AV Week - MP3 Edition

InfoComm is updating the CTS. Should all current CTS holders re-take the test? Is voice control the next big thing for home automation? We talk about CCTV and the Boston Bombers. We talk about fiber and AV. Plus, we talk about our choices for a ProAV Hall of Fame.

We kick off the show talking about new control company TIO (Turn It On). Intel has a new 4K media box. Will this encourage more 4K? What does the future hold for OLED? Networked video is becoming the industry standard. How will the front runners fare against new upstarts?

This week we talk about how aware the public is of HD BaseT. Technology could hurt your productivity. Does Moore's Law apply to displays? Plus, Nielsen is getting ready to give us ratings for online television.

Custom Retailer is changing to Technology Integrator. Can you protect your automation system from hackers? We talk about a car with projectors where the headlights should be. Plus, LG says a curved OLED will be out "soon".

AMX has weighed in on the Crestron switcher videos. There are 4K displays on sale for $1.499. What will that mean for HD? Extron has introduced the heir to their hugely popular IN1509 switcher/scaler. Black Box invites you to finish the sentence "You know you're in AV when...". Plus, we begin highlighting various InfoComm training sessions.

Another Extron/Crestron dust up. Does a switcher shoot-out make sense? NAB 2013 has come and gone and 4k, 8k, and OLED made some noise. Broadcaster's are trying to capture "TV Zero". Printing speakers that light up. Plus, is being nice, being sexist?

Sony's consolodating, the courts say Aero can continue, and Apple needs security. George starts a conversation about Convergence. We get into streaming media and analog editing. Telepresence or Video Conferencing?

Got $40,000? Then you can get the new Samsung UHD TV. Everyone's getting into lighting. Now Control4 is getting into the game. What does this mean for home automation and smart buildings? John Sciacca says home theater is not dead. Google Glass may end up being the ultimate remote. Plus, we talk about the future of digital cabling.

We talk about securing your equipment from your employees... and others. The Supreme Court says we can sell content we legally purchase. "Smart" LED bulbs may not be worth all the hype yet. Plus, we talk about the idea that the destruction of the Death Star was an inside job. (Thanks to Gizmodo).

InfoComm International warns about unauthorized CTS prep books. Samsung v. Apple, round 15. We talk with Joshua Stackhouse about his recently acquired AV degree. Lutron getting into the cloud. Plus, what makes a secure AV system.

Samsung props up Sharp and gets 3% of the company for their trouble. LG is pouring $650 million into OLED. Crestron has a new DMPS for VC rooms. Plus, when will we see Apple Airplay dongles?

Are projectors ready to come out of the closets, and soffits, in residential? How do you pick an AV receiver? We talk about Monoprice's IR over HDMI and the fact that Nielsen is tracking your Internet TV watching habits. Plus, the six strike rule is coming into effect. And, we mourn the passing of the creator of the Daleks.

Crestron is getting into the Microsoft Lync game. Red is suing Sony for getting into the 4K game. Is it time to lobby the HDMI Consortium for a Pro HDMI standard? The BBC asks if 3D is done, and we have discovered a sort of preventative maintenance for residential.

Projectors were up, slightly, last year. Is this the start of a downward trend or just a blip? Lutron is furthering their line into wireless light control. Ethernet turns 40 as the AV industry really embraces it. Plus, Vanilla Ice has a lighting line. You read that last part right.

It’s ISE time on AVWeek. We go over some of the technologies being released in Amsterdam and ask the question, should US AV peeps go across the way for this show. MIDI turns 30 and it may be time to see how they created a standard that has lasted. Cisco sells of Linksys and Harmony may be done for. Plus, some 4K love from Grant Clauser.