AV Week - MP3 Edition

It’s the day after Thanksgiving. What will the holiday shopping season mean for the AV market? What happens when an audio pro goes to a bad production? Sennheiser tries to lobby for rebates on those impacted by a new spectrum sale. Plus, DLP LED. Host: Tim Albright Founder Guests: Bradford Benn of Harmon International, Brock McGinnis from Westbury, [...]

We talk about the impact of the new National Electric Code on automation companies. Where should you put your racks? People are spending more time with mobile. How will that change our installations? Plus, we chat about the Internet of things. Host: Tim Albright Founder Guests: George Tucker from World Stage, & Chrissy Winske of Tech Decisions. [...]

Apple says their ipTV won’t be out till 2014. Crestron has a DM Streaming module. And SDXC cards are ready for 4K. We talk best practices and innovative display installations. Plus, one of our guests wins a Vaddio contest. Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests: Harry Meade from CCS Presentation Systems and Mike Brandes of Palm Beach Atlantic University [...]

Barco is getting into the corporate AV market. According to Harvard, home automation is the top trend for the next decade. Sony might be backpeddling on DLNA. And a patent conversation.Check out our YouTube channel, or the bottom of this page, for another video episode. Host: Tim Albright Founder Guests: Chris Jaynes from Merssive Technology, Rich Fregosa [...]

Samsung is opening their first plant outside of South Korea. Sony has 4K for the masses. We talk about the future of broadcast and why Japan is throwing 8K over the air. Is it better to work for a privately held company or public one? Plus we discuss the five business metrics you should keep [...]

There’s a new Apple iPad coming out called the “Air”. LG is making money making displays when other companies can’t seem to. What is the infrastructure that will take us to 40 gig? The wireless spectrum is under attack again. Kramer has a new wireless HD video device. Are we comfortable with wireless video yet? [...]

Mitsubishi is getting out of the projector and flat panel market. What does this mean for those who remain? AudioXperts is also folding. Is color temperature changing the new dimming for lighting? What if the products you sold/installed were free? Plus we talk about an old friend, Sam Malik, returning to the world of projectors [...]

Panasonic is ending their plasma production line in favor of LCDs. Or are they? Either way, what does this mean for the display sector? Nest has done for smoke alarms what they did for thermostats. And they keep marching into our homes. When will control companies stop making touchpanels? Plus we take a page from [...]

Our annual look back at CEDIA 2013. What was the best and worst of the show?  The Crestron App Market was the talk of the show. What did the integrators think about it? Savant has a new automation system. Toshiba is cutting their TV workforce in half. We also talk about Kaleidescape increasing their title [...]

What is the deal with Crestron’s new App Market? Nest has an API; how long until AV manufacturers embrace this IT-centric idea. Revolabs says “analog is dead”. Are they right? Plus, should integrators refuse clients based on ethical concerns. Host: Tim Albright Founder Guests: Brad Grimes from InfoComm International, Chris Neto of AVHelpdesk, Dan Fulmer from Fultech [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests: Nick Miller from Onsite AV and George Tucker from World Stage. Record Date: 9/20/2013  What was the legacy Dr. Dolby left behind? Polycom is NATO’s choice for secure VC. We talk about AVB fiber and the future of fiber infrastructure. Have we reached the end of AV furniture? Plus we talk about NFC [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests: Heather Sidorowitz from Southtown Audio Visual, Bernie Kattner of Nimbus Integration Group, and George Tucker from World Stage. Record Date: 9/13/2013  Phillips Smart TV has a Cloud component. We talk about ambient light displays. Net Neutrality comes up as Verizon and the FCC face off. We also cover analog sound and Disney research [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  Dawn Meade from Net-AV, Steve Greenblatt of Control Concepts, Mike Faulkner from Avitecture, Nathan Lively author of Sound Design Live, and Josh Srago from ICS. Record Date: 9/6/2013  The world of AV is getting involved with Microsoft Lync. Is this a good thing for the industry? You can now go to the Amazon [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker of World Stage, Bill Brown from BD Brown Communications, Jamie Trader of AMX, and Charlie Jones from SurgeX. Record Date: 8/30/2013  There is another merger among integrators; this time in San Francisco. What does this mean about the health of the AV industry? There is a huge new camera by Panasonic. What [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  Bradford Benn from Harman, Michael Drainer of Sennheiser, USA, Mark Dziekan from Wyrestorm, and Michael O’Halloran of Samsung. Record Date: 8/23/2013  OLED vs. 4K may be the running theme of CEDIA 2013. Samsung has a curved OLED display too; why? We talk control and the Internet of Things. Tim asks why Crestron has wireless [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker from World Stage, Rich Fregosa of Fregosa Design, and Michael Drainer from Sennheiser. Record Date: 8/18/2013  HDBaseT 2.0 is out. What does it mean for the AV market? Should you use apps or integrated control for home automation? IP Surveillance is the next big thing in integration. Finally, we have a story [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  Harry Meade from CCS Presentation Systems, John Huntington from CUNY, Ben Shipman from AVA, and Ken Blecher of Powersoft. Record Date: 8/9/2013  The Black Hat hackers show how to hack your smart home. Should we up the security of our systems? Congress gets into the wireless mic spectrum. Commercial Integrator says the “customer is [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker of World Stage, Adrian Boyd from Avitecture, and Ellen Juhlin from Meyer Sound and the AVNu Alliance. Record Date: 8/2/2013  Conference Technologies purchases long-time integrator, United Visual. The AVNu Alliance gears up for certification. Will Nest give control programmers an API? Plus, Control 4 goes public.  Running Time: 1:01:49 Story Links Conference [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker of World Stage, Tom Andry from AVRant.com, Nate Schneider of Image Stream Medical, and Ronnie Anne Spang. Record Date: 7/26/2013  Microsoft is taking another run at home automation. Should Crestron or AMX be concerned? Home owners want wireless security, and there’s a company giving it to them. Aero is going to give [...]

Host: Tim Albright Founder  Guests:  George Tucker of World Stage, Dawn Meade from Net-AV, Matt Scott of Omega Audio Video, and Michael Drainer from Sennheiser USA. Record Date: 7/19/2013  Dr. Bose has passed away. What will his legacy be? Why is Thunderbolt losing favor with PC manufacturers? InfoComm has been talking about “Smart Building” control, and now electrical contractors [...]