AV Week - MP3 Edition

Host: Tim Albright Guests: George Tucker, Chris Neto, and Andrea Varrone As the U.S. gets ready for their presidential elections we ask what tech policies best encourage the audio visual industry. How do you design for spaces to stay up to date? We also look at the major issues impacting digital signage installations.

Host: Tim Albright Guests: Josh Srago, William Nattress, and Bill Brown The DDOS attacks of a week ago were made possible through a botnet. What does the audio visual industry need to do to protect itself and their clients? Is it time for a patch Tuesday in AV? We also look at InfoComm's new three year strategic plan.

Host: Tim Albright Guests: Brock McGinnis and Ednan Chaudhry On this episode we look ahead and predict what the AV market will do over the next four years. How do you sell to the CIO or CTO? We end up talking about what would you change in the audio visual industry?

Host: George Tucker Guests: Bruce Kaufman and John Thomas Commercial Integrator says be IT centric or die, do we need new cable for HDMI 2.o?, Is Graphene in our future, and what does an Advertising Age story have to do with Inegration? Plus, we announce our AVNation.TV AV Awards!

Host: Tim Albright Guests: Pat Brown and Cody Kleven Melinda Gates is focusing their foundation of getting women into STEM careers. How can the audio visual industry help? We discuss the best ways to manage scope creep. Also, how do you rehab an existing audio or video system?

Host: George Tucker Guests: Mark Coxon, Josh Srago, and Chris Bach On the eve of AV Month we chat with our dynamic panelists about the fun and foibles of IoT and Lighting, the trouble with long lasting products, and Cloud services you pay subscription for on your own premise? These stories and how you can help our AV Month celebrations.

Host: Tim Albright Guests: John Greene and Gina Sansivero What are the technologies that came out of CEDIA 2016 that will have the biggest impact on the commercial AV market? We talk about DisplayNote and Dell working together. Also, why you need a mentor.

Host: George Tucker Guests: Dawn Meade, Chanan Averbuch, and Frank Culotta On this episode we get the highlights of CEDIA 16 from Tim Albright and Richard Fregosa, Wireless Audio the future?, Outdoor DOOH and, how Crazy Eddie changed everything

Host: Tim Albright Guests: Brock McGinnis and Rhen Taylor The new iPhone 7 has been announced with no headphone jack. How on earth will you connect that to your board room audio visual system? Andy Murray apparently lost his US Open match due to a bad DSP. InfoComm International is also making their courses available on college campuses.

Host: Tim Albright Guests: Chris Neto and Mike Shinn Does AR and VR offer possible revenue streams for the audio visual integrator? We talk about video wall processors. How can the AV community come together and share ideas? We also look at third party verification.

Host: Tim Albright Guests: Dave Hatz, Ed Morgan, and George Fornier Kaleidoscope is shutting down. What does that mean for the audio visual industry and technology in general. We also look at how manufacturers support their dealers and train when not in country.

Host: Tim Albright Guests: Josh Srago, Steve Greenblatt, and Josh Shanahan Cisco lays off 14,000 people. What impact will that have on the AV market? We talk about the most innovative products to come out of InfoComm 2016. Plus, how do you get into the House of Worship market?

Host: Tim Albright Guests: Penny Sitler, John Greene, and Dan Newman InFocus is going after the Surface Pro Hub. Should they even concern themselves with that market? We talk about ways AV integrators can help with indoor air quality. Plus, how to get your product, or firm, attached to high profile jobs like the Olympics.

Host: Tim Albright Guests: George Tucker, Bradford Benn, Adrian Boyd, Christopher Doegl, and Brad Grimes. InfoComm has introduced a digital badge system for the CTS community. Legrand is getting more into the lighting, shade, and control business. MIT has introduced their version of glasses-free 3D.

Host: George Tucker Guests: Brad Grimes, Dawn Meade Voice Control Remote from Dish, Amazon Echo ‘Hack’, Wall Street is still in an AV buying mode, we say goodbye to the VCR (finally)