AV Week - MP3 Edition

It’s our Commercial Integrator 40 Under 40 Show. We talk about landing HUGE contracts and when to say “no” to them. AV giving IT the standardization they are looking for. Plus, Have we entered the post-1080p era? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Kourtney Govro from All Systems, Matt Slack of AV Solutions, Mike Shinn of [...]

Peq is available at Best Buy. Tivo has plans for the cloud. How do you get started offering services to your clients? Plus, Commercial Integrator accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: George Tucker, Jamie Trader, and Steve Greenblatt. Record Date: 8/29/2014 Running Time: 1:02:22   Story Links Best Buy banking [...]

A new consortium has been created to look at OLED production. AMX has their newest processor in the Enova. How important is IP v6 to AV? We look at Kramer’s new collaboration hardware. There are two of Commercial Integrator’s 40 Under 40 on this show. Plus, AVNation founder, Tim Albright, does the Ice Bucket Challenge [...]

TiO has been bought. Google’s Nest has been hacked. And you can buy a levitating speaker. Plus, what are the specs you look for in a sub? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:   Gary Yacoubian of SVS, John Huntington, and George Tucker. Record Date: 8/15/2014 Running Time: 58:25   Story Links   Do subs have sound? John Huntington’s AVB recap [...]

Nortek is in trouble and Burke is out. DiGiCo and Allen & Heath are one now. Apple TV’s have lost some spark. Plus, what is Crestron Pyng? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:  Paule Zielie from AMX and Adrian Boyd of Avitecture. Record Date: 8/08/2014 Running Time: 1:02:48   Story Links Apple TV gets new interface Apple TV market share falls [...]

Control 4 has a new app… for the Amazon Fire Phone. How do you educate your customers, while benefiting, from changes to lighting/construction law? Plus we talk about dealing with national clients on a local level. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests:  George Tucker, Dennis Holezer, and Trevor Hansen. Record Date: 8/01/2014 Running Time: 48:39   Story Links Stricter California [...]

Samsung is buying up smart home device companies. When, and how, should you hide AV in board rooms? Plus, why one AV pro decided to “attend” InfoComm 2014 remotely using Social Media. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Victoria Ferrari, John Greene, and Roger Takacs. Record Date: 7/25/2014 Running Time: 1:07:11   Story Links Samsung buys SmartThings Motorized Home of [...]

We talk about the fact that someone has cracked the Apple TV. The new “Thread” protocol is making waves. Plus, what are the drawbacks of using 3rd party labor? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: George Tucker, Paul Konikowski, and Frank White. Record Date: 7/18/2014 Running Time: 1:07:11   Story Links CEDIA Expo 2014 Awards and show  United Visual Labor – [...]

LG keeps teasing us with great flexible OLED screens. This week is no different. Crown has released the second AVnu Alliance Certified product, and the first end point. How do you get involved in big projects like the world’s largest mall? Plus, an announcement about AVNation and CEDIA Expo 2014. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Bradford Benn [...]

The great booth babe debate raises its ugly head, yet again – are we supporting it by complaining? Women in AV awards, Microsoft offers Insteon via online store, and what is Ultra HD, same as 4K?   Host: George Tucker Guests: Victoria Ferrari Corey Moss Kelly Perkins Shannon Harvey  

Part Two of our annual InfoComm Show production. This is where we gather those in attendance at the show and ask what was the best and worst of InfoComm 2014. Listen as exhibitors talk about the record number of qualified leads, and integrators discuss the latest technology. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Bradford Benn, Becky Villarehale , Michael Drainer, Steve [...]

Part One of our annual InfoComm Show production. This is where we gather those in attendance at the show and ask what was the best and worst of InfoComm 2014. Listen as exhibitors talk about the record number of qualified leads, and integrators discuss the latest technology. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: George Tucker, Hailey Klein, Dave Silken, [...]

Honeywell makes a Nest knockoff. Where do you get your emergency gear now that Radio Shack is heading down? We go over what we expect from InfoComm next week. Plus, we lay out another layer of the #AVSelfie; a song by Hi-Phi, Phil Cordell. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: George Tucker, Matt D. Scott, Chris Neto, and Leonard [...]

Kramer has bought half of WOW Vision. What is the thinking behind this move? We talk about Apple angling for Home Automation. Plus, when will we have holographic projectors? Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Phil “Hi Phi” Cordell and Harry Meade. Record Date: 6/06/2014 Running Time: 51:34  Story Links HiFi House Closes Their Doors InfoComm Classes To Take Intel Wants [...]

On this episode we gathered some of the best AV reporters to preview InfoComm 2014. What are they excited about, what are their hidden gems, and how do they report on it. Plus, since we had them, we asked what they thought about the Harman / AMX deal. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Margot Douaihy from AV Technology [...]

Harman has purchased AMX. We talk about what that means for the AV industry. LG says it has figured out how to make OLED. Maybe it’s not dead. Finally we chat about the future of streaming media and the impact that will have on AV. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Dawn Meade from Net-AV,Joe Andrulis from AMX, and [...]

Pioneer is getting out of AV. We have found a $640 4K TV. What will happen if TiO goes under? We also talk about gesture-based automation, and a new Technology Managers resource. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: George Tucker of World Stage and Michael Drainer from Sennheiser USA. Record Date: 5/17/2014 Running Time: 50:35  Story Links Pioneer exits AV The [...]

Apple is set to buy Beats. Samsung is getting out of OLED. What does that mean for the future of this technology? Extron has a new certified programmer program. Host: Tim Albright, Founder Guests: Rich Fregosa from Fregosa Design and Josh Srago of Sound Reason.org. Record Date: 5/10/2014 Running Time: 1:06:40  Story Links Apple Set to get Beats Samsung nixing [...]

We chat about a new Medical telepresence regulation and why it could be a boon for integrators, how CEO must lead as customer experience evangelist, the FCC takes away our candy and how AV and tech can re-bloom the rust belt. Host: George Tucker Co-Founder Guests:  Joel Bilheimer of Pershing Technologies, Charlie Jones from Sennheiser, and Dave [...]

A conversation about Microsoft leads to a discussion about all things AV/IT. How do you maintain the network? Who do you call when a connected piece of gear goes down. We also talk about PC sales, Aero’s court date, and InfoComm 2014 plans. Host: Tim Albright Founder Guests: John Ivey from Atlas Sound, George Tucker of World Stage, [...]