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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 1377: The LG Podcast That’s...

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2024/09/30

LG has simplified the management and design of dvLED systems into two categories: custom and all-in-one. My latest videocast features Eric Olson, senior business development manager at Exertis Almo, and Eric Sikora, senior solutions engineer at LG. On this episode of Rants & rAVes, they talk all about LEDs and how simple it is to […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1376: Here’s Everything...

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2024/09/24

I caught up with Exertis Almo EVP Dan Smith and SVP Kevin Welling ahead of the Oct. 8 E4 Experience. A few highlights: A session all about how the intricacies of Autism Spectrum disorder intertwines with the evolution of ProAV A session Microsoft Teams Rooms and utilizing AI in collaboration spaces. An expo floor full […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1375: All About LG Business...

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2024/09/19

If you’ve wondered how LG Business Solutions is addressing the movement toward dvLED in everything from higher education to corporate spaces, this is the podcast for you! The company, famous for its OLED tech, is staking a leadership claim to the future of dvLED. In my latest Rants & rAVes videocast, LG’s senior director, Tom […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1374: The Matt Sittloh...

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2024/08/26

Pearl Technology’s Jeremy Caldera joined me on my latest videocast to discuss how you can donate to the new Matt Sittloh Memorial Scholarship — or recommend a college-aged student to apply! Matt was a technician who worked in audiovisual engineering, sales and management for his entire career. Watch and consider donating!

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1373: Everything You Need to...

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2024/08/22

On Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) learn all about USB and how Extron is leveraging this connector for AV and UCC installs. This 90-minute session led by the company’s Training, Product Development and Marketing teams is AVIXA CTS RU and BICSI approved. Extron’s Andrew Evans joins me on today’s podcast to […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1372: Here’s Why You Need to...

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2024/08/20

The E4 Experience, Exertis Almo’s regional conference and trade show, kicks off its fall tour with a stop in Boston on Sept. 10, 2024. Attendees not only get to see firsthand all the new stuff that debuted at June’s InfoComm show, but they can also earn up to 10 AVIXA CTS RUs with a special […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1371: Experiential...

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2024/08/20

Chanan Averbuch likely needs no introduction, as he’s driven the LED market — in many ways — since 2013. Now, he’s heading up a new division of BlueSquare as the director of innovation of BlueSquare X. This is a firm focused on the design and support of digital experiences by partnering with AV integrators. This […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1369: Here’s a Wrap-Up of...

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2024/08/01

It may seem like MAXHUB became a UCC leader overnight. But the truth is, there’s a lot of strategy behind what the company does in AV and UCC. My latest Rants & rAVes episode features MAXHUB’s Alan Nicholls, its business development manager, who reviews everything MAXHUB did at InfoComm 2024. If you’re an MS Teams […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1367: Planar’s WallDirector...

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2024/06/27

Could Planar’s WallDirector Cloud software-as-a-service ecosystem, designed to manage Planar’s LEDs, be the cloud-based management platform that every other display company ends up emulating? I think it’s possible! Today’s Rants & rAVes episode features Planar’s Robert Detwiler, who talks about WallDirector and its management of the Planar ecosystem along with how the company was able […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1366: The Peerless-AV STS650...

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2024/06/26

Peerless-AV’s STS650 Universal Scissor Wall Mount made its debut in 2024 and immediately became a hit with AV integrators and end users alike due to its unique ability to allow for AV gear to be racked behind it professionally (sans cable ties). Peerless-AV VP Sales, North America and APAC, Brian McClimans, joined the latest episode […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1362: The Humly Desk-Booking...

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2024/06/05

In today’s episode of Rants & rAVes, Humly’s CEO Anders Karlsson joins as my guest to talk about how his company is focused on making things work seamlessly in both co-working and open workplace environments. From adding sensors to detect device usage on the fly to leveraging Microsoft Places to encourage collaboration, Humly is offering […]

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1361: Televic Will Use...

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2024/06/05

My latest pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast features Televic vice president of sales, Peter Papageorge, who details exactly why both integrators and end users will benefit from the compnany’s audio products — in meeting rooms, classrooms and everywhere else. The company will also use IC24 to launch the Unite Platform. Want to know what this is? Watch!

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Rants & rAVes — Episode 1360: Matrox Video Bring the...

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2024/06/05

I received some new product scoop on today’s pre-InfoComm-2024 videocast via Matrox Video’s business development manager, Ron Berty. Ron explained that the new Vion lineup will allow Matrox’s ConvertIP AV-over-IP product lineup — using the IPMX standard — to ingest and output video and audio virtually anywhere (even to competitive decoders or from competitive encoders)! […]

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