProAV has changed in 2023. We interviewed Mark Coxon of AVI-SPL, who helps give […]

As the year comes to a close, we want to know your thoughts on how ProAV has changed throughout 2023. You can check out the results of last month’s rAVe Temperature Check here. This month’s survey is now CLOSED. Keep an eye out for this month’s results and for next month’s survey! 

The Farm has brought in two AV programmers and field engineers. Romeo Garcia and Dustin Gay are two of the latest additions to the FarmAssist technical services division straight out of school. Both Gay and Garcia have a background in audio engineering, and while Gay has a bachelor’s in computer science, Garcia is currently finishing […]

During the pandemic, there was a decent amount of discussion about the future of trade shows. Predictably, these theories ranged from “they would go fully virtual” to “they spring right back and be just as big as before.” I think that those who predicted a spring back to the “old days” were closer to the […]

In January I wrote about the emergence of ChatGPT and how it is causing waves across the country. I wrote about my belief that ChatGPT, in particular, was going to have a major effect on how we teach students. ChatGPT has allowed people to expand their thinking of what computing can actually do. Previously, we […]

Welcome back to another installment of my reviews of a trade show I didn’t attend, in which I stay home in North Carolina and spend many, many hours watching (and titling and categorizing) every single product video that the rAVe videos shooters collected while roaming the floor of Integrated Systems Europe in Barcelona. This year’s […]

Angekis Technology’s appearance at ISE 2023 was met with great fanfare as the company launched brand new products, gave live demonstrations of their existing lineup, and previewed a whole new line of Smart PTZ Cameras. Highlights from the show include the release of 4 new cameras: Saber AT: 20x Zoom PTZ Camera with onboard Autotracking […]

On today’s videocast, Barco’s group product manager for ClickShare, Oliver Van Camp, details what’s different about the new CX-50 Gen2 product. In addition to dual-monitor support, there are many new features — including the ability to use the ClickShare to switch from a Zoom or Teams Room to a BYOM room quickly (as well as […]

In my latest (post-ISE) Rants & rAVes episode, I caught up with SDVoE Alliance’s president, Justin Kennington, to talk about all the organization did at the show. SDVoE has more adopters of its AV-over-IP ecosystem than any other alliance out there and now has nearly 800 products in the portfolio from 60+ brands. So, what’s […]

Tiger Party CEO Rafale Chang joins me on my latest videocast episode to talk about GOTIGER, the proprietary creative content digital signage technology that drives large networks like those in Times Square. Tiger Party is seeking AV pros who want to help move digital signage into more than just media players. Check it out! 

Welcome to rePLAY ISE 2023 with Gary Kayye, co-founder and director of THE rAVe Agency, and Steph Beckett, managing editor of rAVe [PUBS]. They are here to walk you through ISE 2023 with interviews, product demonstrations and themes of the show. rePLAY ISE 2023 is split into two sessions, the first primarily targeted to a […]

Over 300 sound engineers, integrators and audio architects received an educational demonstration on the benefits Adamson’s spatial rendering engine provides to sound system design and audience enjoyment. Featuring Adamson Fletcher Machine and a sound system employing Adamson CS- and IS-Series cabinets, the event was hosted at Theatre Lliure, a member of the European public theatre […]

Barcelona, Spain – tvONE’s brand new CALICO PRO video processor has been awarded Best of Show after being enthusiastically received during its debut at ISE 2023 by judges, end users and distributors. As the leading video processing and AV signal distribution technology company, tvONE says it was thrilled to preview the CALICO PRO at the event. […]

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a show like this. I am proud to say we sent reporters from rAVe [PUBS] to every single booth at ISE 2023 earlier this month to shoot videos of new (and returning!) products. No other company went to every single booth. We amassed a cache of more […]