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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 1065: Absen Will Be at...

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2021/10/14

Yes, Absen will physically be at InfoComm 2021 with one of the biggest booths on the show floor, and, yes, the company will be launching new products. With the rise in virtual sets using LEDs and the move toward replacing LCDs with LEDs in meeting rooms, Absen is perfectly positioned for a big-time 2022. Gary caught up […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1064: We’re Doing an Event...

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2021/10/13

On Thursday, Oct. 21, we’ll be hosting a LAVNCH & LEARN with Mediasite — the industry’s leading lecture capture technology. We want you to join; Mediasite — created by Sonic Foundry — is way, way more than lecture capture. In fact, it provides AV integrators with a turnkey video platform for hosting and archiving your client’s entire meeting archive — […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1063: What’s Up With NanoLumens?

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2021/10/04

NanoLumens invented curved and flexible LEDs — that’s its unique differentiation, too. But, in a sea of different LED providers, how does NanoLumens stand out? What are its other strengths? In this Rants & rAVes episode, Kurt DeYoung from NanoLumens tells you why he thinks you should consider this company first as your LED vendor. […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1062: Why You Should Attend...

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2021/09/30

The future of UCC is more than software and rooms; in fact, it’s well beyond rooms. So here’s a teaser of what you’re going to learn about in next week’s webinar — worth 1 AVIXA CTS RU, too! After watching, don’t forget to register at this link. See you there!

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1061: Watch CEDIA’s VP of...

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2021/09/20

Samantha Ventura, CEDIA’s longtime head of education, is leaving after creating the industry’s first high-end residential educational certification program. In fact, she created two of them! Why is she leaving, what is she going to do and what is the future of CEDIA in education? Watch!

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1060: TD SYNNEX Shares...

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2021/09/17

It’s an exciting time to sell digital signage — with smart signage and connected communications being front and center in the industry. And while certain capabilities may have been around for years, there are significant new use cases for protecting people in public spaces as part of a broader communications strategy. Listen in as TD […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1059: The Newline FLEX Enters...

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2021/09/16

After launching the FLEX into the educational market in the first half of 2021, Newline Interactive aims to get the ProAV integrator channel excited about all the WFO potential for the personal, interactive UCC product. Newline’s own Tim Garber joined Gary on this episode of Rants & rAVes to talk about why FLEX is perfect […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1058: Snap One is Making...

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2021/09/09

This Tuesday, Gary will introduce you to the future of system and power management for the AV industry. Does this teaser convince you to attend our LAVNCH & LEARN with Snap One? It should! Watch the video and learn more here.

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1057: The Pete Putman Is...

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2021/09/08

No one covered the InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out better and more thoroughly than Pete Putman. He set the standard for evaluating projectors for nearly a decade. And, if he didn’t like what he saw, sales declined for that brand. Pete created an analytical way to compare projectors that made him into one of the most prolific […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1056: How’s the AV Market...

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2021/08/26

Gary was joined on today’s Rants and rAVes podcast by AVIXA’s economic analyst, Peter Hansen, and its senior director of market intelligence, Sean Wargo. If you’re wondering when COVID will end, this is NOT the episode to watch. But, if you care about how the chip shortage will affect your business, when the AV economy will turn […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1055: For CEDIA, the...

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2021/08/24

Even if there were no in-person CEDIA Expo (Sept. 1-3, 2021), the education and certification department at CEDIA (the association) would still be delivering education. Show or no show, thanks to CEDIA’s Samantha Ventura, CI education and training is alive and well in the residential AV market with CEDIA hosting classes for live attendees, live virtual attendees and prerecorded on-demand sessions. […]

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The No-BS Video Interview with CEDIA Expo’s Jason...

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2021/08/19

There’s probably no one fielding more complaints, confusing calls or questions in the market today than Emerald’s CEDIA Expo VP Jason McGraw. Is CEDIA happening? Can we get a refund if we pull out? Are masks required? Do I need to bring proof of vaccination if I attend? Will anyone show up? Why isn’t Emerald canceling CEDIA? […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1053: Audio Fencing is the...

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2021/08/19

Check out this real-time video demo of a technology called audio fencing with AVer’s director of product marketing, Carl Harvell. This tech is the future of UCC and going back to work in an open-office environment. After you see the new AVer VB130 video bar, I just know you will want to be a dealer for […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1052: Interested in the State...

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2021/08/19

Get ready for my next webinar, “The State of the AV-over-IP Market,” presented by Almo Professional A/V on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at 2 p.m. EDT. NETGEAR’s Cody Kleven sat down with me earlier to chat about the growing AV-over-IP market, the future of the technology in the ProAV space and the numerous opportunities AV integrators can […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1051: The Diversified and HB...

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2021/08/02

Diversified’s CEO, Fred D’Alessandro, picked our own Gary Kayye to break the industry’s biggest acquisition story of 2021 so far — on video, too; it’s the buyout of New England-based HB Communications. He was also joined by HB’s own CEO, Dana Baron, on this episode of Rants & rAVes. The two discuss the reasons behind the two companies […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1050: Here’s Why Newline’s...

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2021/08/02

Newline’s own Marie Totten joined Gary to discuss how and why the new Newline Flex works for K-12 education as a tool for both in-person and hybrid learning applications. The Flex is a personal collaboration touch screen that’s an all-in-one solution for everything UCC. But, in K-12, it may be the secret sauce for helping […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1049: CEDIA Expo Is One Month...

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2021/07/28

Gary spoke with CEDIA Expo’s Jason McGraw to get all the details on the upcoming show — Sept. 1-3 2021 — in Indianapolis. This will be the largest tech show since February 2020 and includes an all-new category of products: Resimercial AV tech for the home. This is a huge growth opportunity for both residential […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1048: Want to See a Camera...

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2021/07/14

In Gary’s 2021 Kayye’s Krystal Ball of annual predictions about new tech, he predicted that we’d see monitors with built-in cameras (think Zoom Video meetings but not appearing as though you’re looking above or below your monitor). Well, you’ll get to see it, for the first time ever, on today’s Rants & rAVes videocast! Jupiter has done it and […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1047: Here’s the Scoop on the...

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2021/07/01

Gary was joined by Almo Pro A/V and ARHT Media today to talk about the new all-in-one HoloPod — a $55,000 3D HoloPresence Display solution for business. This is truly game-changing, and every AV integrator should sell this to corporate AV, any judicial branch of the government or any coworking space provider. Watch, and you’ll see why — then […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1046: rAVe’s Exclusive Video...

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2021/06/14

Gary Kayye caught up with ISE‘s managing director, Mike Blackman, today to review the first big AV event in Europe since the pandemic, ISE 2021 in Barcelona, and talk about the upcoming ISE London in fewer than 10 days. Our comprehensive ISE Barcelona coverage is all wrapped up here but watch for even more content — including videos […]

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