Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2024 Edition

Welcome to my 24th annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! It’s been an honor to have written this for 24 straight years and even more of an honor for it to have so many thousands of readers annually — it’s almost always our most-read article of the year on rAVe [PUBS]. So, if you’re reading this right […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2024 Edition

January 2024 Temperature Check Results: ProAV Predictions

Welcome to the first results analysis of rAVe’s monthly Temperature Check of 2024! For the month of January, we wanted to get in the spirit of the new year by asking for your predictions for the AV market in 2024. Here’s what you guys had to say! Our first question centered around which segments of […]

January 2024 Temperature Check Results: ProAV Predictions

rAVe January 2024 Temperature Check Survey — Now CLOSED

This survey is now closed — keep a lookout for our February 2024 temperature check survey! Welcome to the first Temperature Check Survey of 2024! This month, we’re setting the scene by asking a few questions that gauge your predictions for the AV market. Gary always makes predictions with his Kayye’s Krystal Ball article (coming […]

rAVe January 2024 Temperature Check Survey — Now CLOSED

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2023 Edition

Welcome to my 23rd annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! I wonder if this will be my last … are you bored yet? To think I have been opining this column for 23 years is stunning to me. I am humbled by your loyal readership, and I continue to be amazed by how many of you read […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2023 Edition

It’s Back and Better Than Ever: Join Us for LAVNCH WEEK 5

If you haven’t heard, LAVNCH WEEK 5 is around the corner! LAVNCH WEEK returns March 1-3, 2022, and this time, we’re bringing together leading AV, digital signage, UCC and emerging technology leaders and manufacturers for a networking and educational event like no other. So, what can you expect this time around? Glad you asked! Hosted […]

It’s Back and Better Than Ever: Join Us for LAVNCH WEEK 5

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2022 Edition

Welcome to my 22nd annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! I can’t believe I have written this article 22 times. I am beyond humbled by how many of you read this; last year, it was viewed by over 90,000 #AVtweeps. #LOVE ❣️ The bottom line is I love writing this article. It keeps me curious and humble. […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2022 Edition

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2021 Edition

Welcome to my 21st annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball! I love writing this annual predictions article — it’s both humbling and rewarding. It requires me to stop and research anything new, evaluate the potential impact it will have and then articulate it in a way that matters to readers. If you’re a regular reader of my […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2021 Edition

Rants and rAVes — Episode 1031: Get Ready for Kayye’s Krystal Ball Webinar Presented by Almo Pro A/V — With Some Help from LG!

Get ready for Gary’s annual Krystal Ball webinar presented by Almo Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at 2 p.m. EST. LG’s Adam Coleman and Dan Baker joined Gary in the latest Rants & rAVes videocast and gave a sneak peek of what to expect in 2021 from LG, related explicitly to microLED and webOS technologies. Register […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 1031: Get Ready for Kayye’s Krystal Ball Webinar Presented by Almo Pro A/V — With Some Help from LG!

Reviewing Kayye’s Krystal Ball

By Brian Rhatigan Almo Pro A/V Editor’s note: Gary’s Krystal Ball column, as well as the webinar he gave on it, was produced before the COVID-19 crisis, which will obviously have a huge impact on the industry that resonates throughout 2020 and into 2021. Gary’s column, and subsequent responses, have mostly focused on technology and […]

Reviewing Kayye’s Krystal Ball

The 20th Annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2020 Edition

Welcome to my 20th Kayye’s Krystal Ball! I know, I was shocked too. Twenty years of this. But I love writing this annual predictions article. If you’re a regular reader, you already know this, but for those who don’t, my Kayye’s Krystal Ball piece is an annual article where I not only tell you what […]

The 20th Annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2020 Edition

Kayye’s Krystal Ball | Updated for 2019

Presented by Gary Kayye at the Almo Professional AV E4 Experience in Chicago. Gary Kayye’s annual Krystal Ball series, which comes out each January, is likely the most-read news article in AV every year. Why? Well, he’s usually right — like 90 percent of the time. For example, he predicted the impact that Bluetooth would […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball | Updated for 2019

Welcome to Gary Kayye’s 2019 Krystal Ball – What Will Happen in AV in 2019

I love writing this annual predictions article. If you’re a regular reader, you already know this but for those that don’t, my Kayye’s Krystal Ball piece is an annual article where I not only tell you what I think is going to happen in the AV market for the upcoming year, but I also go […]

Welcome to Gary Kayye’s 2019 Krystal Ball – What Will Happen in AV in 2019

Webinar | Kayye’s Krystal Ball – What Will Happen with AV in 2019

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. This is the one webinar you DO NOT want to miss. Gary Kayye’s annual Krystal Ball series, which comes out each January, is likely the most-read news article in AV every year. Why? Well, he’s usually right — like 90 percent of the […]

Webinar | Kayye’s Krystal Ball – What Will Happen with AV in 2019

Rants and rAVes — Episode 657: Gary Talks (& Invites) You to His 2018 ProAV Tech Predictions Webinar

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST Gary used today’s Rants and rAVe’s to talk about his upcoming webinar — next Tuesday at 2pm EST. The webinar, part of the rAVe Almo ProAV webinar partnership, is based on his popular annual Krystal Ball predictions article — the 2018 edition was published here. The webinar will go in a bit more […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 657: Gary Talks (& Invites) You to His 2018 ProAV Tech Predictions Webinar

THE BIGGEST Trend in AV in 2018 Will Be… Kayye’s Krystal Ball Is Back!

The year 2018 could turn out to be full of giant changes. The market is certainly poised for it as you have a number of technological advancements that have emerged simultaneously — each of them have a lot of potential. First, let’s review all the latest in emerging AV technology and then and I’ll tell […]

THE BIGGEST Trend in AV in 2018 Will Be… Kayye’s Krystal Ball Is Back!

2017 Will Be the Year of The… My Predictions for the Upcoming Year in AV Technology

After years of a terrible world economy and very little innovation, 2016 was a boon for new technology — especially in the world of AV. And, some of it crossed both high-end residential as well as commercial. Let’s take a look at a little of what was 2016 and then I’ll tell you want to […]

2017 Will Be the Year of The… My Predictions for the Upcoming Year in AV Technology

Gary Brings Back His Future Predictions Column

For more than 10 years, rAVe founder Gary Kayye wrote a annual AV predictions article for Sound & Communications magazine called Kayye’s Krystal Ball. It was their most popular annual column and we fielded hundreds of comments on it annually. Now it’s back! For Australia-based INTEGRATE, in association with InfoComm and CEDIA, Gary has written […]

Gary Brings Back His Future Predictions Column

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

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2011 Edition

I simply cannot believe that I’ve been writing this for 12 straight years! I spent more than five weeks on this particular version of my annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball feature article due to the fact that the continued economic issues that have plagued our market, the growth of emerging markets (each discussed below) and the […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball: 2011 Edition

Gary Kayye’s Annual Krystal Ball Feature

Finally, this month we published our founder’s, Gary Kayye, Annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball feature in our rAVe ProAV Edition eNewsletter. Although many of the technologies referred to in his annual predictions article are specific to the ProAV market, many of them encompass the HomeAV market as well. It’s his 12th Annual Edition and he even […]

Gary Kayye’s Annual Krystal Ball Feature

Kayye’s Krystal Ball – 2009 HomeAV Edition

By Gary Kayye, CTS Welcome to my annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball!  This is where I, unlike the other editorial wimps out there, take a stand and make specific predictions about where the HomeAV market is heading for 2009 and what to look for — and, most importantly, who to look for – the statement-making manufacturers […]

Kayye’s Krystal Ball – 2007 Edition

It that time of year, again… Welcome to my eighth annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball feature article about predictions for the upcoming year for Professional AV, and even some Home AV technology, trends and products. If you’re a regular reader of this column, then you know that each year I actually start by reviewing my predictions […]