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Rants & rAVes

Our founder, Gary Kayye, has been in AV for over 20-years and he sometimes rants about bad AV and does a lot of raving about good AV in this nearly-daily podcast. These podcasts are generally 2-4 minutes in length.

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1322: NSCA to Host Full-Day...

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2024/04/25

I caught up with NSCA Executive Director Tom LeBlanc on my latest pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast to talk about the BizSkills Workshop NSCA is holding the day before the InfoComm show floor opens (June 11, 2024). The workshop is a comprehensive one-day education program will deliver a strategic business curriculum, empowering participants with invaluable insights and tools […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1321: Learn How to Project...

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2024/04/24

In the latest Steph Takeover episode of Rants & rAVes, I chatted with Troy Peters, chief experience officer at SEAS Productions. SEAS provides AV and event production for live events ranging from corporate conferences to concerts. At InfoComm, Troy will host a session called, “Project Managing Million Dollar Live Events on the Global Stage” on […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1320: Here’s Why You Should...

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2024/04/23

Gary was joined by Let’s Do Video founder, David Maldow, to talk about his educational sessions at InfoComm 2024. If you ever do livestreaming for clients, both of these sessions are must-attends. The first, “Live Streaming in Action,” will cover all the steps it takes to go live, from hardware setup to software configuration to […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1319: Did You Know the...

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2024/04/22

Christie launched Hedra as an all-in-one control room processor that includes video, keyboard and mouse (KVM). It’s TAA-compliant and is perfect for small and medium-sized NOCs too. It can also be a live events signal management controller. You can even use it as a video wall processor. Christie’s Bill Zhu, director product management, joined my […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1318: You’re Probably Using...

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2024/04/19

ASPEED will be at InfoComm 2024 in booth C6203 showing all-new Dante capability integrated into its AV-over-IP chips. Companies like Harman (AMX), Just Add Power, Aurora and Kramer all already use ASPEED chips to drive their 1G AV-over-IP solutions, and now ASPEED has added Dante to its solutions. In fact, the the last “A” in […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1317: Axis Communications...

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2024/04/11

In this Steph Takeover episode of Rants & rAVes, I sat down with Chris Wildfoerster, business development manager at Axis Communications. The company is headed to ISC West, the largest security trade show in the U.S. While this show and its audience look a lot different than those at ISE and InfoComm, security is only […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1316: Here’s Why Planar Added...

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2024/03/27

Planar just announced it’s adding many of the Leyard LEDs to its product lineup. Gary asked Planar’s EVP, Adam Schmidt, to join him on today’s videocast to discuss where this positions Planar in the LED market. Planar, known as a high-end LED company catering to the ProAV integration channel, will offer the Leyard lineup as […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1315: Here’s Why 4K Is Ready...

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2024/03/25

My latest Rants & rAVes videocast features Howard Rose, the senior product manager of projectors at Panasonic Connect, who talks about the impact that 4K projectors have in the higher-ed space. Panasonic Connect has native 4K projectors for large venue applications but, the company has two versions of 4K-wobble projectors that deliver 4K images on […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1314: Computer Comforts Uses...

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2024/03/22

Frank Kolavo of Computer Comforts drove to Chapel Hill, North Carolina — the rAVe HQ — to do this demo right next to the University of North Carolina’s campus. Why? Because the new Transformer Lectern is aimed at higher-education installations. It’s modular, ADA-compliant and works in classrooms and lecture halls equally as well. Check it […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode: 1313: A Discussion About DEI...

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2024/03/07

You only need to be in ProAV for one trade show cycle to see that we’ve got a long way to go with acting on DEI: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The obvious gender disparity is only bested by the lack of people of color within the industry. AVIXA’s SVP of exhibitions and event services, Rochelle […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1304: Sharp NEC Display...

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2024/01/22

Today’s pre-ISE-2024 videocast features more than a sneak peek with Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe; in fact, I learned everything the company will launch at ISE next week. The most popular new technology will likely be two new color epaper digital signage displays along with a new CoB 0.7mm pixel-pitch LED. However, new UCC products […]

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